Markets · past 30 days
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Samsung's Record AI-Memory Profit Meets Investor Doubt, Erasing $100 Billion in Value
The chipmaker forecast profit nearly nineteen times higher, yet its shares fell as markets questioned how long the artificial-intelligence memory boom can run.
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Samsung Posts Record Profit and Loses Value, Testing the AI Chip Boom
A forecast for a nineteenfold profit jump cut Samsung's market value by more than 100 billion dollars and led Asian shares and United States futures to fall.
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Gold Holds Near $4,150 and Bitcoin Steadies as Equities Slip on Chip Doubts
Hard assets kept their bid while stock markets from Seoul to Tel Aviv retreated and the shekel weakened past three to the dollar.
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From SpaceX to Small Drone Makers, the IPO Wave Meets Reality
Wall Street banks grew optimistic about SpaceX after its large listing, while a small Israeli drone maker's debut showed the risks among smaller companies.
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Bank of Israel Expected to Keep Cutting as Tel Aviv Property Stocks Rally
A postwar easing cycle lifts real estate shares even as a once-celebrated company in Israel's auto-technology sector seeks protection from creditors.
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Oil Holds Near Pre-War Lows as Middle East Supply Fears Ease
Brent trades close to 70 dollars a barrel, down sharply from its wartime high, as truce hopes and returning barrels loosen the market.
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OPEC+ Readies Another Output Increase as Middle East Risk Premium Drains From Oil
More barrels are returning to a market that has already lost much of its war premium, and importers from India to China are recalculating around cheaper crude and Iran's claim over the Strait of Hormuz.
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Cargo Ship Reports Attack in the Red Sea, Reviving a Shipping Risk Markets Had Set Aside
A maritime agency warned vessels to transit with caution after an attack in a corridor that had quieted, a reminder that the region's calm is fragile.
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US Prosecutors Move to Drop the Adani Bribery Case, Citing Diplomatic Strife
The Justice Department told a court the 2024 charges should never have been brought, easing legal uncertainty over one of India's largest conglomerates.
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Ukraine Strikes a Major St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, Widening the Economic War on Russia's Fuel Revenue
A drone attack on one of Russia's largest fuel export hubs deepens a campaign aimed at Moscow's oil earnings, even as global crude prices remain near multi-month lows.
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Ukraine Strikes Oil Terminals Near St Petersburg in Deepening Energy Campaign
Long-range drones hit port and fuel infrastructure around Russia's second city, extending a campaign aimed at Moscow's oil revenue even as crude prices sit near multi-month lows.
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India's Small-Cap Rally Intensifies as Retail Money Chases Triple-Digit Returns
Retail investors bought heavily into smaller Indian stocks that rose as much as 185 percent in three months, even as fund managers warn the broad market may pause.
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Brent holds near a four-month low as Hormuz shipping recovers and Iran tensions ease
Daily ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has risen sharply, and the return of Gulf oil supplies has pushed crude prices lower.
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Mali tightens state control over gold as prices trade near record levels
The military-led government created a new body to oversee artisanal gold sales, part of a broader effort by resource-rich states to capture more mining revenue.
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Oil Falls to Multi-Month Lows as Hormuz Shipping Resumes and the Iran Truce Holds
The first tankers are clearing the Strait of Hormuz and idle Iranian barrels are building at sea, which is removing the risk premium that the conflict had added to crude.
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Warsh Puts Inflation First, Lifting Yields as Chip and AI Shares Retreat
The Federal Reserve chair's emphasis on restraining prices raised US bond yields, while a decline in semiconductor stocks and a prominent short seller pressured the artificial-intelligence trade.
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Hong Kong Wealth Under Management Hits Record as Capital Returns to China
The territory's regulator reports assets of 5.38 trillion dollars, extending its position over rival financial centers.
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Wall Street Closed Its Best Quarter Since 2020 as Bitcoin and Gold Diverged
A rally led by semiconductor shares and easing war fears lifted stocks over the second quarter, even as bitcoin fell below $59,000 and gold held near recent highs.
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Russian Banks Post Record Payouts as Their Chief Executive Warns on the Economy
Sberbank approved a dividend equal to half its 2025 profit and VTB forecast strong profit, even as Sberbank's chief executive said the company's planning horizon has shrunk toward zero.
