Summer Road Trips, Falling Crude Prices Pump Up Refiners’ Profits
Summer road trips and a pullback in crude prices have pumped up refineries’ profits, offering brighter prospects for one part...
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A Gold Mine Takeover Highlights Increasing Mining-Sector Risk
Canada’s Centerra Gold Inc. invested more than $3 billion over nearly three decades to turn a remote gold prospect in...
Treasury Market Meltdown in 2020 Shows Need for Overhaul, Report Finds
A global dash for cash sparked by the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020 forced the Federal Reserve to buy hundreds...
Starbucks, Facing Higher Costs, Pushes Upscale Coffee
Starbucks Corp. said higher labor and supply costs are likely to linger for months, adding that it is promoting higher-end...
Chicago Casino Would Be a Costly Bet, Gambling Operators Say
Chicago leaders are searching for a company to build the city’s first casino, but big gambling operators are concerned that...
The World’s Biggest Miner Picks Profit Over Production
SYDNEY— BHP Group Ltd. BHP -2.74% ’s chief executive earlier this year reminded investors that mining companies that bet big...
How China Is Helping to Damp Global Inflation
HONG KONG—As China’s factory-gate prices soared this year, investors worried the country would become a new source of inflation for...
Governments World-Wide Gorge on Record Debt, Testing New Limits
The pandemic has pushed global government debt to the highest level since World War II, surpassing the world’s annual economic...
Bitcoin Fraud Concerns Draw Scrutiny From Regulators
Regulators are signaling they want more control over an expanded cryptocurrency universe that has pushed further into Wall Street activities...
China Widens Data-Security Probe of U.S.-Listed Tech Companies
A unit of China’s cybersecurity regulator launched data-security reviews of apps operated by two U.S.-listed Chinese companies, days after announcing...
