Oil jumps, stocks slide ahead of U.S. stock market open as Iran war rounds one month
Global oil prices jumped and U.S. stock futures slid ahead of Monday’s market open after the weekend saw Iran-backed Houthi militants launch ballistic missiles at Israel and 3,500 additional U.S.…
South Korea Weighs First Driving Curbs in 35 Years on Oil Crunch
(Bloomberg) — South Korea may widen restrictions on driving to include the general public if oil prices breach $120 a barrel as it seeks to cushion the impact of the…
India Forces Banks to Unwind Rupee Bets, Squeezing Short Sellers
Late Friday, the Reserve Bank of India announced new rules capping the open positions banks can hold in the onshore currency market at $100 million at the end of each…
Oil Gains as Iran War Escalates With Houthi Attacks on Israel
(Bloomberg) — Oil advanced as Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen entered the Middle East war and more US troops arrived in the region, raising fears the widening conflict will cause…
*The AI Doc*
The subtitle of the movie is Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, and here is the trailer. Overall this film was better and smarter than I was expecting. Intelligent people were…
Japan’s FX Chief Warns of Bold Action, Helps Nudge Yen Stronger
(Bloomberg) — Japan’s top currency official delivered his strongest warning yet to speculators after the yen crossed a key threshold, saying authorities may need to take bold action in the…
Won Fall May Prompt Action, Korea’s $1 Trillion Pension CEO Says
Rejecting the notion that the currency’s recent dip to the 1,500-per-dollar level represents a “new normal,” National Pension Service Chairman and CEO Kim Sung-joo said in a Friday interview that…
Exclusive-US Treasury to consult with insurance regulators on private credit lenders, sources say
By David Lawder WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department is expected to convene in coming weeks the first of a series of meetings with domestic and international…
Foreigners Dump Record $12 Billion India Stocks in March on War
Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment. Even before the war, investors were grappling with a…
Consortium Led by Axelspace Selected for Japan’s Space Strategy Fund Project “Technology to Enhance Capability of Next Generation Earth Observation Satellites”
A key enabler for achieving time- and source-specific CO2 monitoring through a coordinated satellite constellation, aircraft, and ground-based observations is the miniaturization and cost reduction of spectrometers. Spectrometers measure gas…








