Oil prices fell sharply during the second quarter, after reaching year-to-date highs early in the year. Between January and the end of June, Brent shed 18.26 percent from US$81.69 to US$66.77. West Texas Intermediate made a similar decline falling 16.94 percent from US$78.86 to US$65.50, over the same time period.…
The White House on Wednesday (July 23) released a sweeping national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI), outlining over 90 federal actions designed to strengthen America’s position as the global leader in AI development. The document fulfills a mandate laid out in President Donald Trump’s January 23 executive order, which called…
Walker Lane Resources Ltd. (TSX – V: WLR) (F r ankfurt:6YL ) (‘WLR’ o r t h e ‘ Comp a ny’) is pleased to announce, further to its news releases of June 10, 2025, that it has received TSX Venture Exchange approval to close the non-brokered private placement…
Joe Cavatoni, senior market strategist, Americas, at the World Gold Council, explains that market risk and uncertainty are driving gold, with H1 2025 seeing multiple record highs. ‘Think strategically when you think about gold, and keep that allocation in mind,’ he said. He also shares thoughts on the importance of…
Corporations are continuing to spend on business travel, but are being strategic about how they allocate those dollars amid ongoing trade uncertainties, according to new reports from the travel and expense platform Navan and the Global Business Travel Association. Corporate travel spending activity increased 15% year over year in the…
WASHINGTON — Bleach maker Clorox said Tuesday that it has sued information technology provider Cognizant over a devastating 2023 cyberattack, alleging that the hackers pulled off the intrusion simply by asking the tech company’s staff for employees’ passwords. Clorox was one of several major companies hit in August 2023 by…
There’s a new player making waves in an industry dominated by big banks. Imprint, the 5-year-old credit card startup, beat out banks in a competitive bidding process for a new co-branded card from online shopping platform Rakuten, CNBC has learned. The deal is the most recent sign that Imprint is…
The stock market feels like it’s holding its breath ahead of Big Tech earnings. The first two days of the trading week were mostly quiet, but Tuesday gave us a few nuggets worth chewing on. The S&P 500 ($SPX) squeaked out another record close, up by a modest +0.06%. It’s…
China denied on Tuesday that it is doing anything wrong as it reportedly prevents ‘dozens’ of Americans from leaving the country under an ‘exit ban’ policy, including at least one U.S. government official. Reports emerged Monday afternoon that an American citizen, an employee of the Commerce Department, has been barred from…
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele responded late Monday to having his country under the threat of invasion from a future ‘President Hunter Biden.’ Bukele, who has emerged as a top ally of President Donald Trump and a partner in the U.S. leader’s mass deportation operations targeting illegal immigrants, appeared to laugh…