Oil prices rise, set for strong Q1 amid bets on tighter supplies
Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Thursday as bets on tighter supplies, especially amid lower Russian production, put crude on course for a strong first quarter in 2024. Crude prices saw two straight sessions of losses as an…
Pennsylvania can discard undated mail-in ballots, US appeals court rules
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to a Pennsylvania rule that allowed the state to discard mail-in ballots that arrive on time but in envelopes with missing or incorrect dates written on them by voters. Voting…
Japan’s leading stocks could face near-term selling pressure, Wall Street banks say
Japan’s top-performing stocks are at risk of a sell-off because of overcrowded long positions in liquid and large companies, strategists from U.S. banks Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan say. Quantitative strategists at these banks, who go by statistical models…