August 16, 2026, 1:06 AM EDT. Europe’s fifth heatwave of the year is exposing a widening gap between the economic damage caused by extreme heat and what traditional business-interruption policies cover. Moody’s estimate…
High oil and gas prices are going to drive further consolidation in the UK sector of the North, according to analysts, who also said tax considerations would play a role in stimulating M&A appetite in the region.
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was approaching a decision on Iran, warning Tehran faced the “easy way or the hard way” as the Pentagon kept military options open amid continued attacks on commercial vessels …
Brent crude prices are up more than 60 percent compared with pre-war levels, despite rebound in supply.
The $4,000 break matters more as a psychological level than as a reaction to news, and losing it could trigger further selling from momentum-driven and leveraged holders. The most important near-term link runs through o…
One laptop, $6.3 billion gone. Attackers drained cryptocurrencies worth about $6.3 billion (about €5.7 billion) from Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, on Thursday evening. It is the largest crypto theft ever…
Spot gold trades at $4,158 an ounce, up 0.4% from Friday's close of $4,140.68, after a session range of $4,125.22 to $4,170.27. December futures on Comex are at $4,189.50, up 0.65%. The gain recovers a small part of las…
US stock futures fell on Thursday, October 29, as Alphabet's earnings miss renewed concerns over the rising cost of artificial intelligence investments.
“Let the oil flow!” With those words on Sunday evening, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States had reached an agreement to end the war with Iran after more than one hundred days and open the Strait o…
The blockade on ships “entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas” will begin on Monday, U.S. Central Command said. But U.S. forces will not impede vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a step back from Pr…
Diplomatic developments weighed on prices, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying Tehran remained open to negotiations. The Wall Street Journal reported that US Vice President JD Vance had contacted Mohsen …
The US and Israel have teased strikes around their elections, particularly against Iran’s civilian infrastructure.
On October 28 Eastern Time, SK Hynix shares surged 12% following a third-quarter financial report that beat consensus, driven by memory price hikes and improved product mix. Record revenue and operating profit, alongsid…
The Fed heads into its September meeting with inflation still at 3.4% and markets heavily pricing a rate hike, turning the decision into an early credibility test for Kevin Warsh.
The cryptocurrency had been widely expected to break higher in anticipation of a halving, but instead it sold off.
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix reporting a more than seven-fold rise in quarterly operating profit added to the buoyant mood.
Oil prices dropped amid hopes of easing US-Iran tensions, yet persistent Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia kept crude near six-month highs, reflecting ongoing regional instability and supply concerns.
Stocks bounced to a higher finish Monday after artificial intelligence systems maker Anthropic stepped toward a potentially mammoth initial public offering. Tech stocks shined ahead of earnings due from three Big Tech n…
Oil prices fell for a third day on Friday as easing concerns over Saudi supply disruptions outweighed anxiety about a widening the Middle East conflict amid fresh fighting between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthis. Bren…
Gold prices stage a rebound off a daily low of $3,989, rising over 1% on Tuesday even as the US Dollar and US Treasury yields rose. Falling Oil prices provide a leg up for the yellow metal, while investors brace for the…
Spot gold rises 0.9% to $4,087.79/oz; silver, platinum and palladium each climb over 1% ahead of Fed's policy decision
NVIDIA said on October 27, 2026 that it will invest $3 billion in Meta’s equity offering while the two companies widen their Nvidia Meta Muse partnership. The deal covers Meta’s Muse assistant and the Muse family of mod…
August 18, 2026, 2:15 AM EDT. Nicotine pouches are becoming a bigger earnings driver for Philip Morris and British American Tobacco as cigarette volumes decline. BAT expects industry pouch revenue to rise from £4 billio…
U.S. stock futures reversed a downtrend in the overnight session on Wednesday, as strong quarterly results from Micron Technology (MU) and massive revenue target updates from Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) helped ease AI trade co…