Germany and India Warn of Gas Shortages
Germany is urging citizens to save gas while denying that there is a real crisis. India, by contrast, is openly warning of the dan…
Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting the Rules of the Job Market
Investors are still betting on the AI boom despite rising oil prices and geopolitical risk. But in the US labor market, the first …
Trump’s Car Tariffs Put Europe’s Small Export Economies Under Pressure
The new US tariffs on European cars are not only a problem for Brussels, Berlin or Paris. In small, export-driven economies such a…
Why the Oil Crisis Will Not Ease Anytime Soon
Global oil markets are approaching a point where demand will have to adjust to constrained supply, a shift that is likely to be pr…
Hormuz Blockade Redraws Winners and Losers in the Gulf
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has divided Gulf states into those benefiting from higher oil prices and those losing out beca…
Five Reasons Why the UAE Is Leaving OPEC
Oil prices are rising despite the Emirates’ announcement that it is leaving the cartel, but the move could reshape the market once…
Saudi Arabia, LIV Golf and Sport’s Growing Estrangement from Its Fans
Billions, star players and a global stage – yet no audience: LIV Golf’s potential collapse shows how far sport has already drifted…
Iran War and El Niño Threaten Rice Supplies
Rice supplies are coming under pressure as the Iran war disrupts fuel and fertiliser flows and El Niño threatens harvests across A…
A Divided Federal Reserve Meets an Expensive AI Boom
For the first time in a long time, something other than the actions of US President Donald Trump were affecting life on the financ…
UAE Quits OPEC and OPEC+ as Oil Markets Brace for Turbulence
Analysts warn that the departure of the United Arab Emirates could weaken the group's ability to make up for oil supply shortfalls…
Tesla's Numbers Dazzle but the Deadlines Tell a Different Story
The markets continue to lean towards the optimistic scenario on the Iran conflict — a mood reflected in further gains for both the…
Trump, Apple and the Fed: Markets Look Past Iran
Investors remain strikingly calm despite the conflict in Iran. Attention is shifting instead to political uncertainty in Washingto…
Record Insolvencies Shake Germany’s Economy
Germany is experiencing more corporate bankruptcies than at any point in decades. Companies are cutting investment, shedding jobs …
Ukraine Repairs Druzhba Pipeline, Oil Flows to Resume
Ukraine has completed repairs to the Druzhba pipeline, Hungarian oil company MOL said, paving the way for Russian oil flows to res…
Germany’s Industry Turns to Defense
Collapsing profits, thousands of lost jobs and growing geopolitical pressure are forcing Germany to pivot to armaments as its new …