U.S. President Donald Trump speaks holding a photos of the new ballroom during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on October 22, 2025. Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Big Tech and other publicly traded companies are helping to…
General view of Orsknefteorgsintez oil refinery in the city of Orsk, Orenburg region, Russia Aug. 28, 2025. Stringer | Reuters U.S. decision to sanction Russia’s two largest oil companies threatens to disrupt the energy lifeline linking Moscow to its biggest customers in Asia, but without causing an immediate supply shock, industry experts told CNBC. The…
Here is a funny thing about valuation “bubbles” involving financial instruments. In every individual case, you unavoidably end up asking: “What were they thinking?” Or stated differently, what causes a significant part of the supposedly rational investing public to collectively lose their minds for a relatively brief period? A few tulip bulbs, for example, were…
China on Thursday accused the U.S. of creating “panic” over Beijing’s controls on rare earth minerals, but indicated it is open to trade talks to resolve a dispute that has threatened to reignite a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. “The US interpretation seriously distorts and exaggerates China’s measures, deliberately creating unnecessary misunderstanding…
US sanctions on a key Chinese oil import terminal are redirecting crude flows and threatening run cuts at several state-owned refineries. Last week’s blacklisting of the Rizhao Shihua Crude Oil Terminal, which handles about 9% of China’s crude imports, could force run cuts of up to 250,000 barrels a day at a handful of refineries…
Stocks were brutalized Friday in a way we haven’t seen in ages. Everything except some downtrodden consumer packaged goods stocks, led by the resurgent PepsiCo , was slaughtered. The headwinds were enormous and came from disparate places. Bond yields came down huge, something that equity markets normally greet with tremendous relief and price-to-earning multiple expansion….
Here are the key events from day 1,322 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Published On 8 Oct 20258 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Here is how things stand on Wednesday, October 8, 2025: Fighting Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces have captured almost 5,000 square kilometres (1,930sq miles)…
Bank of America is urging caution after gold broke above $4,000 for the first time Tuesday. Gold futures touched an intraday record of $4,014.60 per ounce as of 11:31 a.m. ET, while spot gold hit an all-time high of $3,985.36. Gold prices have gained about 50% this year as investors seek a safe haven from…
Lowered support means capacity now expected to grow to no more than 4,600GW by 2030, 900GW lower than 2024 estimate. Published On 7 Oct 20257 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The International Energy Agency (IEA) has scaled back its forecast for renewable power growth to 2030, citing weaker outlooks…
China is currently outpacing the United States in the global energy export race, not with oil or gas, but with clean energy technologies, News.Az reports, citing Bloomberg. While the US focuses on selling fossil fuels, China has been steadily increasing its exports of electric vehicles, solar panels, batteries, and other carbon-cutting products. According to the news…