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European Heatwave Drives Up Power Demand as Health Officials Warn of Worse to Come
Temperatures above 35 Celsius across Central and Eastern Europe are raising electricity prices, and the World Health Organization calls the heat a preview of future summers.
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Indonesia Pushes Market Reforms While Deepening Ties With Russia
Jakarta moves to avoid a downgrade by the index provider MSCI even as it calls a partnership with Russia central to its economic plans.
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United States Medicare Begins Covering Obesity Drugs for the First Time
A new program starting July 1 opens access to weight-loss medicines for millions of older Americans, expanding the market for Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.
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US Stocks Close at a High on a Technology Rebound
A recovery in chip and big-technology shares lifted American indexes, with gold easing and bitcoin holding near $60,000.
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Iran Strikes US Bases in Kuwait and Bahrain as Hormuz Ceasefire Collapses; Oil Holds Near 73 Dollars
Iran's Revolutionary Guard launched missiles and drones at US military sites in two Gulf states after fresh US airstrikes, and Tehran threatened to halt talks. Crude has not yet repriced, with Brent near 73 dollars and West Texas Intermediate near 70.
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Oil Risk Returns to the Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran Strikes Enter a Fourth Day
After the two governments traded strikes, they agreed to halt their attacks and to discuss the contested waterway in Qatar, even as Tehran says traffic could return to normal within a month.
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Kazakhstan Courts Washington With Tungsten Deal, Calling Trump 'Sent by Heaven'
A Central Asian state caught between Russia and China gives US-linked investors access to one of the world's largest untapped reserves of a strategic metal.
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Tehran's Stock Market Falls as Investors Shift Toward Gold
Iran's main share index dropped about 2 percent while gold funds rose, a domestic example of how war changes household savings.
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Gold Climbs Toward $4,100 as Bitcoin Slides and Crude Sinks
Hard assets diverged sharply, with gold extending gains while bitcoin fell below $60,000 and oil weakened on easing supply fears.
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Tech and AI Selloff Deepens as a Stronger Dollar Pressures Gold, Silver and Bitcoin
South Korea's market triggered a second automatic trading halt on Friday after Apple raised device prices, and precious metals and bitcoin fell as investors priced in a firmer dollar and the prospect of Federal Reserve rate increases.
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Volkswagen Weighs Up to 100,000 Job Cuts and Plant Closures in Deepest Overhaul of Its History
Europe's largest carmaker is reported to be planning to close four plants and reduce investment as Chinese competition and the shift to electric vehicles reduce profitability.
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Oil Stays Volatile After Tanker Is Struck Near the Strait of Hormuz
Brent crude moved sharply in both directions as a vessel reported being hit by an unidentified projectile, even as shipping through the waterway continued to recover.
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Gazprom Deepens Gas Talks With China as Russia Promotes Non-Western Integration
Russia's state gas company said it is discussing new supply opportunities with Beijing, while Putin praised Russia's union with Belarus as a model, underlining a shift away from Western markets.
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China Sets Target for Half of Its Power From Non-Fossil Sources by 2030
Beijing's goal points to a structural limit on its long-term fossil-fuel demand growth, with implications for global oil and coal markets.
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Micron's Memory Boom Reverses a Global Chip Selloff
Quarterly revenue and guidance far above estimates from the US memory maker pushed semiconductor shares higher across Asia, Europe and the United States.
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Brent Falls Below $74 as Hormuz Shipping Resumes
Oman opened temporary corridors through the Strait of Hormuz with no tolls and tankers returned, pushing crude lower, before prices rebounded on June 25 after a commercial vessel was struck in the strait.
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Eleven EU States Seek Pause on Methane Rules Over Gas Supply Fears
A group of member states warned that new methane regulations could raise costs for foreign gas suppliers and threaten energy security.
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Oil Falls to Multi-Month Lows as US-Iran Deal Moves Toward Implementation and Hormuz Reopens
Brent traded near $76 a barrel as Washington granted Tehran a license to sell oil, Oman opened temporary shipping lanes, and inspectors prepared to return.
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Rheinmetall Shares Fall More Than 15 Percent as Germany Scraps Its Largest Warship Program
Berlin cancelled the F126 frigate project after spending about 2.3 billion euros, shifting toward domestically built Meko-class ships.
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Gold and Silver Retreat as Markets Price In a Tighter Federal Reserve
Silver fell to about $59 an ounce and gold dropped below $4,000 for the first time since November, well off their early-year highs, as a firmer dollar pressured hard assets.
