3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (795+ words) Speaking at Southern Methodist University on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dared currency traders, and indirectly the bond market, to challenge him as he wages a multi-front battle to stabilize markets amid Iran war turmoil while also trying to slow…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (423+ words) The creators of the long-running and enthusiastically insolent TV show “South Park” aren’t known to be huge fans of President Donald Trump. However, they’ve decided to adopt one of his ideas — in a way. They’re changing — at least for the…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (591+ words) By 8 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil had reached $105.20 per barrel, measured using the Brent benchmark. That’s $3.15 more than it cost yesterday morning and about $37.30 above its price a year earlier. Oil prices are inherently unpredictable. While many variables come into play,…...

4+ day, 51+ min ago   (645+ words) Pockets of fuel shortages worldwide, continuing price spikes, and rising inflationary pressure are now more imminent amid the ongoing Iran war escalation and the continuing decline of global energy supplies, analysts said. “The conflict has entered a new stage,” said…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (403+ words) A major American aid group is promising to deliver more medicines in high-need areas around the world after receiving its largest ever donation. Americares, a nonprofit that supports thousands of health centers globally, announced a $50 million gift Wednesday from an…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (602+ words) At 7 a.m. Eastern Time today, the price of oil sits at $102.05 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s an increase of $2.20 since yesterday morning and roughly $35 more than at this time last year. Nobody…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (123+ words) The Wall Street Journal first reported the news. The token will trade on Base, the network built by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, with a supply of one billion. The Journal also reported that the founders, including Biden, will hold 30% of the…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (591+ words) Come Sept. 8, some $20 billion’s worth of U.S. goods will be subject to Canadian counter-tariffs of up to 50%. They follow the 50% duties imposed by Washington on Canadian goods on Aug. 22. Yet U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed focus on Canada should be…...

1+ week, 56+ min ago   (338+ words) The federal interest burden has reached a new height, exceeding even the 1991 record, but analysts warn the risks associated with servicing the ever-growing national debt today are much higher than they were 35 years ago, analysts warn. Growing interest payments create…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (666+ words) The market for U.S. Treasuries has shown troubling signs lately, and rising yields are a clue that conditions are more dire than they appear, according to Robin Brooks, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. In a Substack post on Tuesday,…...