Top Wall Street analysts pick these dividend stocks for enhanced returns

Investors looking to enhance their portfolio returns can opt for a combination of growth and dividend stocks. Choosing the right dividend stock by analyzing multiple factors can be complex for investors. However, recommendations from analysts can help inform investors’ research and guide them toward lucrative dividend stocks from companies with strong fundamentals. Here are three … Read more

How Walmart, Delta & Starbucks are using AI to check employee messages

Klaus Vedfelt | Digitalvision | Getty Images Cue the George Orwell reference. Depending on where you work, there’s a significant chance that artificial intelligence is analyzing your messages on Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and other popular apps. Huge U.S. employers such as Walmart, Delta Air Lines, T-Mobile, Chevron and Starbucks, as well as European brands … Read more

Q4 earnings shaping up to be the best of 2023

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 1, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Here’s how big of a surprise corporate profits have been this earnings season: The fourth quarter is now shaping up to be the best of 2023. Despite ongoing macroeconomic concerns that have hampered demand and weighed … Read more

Oil and gas industry needs to let go of carbon capture as solution to climate change, IEA says

The Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility, operated by Chevron Corp., on Barrow Island, Australia, on Monday, July 24, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The oil and gas industry needs to let go of the “illusion” that carbon capture technology is a solution to climate change and … Read more

Chevron, Exxon’s latest buys could herald a new era of oil megamergers

Marathon Petroleum’s oil refinery in Anacortes, Washington. David Ryder | Reuters Energy heavyweights Chevron and Exxon Mobil announced shiny new acquisitions this month — and some industry watchers say it could be the start of more multibillion megadeals to come. Chevron on Monday said it’s buying Hess for $53 billion in stock, allowing Chevron to … Read more

Oil deals ahead of Big Tech earnings

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you need to know today Markets attempt comebackThe … Read more

Oil deals and awaiting tech earnings

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 26, 2023 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where … Read more

Saudi vitality minister says oil provide cuts usually are not about ‘jacking up costs’

Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman on the World Petroleum Congress in Calgary, Canada, on Sept. 18, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Pictures Saudi Arabia’s vitality minister stated Riyadh and Moscow’s determination to increase crude oil provide cuts just isn’t about “jacking up costs,” as Brent futures hover close to $95 a barrel and analysts predict … Read more