3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (379+ words) In a striking acknowledgment Wednesday, Trump said that oil prices likely won’t come down until after U.S. midterm elections, but added that prices will fall immediately after Nov. 3. “Right after the election, oil prices are going to be tumbling downward,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (690+ words) The future for the S&P 500 rose 0.2% and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%. In Germany, the DAX fell 0.2% to 25,535.88. The CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.2% higher, while Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.2% to 10,651.40. The price of Brent crude jumped…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (261+ words) CTPost The data came ahead of U.S President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, set for late September, though Beijing has not yet confirmed the exact date for the visit Exports grew 23.9% year-on-year in July Imports…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (426+ words) Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gave up early gains, falling 0.3% to 66,170.34 after the government reported that the economy grew at a slightly faster annual pace in the April-June quarter than earlier reported, at 1.4%. Earlier, the Cabinet Office had estimated the annualized growth rate…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1722+ words) Oil giant Chevron confirmed that it will expand its operations in Venezuela, just days after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation’s oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits. Canadian Prime Minister…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (423+ words) Bessent told reporters that he had warned other nations at the beginning of President Donald Trump ’s second term that the new U.S. “tariff wall” would mean that Chinese goods would flood their markets. “And unfortunately, I was right,” Bessent…...

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1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1526+ words) President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that, if realized, could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country’s untapped oil reserves, at cost. The president is calling it…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1085+ words) But six months into the conflict, the direst predictions haven’t come true even if no corner of the world's economy has been untouched. “So far, the global economy has pulled off the financial equivalent of a ‘Mission Impossible’ scene,” said…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (685+ words) Trump in a social media post announcing the agreement said it was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez. “The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement…...