Company: Hess Corp

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pioneering shale oil producer Continental Resources Inc <CLR.N> has hired veteran oil trader Kirk Kinnear in an effort to claim a share of the bumper profits that have emerged from an unprecedented arbitrage in domestic crude markets.

(Reuters) - U.S. power grid operator PJM said Friday its capacity auction secured a record amount of new generation, demand response and energy efficiency resources for the 2015/2016 delivery year to keep the grid reliable as dozens of coal plants retire.

(Reuters) - Power grid operator PJM said Friday its capacity auction secured a record amount of new generation, demand response and energy efficiency resources for the 2015/2016 delivery year to keep the grid reliable as dozens of coal plants retire.

Pratt & Whitney expects military and commercial aerospace business will improve, but not for a while, the president of the jet engine manufacturer said Wednesday.

The president of Pratt & Whitney sees improving military and commercial aerospace business, but not for a while.

Stocks pared their gains in the final hour of trading but still kicked off the first day of May on a positive note, with the Dow hitting its best closing high since December 2007, fueled by a better-than-expected manufacturing report.

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The oil and gas company posted higher quarterly earnings, topping Wall Street forecasts as strong crude oil prices offset a weaker performance by its refineries.