Belgium Gets Cut by Moody’s in Reproof at Failure to Cut Debt

“This government will be unable to implement measures sufficient to stabilize the debt burden,” Moody’s said in its statement. “Although the coalition government enacted a number of politically ambitious fiscal…

Venezuela’s Machado Says in Close Talks with US Over Her Return

Machado has been touring cities in Europe, meeting French President Emmanuel Macron, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni this week. Machado declined an invitation to meet…

The software rebound is real, but not every big name is back: Chart of the Day

Software stocks posted their best week in two and a half decades, flipping from one of the market’s weakest trades to one of the strongest in only five days. The…

The Jet-Fuel Surge Is Making Global Flight Connections Disappear

(Bloomberg) — Airline passengers should brace for more aggravation in the next few months as carriers around the world deepen cancellations and ground planes to cope with stratospheric increases in…

Wall Street Rushes to Price Out War Damage as Stocks Hit Records

There is a reason for the confidence. Markets have developed a reflex over the past decades to fade every geopolitical event, and it has been right almost every time, according…

Iran reimposes restrictions on Strait of Hormuz, accusing US of violating deal to reopen it

CAIRO (AP) — The dueling blockades in the Strait of Hormuz lurched into uncharted waters on Saturday as the United States pressed ahead with its campaign to choke off Iranian…

Soaring Tungsten Adds Impetus to Vietnam Mine Sale Effort

(Bloomberg) — Some 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Hanoi, in Thai Nguyen province, a massive open-cut mine tears into the landscape. Ringed by dense, green hills, the vast, stepped…

Republicans rush to close the gap in the final stretch of Virginia’s redistricting election

Even as they’ve been massively outspent in a Democratic-leaning state, Republicans say they still have a fighting chance to defeat a redistricting referendum in Virginia next week that could help…

Morning Brief: The future of Netflix is now

👋 Good morning! The stock market put in another surge on Friday to close out a week of record highs. The big catalyst? Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is…

Tennessee man set to be executed files motion claiming DNA evidence will prove his innocence

On March 3, 1994, the bodies of Marcellos “Cello” Anderson, his mother, Delois Anderson, and Frederick Tucker were found buried in a Memphis graveyard underneath a casket. They had been…