Uber CEO on diversity report: We need to improve 'across the board'

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Oil briefly tops $75 a barrel

Oil prices briefly hit fresh highs early Tuesday, rising to levels not seen since 2014. Brent crude oil topped $75 a barrel.  Prices inched lower around 8:30 a.m. ET. Follow oil prices in real time here. 

Oil prices briefly surged to fresh three-year highs Tuesday morning before falling again.

Brent, the international benchmark, surged as high as $75.27 a barrel overnight — a level not seen since 2014. By 8:30 a.m. ET, it had slipped more than 1% to $74.15. West Texas Intermediate rose...

Caterpillar surges after beating on earnings and delivering great news about the global economy (CAT)

Caterpillar reported first-quarter profit and revenue that topped Wall Street's forecasts. The maker of large industrial equipment raised its forecast for earnings this year, as it expects demand from its clients to increase.  Caterpillar's outlook on the global economy is often used as a temperature check because its equipment is used for massive capital projects. Watch Caterpillar trade in real time here.

Caterpillar shares jumped by as much as 4% premarket on Tuesday after the company...

Harley-Davidson beats on earnings and shares are rising in pre-market trading (HOG)

Harley-Davidson beat estimates for Q1 earnings. The motorcycle maker still saw deep declines in US sales.

Harley-Davidson posted a beat for first-quarter earnings on Tuesday. The iconic American motorcycle maker made $1.03 per share on a non-adjusted basis, surpassing analysts' expectations of $1.01.

Total revenue for the quarter was $1.36 billion.

Harley saw a 12% decline in US sales for the quarter, a sign that the structural weakness in the company's home market is continuing. 

The...

Bitcoin hits its highest levels in over a month as crypto markets rebound

Bitcoin surged past the $9,000 mark Tuesday, making for its highest level since March 14.  The total market for cryptocurrencies has risen 74% in less than a month as digital tokens rebound from tax season. Follow the price of bitcoin in real-time here.

The price of bitcoin was up more than 4% Tuesday, as high as $9,350 per coin, continuing a streak of gains that have pushed the world’s largest cryptocurrency to its highest price since mid-March.

Most cryptocurrencies saw a slight...

Fintech deals see record numbers in Q1 2018 - with emerging markets leading the way

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Global VC-backed fintech funding saw a record-breaking number of deals in Q1 2018, with 323 fintechs securing funding, up from 286 in Q4 2017, according to CB Insights. This amounted to overall funding of $5.4 billion, up nearly 30% from $4.2 billion in Q4, and only about 2% lower than its all-time high of $5.5 billion in Q3 2015. Additionally, there were...

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Investors are dying to know if the Cambridge Analytica scandal means people use Facebook less (FB)

Analysts want to know whether the Cambridge Analytica scandal has affected user engagement on Facebook. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said the #DeleteFacebook campaign hasn't had much impact, but it's less clear whether users are choosing to spend less time on the social network. Facebook was already suffering from falling user engagement, and said months ago it was knowingly making changes that reduce user time spent on the platform.

As Facebook grapples with the fallout of the Cambridge...

UK 'underemployment' is worse now than during the great financial crisis of 2008

Unemployment is at record lows. But "underemployment" — the phenomenon of people stuck in badly paid part-time jobs who cannot get full-time work — remains higher now than during the 2008 crisis. That is more evidence that the role of dole-claiming unemployment has been supplanted by the gig economy.

LONDON — At just 4.2%, unemployment in the UK is at its lowest level in decades. It should be the best of times.

Technically, the economy is at "full employment," meaning that anyone who...

The Very First Step To Take To Change Your Unhappy Career

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Wells Fargo's 20-month nightmare

Wells Fargo has been embroiled in one scandal after another for more than a year. Here's a rundown.