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• Trans Mountain expansion marks commercial launch
  Canada's long-delayed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion officially began...
  Canada's long-delayed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion officially began commercial operations on Wednesday, according to Cenovus Energy CEO Jon McKenzie, who warned that the mounting challenges associated with infrastructure development could make it the last pipeline to be built in Canada. As line fill progresses, deliveries to tankers in British Columbia are expected by mid-May.
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• College campuses remain protest hubs
  As protests against Israel’s actions in the war in Gaza continue on...
  As protests against Israel’s actions in the war in Gaza continue on college campuses around the US, police in riot gear arrested about 200 protesters at UCLA and dismantled their camp. Police also cleared protesters who occupied a library at Portland State. And Rutgers postponed final exams and set an afternoon deadline for protesters to leave, which they agreed to do peacefully. The Associated Press estimates that 2,000 people have been arrested at campus demonstrations in recent weeks. President Biden even weighed in yesterday, saying that peaceful protests are lawful but that violence and vandalism are not and that the protests have not changed his stance on Israel.
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• ☕️What Else is Brewing Friday Morning
  iPhone sales are down, and Apple share buybacks are up. Apple...
  iPhone sales are down, and Apple share buybacks are up. Apple managed to keep investors happy, sending its stock shooting up after-hours yesterday, despite selling fewer iPhones last quarter. Sales of the signature phone dipped 10% year over year, and revenue fell 4.3% to $90.8 billion. But Apple also announced $110 billion in share buybacks, the largest in the company’s history, per CNBC. And sales in China, which has been a sore spot, came in at $16.4 billion, less than a year earlier but more than analysts had predicted.
  
  Exxon’s $60 billion purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources got the green light from the FTC after the oil giant agreed not to give a seat on its board to Pioneer’s former CEO, whom the agency accused of colluding with OPEC to raise oil prices.
  
  Sony Pictures and Apollo Global Management offered $26 billion in cash for Paramount Global, as the company also mulls an offer from Skydance Media.
  
  Peloton’s CEO is stepping down, and the company plans to lay off 15% of its staff as it continues to grapple with waning popularity in a world in which people aren’t stuck at home anymore.
  
  A whistleblower at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems died suddenly this week after contracting a fast-spreading infection.
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• Closing Oil & Gas Prices
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery ...
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell 5 cents to $78.95 per barrel Thursday. Brent crude for July delivery rose 23 cents to $83.67 per barrel.
  
  Wholesale gasoline for June delivery rose 2 cents to $2.60 a gallon. June heating oil fell 1 cent to $2.44 a gallon. June natural gas rose 11 cents to $2.04 per 1,000 cubic feet.
  
  
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• Dow ends 300-plus points higher, Treasury yields fall ahead of Apple earnings
  U.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome...
  U.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday downplayed stagflation fears and said a rate hike at the central bank’s next policy meeting was unlikely.
  
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 322.37 points or 0.9% on Thursday to end at 38,225.66. The S&P 500 went up 45.81 points or 0.9% to finish at 5064.20. The Nasdaq Composite went up 235.48 points or 1.5% to close at 15,840.96.
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