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BP layoffs expand by 32% as energy giant shifts focus to traditional oil
BP, the global energy giant with its U.S. headquarters in Houston, is now planning to cut 6,200 office jobs—up from the 4,700 layoffs it announced just seven months ago. That’s a 32 percent jump, and with Houston home to the company’s largest employee base, the ripple effects could be significant.
Oil falls on announcement of Trump-Putin meeting
Oil prices dropped on Thursday for a sixth consecutive session after the Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming days, raising expectations for a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine. Brent crude futures settled down 46 cents, or 0.7%, at $66.43 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 47 cents, or 0.7%, to $63.88.
Curious Minds Corner
What year and where was the world’s first commercially successful oil well drilled?
1859 in Titusville, Pennsylvania by Edwin Drake.