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How One Ship Navigated Hormuz Amid Iran War
As vessels try to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz this week, one bulk carrier signaled it was Chinese-owned as it transited. The Iron Maiden changed its destination signal to 'CHINA OWNER,' according to ship-tracking data.
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Why China Aims for 'Quality' Growth, Spending Control
Peking University Professor and PBOC adviser Huang Yiping discusses China's shift toward sustainable growth following Premier Li Qiang's latest address to lawmakers. Speaking exclusively with Bloomberg TV, he analyzes the need for quality growth while maintaining control over fiscal spending.
Brent At 100 Dollars 'Possible' Scenario: Goldman's Dart
Goldman Sachs Natural Gas Research Head Samantha Dart says a scenario where Brent crude prices cross the 100 dollar threshold as "possible" if the Strait of Hormuz were to experience several weeks of interrupted oil flow.
Insights
What’s behind the panic-buying of gold?
In times of uncertainty, we often look for something solid to hold onto. Lately, it seems the world’s investors have decided that “something solid” is, quite literally, gold.
The metal’s soaring price is more than just a market trend; it's a global barometer of anxiety.
When faith in currencies, governments, and traditional financial systems begins to waver, we see a familiar flight to the perceived safety of this timeless asset.
Surprise! Lithium gets a recharge
Well, pull out the party hats and dust off the stock tickers.
Lithium, the commodity that investors and analysts had all but left for dead in the great market purge of 2023-2024, is back.
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Billionaire bears take a swipe at Tesla
The stock market has long treated Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) less as a traditional automaker and more as a futuristic technology cult, with its valuation soaring on the gravitational pull of its CEO, Elon Musk.
This persistent "Musk Premium" has burned countless short-sellers.
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Can Bitcoin bring down the global financial system?
Bitcoin has vaporised more than US$800 billion in its latest crash and sucked US$1 trillion out of the broader crypto market.
With nearly US$2 trillion in market value and rising allocations from Wall Street firms, ETFs, pension funds, and insurers, Bitcoin is increasingly woven into traditional finance.
Economy
Economy
Oil prices steady amid escalating Middle East conflict
Global oil prices held steady on March 3 as energy markets braced for an intensification of conflict in the Middle East.
Economy
U.S. Customs to halt invalidated tariffs as Trump pivots to new 15% global levy
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will officially stop collecting billions in trade duties at 12:01 a.m. EST on Tuesday, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to levy tariffs illegal.
Economy
SCOTUS dismantles Trump’s emergency tariffs in major rebuke
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a historic blow to President Donald Trump’s economic agenda Friday, ruling 6-3 that the administration overstepped its constitutional authority by using a national emergency statute to impose sweeping global tariffs.
