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How Cheaper Oil Prices Could Backfire on the Economy
With oil prices nearing 18-month lows, John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil, explains all the different ways the price of oil affects the every day consumer apart from at the gas pump.
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Former Shell Exec Explains the Problem with Low Oil Prices
With oil prices nearing 18-month lows, John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil, is worried about the negative impact of lower prices. In fact, he says, if prices drop below $40 a barrel, the cost of production will exceed the...
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How the Oil Price Plunge Could Backfire on the Economy
With oil prices nearing 18-month lows, John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil, is worried about the negative impact of lower prices. In fact, he says, if prices drop below $40 a barrel, the cost of production will exceed the...
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Volatile end to the year for global markets heading into 2019 | Business Panel
Our weekend business panel discusses the volatile end to 2018 for markets around the world and looks ahead to some of the business stories to watch in 2019.
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Winners and losers in the CPTPP trade deal
The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership went into effect on Sunday, after being abandoned by the U.S. CBC's Chris O'Neill-Yates reports.
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European shares in tentative New Year's Eve rise after bruising 2018
European shares were slightly higher in early deals on Monday as soothing comments from Washington and Beijing about trade frictions between the world's top two economies provided some salve for investors after a bruising year in equity...
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Trade war optimism lifts European shares
European shares opened higher on Tuesday as a fresh whiff of optimism over the Sino-U.S. trade dispute lifted sentiment after a burst of political risk and worries about global growth hit world markets during the previous session. The...
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Year Ahead Market Predictions From a Top Economist
David Berson, chief economist at Nationwide Insurance, said he isn't worried about the brief yield-curve inversion that sparked fears of a recession last week. When short-term bonds begin to invert, then it's time to worry, he said.
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Size Does Matter for Ride-Hailing IPOs, as Unicorns Rush to the Public Markets
As ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft rush to debut on the public markets, the pressure is on. "You can falter out of the gates, because people don't know how to value a ride-share company," Phil Haslett, founder and chief revenue...
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Ex-NFL Star Ricky Williams Says New Football League Will Update Old-School Ownership Structure
A group of former NFL stars is launching an alternative professional football league for the offseason that will give players and fans a financial stake in their team's success. “We looked for markets where there was not a professional...
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Reading into US-China Trade Developments is 'A Fool's Errand,' Schwab Exec Says
China is preparing to open its markets to foreign companies, but Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, said it's too soon to celebrate. "It's a good thing ostensibly that China is opening up its markets to...
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Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders: Reading into US-China Trade Developments is 'A Fool's Errand'
China is preparing to open its markets to foreign companies, but Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, said it's too soon to celebrate. "It's a good thing ostensibly that China is opening up its markets to...
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Schwab's Liz Ann Sonders: Reading into U.S.-China Trade Developments is 'a Fool's Errand'
China is preparing to open its markets to foreign companies, but Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, said it's too soon to celebrate. "It's a good thing ostensibly that China is opening up its markets to...
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European shares extend rally as Italy hopes offset Brexit clouds
European shares rose for a third day running on Thursday as hopes over a compromise over Italy's contested budget and easing concerns over trade offset persistent uncertainty over Britain's exit from the European Union. The euro zone...
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Previewing Wednesday's Fed Meeting
Looking ahead to the upcoming meeting of the Federal Reserve, Lance Humphrey, executive director of global multi assets at USAA, told Cheddar that even with a rate hike, the stock market can still prosper. We've gotten too used to low...
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What to Expect from Wednesday's Fed Meeting
Looking ahead to the upcoming meeting of the Federal Reserve, Lance Humphrey, executive director of global multi assets at USAA, told Cheddar that even with a rate hike, the stock market can still prosper. We've gotten too used to low...
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Tesla Is Poised to be a 'Technology Titan': Wedbush's Dan Ives
In five to seven years, Tesla will be valued as a diversified "technology titan" rather than just as an automaker, Wedbush's Dan Ives told Cheddar on Monday. Wedbush rated Tesla "outperform" and raised its 12-month price target on the...
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In With the New: The Cheddar 50 Index Adds New Stocks for the New Year
Over the past year or so, our own Cheddar 50 Index has added names like Spotify and Dropbox after their offerings and dropped Whole Foods, which was bought by Amazon, and Blue Apron, whose stock has fallen nearly 90 percent since it came...
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Wall Street sell-off keeps European shares near two-year lows
A heavy sell-off on Wall Street sent European shares tumbling on Tuesday with oil stocks leading the decline as crude prices extended their losses and Royal Dutch Shell tumbled on reports of a possible acquisition. The pan-European STOXX...
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Pipeline politics: Ottawa pledges $1.6B for oil and gas industry
Canada's battered energy industry got a $1.6 billion boost from Ottawa today, an attempt by the Liberals to slow the political and economic bleeding in the oilpatch. But it may not be enough for those in the region.
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Cresco Labs Begins Trading on CSE, but CEO Says U.S. Cannabis Market Is Still Its Focus
American cannabis company Cresco Labs begins listing its shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange on Monday, but that doesn't mean the company is shifting its focus to the north. Cresco Labs CEO Charlie Bachtell told Cheddar that his...
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Cresco Labs Begins Trading in Canada, but CEO Says U.S. Cannabis Market Is Still Its Focus
American cannabis company Cresco Labs begins listing its shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange on Monday, but that doesn't mean the company is shifting its focus to the north. Cresco Labs CEO Charlie Bachtell told Cheddar that his...
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Alberta premier announces 8.7% oil production cut
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has announced a temporary 8.7 per cent oil production cut, or decrease of 325,000 barrels a day, starting Jan. 1, 2019.
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European shares dip as doubts grow about U.S.-China trade truce
European shares opened in negative territory on Tuesday as investors started to question whether the truce agreed by the United States and China on their trade dispute would lead to long-term deal. After enjoying a rally for its first...