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Stocks Near Record High as Crude Oil Drops on Iran: Markets Wrap automated-news
Stocks Near Record High as Crude Oil Drops on Iran: Markets Wrap

Global stocks climbed to approach a record high as crude oil fell after officials signaled the US was nearing a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restore oil flows. The dollar weakened.

24 May 2026 🔒
UK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students automated-news
UK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students

‘Very sharp downturn’ in enrolments risks hitting economic innovation and academic pipeline, lobby group says

24 May 2026 🔒
Adnoc’s Tankers Are Slipping Oil, Gas and Fuel Through Hormuz automated-news
Adnoc’s Tankers Are Slipping Oil, Gas and Fuel Through Hormuz

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. has been quietly ferrying oil and gas shipments out of the Persian Gulf using its own fleet, apparently circumventing both the Iranian navy and US warships to reach energy-starved customers.

24 May 2026 🔒
Australia to Include Existing LNG Contracts in Reservation automated-news
Australia to Include Existing LNG Contracts in Reservation

Australia’s requirement for liquefied natural gas producers to reserve a fifth of exports for local use is set to apply to all projects and existing contracts, intensifying pressure on them to secure more supply.

24 May 2026 🔒
SoftBank Taps Retail Investors With $1.6 Billion Yen Bond Deal automated-news
SoftBank Taps Retail Investors With $1.6 Billion Yen Bond Deal

SoftBank Group Corp. plans to raise ¥260 billion ($1.6 billion) through another sale of subordinated bonds aimed mainly at individual investors, about two months after a similar retail offering.

24 May 2026 🔒
Here are the major earnings before the open Monday automated-news
Here are the major earnings before the open Monday

Here are the major earnings before the open Monday

24 May 2026 🔒
Russia’s economy is much worse than it seems, and ‘elites are increasingly alarmed’ as alternate GDP gauge shows huge contraction automated-news
Russia’s economy is much worse than it seems, and ‘elites are increasingly alarmed’ as alternate GDP gauge shows huge contraction

While Russia has claimed its GDP expanded by about 13% between 2020 and 2024, Sweden's analysis of nighttime luminosity shows the economy actually shrank by 8% during that span.

24 May 2026 🔒
Oil slides, stocks rise as markets bet on Hormuz breakthrough automated-news
Oil slides, stocks rise as markets bet on Hormuz breakthrough

Oil slides, stocks rise as markets bet on Hormuz breakthrough

24 May 2026 🔒
Retail, traders chase midcap rally with stock futures bets automated-news
Retail, traders chase midcap rally with stock futures bets

Retail and high net worth traders have reached record levels in stock futures, driven by bullish momentum in mid and smallcap stocks. This shift from index futures occurs as headline indices trade in a narrow range, despite increased securities transaction tax and foreign investor pessimism.

24 May 2026 🔒
Guzman y Gomez faces class action from US workers over closed stores automated-news
Guzman y Gomez faces class action from US workers over closed stores

Mexican-themed Australian fast food chain accused of terminating staff without adequate pay or notice as it pulls out of the US American workers at Guzman y Gomez’s shuttered US stores have launched a class action lawsuit against the Mexican-themed Australian fast food chain over allegations staff w

24 May 2026 🔒
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