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Technology Selloff Spreads Across Global Markets as SpaceX Rally Reverses
Profit-taking in artificial-intelligence and chip shares lowered Wall Street futures, European exchanges and Asian markets. Seoul recorded some of the largest losses.
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Brent Crude Falls Toward Three-Month Low as United States and Iran Signal Progress
Reduced concern about supply lowered oil prices by nearly 20 percent over the month, easing a major source of global energy inflation.
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Guinea Bans Raw Gold Exports in a Push for More Domestic Value
One of Africa's major gold producers ordered refining at home and threatened to revoke the licenses of companies that defy the rule.
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Gold Climbs Toward Recent Highs as Hard-Money Demand Holds
Bullion rose about 1.1 percent while a high-value gold-bar robbery in Hong Kong underscored the metal's elevated price, even as bitcoin softened.
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Ray-Ban Heir Seeks Multibillion-Euro Buyout of His Own Family
An heir to the eyewear fortune is appealing directly to the family holding company to back his plan to buy out two siblings ahead of a decisive vote.
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Hormuz Stays Shut to Shipping Despite Truce, Keeping a Risk Premium in Oil
Iran's Revolutionary Guard is withholding transit permits even after a war-ending memorandum promised to reopen the strait, while loaded tankers reappear in the Gulf.
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Ukrainian Strikes Trigger a Fuel Crisis in Russian-Held Crimea
The Moscow-aligned authorities halted all petrol sales after drones hit a major depot, the clearest sign yet that Kyiv's campaign against Russian energy infrastructure is reaching occupied territory.
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A Fragile Iran Deal Reopens Hormuz, and the World Economy Exhales Cautiously
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has declared the strait closed and suspended its talks with Washington, citing Israeli strikes in Lebanon. The United States military says ships are still moving and traffic rose, leaving the closure contested rather than confirmed.
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India's Gold Appetite Strains Reserves as New Delhi Raises Import Duties
Foreign-exchange reserves fell by roughly $10 billion after the government raised duties on gold and silver to slow demand.
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India's NSE Heads to Market as a Rare High-Margin Listing
An exchange that pays out most of its profit prepares an initial public offering, a notable test of investor demand.
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Oil Falls Below $78 as Reopened Hormuz Drains the War Premium
Crude returned to early-March levels after the United States-Iran framework deal reopened the strait, even as the ceasefire came under pressure within days.
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Reliance Approves Draft Prospectus for Long-Awaited Jio Listing
Mukesh Ambani said his three children will lead the public offering of India's largest telecom and digital platform.
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Iran and the United States Sign an Interim Deal, and Oil Retreats as Markets Reprice War Risk
An agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ease sanctions on Iranian crude pushed Brent below $78 and lifted equity futures, though both sides describe the deal differently.
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SpaceX's Public Debut Makes Musk the First Trillionaire and Tests an AI-Era IPO Wave
The rocket company's listing valued it above $2 trillion despite heavy losses, raising questions about how investors price frontier technology.
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Tehran and Tel Aviv Stocks Climb as War Risk Recedes
Equity markets on both sides of the Middle East conflict advanced as the US-Iran agreement removed an immediate threat of escalation.
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Israeli Chipmaker Tower and Cyber Startup Dream Lead a Tech Valuation Surge
Tower Semiconductor's market value overtook a major Israeli bank, while Dream Security raised fresh capital at a $3 billion valuation.
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Warsh Holds His First Fed Meeting as Markets Sit Near Records
The new Federal Reserve chair held rates steady at his first meeting, and fresh projections show that half of the committee's officials now expect at least one rate increase this year.
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US-Iran Truce Reopens Hormuz Talks and Sends Oil to a Three-Month Low
Group of Seven leaders praised a preliminary deal to extend the ceasefire and restore shipping, while Israeli intelligence cautioned that Tehran is not seeking a final settlement.
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Ukrainian Strikes on Refineries Push Russia Toward a Fuel Squeeze
Falling refining output and seasonal demand are forcing fuel rationing at gas stations even as Moscow minimizes the problem.
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Russian Business Incomes Fall for the First Time in Two Years
A study finds the growth model built on recovering demand and rising prices is no longer working.
