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Geopolitics at the Pump: How the Iran War Is Rewriting American Transportation Priorities

For most American drivers, geopolitics is an abstraction. The Iran war is changing that. The conflict — which has led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and...

US Oil Prices Above Pre-War Levels by 23% as Iran Conflict Continues Into Third Week

  US oil prices are now 23% above pre-war levels as the Iran conflict extends into its third week,...

A 70% Government Slice: The TikTok Fee That Defies Every Financial Convention

By any standard financial benchmark, the $10 billion fee the Trump administration will collect from TikTok's new investors...

Middle East Energy War: A Timeline of How Oil Got to $100 Again

Oil prices are back at $100 a barrel, and understanding how they got there requires tracing a rapid...

Nasdaq Proposes New Rules to Attract $1.75 Trillion SpaceX IPO

The Nasdaq exchange is moving to change its index entry rules in an effort to secure the upcoming...

Trump Moves to Reassure Investors as Oil Prices Fall Below $100

Market anxiety saw a significant reduction this week after Donald Trump suggested that the conflict with Iran might be entering its final stages. Brent...

Oil Tops $100 as Iran Strikes Desalination Plants and Homes in Gulf States

Iran's strikes against Gulf states over the weekend went beyond military targets, hitting a desalination plant in Bahrain and killing two civilians in a...

Gulf Oil Fields Face Unprecedented Shutdown Threat as Storage Crisis Bites

The Gulf oil industry is facing an unprecedented shutdown threat as the storage crisis triggered by the Iran conflict forces producers to choose between...

Brent vs. WTI: Oil Benchmark Divergence Tells Story of Disrupted Trade Flows

The gap between Brent crude — the international oil benchmark — and West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US benchmark, widened significantly on Monday as...

Trump Raises Tariffs to 15%, Putting American Consumers on the Hook Again

American consumers and businesses — already bearing the brunt of the country's aggressive tariff policy — are set to face even higher costs after...

British Steel’s Rail to Turkey: 23 Jobs, 599km, and a Ten-Year First

The numbers tell a compelling story. British Steel has won a contract worth tens of millions of pounds, creating 23 new jobs, supplying 36,000...