Year: 2020

(Bloomberg) — Oil steadied after posting its biggest annual gain in three years amid elevated tensions in the Middle East and signs that U.S. crude stockpiles fell further.Futures held near $61 a barrel in New York. An Iran-backed Iraqi militia withdrew from the U.S. embassy in Baghdad after storming the compound to protest deadly airstrikes. The American Petroleum Institute reported crude inventories fell again last week, according to Reuters. Official data is due on Friday.Oil had a strong end to last year following an agreement by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies to deepen output cuts, and …read more […]

Today we’ll look at LeoVegas AB (publ) (STO:LEO) and reflect on its potential as an investment. To be precise, we’ll… …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Shares of rating companies that missed signs of a default that triggered India’s mini-Lehman moment are soaring after the nation’s markets regulator imposed only a small penalty.Care Ratings Ltd. posted record gains and Icra Ltd. saw its biggest four-day advance in more than a year after the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Dec. 26 fined them 2.5 million rupees ($35,000) each on charges they overlooked facts while assessing Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd. The probes didn’t find any malafide intent.“The penalty is very low and there has been no major stricture passed against the rating …read more […]

Investors who take an interest in Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:ABEO) should definitely note that insider Stefano… …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Artificial intelligence can spot breast cancer more accurately than doctors, according to a study by Google Health.The technology’s reading of mammograms reduced both false positives, where healthy patients are mistakenly diagnosed with the disease, and false negatives, where the cancer is missed, the Alphabet Inc. unit said in a blog post on Wednesday. The system reduced false positives by 5.7% in the U.S., according to data from more than 28,000 mammograms performed there and in the U.K.Artificial intelligence is particularly good at reading scans, often outperforming experts. Last year, Google published research that showed how the technology could …read more […]

Volkswagen on Thursday said it was in talks to discuss a settlement with German vehicle owners who are suing the carmaker over excessive pollution caused by VW’s diesel cars. In 2015 the carmaker admitted to using manipulated engine management software to mask excessive pollution levels in its diesel cars, sparking a raft of prosecutions and lawsuits that have led to at least 30 billion euros in legal costs and fines. “Volkswagen and the Federation of German Consumer Organisations vzbv have agreed to enter into discussions regarding a possible settlement,” the carmaker said. …read more […]