Investors had braced themselves for the bad news for Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., and their fears were confirmed on Friday when both power companies reported second-quarter results that showed sharp declining sales and losses amid economic destruction caused by the coronavirus. Exxon XOM, -0.58% reported an adjusted loss …
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Text size David McNew / Getty Images Exxon Mobil and Chevron report earnings on Friday amid a bleak period for energy reserves. Most of the oil and gas names collapsed on Thursday, because the path back to “normal” in recent months is likely to be more complicated than investors initially …
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Text size It is the busiest week of the second quarter earnings season, with 171 S&P 500 companies slated to report. Things start slowly on Monday, before 3M, Advanced Micro Devices, eBay, McDonald’s, Pfizer, Starbucks and Visa reported on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Boeing, Facebook, General Electric, PayPal Holdings, Qualcomm and …
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Text size David McNew / Getty Images Oil services company Schlumberger is cutting 21,000 jobs after a disastrous quarter. Analysts are optimistic. Schlumberger’s (ticker: SLB) second-quarter results, released Friday morning, were grim at first glance: a 35% year-over-year revenue decline and a plan to cut a quarter from staff. But …
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Oil finished higher on Monday, with prices staying above $ 40 a barrel as positive test results for a coronavirus vaccine helped offset concerns about energy demand linked to the surge in global cases of COVID-19 above 14.5 million. Risk appetite received a boost “following news that a coronavirus vaccine …
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