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Bank of Japan Lifts Rate to 1 Percent, Its Highest Since 1995
Persistent inflation and a weak yen pushed the last major central bank further away from near-zero policy.
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Brent Falls Toward 83 Dollars as US-Iran Deal Promises to Reopen Hormuz
A framework agreement to reopen the world's most important oil chokepoint cooled crude prices, though the question of who controls the strait remains unresolved.
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Nearly Half of Central Banks Plan to Add Gold as Dollar Confidence Slips
A World Gold Council survey points to continued official buying, with gold near 4,358 dollars an ounce.
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Electric Vehicle Sales Outrun Forecasts, With China Leading
Cheaper, longer-range models are accelerating a transition that is reshaping the global auto industry.
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Israel's Tamar Gas Field Lifts Output 45 Percent, Surpassing Leviathan
An expansion pushes the older field's production above that of its larger neighbor.
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US and Iran Reach Framework to Reopen Hormuz, and Oil Prices Retreat
A preliminary deal to lift Washington's naval blockade and end military operations reduced the extra cost the conflict had added to crude oil, though the hardest questions remain unresolved.
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Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on French Wine and Champagne Over Digital Tax
The threat, delivered as Group of Seven leaders gathered, reopens a transatlantic fight over how to tax large technology firms.
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Russia Remains a Top Supplier of Gas to Europe Even as the EU Moves to Ban It
Russian liquefied natural gas ranked second by value among EU suppliers in April, while the Nord Stream 2 operator challenged the bloc's import ban in court.
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Draft US-Iran Accord Promises an Oil Sanctions Waiver, and Crude Prices Fall
Tehran says a memorandum would lift oil sanctions, release frozen assets and reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 60 days, though both governments dispute what was agreed.
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Russian Oil Sites as Both Sides Trade Claims
Kyiv says it struck a fuel facility in the Yaroslavl region while Moscow reports downing hundreds of drones, sustaining a campaign aimed at Russian energy revenue.
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Britain Makes Its First Solo Seizure of a Russian Shadow-Fleet Tanker
Royal Marines boarded the tanker Smyrtos in the English Channel, the first time United Kingdom (UK) forces have acted alone to stop a vessel in Russia's sanctions-evading fleet.
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Oil Slides Toward 86 Dollars as Washington and Tehran Signal a Deal, While Drones Still Fly in Hormuz
President Trump says the agreement to end the Iran war will be signed Sunday and the Strait of Hormuz will reopen at once, draining the war premium from crude, but Iran disputes the timing and drones are still flying in Hormuz and Lebanon.
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SpaceX Raises 75 Billion Dollars in the Largest Public Listing on Record
Elon Musk's rocket company priced shares at 135 dollars, reached a valuation near 1.75 trillion dollars, and rose 19 percent on its first trading day.
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Investment Firms Line Up for Trump's 100 Billion Dollar Venezuela Oil Push
A Nasdaq-listed acquisition vehicle is assembling capital to buy Venezuelan oil fields as Washington courts producers to revive the country's output.
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Oil Slides Toward Eight-Week Low as Iran Deal Hopes Lift Stocks and Bonds
Falling crude prices eased the energy costs that have driven inflation higher across Europe, and stocks and government bonds also advanced.
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SpaceX Set to Begin Trading at 1.8 Trillion Dollars in Largest Listing on Record
Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company priced its shares at 135 dollars, then rose 19 percent on its Nasdaq debut, the largest initial public offering on record and the moment that made Musk the world's first trillionaire.
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China Urges Open Trade Before Summits That Could Set Off a Clash With Europe
Beijing called on major economies to keep markets open as it prepares for meetings next week, while domestic retail sales showed little growth.
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India Defends Russian Oil Purchases and Says Washington Once Asked for Them
Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar told a forum in Finland that the United States had urged India to keep buying Russian crude to steady markets, then imposed tariffs over the same purchases.
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China Steps Up Public Enforcement but Frames It as Routine, Not a Crackdown
Regulators have summoned executives and opened high-profile investigations, marking a shift from the low-key approach that followed the damaging 2021 technology clampdown.
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Iran War Keeps Inflation Elevated Across Europe as Energy Costs Linger
Spanish inflation held at 3.2 percent for a third month, supported by emergency tax cuts, while British output contracted because of higher energy costs.
