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Saudi PIF's $55 billion EA deal gets EU approval under subsidy rules

Iran War Drives Oil Profits to Highest Levels in Years

The world’s biggest oil companies are benefiting from the high commodity prices that have been a drag on the rest of the economy.

Chevron and Exxon earnings soar as Trump threatens price interventions

Rise in profits comes amid increasing political scrutiny ahead of US midterm elections

ExxonMobil Posts Slight Miss as Repairs Dogged Refining Results

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. narrowly missed profit forecasts despite soaring crude prices and widening fuel-making margins as the US-Iran conflict enters its sixth month.

AI Use Complicating Relationships and Dividing Friends, Families

AI is dividing people not just over what the technology can do, but what kind of future they want to live in.

Stocks Rebound with KOSPI Surging in S

Korea Chips Benchmark SOX Lifted Amazon Gains After 5th Quarter of Cloud Sales Growth Apple Slumps as Supply Shortages Hurt Sales Forecast Oil Giants Earnings Preview Treasury Yields Elevated After 1st Post-Fed Eco Data (Source: Bloomberg)

Yields Show Confidence South Africa CPI Will Slow, Kganyago Says

A recovery in South African bond yields from the early weeks of the Iran war shows investor confidence that the nation’s central bank will deliver on the lower inflation target it adopted last year.

Japan may have sold up to $59 billion in yen-buying intervention

Japan may have sold $58.97 billion in yen-buying intervention

Rwanda: Kagame, U.S. Congressional Delegation Discuss Energy, Health Cooperation

[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Thursday, July 30, received a bipartisan United States Congressional delegation led by Representative Brett Guthrie, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Credit Agricole CFO Says Italy is Strategic Market

Crédit Agricole Deputy General Manager and CFO Clotilde L'Angevin Original told Bloomberg TV that Italy is a strategic market for the bank, representing 20% of its net income. Asked about a possible merger between Banco BPM, which counts…

Barbados Economy Loses Steam as Growth Slows to 1.4%

Caribbean · Barbados Key Facts —H1 2026 GDP Real GDP growth slowed to 1.4%, down from 2.0% in the same period of 2025. —Central Bank Warning Rising inflation, higher interest rates, and geopolitical conflicts are weighing on the economic…