Economy & Finance

Futures Fall As Iran Talks Remain In Limbo, More Ships Intercepted US equity futures are lower, but rapidly rising and now at premarket highs after a CCTV report that talks between Iran and the US in Pakistan may see a breakthrough “tonight or tomorrow”; still the optimism of recent days is being tested, with peace talks in […]

“Mo Hire, No Fire” Economy Emerges As ADP Surges With Jobless Claims Flat Following the surge in ADP’s weekly job additions index earlier in the week… Today we see that the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week was just 214k – hovering back near record lows… Continuing jobless claims inched back above

American Airline Cuts Outlook After Jet Fuel Shock Bill American Airlines slashed its full-year outlook on Thursday morning, warning it could post a loss in 2026 as the Iran-U.S. war, which sent jet fuel prices soaring, adds roughly $4 billion in fuel costs. The airline now expects full-year results ranging from a 40-cent loss to

U.S. Intercepts Iranian Tankers As Tehran Keeps Hormuz Chokepoint Shut The Hormuz chokepoint standoff between Tehran and the US military has become the center of the nearly two-month conflict. This standoff marks the next phase following an extended ceasefire with Iran after a second round of peace talks was canceled in Pakistan earlier this week.

Here’s What Happened Inside Convenience Stores When Gas Hit $4 Continuing our coverage of consumer behavior shifts at petrol stations and convenience stores, the U.S. national average for 87-octane gasoline has remained above the politically sensitive $4-a-gallon level for three weeks. Goldman analysts have released a new note indicating that a majority of convenience stores

European Car Sales Jump 11% As Fuel Shock Drives EV Demand European auto sales posted their strongest monthly gain in almost two years in March, as robust demand emerged for fully electric and hybrid models. The surge in demand follows the US-Iran conflict, which disrupted energy flows through the Hormuz chokepoint. As a result, petrol

White House Working On NATO ‘Naughty & Nice’ List Based On Iran War Support US officials are drafting what diplomats provocatively describe as a “naughty and nice” list ranking NATO allies based on their support for the US-Israeli war against Iran. Fresh reporting in Politico describes the proposal, developed ahead of NATO chief Mark Rutte’s

Judge Blocks Trump Admin’s Move To Halt Wind, Solar Approvals Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Landlords in London and the south-east of the UK are openly advertising flats and rooms exclusively for Muslim tenants – a practice that directly breaches the Equality Act 2010. The listings, spotted on Facebook, Gumtree and Telegram, use phrases

Russia To Stop Kazakh Oil Flows To Germany Via Druzhba Pipeline After several weeks of the main oil artery into Europe being halted – perhaps as Ukraine awaited the outcome of the Hungary election and the greenlighting of Europe’s €90 billion loan to Kiev – Zelenskyy stated the Druzhba oil pipeline will be ready to ship

UK High Court Backs Facial Recognition Rollout Authored by Kit Knightly via OffGuardian.org, Yesterday evening, the UK’s High Court ruled in favour of the Metropolitan Police in a legal challenge pertaining to the use of Live Facial Recognition Technology (LFR) across London’s transport network. The case had been brought by Silkie Carlo of Big Brother