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Official Brent is $107. The physical grade already ran to $130. That gap is the market admitting the inventory number and the pipeline story cannot both be true. WTI near $104 to $105. Brent near $107 to $108. Both off 1% or so after Tuesday’s jump. Tuesday settle. WTI up 4.4% to about $105.83. Brent … Read more
They exempt the tiny stall and tax the swipe the moment it crosses ₹2,000. The free payment app just found a cash register hiding in the software. Seoul court order North Korea to pay KRW 44.6 billion, about $32.5 million, for blowing the 2020 Kaesong liaison office. First damages win against Pyongyang. Bangsamoro Parliament in … Read more
The welfare brand was CLAP. The paperwork clapped louder. Prosecutors still keep four co-conspirators in a drawer like spare batteries. Alex Saab, 54, plead guilty Tuesday in Miami to conspiracy to launder money. Deal say forfeit $195 million. Cooperate fully. Max on the count is 20 years. Sentence not set. He admit a near decade … Read more
They invent a membership that the rulebook does not list, then put the Canadian prime minister in the room so the missing clause has a face. That is how you announce a house extension before the permit office exists. Ursula von der Leyen talk 73 minutes in Strasbourg. Open with Dickens. “Best of times, worst … Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday referred Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and one of his top prosecutors to the Department of Justice for investigation, saying evidence uncovered in a murder case may constitute perjury, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond, a George W. Bush appointee, said the evidence was “tantamount to … Read more
Markets are pricing a 94% chance the Fed hikes rates today. Since 2008, every single time expectations have been this high, the Fed has delivered. No surprises. pic.twitter.com/nDbz0xT26d — Nic (@puckrin) September 16, 2026 Decision due 2:00 pm ET. Press talk 2:30 pm. First hike since 2023 if they pull the trigger. Markets price about … Read more
CBO put direct war cost at about $38 billion through August 1. Hegseth said $37.5 billion in July. IG had $33.4 billion through late June. $21.7 billion just to replace spent rounds. $13.1 billion interceptors. $7.3 billion cruise missiles. $1.2 billion other munitions. Extra flying hours near $11 billion. Lost gear about $1.9 billion. Extra … Read more
The government can survive one expensive year, but when trillions of old cheap debt keep getting replaced with higher-rate debt, the interest bill starts behaving like a bill that renews itself every year. CBO already projects net interest outlays rising from about $1 trillion in 2026 to $2.1 trillion in 2036. 2026 is the year … Read more
Damn, that’s crazy. pic.twitter.com/SRR92oUhTR — Blane (@BlaneShipleft) September 14, 2026 A small university in Indiana keeps a second, separately registered federal record that almost nobody opens. On that record sit 9,123 graduate students, 98.3% of them foreign nationals. Trine University. Trine paid roughly $16 million to a single recruiting agency that runs… — LayoffHedge (@LayoffAI) … Read more
‘Jesse Watters Primetime’ heads to the U.S. Open to ask attendees their thoughts on the tournament, $25 cocktails and dating across political lines.
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we saw some of the largest weekly increases in gasoline and diesel prices in months in the last week- these states had it the worst… including a large 67c/gal rise in Georgia's diesel prices and a 32c/gal jump in Michigan's gas prices: pic.twitter.com/8wf9knYW8q — Patrick De Haan (@GasBuddyGuy) September 14, 2026 Truckers who voted for … Read more
Scientists have turned ordinary sunlight into a source of quantum entanglement, opening a surprising path toward more energy-efficient quantum technology. Quantum technologies often depend on powerful lasers that consume significant amounts of energy. As these systems grow larger and more widespread, their energy requirements could become an increasingly important concern. Now, researchers have demonstrated that … Read more
WARREN BUFFETT ON WHY INTEREST RATES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBER IN INVESTING The 10-year Treasury hit 5% today for only the second time since 2007. When Buffett said this in 2017, it was at 2.15%, and he explained why that made stocks look cheap. “If you look at the 10-year government at 2.15, that … Read more
Something isn’t adding up in the U.S. housing market. Existing home sales just fell to a 14-month low. Meanwhile, housing inventory climbed to its highest level since 2019. Yet home prices are still UP 1.6% YoY. Here’s what’s happening: Mortgage rates above 6.7% are weighing on buyers, while homeowners locked into much cheaper mortgages have … Read more
The ECB is hiking rates to fight an energy shock. Higher rates do not produce a single barrel of oil. Europe's 2y2y forward rates ripped from near zero in 2022 to roughly 3.5%, chasing a supply spike the central bank cannot tighten away. Citadel Securities says they are capped… pic.twitter.com/IwcKXR7Itd — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® … Read more
We’re completely f**ked either way. The US is considering halting diesel exports. The US is the world’s largest diesel exporter… Russia, the 2nd largest, has already halted exports. A US export ban would send global diesel prices even higher and force countries like Japan to dump USTs to fund their domestic needs. In other words, … Read more
Diesel here in Germany is at €2.49/liter… That's ~$11 per gallon. Germany is fucked. pic.twitter.com/UOhZKROHhy — Lukas Ekwueme (@ekwufinance) September 15, 2026 Romania has warned about the risk of mass bankruptcy after the closure of the LUKOIL Refinery, about 460 companies in Romania may go bankrupt if the country’s authorities do not reopen the Petrotel … Read more
If they don’t hike rates: Bond yields will jump and stocks could drop 1.25% to 1.75%. If they hike 25 basis points (normal expectations): Stocks could rise slightly (0.25% to 0.75%). If they hike 25 basis points and hint at fewer future cuts: Stocks could rise 0.5% to 1% if investors like the tough stance … Read more