![A currency trader passes by screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the exchange rate of South Korean won against the U.S. dollar at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Stocks were mostly lower in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street pulled back as surprisingly strong economic reports highlighted the difficulty of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation.]()
Asian shares lower as strong data hit hopes for dovish FedBANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mostly lower in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street pulled back as surprisingly strong economic reports highlighted the difficulty of the Federal Reserve’s fight against...By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Today's Picks
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The roots of the thrilling point-and-click noir Norco stretch from Texas to Louisiana.
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The Lone Star State continues to reign supreme.
![Ja'Vier Francis #5 of the Houston Cougars drives to the basket on Nate Clover III #13 of the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles at Fertitta Center on November 14, 2022 in Houston.]()
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This River Oaks mansion offers its future first homeowner ideal indoor-outdoor living.
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Here's a guide inspired by my dad (and his 50-plus years of stocking stuffing experience).
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Power & Renewables
![Vistra Energy, headquartered in Irving, Texas, is the state's largest power generator. (David Woo/Dallas Morning News/TNS)]()
Vistra expects a hit of up to $1.3 billion to its earnings due to winter...Vistra, which posted a $625 million profit, said it spent more than $10 million to prepare its power plants for the bitter cold that swept into the state last week, but natural gas shortages...By Marcy de Luna
Oil & Gas
- Oil powers ahead as critical OPEC+ meeting loomsOil rebounded from its biggest slump since November ahead of a key OPEC+ meeting.By Saket Sundria and Alex Longley
![As oil prices continue a steady rise, analysts say that if things go just right, $60 is a possibility by summer.]()
By Salma El Wardany, Grant Smith and Javier Blas
Energy Services
![Mark McCollum, Weatherford’s CEO.]()
Weatherford CEO exits as struggling company faces 'Chapter 22 bankruptcy'Weatherford International CEO Mark McCollum left his post five days before the struggling oil field service company's stockholder meeting and amid a new debt crisis that observers say could...By Sergio Chapa
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![Eden Maracco, 8, has lunch her dad Jeffery while power is out at her home, at Reds Food Truck Corner in Southern Pines, N.C., Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Tens of thousands of people braced for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent.]()
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![People work in the subway station being used as a bomb shelter during a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Ukraine’s air force said it shot down more than 60 of about 70 missiles that Russia fired on in its latest barrage against Ukraine. It was the latest onslaught as part of Moscow’s new, stepped-up campaign that has largely targeted Ukrainian infrastructure and disrupted supplies of power, water and heat in the country as winter looms.]()
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![Hywind Scotland, the world's first commercial wind farm using floating wind turbines, is visible off the coast of Scotland in August 2017. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, marks the first-ever U.S. auction for leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast. (Woldcam/Equinor via AP)]()
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![FILE - Power transmission lines deliver electricity to rural Orange County on Aug. 14, 2018, near Hillsborough, N.C. Investigators believe a shooting Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, that damaged power substations in North Carolina was a crime. The shooting serves as a reminder for why experts have stressed the need to secure the U.S. power grid. Authorities have warned that the nation's electricity infrastructure could be vulnerable targets for domestic terrorists.]()
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![Scott Meske speaks before the Administrative Rules Committee in the North Dakota Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. A North Dakota legislative panel refused to change a rule Monday that creates a moratorium on electronic pull tab machines at gas stations and liquor, grocery and convenience stores. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)]()
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![From left, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager and European Union Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis participate in a U.S.-EU Stakeholder Dialogue during the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) Ministerial Meeting, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in College Park, Md. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)]()
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![FILE - An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, on Oct. 11, 2022, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. Oil prices rose Monday Dec. 5, 2022 as the first strong measures to limit Russia's oil profits over the war in Ukraine took effect, bringing with them uncertainty about how much crude could be lost to the global economy through the new sanctions or Russian retaliation.]()
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![FILE - In this image taken from footage provided by the RU-RTR Russian television on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, journalists and Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office employees walk near the bodies of dead seals on shore of the Caspian Sea, Dagestan. A top Russian environmental official said Monday that the thousands of dead seals that washed up on Russia's Caspian Sea coast likely died from oxygen deprivation. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP, File)]()
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![In this photo provided by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar's Twitter handle, Jaishankar and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, pose for a photograph during their meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec.5, 2022. (Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar's Twitter handle via AP)]()
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![This photos shows the gate to the Duke Energy West End substation in Moore County, N.C. on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. Tens of thousands were without power in the county after what authorities say was an act of criminal vandalism at multiple substations. The Pilot newspaper in Southern Pines reported that infrastructure at the West End substation was damaged. (John Nagy/The Pilot via AP)]()
