Takeaways
• Iran’s proposed “environmental tax” on Hormuz shipping may represent a strategic shift away from outright military disruption toward a more sophisticated form of economic leverage embedded inside maritime law.
• The market…
slips below 1.16 as weak eurozone data weighs on sentiment. slips as rebound and caution returns.EUR/USD Slips Below 1.16 as Weak Eurozone Data Weighs on SentimentEUR/USD is trading lower below 1.16 on Thursday after disappointing…
Quantum computing stocks are back in the news because the Commerce Department on Thursday confirmed that it planned to award $2 billion in grants to nine companies to foster the development of the domestic quantum industry. Both Rigetti…
Africa has seen this before: The revolutionary brothers who once shared prison cells, campaign stages, liberation trenches and political slogans eventually arrive at the same destination: the brutal crossroads of power.
From Robert…
Formula 1 great Alain Prost suffered a head injury when a masked gang raided his home, Swiss media reports claim.The violent robbery took place at the home of the French four-time world champion in Nyon, about 25km north of Geneva,…
has climbed in the wake of the energy shock stemming from the Middle East, and economists expect the upward pressure to persist in the months ahead. The Federal Reserve is monitoring the data closely, but it left unchanged at its most…
Generalizing somewhat, the 20th Century’s most powerful economies emerged from a major Civil War, then recovered with an Industrial Revolution, creating a strong economy, which peaked or fell.
Great Britain’s Civil War was with the…
In March's Spring Statement, the government's independent forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), forecast that the headroom Chancellor Rachel Reeves had against her rule not to borrow to fund day-to-day spending in five…