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Brent crude rose from $72 in late February to above $118 in March when the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed. By late June, after a U.S.-Iran peace deal began reopening shipping lanes, it had fallen back below $80. Every major bank that published a price target this year has had to revise it, first up […]

IBM (IBM) hasn’t built a commercial computer chip of its own in nearly a decade. On Thursday, June 25, the company said its research labs had cracked something the rest of the chip industry hasn’t managed yet. The breakthrough has nothing to do with software, and everything to do with one tiny component. IBM exited

There is a quiet rule in any business with a runaway hit. The company that sells the thing everyone wants gets to decide what everyone pays, and the rest of the industry waits to see how far it pushes. For most of the past five years, the video game business has lived under a number

Micron Technology’s (MU) fiscal third-quarter 2026 earnings report delivered results you rarely see from a company of its size. The trillion-dollar semiconductor’s revenue surged 346% year-over-year to $41.46 billion, profits soared 1,215% to $28.24 billion, and, according to the company, its future outlook is even stronger, thanks to unceasing demand for artificial intelligence. “Micron’s record

Dirty sodas have moved from novelty to the mainstream. What was once a social media trend now gets sold at McDonald’s and Target, and even PepsiCo has embraced the idea with its own ready-to-drink (RTD) dirty sodas. Retailers and restaurants have embraced the trend, with 2.7% of U.S. eateries offering a carbonated soft drink that

Ford Motor Company has reached a major production milestone at its Michigan battery plant and remains on track to ship cheaper lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in 2026. The new battery technology will be crucial in helping the automaker achieve EV profitability. China currently dominates production of cheaper and safer LPF batteries, according to Autoblog, which

Often used as a catch-all term for the many types of foods that can be found in the 21 countries that border the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean cuisine is a major market in the United States that some estimates pin as being valued at over $22.4 billion in 2025 and projected to grow to nearly $40

Homebuyers were expected to stay frozen, while sellers were supposed to wait.  With mortgage rates still elevated, prices still stretched, and inventory still tight, the housing market looked trapped in a standoff similar to the one that has prevailed for most of the past two years. Bank of America says that may be starting to

Wendy’s spent months trying to convince Wall Street its turnaround was real. Then Reddit took over. Shares of the fast-food chain soared more than 42% intraday on June 24, 2026, briefly making Wendy’s (WEN) the most talked-about ticker in retail trading circles.  The “Save Wendy’s” campaign swept through WallStreetBets, and what started as an internet

The most valuable businesses in the world rarely make their money selling you something once. They make it by collecting a small fee every single time you use the thing they sold you. That is the quiet genius of a toll booth. You can own the car, buy the gas, and drive the open road,