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Hong Kong Moves to Waive Tax on Fund Managers' Bonuses to Court Wealth
A bill gazetted Friday would exempt performance-linked pay from salary tax, the latest step in the city's effort to rebuild its standing as an asset-management center.
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Inflation Surprise Revives Rate-Hike Fears as Gold Falls to Six-Month Low
United States consumer prices reached their highest level in three years, sending equities lower and pulling bullion toward its weakest quarter in nearly a decade.
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SpaceX Listing Approaches With a Two-Trillion-Dollar Valuation and Open Questions
Elon Musk's rocket company priced its initial public offering at a 1.77-trillion-dollar valuation ahead of a June 12 listing, even as analysts warn its most ambitious plans remain unproven.
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European Union Readies New Russia Sanctions as Trade Reroutes Around the Blocs
Brussels prepares a 21st sanctions package targeting Russian banks while excluding aluminum, as friction surfaces inside Moscow's own trade bloc.
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Japan Says July Oil Imports Will Return to Pre-War Levels
Tokyo expects crude shipments to recover even as the Gulf conflict continues, the result of years of supply diversification.
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War-Driven Oil Costs Lift China's Factory Prices to a Near Four-Year High
Producer inflation is returning through the supply chain as the Iran conflict disrupts crude flows, just as markets prepare for United States consumer price data.
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Hormuz Shipping Risk Climbs as Tanker Burns Off Oman
A United States strike that disabled a tanker carrying Iranian oil, a separate fatal fire aboard another tanker near Oman, and Washington's pressure on the sultanate underscore how the Iran war threatens the main routes of global energy trade.
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Tel Aviv Stocks Slip as Data-Center Tax Fears and a Teva Retreat Weigh
Israeli shares fell with global markets, server-farm developers dropped on a possible special levy, and Teva said it will cut 250 jobs after a failed division sale.
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Buying a Home in Spain Now Takes More Than Eight Years of Full Pay
House prices increased 20.5% in 2025 while wages rose just 1%, widening one of Europe's largest affordability gaps.
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Oil Holds Near $94 as Iran and Israel Step Back From the Brink
A fragile pause in an intense exchange of strikes pulled crude down from above $98, but continued Israeli operations in Lebanon leave the truce vulnerable to a single incident.
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Oil Eases Toward $93 as Iran and Israel Halt Direct Strikes
The most severe disruption to Middle East supply was avoided, but high energy costs continue to slow global growth.
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SpaceX Sets $135 Share Price for a Record Nasdaq Debut
Elon Musk's rocket company is preparing an offering that bankers expect would be the largest on record, testing investor appetite at a valuation near $1.75 trillion.
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Russian Stocks Fall Below 2,500 as War and Sanctions Pressure Mount
Moscow's main index fell below 2,500 points as drone strikes, sanctions enforcement and weaker oil revenue combined.
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German Exports Rise for a Third Month, but Factory Output Lags
Europe's largest economy recorded an unexpected export gain in April, though weak industrial production keeps the recovery uneven.
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Rwanda Secures $250 Million From the IMF to Absorb Global Shocks
A 38-month credit facility shows how energy and fertilizer costs driven by war are straining smaller economies far from the conflict.
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Indonesia Subsidizes Soybeans to Blunt a Weakening Rupiah
Jakarta moves to limit food costs and maintain a tight deficit target as a strong dollar pressures emerging-market currencies.
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German Exports Rise Again, but Industry Stays Stuck
A surprise increase in exports offers a modest improvement for Europe's largest economy even as factory output disappoints and United States tariffs reduce demand.
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South Korea Leads a Global Equity Selloff as Strong US Jobs Data Revives Fed Hike Fears
Seoul's benchmark fell roughly 8 percent and halted trading after Friday's payrolls report pushed up the odds of a Federal Reserve rate increase and hit technology shares worldwide.
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Gold Slips Below Its 200-Day Average as a Stronger Dollar Pressures Hard Assets
The metal's drop and a firmer dollar reflect rising rate expectations, while bitcoin trades near 63,000 dollars.
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Jet Fuel Costs From the Iran War Erase Half of Airlines' Expected Profit
An industry forecast says rising passenger traffic is being offset by a sharp rise in fuel prices tied to the conflict in the Gulf.
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IMF Chief Warns the World Has Not Adjusted to Repeated Economic Shocks
Kristalina Georgieva says frequent crises are now a permanent feature, and flags artificial intelligence as the next disruption.