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• ☕️What Else is Brewing Tuesday Morning
  The oil and gas industry gets another mega-merger. As...
  The oil and gas industry gets another mega-merger. As consolidation of companies extracting energy in the Permian Basin continues, Diamondback Energy announced plans to buy Endeavor Energy Partners, the area’s biggest privately held oil and gas producer, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at around $26 billion. It’s the latest acquisition as energy companies look to grow and secure drilling sites with high oil prices remaining high: Exxon Mobil is snapping up Pioneer Natural Resources in a $60 billion deal, and Chevron is buying Hess for $53 billion.
  
  An average 123.4 million viewers watched the Super Bowl across all platforms, making it the most watched broadcast in the history of television. Meanwhile, movies had a rough weekend, taking in $40 million—the lowest box office for a Super Bowl weekend in more than 30 years (not counting 2021, when most cinemas were closed).
  
  Donald Trump filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to halt a ruling rejecting his claims of immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss.
  
  Tiger Woods introduced his new clothing brand, Sun Day Red, a partnership with TaylorMade Golf. It’s Woods’s first big brand move after ending his 27-year partnership with Nike.
  
  JetBlue’s stock soared after-hours yesterday, after activist investor Carl Icahn revealed he’d taken a stake in the airline.
  
  Jeff Bezos’s move from Seattle to Miami could save him $600 million in taxes as he sells off some of his Amazon stock.
  
  Bob Edwards, the longtime host of NPR’s Morning Edition, has died at age 76.
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• Closing Oil & Gas Prices
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery ...
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery rose 8 cents to $76.92 per barrel Monday. Brent crude for April delivery fell 19 cents to $82 per barrel.
  
  Wholesale gasoline for March delivery rose 3 cents to $2.37 a gallon. March heating oil fell 4 cents to $2.92 a gallon. March natural gas fell 8 cents to $1.77 per 1,000 cubic feet.
  
  
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• Dow scores 12th record close of 2024 ahead of U.S. inflation data
  U.S. stocks ended traded mixed on Monday, though the Dow booked another...
  U.S. stocks ended traded mixed on Monday, though the Dow booked another record-high close as investors awaited inflation data due later this week.
  
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA ended up 0.3%, according to preliminary closing data from FactSet.
  
  The S&P 500 SPX finished down 0.1%.
  
  The Nasdaq Composite COMP ended 0.3% lower.
  
  The S&P 500 rose 1.4% last week, ending Friday above the 5,000-point threshold for the first time. The Dow eked out a weekly gain of less than 0.1%, while the Nasdaq jumped 2.3%.
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• Heavy snow and travel woes loom for Northeast as South is drenched by severe storms
  A sprawling storm system is making its way across the Eastern US, gearing...
  A sprawling storm system is making its way across the Eastern US, gearing up to hamper travel in the Northeast with a blanket of snow just as it finishes sweeping the Southeast with rounds of severe thunderstorms and flood threats.
  
  The same system that soaked the Gulf Coast and Southeast over the weekend will develop into a Nor’Easter – an East Coast storm driven by winds from the northeast – as it moves northward Monday and encounters colder air. It will then begin unleashing snow across the Northeast late Monday and through Tuesday.
  
  Widespread heavy snowfall is forecast to set in Monday night from Pennsylvania through southern New York, where winter storm warnings and watches are in place. That includes Albany, New York, and Scranton, Pennsylvania.
  
  More than 2 inches of snow per hour could fall across the impacted region Monday night – coupled with wind gusts as strong as 40 mph, the weather service said.
  
  On Tuesday, the threat shifts to southern New England, where cities including Boston and Hartford, Connecticut, could see up to a foot of snow.
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• 🎬Super Bowl Commercials
  The commercials: Dunkin’ brand ambassador Ben Affleck...
  The commercials: Dunkin’ brand ambassador Ben Affleck delivered catnip to Massholes by recruiting Tom Brady and Matt Damon for a boy band named “the DunKings.” Celebrities were everywhere, from a deadpanning Aubrey Plaza pitching Mountain Dew to Christopher Walken calling BMW “the real deal.” Chinese e-commerce giant Temu aired multiple ads encouraging consumers to “shop like a billionaire,” while Uber Eats revamped its star-studded commercial after it was criticized for joking about peanut allergies. And we’re very excited for the Wicked movie.
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