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Oil Tops $110, European Stocks Face Steepest Opening Loss Since Ukraine Shock as Hormuz Crisis Deepens

LONDON — European equity markets braced for their steepest single-day opening losses in months on Monday, 9 March 2026, as crude oil surged past $110 per barrel for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, drawing the sharpest comparison yet between the current Middle East energy

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6 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade
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Brent Crude Tops $100 Intraday and WTI Posts Biggest Weekly Gain in Futures History as Iran-U.S. War Threatens to Shut the Strait of Hormuz

NEW YORK — Oil markets posted their most extreme weekly price surge in more than four decades on Friday, as the escalating armed conflict between the United States and Iran confronted global energy planners with the prospect of a prolonged and effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow Persian

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6 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Asian Stocks Plunge After U.S. and Israeli Strikes on Iran; Oil Spikes, Risk-Off Hits KOSPI and Nikkei

SINGAPORE — Asian equities plunged on Tuesday as a sharp spike in energy prices and renewed fears of a widening Middle East conflict prompted a rapid reassessment of risk across regional markets. The sell-off was most acute in export-driven bourses, where earlier-year gains were unwound as investors rotated out of cyclical

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4 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

United States-Israel strikes push oil near 9% as Iran-linked Strait of Hormuz disruption rattles markets

LONDON — Oil prices surged and equity markets slid sharply on Monday as an abrupt escalation of hostilities in the Middle East raised the prospect of a material interruption to seaborne crude flows and a fresh inflation shock for import-dependent economies. Benchmark Brent crude climbed roughly 8–10% in early European

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Oil Shock Rocks Global Markets as U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Iran Kill Khamenei and Threaten Strait of Hormuz Supply

BANGKOK — The coordinated U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over the weekend triggered one of the sharpest single-session sell-offs in Asian equity markets this year, with oil prices surging and safe-haven assets rallying sharply on Monday as traders priced in the

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Paramount Skydance Wins Warner Bros. Discovery in Historic $111 Billion Deal After Netflix Drops Bid

NEW YORK — Netflix abruptly ended its months-long pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday, February 26, declining to raise its $82.7 billion offer after the media company's board declared a rival all-cash bid from Paramount Skydance superior, clearing the way for one of the largest entertainment mergers

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6 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Rolls-Royce Lifts Profit Outlook to £4.2 Billion and Launches £9 Billion Buyback as Engine and Data-Center Demand Accelerates

LONDON — Rolls-Royce Holdings reported a 41 percent surge in underlying operating profit for 2025 and issued guidance that significantly exceeded analyst forecasts on Thursday, alongside a multi-year share buyback program of between £7 billion and £9 billion that signals the British aerospace and power-systems manufacturer has decisively turned a corner

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Bitcoin Crashes to $62,964 as Trade War Escalation and Iran Threat Drain Risk Appetite

NEW YORK — Bitcoin extended a punishing multi-day retreat on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, tumbling more than 5% to breach the $63,000 threshold as traders confronted a simultaneous escalation of U.S. trade policy and growing fears of military confrontation in the Middle East. The world's largest cryptocurrency

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6 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

South Korea's KOSPI Strikes Another Record High as Trump's Tariff Warnings and AI Fears Send Asia-Pacific Markets in Opposite Directions

HONG KONG — Asia-Pacific equity markets closed a fractured trading session on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, with semiconductor-driven gains in South Korea and Taiwan pulling sharply against weakness in Hong Kong and a broader technology sector gripped by artificial-intelligence disruption fears, as fresh tariff warnings from U.S. President Donald Trump

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6 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Paramount Skydance Clears US Antitrust Waiting Period in $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

NEW YORK — The Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust waiting period governing Paramount Skydance Corporation's $108.4 billion hostile all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery expired at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on February 19, 2026, the company disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday, removing a statutory barrier

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5 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Private Credit Alarm and Iran Strike Threat Push Wall Street Financials Into Risk-Off Retreat

NEW YORK — U.S. equity markets closed sharply lower on Thursday as two converging forces unsettled investor confidence: a major alternative-asset manager disclosed a sweeping $1.4 billion loan sale coupled with a fundamental restructuring of retail investor access to one of its private credit funds, while President Donald Trump

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6 Min
By: Nick Ravenshade

Wall Street Retreats After Walmart’s Cautious Outlook as Oil Jumps on US–Iran Tension

NEW YORK — Stocks and commodities moved sharply on Thursday as investors digested a major retailer's quarterly results and weighed the growing possibility of conflict in the Middle East. Equity benchmarks slipped from recent highs, while crude oil and other safe-haven assets attracted fresh flows as traders priced in

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By: Nick Ravenshade

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