It seems as if the oil market can’t catch a break from tariffs and increasing uncertainty about global supply.  The recent announcement by the US President Donald Trump to impose 25% tariffs on countries buying oil and gas from Venezuela has already shaken up the crude market.  Market participants are concerned about the impact of the new sanctions, while refineries ...

As Nissan navigates a challenging period marked by declining sales and mounting competition, incoming CEO Ivan Espinosa is charting a bold course to revitalize the struggling automaker. At the heart of his strategy is a commitment to dramatically reduce vehicle development time, a move intended to boost Nissan’s competitiveness and align its product lineup more closely with evolving customer preferences. ...

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has lingering questions about President Donald Trump’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) nominee, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and his past stances on transgender treatments for minors and abortion, and he says the nominee hasn’t answered his inquiries.  The Missouri Republican told Fox News Digital in an interview that he remains concerned by Oz’s past of ...

DoorDash and Klarna are joining forces to let users pay for meal deliveries with installment loans, calling it “essential to meeting our customers’ needs.” Not everyone sees it that way. The announcement has drawn a flurry of criticism on social media, less directed at the companies themselves than questioning what the need to use a “buy now, pay later” service ...

Bitcoin is more closely correlated to the Nasdaq than it is to gold most of the time, and investors could benefit from viewing it as another big tech stock, says Standard Chartered. Bitcoin’s correlation with the Nasdaq is currently at about 0.5, after it approached 0.8 earlier this year, according to the bank. Meanwhile, its correlation with gold has been falling ...

We’re watching this evolution play out in real time, a path that was inconceivable a few short years ago. A path that has finally reached the top of the mountain, where everything should be gold and bold and clear to see. Only it’s not. The coach/player dynamic is rapidly changing, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Not even ...

Investors are attempting to maintain momentum from the previous session’s gains, which were fueled by optimism surrounding the potential for narrower US tariffs, leading to a slight increase in US stocks on Tuesday. At the time of writing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2%, while the S&P 500 index was also 0.2% higher from the previous close. The ...

A federal judge from New Jersey temporarily blocked the Trump administration from separating two transgender service members from the Air Force.  The ruling is the second instance when a federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration as it seeks to implement its ban against transgender people from serving in the military.  U.S. District Judge Christine O’Hearn, an appointee of ...

By Valentina Za, Gianluca Semeraro and Mathieu Rosemain MILAN (Reuters) -Monte dei Paschi (MPS) CEO Luigi Lovaglio has pulled several all-nighters since arriving in Siena in early 2022, when Italy’s Treasury picked him out to revive the fortunes of the world’s oldest bank, five years after bailing it out. Back in October 2022 he worked through the night to pull ...

Now that we’re down to 16 teams in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, the time has come to try and figure out which has the best chance of cutting down the nets in San Antonio in less than two weeks. The short answer? Anyone could. But that wouldn’t make for a very interesting article, would it? That admission is necessary, ...

Investing.com — Universal Music Group (AS:UMG) and Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) have announced a new multi-year deal for recorded music and publishing, the companies announced in a Sunday statement. The agreement includes a direct license between Spotify and UMG, spanning the US and several other countries, they said. “Under the new agreements, UMG and Spotify will collaborate closely to advance the next ...

Saga Metals Corp. (‘SAGA’ or the ‘Company’) (TSXV: SAGA) (OTCQB: SAGMF) (FSE: 20H) a North American exploration company focused on critical mineral discovery, announces the addition of 180 claims spanning 4,500-hectares, increasing the total size of the Radar Titanium-Vanadium (Ti-V) project from 17,250-hecatres to 21,750-hectares. This addition now encompasses the 20km inferred oxide zone starting from the 2025 Hawkeye drill ...