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In markets, options to buy and sell securities get more valuable when volatility increases. The same is true of employers making hiring and firing decisions in times of surging input costs like energy prices, chaotic trade policies and transformative technologies. When you can’t predict next quarter

US retail diesel rose to a record, threatening to further spike energy-driven inflation as wars in Iran and Russia roil the market. The widely used fuel climbed to a nationwide average of $5.85 a gallon at the pump on Thursday, according to the American Automobile Association. Ed Hirs, Energy Fellow

Iraq is in the process of trying to hire multiple tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz as Baghdad steps up efforts to get its crude to global markets.

Press release – Paris, September 4, 2026, 6:00 PM CEST

Germany's far-right AfD party is closing in on a once-unthinkable prize: an absolute majority in a state government. As polls show the party in the lead ahead of Saxony-Anhalt's September 6 election, can the center hold? The post The right wing takes aim at the EU’s linchpin appeared first on Atlant

Tim Cook’s successor is a product engineer who has spent 25 years at the company and belongs to the generation mentored by Steve Jobs

Fine remains provisional as investigation continues into the consultancy’s tax practices

US probes Iran wedding strike that analysis shows was likely direct hit by US munition Reuters

Oil rallies for the week as U.S.-Iran fighting resumes; diesel hits record high Reuters

Washington can stop starvation.