Usher tapped to headline 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas Feb. 11 (...
Usher tapped to headline 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas Feb. 11 (More) | Miami Dolphins beat Denver Broncos 70-20, scoring the most single game points by an NFL team since 1966 (More) | Taylor Swift spotted in luxury box at Kansas City game (More)
Meta is planning to release AI chatbots with their own personalities this week, per the WSJ.
Post-tropical cyclone Ophelia dropped heavy rainfall on densely populated areas on the East Coast over the weekend. New York City issued a travel advisory through Sunday, while city residents who live in basement apartments in at-risk areas were told to prepare to move to higher ground and avoid flooded subway stations. The Weather Prediction Center warned that excessive rainfall over parts of the northern mid-Atlantic and southern New England from yesterday into this morning could create flash flooding.
Stock investors face a wall of worry headed into the end of the year
Investors face a growing list of risks heading into the fourth...
Investors face a growing list of risks heading into the fourth quarter that just keeps getting bigger — from rising interest rates to a possible revival of inflation and gridlock in Washington that may become headwinds for economic growth.
The Federal Reserveremains in rate-hiking mode and is unlikely to cut borrowing costs next year by as much as previously thought. The prospect of $100-a-barrel oil at a time of expanded strikes by the United Auto Workers union is reigniting inflation concerns. Meanwhile, mitigating factors that could slow economic growth — such as the possibility of a government shutdown and the resumption of student-loan payments — might not be enough to shake the Fed’s inflation-fighting resolve. READ MORE
US crude oil, petroleum product exports had a strong H1
Strong demand for propane and other hydrocarbon gas liquids pushed US...
Strong demand for propane and other hydrocarbon gas liquids pushed US petroleum product exports up by 2% year over year to almost 6 million barrels per day in the first six months of 2023, setting a first-half record in Energy Information Administration data going back to 1981. US crude oil exports expanded at an even faster pace in the first half, by 19% to 4 million bpd, the EIA reported.
Sempra Infrastructure has received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 expansion project in Jefferson County, Texas, which involves two new liquefaction trains that would double the facility's total liquefaction capacity to about 28.6 million short tons per year. The FERC has also authorized a project at Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG plant in Louisiana and endorsed pipeline extensions proposed by Berkshire Hathaway's Northern Natural Gas and Enbridge's Texas Eastern Transmission.
