Economy & Finance

Global Plastics Supply Chains Further Pressured As Abu Dhabi Petrochemicals Plant “Suspended” After Attack One of the UAE’s key petrochemical hubs halted operations early Sunday after falling debris from an air-defense interception sparked multiple fires. The incident adds to a growing list of disruptions across Gulf petrochemical infrastructure, highlighting major risks and potential incoming disruptions […]

‘Open The F**kin’ Strait’: Trump Threatens To ‘Blow Everything Up’ If No Iran Deal By Tuesday Summary:  Trump offers Iranian negotiators amnesty, threatens to ‘blow everything up’ if no deal IEA Head warns Asia (implying Beijing) is panic hoarding fuel Trump warns Iran ‘Open the Fuckin’ Strait’ or “you’ll be living in hell’ Trump Talks

The Reflexive Rally Was Not Surprising Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The market rallied on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Tuesday’s rally one of the best trading days since 2022. However, that should also be unsurprising, since the best trading days tend to cluster with the worst market periods. As we noted in Stock Market Breadth on

Third Order Effects Begin: U.S. Airlines Hike Bag Fees As Jet Fuel Prices Spike The New York Harbor jet fuel benchmark has doubled in just five weeks as the aviation fuel crisis spreads from airport to airport worldwide following ongoing disruptions at the Hormuz chokepoint. The third-order effects of that energy shock began to materialize

Czech Government Caps Fuel Prices And Cuts Diesel Tax To Combat Surging Costs At The Pump By Thomas Brooke of RMX news, The Czech government has moved to cap fuel prices and slash diesel taxes in an effort to curb rising costs due to the ongoing international energy crisis, announcing a system that will see

Time For Europe To Defend Itself Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Americans shouldn’t fight for a suicidal continent. Four years ago, the Biden administration was working with the United Kingdom and the European Commission to pay for diminutive comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s war with the Russian Federation over territories where supermajorities of the population identify as

Ex-CIA Analyst: Trump’s Claim About Obliterated Iranian Air Defenses Was Premature Authored by former CIA officer Larry Johnson During his Wednesday night speech, Donald Trump made the following claim about Iran’s air defenses: “They have no anti-aircraft equipment, their radar’s 100% annihilated, we are unstoppable as a military force.” The White House followed this Friday,

Forget Temu’s “Bugatti” Knockoff. Texas Man 3D-Printed A Lamborghini Aventador Body Forget ordering a $30,000 “Bugatti” knockoff from Chinese e-commerce websites like Temu. A private seller in Texas is now offering what appears to be a fully 3D-printed Lamborghini Aventador body on Facebook Marketplace, highlighting how 3D printing is revolutionizing custom vehicle manufacturing. “This is

The Tyranny Of Compelled Speech Authored by George Ramsay via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), While censorship is often the main focus of discussions about free speech, there’s a related phenomenon that can do just as much damage to a free society. Not by preventing people from saying things they believe in, but by forcing