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Oil tanker at sea as crude prices surge above $100 amid Houthi strikes

Houthi Strike on Saudi Tankers Triggers Dow Selloff as Brent Crude Closes Above $100

Houthi forces struck Saudi Aramco-affiliated tankers in the Red Sea on Thursday, sending Brent crude above $100 a barrel and pulling the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 500 points as

July 24, 2026

by Dmitri Agafonov

American workers at a labor event with union signs

US Weekly Jobless Claims Hit 57-Year Low at 187,000, Defying Economic Headwinds

US initial jobless claims fell to 187,000 last week, the lowest figure since November 1969, sharply undercutting the consensus forecast of 215,000. The reading arrives despite oil near $100, a technology-sector selloff, and the weakest monthly payrolls gain the labor

July 24, 2026

by Dmitri Agafonov

Oil tankers anchored off Takoradi Ghana as Brent crude crosses $100 on Houthi Red Sea strikes

Brent Crude Tops $100 as Houthi Twin Tanker Strike Sets Saudi Ship Ablaze in Red Sea

Houthi forces struck two Saudi crude tankers in the Red Sea on Wednesday, setting one ablaze

Japanese yen currency exchange rate display as Bank of Japan signals faster rate hikes

Yen Rebounds From 40-Year Low as BOJ Eyes Faster Rate Hikes

The yen staged its sharpest intraday recovery in weeks on Wednesday after Bloomberg and Reuters both

Gold bars and trading charts as gold settles near $4,000 per ounce

Gold Drops Below $4,000 as Fed Hawkishness and Iran Truce End a Three-Year Bull Run

Spot gold settled near $3,972 an ounce on Friday, its first close below $4,000 since November 2025. The breach came as the May PCE report pushed Fed rate-hike odds higher and Trump's

June 26, 2026

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Alphabet Replaces Verizon in the Dow as the Index Bets Bigger on AI

On June 29, Alphabet replaces Verizon in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, tilting the price-weighted benchmark harder toward the AI trade than ever before. The swap lands just as Wall Street questions

June 25, 2026

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Rolex Raises Gold Watch Prices Twice in One Year, and the People Buying Them Did Not Blink

Rolex raised gold-watch prices roughly five percent on June 1, its second hike of 2026 and a rare back-to-back move in a single year. Gold spot has nearly doubled since 2024 to

June 13, 2026

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The Largest US Auto Parts Supplier Most Drivers Have Never Heard Of Is Liquidating, and Its Founder Is Charged With Inventing the Receivables

First Brands Group, the bankrupt parent of FRAM, Raybestos, Autolite and Cardone, returned to a Houston courtroom Friday with a second attempt at a liquidation plan. Its founder Patrick James faces federal

June 13, 2026

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The CFTC May Block CME’s 24/7 Oil Contract, Because Letting Retail Trade Crude Through a Weekend Iran Crisis Is a Different Risk Than It Used to Be

CME Group on Thursday announced 24/7 trading for a new tenth-size WTI oil contract, launching August 30. The CFTC is weighing whether to block it. The reason is the rest of this

June 13, 2026

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Upcoming IPOs In India Investors Should Watch In 2026

Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) usually attract strong attention in the market because they give investors an opportunity to participate in a company’s growth story after it goes public. Sometimes, the interest comes

June 13, 2026

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Adobe Raised Its Forecast and Beat Every Number. Its CFO Left for a Chip Company Anyway.

Adobe posted record revenue of $6.62 billion, beat earnings estimates and raised its full-year targets. The stock fell 5 percent anyway, because finance chief Dan Durn is leaving for chipmaker Marvell, and

June 12, 2026

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Markets Erase a War in a Day: Stocks Surge and Oil Slides as Trump Calls Off Iran Strikes

The S&P 500 posted its best day since April, Seoul's KOSPI surged 8 percent and Brent fell to a two-month low after Donald Trump called off strikes on Iran and declared a

June 12, 2026

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SpaceX Raises $75 Billion in the Largest IPO Ever, and the $1.77 Trillion Question Trades Today

SpaceX priced 555.6 million shares at $135 each, raising $75 billion in the largest IPO in history and valuing the rocket maker at $1.77 trillion before its first trade. Elon Musk becomes

June 12, 2026

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Tencent Ends Four Years of Bond Silence and Gets Mobbed for $4.66 Billion

Tencent raised $4.66 billion in its first international bond sale in more than four years, drawing over $6 billion in orders as shares jumped 3.3 percent. Global investors mobbed paper from a

June 10, 2026

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Houthi Strike on Saudi Tankers Triggers Dow Selloff as Brent Crude Closes Above $100

US Weekly Jobless Claims Hit 57-Year Low at 187,000, Defying Economic Headwinds

Brent Crude Tops $100 as Houthi Twin Tanker Strike Sets Saudi Ship Ablaze in Red Sea

Yen Rebounds From 40-Year Low as BOJ Eyes Faster Rate Hikes

Gold Drops Below $4,000 as Fed Hawkishness and Iran Truce End a Three-Year Bull Run

Alphabet Replaces Verizon in the Dow as the Index Bets Bigger on AI

Rolex Raises Gold Watch Prices Twice in One Year, and the People Buying Them Did Not Blink

The Largest US Auto Parts Supplier Most Drivers Have Never Heard Of Is Liquidating, and Its Founder Is Charged With Inventing the Receivables

The CFTC May Block CME’s 24/7 Oil Contract, Because Letting Retail Trade Crude Through a Weekend Iran Crisis Is a Different Risk Than It Used to Be

Upcoming IPOs In India Investors Should Watch In 2026

Adobe Raised Its Forecast and Beat Every Number. Its CFO Left for a Chip Company Anyway.

Markets Erase a War in a Day: Stocks Surge and Oil Slides as Trump Calls Off Iran Strikes

SpaceX Raises $75 Billion in the Largest IPO Ever, and the $1.77 Trillion Question Trades Today

Tencent Ends Four Years of Bond Silence and Gets Mobbed for $4.66 Billion

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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