• Apr 28, 2025

Oil prices fall 2% to 2-week low as trade war concerns dampen demand outlook

Oil prices fell about 2% to a two-week low on Tuesday on expectations OPEC+ will boost output even as U.S. President Donald Trump's on-again off-again trade tariffs could reduce global economic growth and demand for the fuel. Trump's push to reshape world trade by imposing tariffs on imports into the U.S. has made it probable that the global economy will slip into recession this year, according to a majority of economists in a Reuters poll. China, hit with the steepest tariffs, has responded with its own levies against U.S. imports, stoking a trade war between the top two oil-consuming nations.

  • Apr 28, 2025

Wall Street banks sell final portion of Elon Musk's X debt, WSJ reports

A group of banks including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays and Mitsubishi UFJ sold the final piece of debt tied to billionaire Elon Musk's $44 billion buyout of social media platform Twitter, now called X, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The $1.2 billion of loans were sold at 98 cents on the dollar, the report added. Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Mitsubishi UFJ and X did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.