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Oil surges and stocks slip Monday after Iran says talks with Oman are nearing agreement while denying any direct negotiation with the US — the same contradiction pattern markets have wrestled with for days — pushing...

After the best week for US stocks since April, driven by a surprising July jobs decline that slashed September rate-hike odds from 55% to 42% overnight, attention shifts fully to this week's inflation data. We cover the...

Iran and Oman signal they're nearing a deal on managing the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran's own Supreme National Security Council draws a sharp line, saying full reopening depends on a list of demands including a US...

Markets brace for the July nonfarm payrolls report after a genuinely contradictory run of recent data — record-low layoffs and weekly jobless claims sitting alongside a badly missed ADP private hiring number and soft...

US markets notch a third consecutive record close after Palantir's stock surges nearly 30% on a 93% revenue jump, Amazon briefly crosses $3 trillion in market value, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says a deal to...

Markets wake up to a much murkier picture than Monday's record close suggested, after Iran publicly denied Trump's claim that talks were underway, and Trump followed with sharply escalated rhetoric describing the moment...

Oil sinks and stocks rally to open August after President Trump cancels a planned "massive" strike on Iran and says new talks begin today — even as Iran itself has yet to publicly confirm any of it. We cover Brent's...

President Trump says he's calling off a planned attack on Iran, contingent on a rapid deal, and points to progress in Iran-Oman talks over managing the Strait of Hormuz — but Iranian state media has yet to acknowledge...

Markets suffer their worst Fed-decision day in over a year and a half after Iran launches a surprise missile attack ending the recent lull in fighting, and the Federal Reserve holds rates steady on a notably split 9-3...

Markets close out July with one of the sharpest reversals of the summer, as Microsoft's stock surges 16% on the back of blowout Azure growth, adding a record-setting $450 billion in single-day market value, while...

Markets suffer their worst Fed-decision day in over a year and a half after Iran launches a surprise missile attack ending the recent lull in fighting, and the Federal Reserve holds rates steady on a notably split 9-3...

A brief lull in the Middle East ends abruptly as Iran launches a ballistic missile barrage on US forces overnight, intercepted by American and Jordanian defenses, followed by joint US-Saudi strikes on Iran-backed...

South Korea's Kospi plunges nearly 11%, its worst session in years, as SK Hynix and Samsung both drop double digits and the selloff spreads to Japan, the Nasdaq-100, and major US chip names like Micron, AMD, and Dell...

Oil sinks and stocks rally to start the week as the US and Iran both pause hostilities after nearly two weeks of strikes, with Tehran reportedly agreeing to an informal "attack for attack" framework of mutual restraint...

After thirteen consecutive nights of US strikes on Iran, operations moved onto what officials describe as a hold this weekend, with talks between American and Iranian negotiators resuming at multiple levels and Iran...