KYIV, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Russia has attacked two foreign-flagged civilian vessels with drones in the southern Odesa region, killing a Syrian national and injuring another, Ukrainian officials said on Friday. Moscow has stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s maritime export arteries over the last two months as retaliation for attacks on “shadow fleet” tankers heading…
Dow Drops 540 Points, Oil Soars Strange picture predicts the market’s next move? [sponsor] Dow Drops 540 Points, Oil Soars [sponsor] Middle East conflict sends markets plunging, oil jumping 8.5%. Investors flee to gold, but Marc’s found a better crisis hedge – monthly income from oil, not stocks. Full details to learn more here. Four tankers…
By Ann Saphir Jan 9 (Reuters) – A drop in the unemployment rate may ease concerns at the U.S. central bank about labor market weakness, with traders betting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has delivered his last interest rate cut before his term ends in May and leaving any further policy easing in the hands…
Jan 9 (Reuters) – NASA on Friday said the space agency and SpaceX are targeting to undock the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International Space Station no earlier than 5 p.m. ET (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, pending weather conditions. Earlier this week NASA said it was mulling an early return of the…
By Anousha Sakoui, Clara Denina, Melanie Burton and Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Rio Tinto’s talks to buy Glencore and create a new global industry leader could spur consolidation efforts across the copper-hungry mining sector and heap pressure on BHP, currently the world’s biggest miner, to respond. If the bid succeeds, and depending…
By Marianna Parraga Jan 10 (Reuters) – At least four tankers, most of them loaded, that had departed from Venezuela in early January in ‘dark mode’ – or with their transponders off amid a strict U.S. blockade – are now back in the South American country’s waters, according to state company PDVSA and monitoring service…
By Niket Nishant and Pranav Kashyap Jan 7 (Reuters) – European stocks ended flat on Wednesday, snapping a run of record closes as investors paused to digest the latest U.S.–Venezuela developments and sifted through a fresh batch of economic data. Even though markets have mostly shrugged off the recent uptick in geopolitical risk, investors turned…
By Joyce Lee SEOUL, Jan 9 (Reuters) – A South Korean court trying former President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection charges put off a sentencing request till next week after a marathon session on Friday, in a case that could give him the death penalty over his failed martial law bid in 2024. Yoon, who…
SHANGHAI, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The Chinese unit of Netherlands-based Nexperia is selecting local firms to supply it with silicon wafers and is expanding domestic packaging capacity, Nexperia’s Chinese owner Wingtech Technology told financial magazine Caixin. In an interview published on Friday, which China’s Caixin said was conducted in late December, Wingtech’s chairwoman Ruby Yang Mu…
Meet America’s Newest B Unicorn Strange picture predicts the market’s next move? [sponsor] Meet America’s Newest $1B Unicorn [sponsor] It just surpassed a $1B valuation, joining private US companies like SpaceX and OpenAI. Unlike those companies, you can invest in EnergyX today. Industry giants like General Motors, Eni, and POSCO already have. Why? EnergyX’s patented tech…
