Schumer urges FTC to hit the brakes on $53 billion Chevron-Hess merger

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Schumer urges FTC to hit the brakes on $53 billion Chevron-Hess merger
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'The FTC should side with consumers and pump the breaks on this deal,' Schumer said in a post on social media platform X, adding that the deal would give oil...

- U.S Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday urged the Federal Trade Commission to "pump the breaks" on Chevron Corp 's proposed $53 billion acquisition of Hess Corp.

In October last year, Chevron agreed to buy Hess for $53 billion in stock to gain a bigger U.S. oil footprint and a stake in rival Exxon Mobil's massive Guyana discoveries. The justice has been rightfully criticized for his ethically questionable actions, Dean Obeidallah writes, but in this sea of despair comes a ray of hope: John Oliver.

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