Energy
India’s inflation in April rises for sixth straight month, but undershoots estimates
A customer hands over a pineapple to a vendor at a roadside shop decorated with plastic Vishu Konna flowers (scientific name: Cassia fistula) ahead of the Vishu festival in Kochi, India, on April 14, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images India’s consumer price inflation in April rose for the sixth straight month to 3.48% […]
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What’s at stake for trade, Taiwan and Iran in Trump’s high-risk summit with China’s Xi
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump’s face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is a high-stakes […]
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Behind Big Oil’s first-quarter beat: The quiet rise of trading desks
An employee of Basra Oil Company, works at the Nahr Bin Umar Oil and Gas Field on the outskirts of the southern Iraqi city of Basra on April 29, 2026. Hussein Faleh | Afp | Getty Images Oil and gas giants benefited significantly from their trading desks through the first quarter, shining a light on […]
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Trump, congressional Republicans float suspending federal gas tax amid Iran war
A sign displays the prices of unleaded, premium, and diesel gasoline at a Speedway gas station in Columbus, Ohio, US, on Monday, May 11, 2026. Brian Kaiser | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are proposing suspending the federal gas tax as prices at the pump continue to soar ahead of […]
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Former Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja joins EV battery recycler Redwood Materials
Deepak Ahuja Source: Verily Redwood Materials, the electric vehicle battery recycling business started by Tesla board member and former CTO JB Straubel, is bringing on another former Tesla executive, Deepak Ahuja, as CFO, the company announced Monday. Ahuja served as finance chief at Tesla from March 2017 to March 2019, his second term at Elon Musk’s […]
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Modi says Iran war poses severe risks to India, urges cuts in fuel use and gold purchases
Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, speaks during a joint press statement with Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s prime minister, not pictured, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Sep. 4, 2025. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged citizens to curb fuel use, reduce overseas travel, and […]
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Oil climbs as Netanyahu warns Iran conflict is ‘not over,’ Trump rejects Tehran’s proposal to end war
The Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker Shenlong Suezmax successfully docked at Mumbai Port after navigating the high-risk Strait of Hormuz amid the intensifying West Asia conflict on March 11, 2026 in Mumbai, India. Hindustan Times | Getty Images Oil prices jumped Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the conflict with Iran was “not […]
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Alphabet’s 160% rally in a year reflects value of owning ‘most of the stack’ in AI
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet briefly passed Nvidia by market cap in after-hours trading this week, a remarkable feat for a company that was seen as deeply at […]
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Tanker crosses Strait of Hormuz as U.S. waits for Iran’s response to peace proposal
In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency and taken on May 2, 2026, the Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili is pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. (Photo by Amirhossein KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images) / Amirhossein Khorgooei | Afp | Getty Images A Qatari […]
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Saudi Aramco Q1 profit jumps 26% as key pipeline reaches capacity amid Iran war
The Saudi Aramco logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen in this photo illustration, as prices fluctuate amid escalating conflict involving Iran and concerns over global supply disruptions in Brussels, Belgium, on March 2, 2026. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Saudi Aramco reported a 26% year-on-year […]
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