Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day:
1. Stock futures rise as Wall Street tries to rebound from Wednesday’s losses
A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York, April 11, 2022.
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2. Oil falls after report that Saudi Arabia could increase production if Russia’s output falls due to sanctions
The sun sets beyond pumpjacks in the Belridge oil field on November 03, 2021 near McKittrick, California.
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Oil prices were under pressure after the Financial Times reported, citing sources, that Saudi Arabia is prepared to raise crude production if there’s a significant drop in Russia’s output due to sanctions. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. oil benchmark, dropped 2.4% to $112.45 per barrel. International Brent crude also slipped 2.4% to $113.45. According to the report, Saudi Arabia is aware of the risks of a supply shortage and that it is “not in their interests to lose control of oil prices.”
The FT report comes ahead of a key OPEC+ meeting Thursday. The cartel, along with Russia and other oil-producing countries, is expected to stick with the current production agreement.
3. Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook.
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Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook parent Meta, announced she is stepping down from her post, with Chief Growth Officer Javier Olivan set to succeed her in the fall. “Over the next few months, Mark and I will transition my direct reports,” Sandberg said in a lengthy Facebook post discussing stepping down. CEO Mark Zuckerberg also said the company is planning an internal reorganization along with the change.
Sandberg joined Facebook in 2008 as Zuckerberg’s No. 2, helping turn the social media company into an advertising juggernaut.
4. Elon Musk tells Tesla workers to return to work or resign
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Musk’s emails come as other Big Tech companies have yet to force all workers to return to their offices. Instead, employers such as Amazon, Apple and Alphabet are allowing some remote work, depending on an employee’s position and location.
5. White House to cancel student debt for half a million students from Corinthian Colleges
Teachers line up to enter Everest College, one of the Corinthian Colleges that closed, for a meeting and opportunity to collect their personal items, in City of Industry, California, April 27, 2015.
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Roughly 560,000 students who attended schools operated by Corinthian Colleges, which was formerly a large for-profit education company, will have their student loans debt canceled, the Department of Education announced Wednesday. That will come out to approximately $5.8 billion in canceled debt. These schools have been accused of predatory and unlawful practices, and the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2015.
— CNBC’s Weizhen Tan, Annie Nova and Jessica Bursztynsky contributed to this report.