Updated Jan. 8, 2024 5:44 am ET Shell said its fourth-quarter earnings took a hit of between $2.5 billion and $4.5 billion in impairments that were offset by significantly higher gas trading, while its overall production volumes are on track to meet targets. The London-based energy giant said Monday that the impairments were primarily driven…

Articles asking us to feel sympathy for families barely scraping by on healthy six-figure incomes may be staples of the financial press, but it’s rare that they come packaged as real-world case studies attached to flesh-and-blood individuals. But that’s what happened just before Christmas, when law professor Steven Calabresi defended Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’…

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Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion in another huge deal this month as the industry uses its windfall from surging oil prices.

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