Investing.com – A group of major crude producers next meets at the start of June, and UBS expects them to agree to extend their voluntary production cuts, in an attempt to keep the oil market in balance.The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, a group known as OPEC+, meets…

The Dow broke past the 40,000 threshold Thursday morning for the first time ever, fueled by an encouraging inflation report. The blue-chip index was up about 114 points, or 0.3%, and trading around 40,022 mid-morning. Markets had rallied to new record highs Wednesday after the latest Consumer Price Index showed…

EUR/USD clings to gains near 1.0900 due to strong appeal for risk-sensitive assets. Traders expect the ECB reducing interest rates three times this year. Investors shift focus to the US weekly jobless claims data. EUR/USD falls slightly from the crucial resistance of 1.0900 in Thursday’s European session. The major currency…

MetalCore, a free-to-play massive multiplayer online (MMO) combat game led by former developers from Activision, Disney, Lucasfilm, and Midway, has announced a partnership with the universal gaming ecosystem Portal. Studio369, the game development company behind the blockchain-powered PvP shooter, said that Portal is a cross-chain gaming access point that enables…

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Nicole Shanahan, the running mate of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced an $8 million pledge to Kennedy’s bid for the White House during a comedy show fundraiser Wednesday night in Nashville, Tennessee, according to audio of the event shared with CNN. The wealthy Silicon Valley patent attorney laughed off the suggestion that “Bobby only picked her for her money” as she argued the capital would allow Americans to have an additional choice come November. She also said she wasn’t Kennedy’s first choice. “Hey, right now, we are in third place but we can win. I’m proof,” Shanahan…

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