Trump Says He Will Demand Lower Interest Rates Immediately

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would demand that interest rates drop immediately, and that other countries should follow suit – marking his first broadside at Federal Reserve monetary policymaking since taking office just three days ago. “With oil prices going down, I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately, and likewise …

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Trump Says US Needs Double the Energy it has to Power AI

(Reuters) – The United States needs double the energy it has to power rapidly emerging artificial intelligence operations, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday. Trump said he would give emergency declarations to allow companies working on AI to start building plants “almost immediately” given intensive competition with China. “The big problem is we need …

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Trump: Will Be Asking Saudi Arabia and OPEC to Bring Down Cost of Oil

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he would be asking Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down the cost of oil and said he would be asking Riyadh to increase a planned U.S. investment package to $1 trillion from an initial $600 billion. “If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately. …

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ConocoPhillips Takes Over as Sole Operator of Gas Project in Malaysia, Petronas Says

(Reuters) – Malaysia’s Petronas on Thursday said it has officially transferred its contractual right for a cluster of oil and gas fields in the country to a unit of US-based firm ConocoPhillips. The rights relate to the Kebabangan Cluster, a group of oil, condensate, and gas fields in the state of Sabah, Malaysia, which was …

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Freeport LNG Export Plant in Texas on Track to Exit Outage as NatGas Flows Increase

(Reuters) – Natural gas flows to Freeport LNG’s export plant in Texas were set to rise on Thursday after a power problem during a winter storm forced it to shut on Tuesday, data from LSEG and energy traders showed. Freeport is one of the most closely watched LNG export plants in the world because the …

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