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Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi says that the oil giant will invest 7 billion euros ($8.6 billion) in activities in its home country of Italy over the next four years.

Japan has reported that its trade surplus with the U.S. grew nearly 6 percent in the fiscal year through March.

Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Wednesday after Beijing added to a swelling trade dispute with Washington by hiking tariffs on U.S. sorghum.

U.S. stocks moved solidly higher in early trading Tuesday, adding to the market's gains from a day earlier.

Chevron Corp. says two of its Venezuela-based employees have been arrested by local authorities in what appears to be the first such detentions of a private oil company's workers amid a growing anti-corruption purge.

___ IMF: A major trade rift could imperil solid global economy WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund warned that rising trade tensions between the United States and China risk undermining a global economy that the IMF believes should otherwise grow solidly this year.

U.S. health officials say a closely watched medicine made from the marijuana plant significantly reduces seizures in children with severe forms of epilepsy and warrants approval in the country.

The Latest on damage to oil pipelines and electric cables in Michigan's Straits of Mackinac (all times local): 11 a.m.

Michigan's attorney general says a tugboat dragged its anchor as it passed through the waterway connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, causing recent damage to underwater oil and electrical lines.

A new study says a massive Chinese infrastructure program that Beijing says is aimed at promoting global trade and economic growth is actually intended to expand the country's political influence and military presence.

Asian shares were mixed but mostly flat Tuesday, amid persisting worries over trade tensions between China and the U.S. Overnight, investors registered relief that air strikes on Syria were contained and unlikely to escalate.

U.S. stocks were broadly higher in early trading Monday, with technology and health care companies posting solid gains.

ConocoPhillips say its 2018 winter exploration and appraisal program on Alaska's western North Slope produced promising results.

___ Starbucks to train workers on 'unconscious bias,' CEO says PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Starbucks wants to add training for store managers on "unconscious bias," CEO Kevin Johnson said Monday, as activists held more protests at a Philadelphia store where two black men were arrested when employees said they were trespassing.

A refining supply economist with BP America Inc. faces up to 20 years in prison over a failed online extortion scheme against the Houston-based energy company.

The company that owns twin oil pipelines beneath the waterway that connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan is preparing to launch an underwater vehicle to inspect damage that may have been caused by a ship's anchor.

Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday, with Chinese benchmarks leading decliners.

Shares were mixed in Asia after an upbeat start to the week, with Chinese benchmarks leading the retreat.

Canadian Prime Minister Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has instructed his finance minister to begin talks with Kinder Morgan to "remove the uncertainty" hanging over the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project that would nearly triple the flow of oil from Canada's oil sands to the Pacific Coast Trudeau also said Sunday that legislation is coming that will "reassert and reinforce" the fact that the federal government is well within its jurisdiction to approve the project and ensure it goes ahead.