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White House to pay TotalEnergies $1 billion to kill off East Coast wind farm projects
An aerial view of wind turbines at the Altamont Pass wind farm on January 13, 2026 in Livermore, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The White House has agreed to pay TotalEnergies $1 billion to shelve East Coast wind farm projects that it condemned as “costly,” with the French energy giant’s investment set to be […]
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Asia wants more U.S. oil and gas to reduce Middle East dependence after Iran war, Burgum says
HOUSTON — Asian countries want to buy more U.S. energy to reduce their dependence on oil and gas exports from the Middle East, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told CNBC on Monday. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan rely heavily on exports through the Strait of Hormuz. Oil tanker traffic through the strait has plunged as Iran […]
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CNBC Daily Open: clock ticks on Trump’s Hormuz ultimatum
An LPG gas tanker at anchor as traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Shinas, Oman, March 11, 2026. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. I don’t know about you, but […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump issues Strait of Hormuz ultimatum
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media, flanked by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as he departs the White House for Florida, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 20, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. The Middle […]
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Asia markets track losses on Wall Street, extending market rout on Iran war impact
Pump jacks operate in a field on March 11, 2026 in Gillett, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly declined Friday following volatile trading on Wall Street overnight as investors sold assets from government bonds to equities and metals amid the Iran war. Tehran attacked the world’s largest gas plant in Qatar, causing […]
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Gulf states have tolerated Iranian strikes so far — but their ‘defensive’ stance won’t last forever
Fire and plumes of smoke rise from an oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 14, 2026. Altaf Qadri | AP Iran’s strikes are pushing Gulf states toward a breaking point, forcing a choice between restraint and retaliation. Iran’s Gulf neighbors have been repeatedly targeted and hit by Iranian drones and missiles as […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Micron, Alibaba, Five Blow, Newmont and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Micron Technology — Shares shed nearly 7%. Micron reported a blowout quarter , with its adjusted earnings of $12.20 per share handily topping the $9.31 consensus estimate, per LSEG. Its revenue was $23.86 billion, compared to the $20.07 billion expected from analysts. Investors may […]
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European stocks tumble 2% as Iran war intensifies; miners lead losses
Vadimrysev | Istock | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks slumped on Thursday as the Iran war escalated further following attacks on Iranian and Qatari energy infrastructure. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down 2.1% as of 12:10 p.m. in London (8:10 a.m. ET), with all major bourses in negative territory and all sectors except for […]
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Trump warns to ‘blow up’ South Pars gas field in Iran if strikes against Qatar energy continue
An Iranian security personnel monitors an area in phase 19 of the South Pars gas field in Assalooyeh on Iran’s Persian Gulf coast 1,400 km (870 miles) south of Tehran on August 23, 2016. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday stateside warned that if Iran continued targeting Qatar’s […]
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Japan rejects U.S. intel assessment that Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks represent ‘significant shift’
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, during a party leaders’ debate at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Takaichi said she hadn’t intended to get into any details of a Taiwan contingency in recent remarks that have been fiercely criticized by China. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan […]
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