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• Energy prices in Europe soar 45 percent as inflation hits another record
  PARIS-Soaring food and energy...

  PARIS-Soaring food and energy prices driven by Russia’s continued aggression against Ukraine pushed inflation in Europe last month to levels not seen in four decades, with prices in the 19 countries that use the euro soaring 7.5 percent, according to data released Friday by Europe’s statistics agency.

  
  

  Energy costs jumped nearly 45 percent in March from a year ago, as the conflict has caused​​ dizzying spikes in natural gas, electricity and oil prices that have pushed Europe and the United States to make ambitious plans to reduce reliance on Russian energy.

  
  Source: NewYorkTimes
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• The U.S. added 4310,000 jobs in March as the unemployment rate fell to 3.6%
  
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• MarketWatch: Dow ends down 550 points as stocks finish quarter in the red
  Stocks closed sharply lower Thursday, capping a volatile and losing quarter for major U.S. equity...
  Stocks closed sharply lower Thursday, capping a volatile and losing quarter for major U.S. equity indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.56% fell around 550 points, or 1.6%, to close near 34,678, according to preliminary figures, while the S&P 500 SPX, -1.57% fell around 72 points, or 1.6%, to end near 4,530.The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.54% shed around 222 points, or 1.5%, finishing near 14,221. That left the S&P 500 down nearly 5% for the first three months of 2022, its first losing quarter in two years. The Dow fell 4.6% over the first quarter, while the Nasdaq dropped 9.1%.
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• Crescent Energy Closes $690 Million Acquisition of EP Energy Uinta Assets
  Crescent Energy Co. on March 30 closed its acquisition of Uinta Basin assets in Utah...
  Crescent Energy Co. on March 30 closed its acquisition of Uinta Basin assets in Utah previously owned by EP Energy for $690 million—several hundred million dollars less than originally announced.
  
  “We are excited to close this highly accretive transaction and expand our Rockies position,” Crescent CEO David Rockecharlie commented in a company release.
  
  Houston-based Crescent Energy had previously announced the agreement in February to acquire the Uinta Basin assets in an all-cash transaction from Verdun Oil Co. II LLC, an EnCap Investments LP-backed firm formed in 2015. At the time of the transaction’s announcement, the company said the total cash consideration was approximately $815 million.
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• Occidental Petroleum’s Best Quarter Ever Blows Away Stock Market
  (Bloomberg) -- Fueled by its leverage to rising oil prices and a big boost...
  (Bloomberg) -- Fueled by its leverage to rising oil prices and a big boost from the world’s top investor, Occidental Petroleum Corp. doubled this quarter and is the best performer in the S&P 500.

  
  

  It is quite a turnaround for the oil explorer, which has struggled for years. The shares soared 101% over the last three months, marking the best quarter in the company’s history, as oil leaped over $100 a barrel. The next closest stock in the S&P 500 Index in the first quarter was Halliburton Co. with a 70% jump.
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