(Reuters) – Occidental Petroleum Corp. posted a $ 8.35 billion loss in second-quarter lower energy prices and depreciation on Monday as the U.S. oil producer sought to reduce debt amid a pandemic that fueled demand and prices has decreased. Occidental, which borrowed heavily from last year’s $ 38 billion acquisition …
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Coronavirus: Health Secretary Alex Azar expects US vaccine by December | World news
U.S. Secretary of Health Alex Azar said Tuesday morning that the United States hopes to have a coronavirus vaccine approved by December and tamped Russia’s celebrations on discovering its own vaccine after rapid development. “The point is not to be first,” Azar said. “The point is to have a vaccine …
Read More »Mariners baptize Rangers with something old, something new
Some days the Mariners are playing a game I know I want to watch again. Those evenings have not been many and far over the past year and a half, but in the ever-gray afternoon of mid-January, I know tonight will be a game I point to. Our wardrobe at …
Read More »DC Comics and DC Universe Hit By Massive WarnerMedia Layoffs
It’s a tough time for DC Comics.Image: Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding / DC Comics The merger between AT&T and Time Warner into another monolingual media megacorporation has seen a massive wave of layoffs aimed primarily at Warner Bros. this week. One area that was the hardest overnight was DC …
Read More »The Grounded update of the Last of Us 2 includes permadeath, new modes and extra trophies to try
The latest of our Part 2 Grounded update is here, adding the mode of favorite favorites, a new permadeath option, and a range of gameplay and visual modification keys. This means that while the more challenging Grounded difficulty is the main selling point, you can also make the whole game …
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