Brent Crude Rises 3% as Markets Price the Ceasefire's Collapse Into Oil
Oil jumped to $93.60 on Monday's open — the market's diplomatic pricing is now faster than the diplomacy itself, and 20,000 seafarers are still stranded.
Hendrik Van Der Berg
Bureau: Brussels
CFTC Withdraws Sports Prediction-Market Ban as 38 States Sue to Stop the Grab
The CFTC killed a Biden-era ban on sports prediction markets, then claimed federal jurisdiction — and 38 states are suing to keep their own regulatory authority.
Aramco CEO Puts Oil Normalization Off Until 2027
The world's biggest oil company says Hormuz won't normalize before 2027 — the structural delay MSM prices as temporary.
UAE Rushes Fujairah Pipeline as Only Hormuz Bypass
The only physical alternative to Hormuz is a year from operational — the pipeline acceleration proves the strait's closure is structural, not cyclical.