Donald Trump nominated seasoned hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as the next Treasury Secretary. While the Treasury Secretary has many responsibilities, debt management is one of the most important. Therefore, given the recent scrutiny…
By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Ottawa must make sure the Trump administration understands how inter-related energy markets are in the U.S. and Canada, a Canadian government minister said on Thursday, commenting on President-elect Donald…
The U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) has named Paul Beatty Special Agent in Charge of the DSS Los Angeles Field Office. Special Agent Beatty will oversee DSS criminal investigations, protective…
After the European Union opened a competition investigation into Corning earlier this month, citing concerns over alleged exclusive dealing, the Gorilla Glass maker has offered a raft of changes to its contract clauses aimed at settling…
By Paul Carsten and Nia Williams (Reuters) -Oil prices ticked up on Thursday after Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah traded accusations that their ceasefire had been violated, and as Israeli tanks fired on south Lebanon. OPEC+ also…
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba this week asked state and private businesses to generate more of their own electricity from renewable resources and to limit their use of air conditioning, among other conservation measures, as the…
By Divya Rajagopal Toronto (Reuters) - Canada's uranium miners, confident that only they can meet U.S. demand for the element after Russian supply curbs, have accelerated output and forward contracts to supply U.S energy companies, but…
In a recent Commentary- MicroStrategy Is A Leveraged ETF In Disguise – we discussed the company’s business model, which revolves almost entirely around highly speculative and leverage. To wit:
So, what is MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:)? It’s a…
By Mei Mei Chu, Florence Lo and Xiaoyu Yin YANQING, China (Reuters) - In a research facility in the northwest of Beijing, molecular biologist Li Jieping and his team harvest a cluster of seven unusually small potatoes, one as tiny as a…
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba, which once produced millions of tons of sugar, expects to output just 300,000 metric tons of the sweetener in 2025, according to provincial media reports, as it struggles to find the resources to…