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Brent Crude Falls to Pre-War Levels as Iran Peace Talks Show Positive Progress

New Delhi, July 2 -- it declared the war over. Brent crude's August futures fell to $70.82 per barrel on London's ICE exchange, their lowest since February 27, 2026, the day before US and Israeli str... Read More


Japan and India Seal $12.5 Billion in Investment Deals as Takaichi Visits New Delhi

NEW DELHI, July 2 -- When Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived at Hyderabad House on Thursday, she carried a list. By the time she left, 150 Japanese companies had signed memoranda of underst... Read More


Trump Declines to Renew CUSMA, Starting a 10-Year Clock on North American Trade

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The assembly line didn't change on Wednesday. But the legal architecture holding it together quietly did. The United States declined to extend the Canada-United States-Mexico Ag... Read More


UAE Oil Exports Near 2017 Highs as OPEC Exit and Postwar Rebound Test Global Markets

New Delhi, July 2 -- DUBAI - The speed of the UAE's oil export recovery should make the rest of OPEC+ nervous. Less than four months after pipeline attacks and Strait of Hormuz disruptions pushed the ... Read More


Westpac Plans to Hire 350 Bankers to Claw Back Business Lending Ground From NAB

SYDNEY, July 2 -- Paul Fowler spent a decade helping Commonwealth Bank take market share in Australian business lending. Now, five months into running the same division at Westpac, he is turning that ... Read More


Egg Giants Settle Price-Fixing Probe as Bird Flu Threatens a Repeat

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Cal-Maine Foods Inc. CALM, the country's largest egg producer, agreed this week to pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to food banks, settling federal and state allegatio... Read More


Kroger to Buy Giant Eagle for $1.65 Billion in First Deal Since Albertsons Collapse

CINCINNATI, July 2 -- Kroger Co. investors have seen this movie before, and Wednesday's opening scene did not reassure them. Shares fell nearly 3 percent before the market opened after the country's l... Read More


Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Surges 40% in Nasdaq Trading Debut

NEW YORK, July 2 -- The company that just reopened Wall Street's frozen market for software stocks does not build artificial intelligence, chase cloud contracts, or promise to automate anyone's job. I... Read More


Robinhood Launches Its Own Blockchain, With an AI Trading Agent Attached

MENLO PARK, July 2 -- Robinhood Markets Inc. HOOD turned on the blockchain it built itself Wednesday, and with it came three products no regulator has yet had a chance to weigh in on: an AI trading ag... Read More


China's New Investment Law Gives Beijing Power to Retaliate Against Foreign Trade Barriers

New Delhi, July 2 -- For any foreign company that transfers technology to a Chinese partner, sends engineers on secondment to a Shanghai facility, or holds a joint venture with a state-owned manufactu... Read More