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The oil industry's $26 Billion life raft

For U.S. shale drillers, the crash in oil prices came with a $26 billion safety net. At the top of the list are the same Wall Street banks that financed the biggest energy boom in U.S. history, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co.

Apple says smartwatch demand to exceed supply at launch

Apple Inc said on Thursday demand for its new smartwatch would exceed supply when the gadget hits stores on April 24. Apple said it saw “tremendous interest” for the watch from people visiting its stores and website. The Apple Watch could make life easier for people on the move, but the gadget got poor marks for battery life and slow-loading apps from reviewers.

Real estate scion Durst due back in Louisiana court on gun charges

By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, was due back in a Louisiana court on Thursday to face a new indictment on firearms offenses stemming from his arrest last month in New Orleans. Prosecutors in California have been seeking Durst’s return to Los Angeles County, where he stands accused of the December 2000 slaying of

Thursday, April 9: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Despite a dollar index that was rapidly heading south, the gold price traded flat into the London open on their Wednesday morning—and began to head south shortly after 12 o’clock noon BST.  The selling pressure never let up from that point—and it got a final kick in the pants at the 2 p.m. EDT release of the Fed minutes—and for about an hour traded below the