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BP, ConocoPhillips Iraq investment tests Iran's energy grip

BP and ConocoPhillips' Iraq investment push could bring $60 billion of deals as Baghdad courts Western oil capital and tries to dilute Iran risk.

Police officers stand behind barriers on a London street.

Regulation

UK jails gang behind £4m crypto police website scam

US Capitol in Washington, where Congress is still debating the line between SEC and CFTC crypto oversight.

Regulation

SEC vs CFTC crypto regulation: where oversight splits

Commodities

India chemical stocks rise as Hormuz disruption boosts pricing

Economy

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Containers at Rio de Janeiro port in Brazil

Brazil tariffs 2026: U.S. 25% duty widens trade risk

Brazil tariffs return as the Trump administration sets a 25% duty on some goods, with carveouts that limit the first-round supply-chain shock.

July 16, 2026

Crypto

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Regulation

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Markets

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SoftBank sinks as Asia chip stocks track Wall Street AI rout

Asia chip stocks fall as SoftBank slides 9.2% on AI sell-off

Asia chip stocks fell as SoftBank slid 9.2 per cent, TSMC dropped and investors questioned whether rising AI capex can still pay off.

July 17, 2026

Commodities

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BP, ConocoPhillips Iraq investment tests Iran's energy grip

July 17, 2026

India chemical stocks rise as Hormuz disruption boosts pricing

July 17, 2026

Iron ore operations at Port Hedland in Western Australia

BHP Port Hedland strike tests iron ore flows after record output

July 16, 2026

Oil prices rise after U.S. restores Iran port blockade

July 15, 2026

Brent oil tops $85 as Hormuz fight revives inflation fears

July 14, 2026

Strait of Hormuz maritime shipping route

Strait of Hormuz shipping risk rises after U.S. strikes

July 12, 2026

Deals

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Banking

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UK buy now, pay later rules: what changes in 2026

UK buy now, pay later rules bring BNPL under FCA oversight, adding affordability checks, refund rights and Ombudsman access.

July 15, 2026

Stocks

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SpaceX (SPCX) stock falls after Starship abort

July 17, 2026

TSMC adds $100bn to U.S. spending plan, lifts Arizona bet

July 16, 2026

Close-up of semiconductor manufacturing equipment components illustrating chipmaking capacity.

ASML sales forecast raised again as AI chip demand holds

July 15, 2026

Louisville skyline across the Ohio River, used to illustrate Brown-Forman's corporate home market

Brown-Forman CEO Lawson Whiting to retire; guidance intact

July 14, 2026

Automated vehicle assembly line inside a car factory

Lucid (LCID) stock sinks 16% after bankruptcy report denial

July 14, 2026

Lucid (LCID) stock sinks 16% after bankruptcy report denial

July 14, 2026

Earnings

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Analysis

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High-voltage electrical substation representing the power infrastructure behind AI data-center leases

Anthropic puts a $19 billion price on AI's power bottleneck

Anthropic-TeraWulf lease gives investors a $19 billion yardstick for AI power scarcity, grid risk and data-center cash flows.

July 7, 2026

BP, ConocoPhillips Iraq investment tests Iran's energy grip

UK jails gang behind £4m crypto police website scam

SEC vs CFTC crypto regulation: where oversight splits

India chemical stocks rise as Hormuz disruption boosts pricing

Economy

Brazil tariffs 2026: U.S. 25% duty widens trade risk

Bank of Korea raises rates to 2.75% in first hike since 2023

China GDP slows to 4.3% as Beijing faces stimulus pressure

China GDP slows to 4.3% as Beijing faces stimulus pressure

Why a Senate process bill matters for Social Security now

India inflation hits 4.38% in June as oil, food costs rise

Crypto

Lawson JPYC pilot tests yen stablecoin checkout in Tokyo

Bitcoin, ether ETF inflows return with $282m weekly gain

Avalanche Treasury S-1 tests crypto treasury model

Temasek still treats crypto as a governance scar

AscendEX shutdown revives exchange payout risk after FTX

Strategy (MSTR) flags $8.32bn Q2 bitcoin loss after sale

Regulation

SEC vs CFTC crypto regulation: where oversight splits

UK jails gang behind £4m crypto police website scam

Ex-Fed adviser gets 38 months in prison over China ties

Crypto laundering fentanyl case widens DOJ drug-finance push

US Treasury freezes Iran-linked crypto wallets worth $130M

New York data center permit pause sends TeraWulf down 7%

Circle-Tether dispute puts stablecoin controls in focus

Thailand stablecoin audit targets USDT in crackdown

Markets

Asia chip stocks fall as SoftBank slides 9.2% on AI sell-off

Truth Social API turns Trump posts into market data

Turkey frontier-market warning puts index access at risk

Japan borrowing costs hit 30-year high on debt fears

PBOC lifts Hong Kong yuan hub with 800bn Bond Connect quota

Hong Kong's IPO revival meets its first supply test

Commodities

BP, ConocoPhillips Iraq investment tests Iran's energy grip

India chemical stocks rise as Hormuz disruption boosts pricing

BHP Port Hedland strike tests iron ore flows after record output

Oil prices rise after U.S. restores Iran port blockade

Brent oil tops $85 as Hormuz fight revives inflation fears

Strait of Hormuz shipping risk rises after U.S. strikes

Deals

Seven & i shares jump 4% on reported Zabka stake talks

British Steel nationalization puts Scunthorpe on state books

PayPal (PYPL) jumps 15% on Stripe, Advent $53bn takeover bid

MGM Resorts deal talks center on Barry Diller's $48.30 offer

Holtec nuclear IPO filing rides data-center power boom

Tailored Brands IPO filing tests Men’s Wearhouse comeback

easyJet bid war: Apollo tops Castlelake with £5.7bn bid

Xavier Niel to become Vodafone's biggest shareholder in $5.9 billion deal

Banking

UK buy now, pay later rules: what changes in 2026

BlackRock Q2 profit rises 20% as assets hit $15.3tn

Freedom Holding (FRHC) share sale raises $300m for expansion

United Community (UCB) clears Peach State deal to close Aug. 3

Circle OCC approval: trust bank opens without reserve control

Swift tokenized deposit pilot adds 17 banks to 24/7 payments

Stocks

SpaceX (SPCX) stock falls after Starship abort

TSMC adds $100bn to U.S. spending plan, lifts Arizona bet

ASML sales forecast raised again as AI chip demand holds

Brown-Forman CEO Lawson Whiting to retire; guidance intact

Lucid (LCID) stock sinks 16% after bankruptcy report denial

Lucid (LCID) stock sinks 16% after bankruptcy report denial

Earnings

U.S. Bancorp's BTIG quarter shows how regionals are growing

Morgan Stanley Q2 earnings: equities revenue jumps 69%

JPMorgan (JPM) Q2 earnings beat as trading revenue surges

Bank of America Q2 earnings beat, but stock slips 1%

TSMC’s June revenue surge sets the tone for AI chip earnings

Delta’s beat shows airfare pricing is still cushioning the fuel shock

Gulf earnings will show the war’s winners and losers more clearly than oil prices alone

SpaceX's IPO gives Wall Street banks an earnings tailwind

Analysis

Anthropic puts a $19 billion price on AI's power bottleneck

Anthropic’s next AI arms race looks like power, not models

The safe-haven trade is no longer simple

AI hiring 2026: heavy spenders add staff faster than peers

AI data center trade hits power, politics and capex wall