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Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Says He's Hunting for More Gas Assets

(Bloomberg) -- Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is doubling down on a forlorn corner of the U.S. shale patch, calling Louisiana’s Haynesville play the best for low-cost hydrocarbons and saying he’s hunting for more acreage there.The billionaire owner of America’s Team is no stranger to contrarian investments. The serial entrepreneur generated enough money in the oil business to buy the National Football League club in 1989 at a time when it was bleeding cash and built it into the world’s most valuable franchise.When the worst crude-price crash in a generation kicked off half a decade ago, explorers shifted to the pancaked layers of oil-soaked rock in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico for that field’s relatively lower costs. And although it has become the world’s biggest shale patch, Jones is looking elsewhere for growth.“The gas in Haynesville is the best-cost hydrocarbons in the industry,” Jones, 77, said in...

Thanksgiving travel snarled by weather

Triple-A predicts 55-million Americans will travel 50 million miles or more for Thanksgiving. That would be the highest number since 2000. But they're facing some difficult weather, with snow, rain and strong winds snarling traffic across the country. Triple-A's Robert Sinclair joins Yahoo Finance’s Brian Sozzi and Alexis Christoforous on The First Trade to discuss....

7 5G Stocks to Buy Now for the Future

[Editor's note: "7 5G Stocks to Buy Now for the Future" was previously published in August 2019. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.]Since I last wrote about the four best 5G stocks to buy as the trend heated up, the sector has touched new highs. The companies benefited from telecom companies rolling out 5G wireless. That trend is not only heating up, but is accelerating. AT&T (NYSE:T) will offer a fixed-wireless-access solution later this year, letting customers get 5G internet at home. Beating AT&T in the 5G race is Verizon (NYSE:VZ), which officially became the first major U.S. carrier to offer 5G cell service. * 7 Stocks to Buy in December Verizon's victory puts pressure on telecom firms to accelerate their investments in the 5G buildout -- or risk falling behind.InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading TipsHere are seven 5G stocks that...