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Businesses that panic-bought projectors for the Knicks can seamlessly transition to the World Cup.

Ecuador is cutting beer prices by more than 20% through a temporary tax cut to rally “extra support” for the national football team during the World Cup, President Daniel Noboa said.

The Chicago Mercantile Group announced plans to offer 24-hour, seven-days-a-week trading in new, smaller crude oil futures and its existing gold contract, the exchange said Thursday.

Stocks in Asia were set to advance Friday, tracking a rally on Wall Street after President Donald Trump said the US was nearing an agreement with Iran, raising hopes for a diplomatic end to a conflict that has rattled global markets. Oil dropped.

Oil slid to a two-month low after President Donald Trump said a peace deal with Iran could be signed as soon as the weekend following US military strikes that cast doubt over progress to end the war.

The central question has not simply been who possesses power, but who is willing to absorb pain, tolerate risk, and continue escalating when conventional logic suggests restraint. The post The Iran war is a game of liar’s poker appeared first on Atlantic Council.

Wall Street indexes jump, Trump says strikes against Iran canceled Reuters

Brand Industrial Services Inc., a scaffolding and industrial services company that does business as BrandSafway, reported sharply lower first-quarter earnings as higher costs and spending on its push into data center construction weighed on results, according to people familiar with the matter.

Investors across Asia have been largely shut out of the world’s largest-ever initial public offering, which has forced them to find creative ways to make bets on SpaceX’s $75 billion global spectacle.

Japanese stocks are poised to rise after President Donald Trump signaled the US is close to signing a deal with Iran, boosting investor confidence.