: Russia’s credit rating cut to junk by S&P as other agencies mull or take downgrade action
Russia’s credit rating was cut to junk by S&P Global Ratings, part of a wide review by all major rating agencies.
Project Syndicate: By invading Ukraine, Putin steals the future from his own people
While China looks to the future with realistic hopes, Russia remains morbidly fixated on a mythological past.
Kimberly-Clark takes a majority stake in period underwear company Thinx
Kimberly-Clark Corp. said Friday that it has taken a majority stake in Thinx, a company specializing in washable, menstruation underwear. Thinx undergarments are made to...
Paramount Group stock soars after Monarch Alternative Capital’s buyout bid values REIT at $2.2 billion
Shares of Paramount Group Inc. soared 21.3% toward an 8-month high after the real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on officer properties confirmed it received...
Baker Hughes data show U.S. oil-drilling rig count up 5 weeks in a row
Baker Hughes on Friday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil was up by two to 522 this week. That followed...
Gold futures end with a loss, turn lower for the week
Gold futures fell on Friday, ending the week with a loss for the first time in four weeks. "What we've seen this year is a...
All 30 Dow stocks rise, led by J&J and UnitedHealth; 3M set to snap longest losing streak in 10 years
The shares of all 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained ground in afternoon trading Friday, as the blue chip barometer surged toward...
Oil futures gain 1.5% for the week on Russia-Ukraine developments
Oil futures declined on Friday, with U.S. prices paring their gain for the week to 1.5% in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Energy...
U.S. to sanction Putin, Lavrov directly over Ukraine invasion, White House says
The U.S. will join the European Union in directly sanctioning Russian President Vladimir Putin over the invasion of Ukraine, White House press secretary Jen Psaki...