Hess Corp. set its CAPEX at $3.7 billion for 2023. The bulk of...
Hess Corp. set its CAPEX at $3.7 billion for 2023. The bulk of the spending will target high-margin and high-return assets in the Bakken and offshore Guyana in the Stabroek Block.
Approximately $1.45 billion (39%) will be for production, $1.7 billion (46%) for offshore Guyana developments and $550 million (15%) for exploration and appraisal activities, the company said Jan. 24 in a press release.
Freeport LNG seeks FERC permission for partial restart
Freeport LNG is seeking approval from the Federal Energy...
Freeport LNG is seeking approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to inject liquefied natural gas into a piping system as an initial step toward resuming normal operations at the 16.5-million-short-ton-per-year export facility in Texas. The company also announced the completion of repair work at the plant.
The country’s largest private employer is boosting its minimum wage for hourly US employees to $14 from $12 starting next month. The pay bump will affect ~340,000 Walmart employees, and raise the company’s average hourly wages above $17.50. Handing out raises isn’t trendy in these layoff-ridden times, but demand for workers in retail/logistics has stayed robust, and Walmart doesn’t pay as well as Amazon or Target, its main rivals.
Is there any politician without a stash of classified documents at home?
A lawyer for former VP Mike Pence found approximately 12 documents ...
A lawyer for former VP Mike Pence found approximately 12 documents marked as classified at Pence’s home in Indiana, and those documents have been turned over to the FBI. When asked previously whether he had any classified docs at home, Pence said he did not. But following the controversy over classified items found at President Biden’s home, Pence directed his lawyers to do a sweep of his house just in case…and they found some, his legal team said.
The DOJ and a handful of states are accusing the tech giant of ...
The DOJ and a handful of states are accusing the tech giant of abusing its market power through its tech that controls how the US digital ad industry operates. Google’s tangoed with antitrust enforcers before—the DOJ brought a different lawsuit against the company in 2020—but this suit is significant for several reasons: a) It’s the first time the Biden administration has launched a major challenge against a tech giant and b) the DOJ has rarely pushed for big companies to break themselves up in recent decades.
