NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs Group Inc strategists say there’s little reason to expect a major retreat in United States stocks in the months ahead, even as the breadth of the rally that has pushed the SP 500 index into successive records is getting increasingly narrow. Just five stocks account for 51% of the US benchmark’s returns since April, Goldman’s strategists led by David Kostin wrote in a note to clients. Those same stocks – Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc, NVIDIA Corp, and Tesla Inc –

SINGAPORE: SP Global Ratings has assigned its" AAA" long-term issue rating to a drawdown by Temasek

TOKYO: Oil prices settled down 2% on Wednesday despite a historic drop in US crude stocks, as traders derisk following the downgrade of the US government's top credit by a major ratings agency.US crude stocks fell in the week by 17 million barrels, the largest drop in U.S. crude inventories according to records dating back to 1982, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.... The draw was driven by increased refinery runs and strong crude exportsDespite the record stock draw, US

TOKYO: Oil prices settled down 2% on Wednesday despite a historic drop in US crude stocks, as traders derisk following the downgrade of the US government's top credit by a major ratings agency.US crude stocks fell in the week by 17 million barrels, the largest drop in U.S. crude inventories according to records dating back to 1982, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.... The draw was driven by increased refinery runs and strong crude exportsDespite the record stock draw, US

NEW YORK: Oil prices hit two-month highs on Wednesday on tight supply as crude inventories in the United States, the world's top consumer, fell to their lowest since 2018, and as the dollar weakened and worries eased about the Omicron coronavirus variant.U.S. crude inventories fell 4.6 million barrels last week to 413.3 million barrels, their lowest since October 2018, the Energy Information Administration said.... Analysts had forecast in a Reuters poll a 1.9 million-barrel drop." The crude dr

Oil prices fell earlier on Thursday as Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ states agreed to bring forward oil production rises to offset Russian output losses to ease surging oil prices and inflation and smooth the way for an ice-breaking visit to Riyadh by U.S. President Joe Biden.... Read full storyThe Kremlin says it can re-route oil exports to minimize losses from EU sanctions, but analysts remain skeptical." The extent to which this will prove achievable is questionable, however.... Russian oil

DAKAR, Senegal — As Afghanistan fell to the Taliban this month, one of the most notorious extremists in West Africa praised his “ brothers ” and what he cast as their successful strategy.... arrow-right Fighters across the continent — many of whom have professed loyalty to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State — have publicly celebrated the Taliban’s takeover as the result of perseverance against the United States and other Western armed forces.... Marc Foucaud, who led a major counterterrorism opera

What is Nord Stream 2 and how might the Ukraine crisis impact it?... The official was not authorized to speak publicly about sensitive operations and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.... Russian President Vladimir Putin" can pull the trigger....

административных полномочий (Presidential Drawdown of Security Assistance - PDA) и является оперативным

European officials said.... But, in turn, it may complicate the drawdown of troops ordered by President