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(Reuters) -Northern Oil and Gas has made an acquisition offer for Granite Ridge Resources, a smaller U.S. producer with operations in basins including the Permian and Eagle Ford, according to people familiar with the matter. Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Northern has submitted at least two offers for Granite Ridge, the sources said, adding the latest bid, made in recent weeks, was at a roughly 20% premium to the target's share price. While Granite Ridge's management has rebuffed the overtures so far, Northern remains interested in a deal and could sweeten its offer next year, the sources said, requesting anonymity as the discussions are confidential.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wall Street surged on Friday and the dollar softened as cooler-than-expected inflation data helped investors look past the possibility of a government shutdown and fresh tariff threats from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. All three major U.S. stock indexes jumped more than 1%, gold surged and benchmark U.S. Treasury yields eased from multi-month highs. A report from the Commerce Department showed the PCE price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation yardstick, came in cooler than analysts expected, supporting the narrative that price growth remains on a path toward achieving the U.S. central bank's 2% target.

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(Reuters) -U.S. energy firms this week kept the number of oil and natural gas rigs unchanged for the second week in a row, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday. Baker Hughes said that puts the total rig count down 31 rigs, or 5% below this time last year. Baker Hughes said oil rigs were up one to 483 while natural gas rigs were down one to 102.

Upstream oil companies wound down hiring in November, the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) said on Friday, ending five straight months of job growth. Hiring in the upstream sector, which includes activities related to drilling and producing oil, can serve as an indicator of the health of the oil and gas industry. TIPRO represents nearly 3,000 independent producers and royalty owners across Texas, home to the prolific Permian Basin which accounts for just under half of total U.S. crude production, according to the Energy Information Administration.

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The lone dissenter to the Federal Reserve’s rate cut this week said she voted against the move because "there is more work to do on inflation," noting that she preferred to pause given the strength of the US economy.