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Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Thursday said it filed a final appeal of a $2.7 billion European Union antitrust fine to the EU's Court of Justice, its highest court. The latest appeal to overturn a 2017 fine linked to its shopping-ads service contends the General Court pushed beyond EU legal precedents and revised the reasoning of the underlying EU antitrust decision. "We feel there are areas that require legal clarification from the European Court of Justice," a Google spokeswoman said.

Oil prices finished with a loss on Thursday after the Energy Information Administration reported an unexpected weekly rise in U.S. crude inventories. However, concerns over potential disruptions to global crude supplies, particularly as the market weighs the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, helped to limit price losses. February West Texas Intermediate crude fell 6 cents, or nearly 0.1%, to settle at $86.90 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract, which expired at the end of the session... Читать дальше...

Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. rallied 1.8% in afternoon trading, after the trucking company said it raised its quarterly dividend by 33%, to 40 cents a share from 30 cents. The company said the new dividend will be payable Feb. 18 to shareholders of record on Feb. 4. Based on the current stock price, the new annual dividend rate implies a dividend yield of 0.78%, compared with the implied yield for the S&P 500 of 1.35%. J.B. Hunt's stock has now rallied 36.2% over the past 12 months... Читать дальше...

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Peloton stock plunges 20% after a report that the company will pause production

Wells Fargo & Co. on Thursday confirmed that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) terminated a consent order from 2015 stemming from billing and marketing practices on identity and debt cancellation products offered by the bank. "The OCC believes that the safety and soundness of the bank and its compliance with laws and regulations does not require the continued existence of the order," the federal regulatory agency said in a legal document posted on its website. The OCC had... Читать дальше...

Coronavirus Update: South Africa study suggests boosters can't shut down omicron

President Joe Biden on Thursday made an effort to walk back a much-criticized comment that he made the prior day about Russian President Vladimir Putin potentially launching a "minor incursion" targeting Ukraine. "If any assembled Russian units move across the Ukrainian border, that is an invasion," Biden said Thursday ahead of a meeting on infrastructure. "If Putin makes this choice, Russia will pay a heavy price." During a news conference on Wednesday, Biden made a comment that could be interpreted... Читать дальше...

U.S. crude-oil inventories rise unexpectedly

The Energy Information Administration reported on Thursday that U.S. crude inventories climbed by 500,000 barrels for the week ended Jan. 14. On average, analysts had forecast a fall of 700,000 barrels, according to a poll conducted by S&P Global Platts. Data were delayed by a day this week because of Monday's Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. The American Petroleum Institute on Wednesday reported a 1.4 million-barrel climb, according to sources. The EIA also reported a weekly inventory increase of 5.9 million barrels for gasoline... Читать дальше...

U.S. benchmark mortgage rates hit highest levels since onset of pandemic

U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on Thursday that domestic natural-gas supplies fell by 206 billion cubic feet for the week ended Jan. 14. That compared with the average decline of 193 billion cubic feet forecast by analysts polled by S&P Global Platts, which pegged the five-year average supply fall for the period at 167 billion cubic feet. Total stocks now stand at 2.810 trillion cubic feet, down 226 billion cubic feet from a year ago, but 33 billion cubic feet above the five-year average, the government said. Читать дальше...

‘Doomsday Clock’ 100 seconds from midnight; Ukraine, China and climate cited

Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. said it has filed to list its stock on the Nasdaq as the latest Canadian pot company to trade on a major U.S. exchange after Tilray , Canopy Growth , Aurora Cannabis , Cronos Group , OrganiGram Holdings and others. "Listing on the Nasdaq will allow us to expand our shareholder base and drive increased shareholder value as we continue to leverage our unique technology-driven business model to enter new targeted markets across North America," Fire & Flower... Читать дальше...

Listings shortage cited in U.S. existing-home sales decline in December

frederic j. brown/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesExisting-home sales increased slightly in December to an estimated seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 6.48 million, according to economists polled by MarketWatch. High home prices and a short supply of properties for sale are expected to hamper buyers for months to come. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA and the S&P 500 SPX were both down slightly in Thursday morning trades.

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