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PG&E ordered to conduct more fire mitigation work A federal judge has ordered California’s Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and the parent corporation to not pay shareholder dividends indefinitely as state authorities review the utility’s wildfire mitigation plan. The judge was critical of...

U.S. Oil The U.S. may overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's top oil exporter by 2024, according to the International Energy Agency, which sees global demand growing by 1.2 million barrels a day until then, with the U.S. providing 70% of new supplies. "This will shake up international oil and gas...

Turkish Recession Turkey slipped into recession in the last quarter, with a Q4 contraction of 2.4% (the previous quarter's was 1.6%, so the shrinkage is getting worse.) The reason? The trade war with the U.S. that hit the Turkish lira, which made imports more expensive. BBC

German Banks Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank are reportedly holding tentative, preliminary merger talks, and the news—which follows months of rumors—boosted shares in both banks. The combined outfit would have a fifth of the country's banking market. Reuters

Tesla Swerve Remember three seconds (OK, 10 days) ago, when Tesla said it was closing most of its retail stores so it could sell its cars more cheaply? Now Elon Musk's car firm says it will reopen "a few stores in high visibility locations that were closed due to low throughput," but with fewer...

Boeing Shares Boeing's shares have fallen as much as 10% following the Ethiopian Airlines disaster. Safran, which makes the plane's engines, also saw a stock drop. Indonesia may follow China in grounding all 737 Max 8 planes—that's where the still-recent Lion Air crash happened, featuring the...

4 alternative assets that ultra-rich people are making money on Aarthi Swaminathan Finance Writer , Yahoo Finance•March 10, 2019 A whisky expert examines a bottle of The Macallan Valerio Adami 60 year-old 1926. (Photo credit: Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images) A new Knight Frank...

The man who can’t feel fear:Thanks to the “Free Solo” documentary that everyone’s talking about, Alex Honnold has become a paramount symbol of fearlessness. He is history’s greatest rock climber in the free solo style, meaning he ascends without a rope or protective equipment of any kind. In...

The Tinder swindler:This one blew me away. A man who goes by the name Simon Leviev has seduced and swindled women out of millions of dollars. He finds his victims on Tinder & lures them in with private jets, luxury hotels, and expensive dinners. He’s wanted by police in Israel, and reported for...

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