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President Donald Trump returned from Beijing last week with a pledge from China to buy at least $17 billion worth of American agricultural products each year. The commitment...

Amazon’s Third Act: How Internal Scale Becomes External Dominance Again

Amazon just opened its vast logistics network to outsiders. Procter & Gamble, 3M, Lands’ End and American Eagle Outfitters now ship through the same multimodal freight, autom...

Oil Buffers Vanish as Hormuz Stays Shut: Traders Face $140 Crude and Panic Hoarding

Oil traders once bet on quick resolution. They wagered that diplomacy or military pressure would pry open the Strait of Hormuz within weeks. Those bets look shaky now. Nearly...

Gold and Silver Tumble as Hot U.S. Inflation Data Crushes Rate-Cut Hopes

Gold and silver prices dropped sharply on May 15. The trigger came from stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation figures that wiped out bets on near-term Federal Reserve rate cu...

Turkey’s $1.2 Billion NATO Pipeline Pitch Aims to Fortify Eastern Flank

Turkey has put forward a plan to construct a $1.2 billion fuel pipeline dedicated to military use. The project would stretch from Turkish territory through Bulgaria and into...

New Mexico’s Oil Boom Amid Iran Conflict Puts Democrats in a Bind

Oil prices have climbed sharply since fighting erupted between the U.S., Israel and Iran. Tankers avoid the Strait of Hormuz. Global supplies tightened. And half a world away...

China’s Mineral Grip Meets Pacific Seabed Ambitions

China controls the processing of nearly every mineral that keeps data centers humming and electric vehicles rolling. One American-backed venture now bets the ocean floor hold...

OpenAI Certificate Rotation Forces Mac Users to Update After TanStack npm Attack

Two employee devices at OpenAI fell victim to malware. The culprit? A compromised version of a popular open-source library called TanStack. The fallout now lands squarely on...

China Signals Thaw With U.S. Energy and Beef as Three LNG Tankers Head to Tianjin

Three LNG carriers slipped out of Louisiana ports last week bound for China. Their cargoes could mark the first direct U.S. shipments of liquefied natural gas to reach Chines...

Framework’s Modular Promise Meets the Memory Crunch: Why Upgrades Cost More in 2026

Framework Computer built its name on repairable, upgradeable laptops. Customers swap parts with ease. They extend device life. Yet the company now raises prices on memory and...

Carney’s $1 Trillion Grid Gamble: Doubling Canada’s Power to Fuel AI and Industry

Prime Minister Mark Carney stepped to the podium on Parliament Hill on Thursday and laid out a stark reality. Electricity demand in Canada will double by 2050. So the governm...

Hungary Reaches Again for Its Fuel Stockpiles as Pipeline Woes and Price Caps Drain Reserves

Hungary will tap its strategic fuel reserves once more next week. Prime Minister Peter Magyar made the announcement after his new government held its first meeting. The move...

Calbee’s Monochrome Snack Bags Expose Japan’s Fragile Oil Lifeline

TOKYO — Japan's biggest snack maker just ditched the color. Starting May 25, bags of Calbee potato chips, Kappa Ebisen shrimp crackers and Frugra granola will appear in store...

Chevron CEO Warns Physical Oil Shortages Have Begun as Global Inventories Plunge

Chevron Chairman and CEO Mike Wirth delivered a stark message earlier this month. Physical shortages of oil are starting to appear around the world. The trigger? The prolonge...

European Gas Prices Climb as Stalled US-Iran Talks Threaten Fresh Energy Crunch

European natural gas futures jumped this week. Traders grew uneasy over deadlocked negotiations between Washington and Tehran. The impasse raises the odds that disruptions to...

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