Russia’s Dirty Oil Crisis Is Worse Than Almost Anyone Predicted

After any normal voyage the tanker would quickly deliver its 700,000 barrels of Russian crude into a refinery for processing into gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products. Back in April, unusually high levels of the chemicals known as organic chlorides were discovered in Russian crude flowing through the giant Druzhba pipeline, built in the 1960s to carry crude from the U.S.S.R. to allied countries in Eastern Europe. The chlorides can severely damage oil refineries and on April 24 Russia's state pipeline operator, Transneft PJSC, halted shipments.

• Exclusive: Russia to pump dirty oil back from Belarus - sources

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• Russia removed two million tonnes of tainted Druzhba oil using rail, sea, storage: sources

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Could Ford Buy Tesla? Here's How Likely A "Doomsday" Scenario Is

The auto maker is burning through $1 billion in cash a quarter, the cash from the latest $2.7 billion funding round will be gone within ten months, and demand is falling off. One of the classic business solutions would be an acquisition. Maybe a white knight with the cash and managerial and operational wherewithal to come in, buy the company, fix the broken parts, and let Tesla become what it had the potential to be.

The 5G rollout has cell tower stocks in 'raging bull market mode': Cramer

"Once you build a tower, you can just add another antenna to it when you pick up a new client, so the margins are terrific," he says.

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Huawei's 'fake demand' distorted global semiconductor growth

In the months leading up to Washington's decision to ban Huawei from doing business with US suppliers, the Chinese company stockpiled nearly a years worth of components in anticipation of coming headwinds. Now, the global semiconductor sector may have to pay for it. In all, analyst Sebastian Hou says the Chinese company's inventory buildup added 8% to the chip sector's global revenue growth in the 1st quarter, or $35 to $40 billion.

25 Stocks to Avoid After Memorial Day

Below, we take a look at the 25 worst stocks to own the week of Memorial Day. Looking at S&P 500 Index stocks over the past 10 years -- and considering only stocks with at least eight years' worth of returns -- a handful of bank names made the list. STI and FITB have ended the week lower 80% of the time, averaging losses of 2.49% and 2.07%, respectively, per data from Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White.

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  Biogen Stock One of the Best to Own Next Week

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  Finjan Holdings Enters Oversold Territory

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EUR/USD Weekly Price Forecast – Euro looking to find a bottom

That being said, it's not until we break above the 1.1250 level that we can take a move higher seriously. EUR USD Forecast Video 27.05.19 That being said, if you are shorter term trader you probably will continue to go back and forth between the 1.1250 level and the 1.11 level. Until we break out of this range though, it's going to be difficult to place a trade for any significant length of time.

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  GBP/USD Daily Forecast – Strong GBP Retail Sales Data Helping Recovery

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  GBP/USD Weekly Price Forecast – British pound stabilizes slightly

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5 Cheap Stocks to Buy That Are $6 or Less

Safe Stocks to Buy This Summer With that in mind, here is a list of five of the best penny stocks to buy that I think have more upside potential to ride the market's bullishness. Pier 1 (PIR) PIR stock price: 64 cents Year-to-date gain: 100% Furniture retailer Pier 1 Imports (NYSE:PIR) has had a tough time getting its act together for several years. PIR stock has collapsed over the past year.

3 Oil Stocks to Drop Now

To keep production high, the Administration is giving the oil companies everything they always wanted. It's possible because oil and gas no longer represent cheap energy. The lifetime cost of solar and wind installations, $63.20 per Megawatt-hour, is now below that of coal, and approaching that of natural gas. The solar power expansion that began early this decade in the Far West, spurred by favorable tax laws, has now spread to the heart of the U.S. oilpatch.

Cramer: 5G rollout has tower stocks in 'raging bull market mode'

"Once you build a tower, you can just add another antenna to it when you pick up a new client, so the margins are terrific," he says.

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The Top 10 Technology Companies

If you keep track of these things, you'll note that the list of the world's top 10 technology companies continues to be dominated by American names. The names on this roundup of the top 10 technology companies were extracted from the Forbes Global 2000 List for 2018. The top of that list is dominated by the big banks, with the biggest technology company, Apple, coming in at a mere number 8 on the list.

Tesla's bad news accelerates as Wall Street loses faith

But around the middle of December, investors started having doubts about the former Wall Street darling's prospects for continued growth, and the stock started a gyrating fall that was among the worst in company history. For the year, the share price is down around 40%, largely on concerns Tesla is running out of buyers for its vehicles, which range in price from a base $35,400 Model 3 to a larger Model X SUV that can run well over $130,000. Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas, on a private call with investors this week, raised the possibility that Tesla would have to be restructured due to rising debt and falling sales.

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• Wall Street misunderstands Tesla, says analyst whose lowest price target is triple current levels

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25% of US adults have no retirement savings

A new report from the Federal Reserve paints a bleak picture of America's retirement savings. Almost a quarter of adults in the U.S. have no retirement savings or pension at all, according to the Fed's 2018 Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households , and just 36% percent of non-retired adults think that their retirement saving is on track. Of non-retired adults with savings, 54% say they have money in a 401(k) or 403(b) plan, 33% have an individual retirement account and 22% have a pension.

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Microsoft Stock Takes Aim at $150

Then look no further than Nasdaq heavyweight Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and get ready to buy MSFT stock. For more than a few years, if investors wanted above-average market returns and growth leadership from one of the market's mega-capitalization stocks, there was no better bet than Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). There was a time when Microsoft felt like the slow, out-of-shape kid waiting to get picked in a schoolyard game — the one that nobody really wanted on their team.

3 Small Caps That Could Be the Next Amazon Stock

Moreover, they offer a bigger opportunity to find above-average growth in both revenues and profits. And they are able to grow their share prices much faster than the bigger tech stocks as well. After all, doubling a $1 billion market cap is much easier than a $1 trillion one.

China ramps up war of rhetoric in trade standoff with US

Stepping up Beijing's propaganda offensive in the tariffs standoff with Washington, Chinese state media on Friday accused the U.S. of seeking to "colonize global business" with moves against Huawei and other Chinese technology companies. There was no word from either side on progress toward resuming talks between the world's two largest economies, though President Donald Trump said he expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, next month at a G-20 meeting in Japan. Negotiations over how to cut the huge, longstanding U.S. trade deficit with China and resolve complaints over Beijing's methods for acquiring advanced foreign technologies foundered earlier this month after Trump raised tariffs on billions of dollars of imports from China.

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  Inverse ETFs to Bet on as Trade War Fears Grip Markets

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This Simple Savings Strategy Could Make You $1,000 Richer – But 69% of Americans Aren't Doing It

You could be earning hundreds of dollars extra each year.

Life Insurance vs. IRA for Retirement Saving

A 401(k) plan is an obvious place to start squirreling away retirement funds – if your employer matches a portion of your contribution. One is to contribute to an individual retirement account (IRA), which usually offers a little more flexibility. Another possible route is to buy permanent life insurance.

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