Economy & Finance

ASP Isotopes Offers Helium Alternative As Qatar Export Crisis Looms ASP Isotopes could provide timely relief for the global helium shortage. In a new research note from Canaccord Genuity analyst George Gianarikas, he highlights the company’s Virginia Gas Project in South Africa as a potential new source of supply just as Qatar’s helium exports face major […]

Homeward Bound: Artemis II Leaves Lunar Space, Reveals ‘Earthset’ Photos Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times, The Artemis II astronauts are on their way home from the moon. NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen left lunar space just before 1:30 p.m. ET on April 7.

First Two Ships Pass Through Strait Of Hormuz Since Ceasefire As Iran Demands Payment In Crypto Last night we reported that no less than 800 ships were still trapped in the immediate aftermath of the US-Iran ceasefire agreement, unsure what the fine print of the deal meant for transits. This morning we are down to ~798, after

Airline Stocks Soar On Iran Ceasefire As IATA Sees “Positive” Tailwinds, But Warns Jet Fuel Crisis Will Persist Airline stocks are flying high in premarket trading in New York after the overnight ceasefire between the Trump administration and Tehran. The truce is a positive for the aviation industry, which has been locked in turbulence for

US Futures, Global Stocks And Bonds Soar On Ceasefire Relief, Oil Plummets US futures, global stocks and bonds are sharply higher while oil prices plunge the most in years as a wave of optimism swept through global markets after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz:

A Pause To Negotiate A Deal? Some Caveats… Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, Basically we wound up at the better end of our “base case” in yesterday’s Spaghetti Western, and you could argue we made it all the way into our best case of “ceasefire” (I’m reluctant to label it that, as you will

Watch Live: Hegseth Declares ‘Victory’ As Fragile Iran Ceasefire Hailed Internationally War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are expected to give their first post-ceasefire announcement briefing on Iran at 8am Eastern time. Watch Live: Iran sees this as Victory The United States and Iran have announced a

Shares Of Infrastructure Developer Erupt On Gulf Energy Reconstruction Prospects The two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire looks more like a pause in the six-week conflict than a long-lasting agreement, with language so broad and vague that it remains unclear who conceded what. The one clear point is that Iran’s reported willingness to allow vessel transits through the

Senate Democrats Might Not Have November In The Bag Based on various polls, Democrats are leading Republicans by roughly five to six points on the generic congressional ballot. While this certainly means they have an advantage, the numbers actually show real trouble for the Democrats for this year’s midterm elections. And even CNN isn’t trying

Evidence Points To Ukraine Being Behind TurkStream Attempted Sabotage (To No One’s Surprise) Via Remix News, Secret service documents allegedly prove that the Ukrainians planned to blow up the Turkish and Blue Stream pipelines years ago, permanently cutting Europe off from cheap Russian gas, reports Magyar Nemzet, citing a report out of Ellenpont. However, Serbia’s intelligence chief is