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Ozempic Slims America... And It's Lightening Truckers' Loads!
Ozempic Slims America... And It's Lightening Truckers' Loads!
Via Freightwaves.com,
The freight market is no stranger to disruptive forces - tariffs, recessions, weather, economic fluctuations, and capacity crunches have all reshaped freight demand over the years.
But a new contender is emerging from an unexpected corner: the widespread adoption of GLP-1 medications (think Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and similar GLP-1 receptor agonists).
These drugs, originally developed for diabetes management and now massively popular for weight loss, suppress appetite and reduce overall caloric intake. Early estimates suggest that even at current penetration levels — roughly 12%...
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Jun 18, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Hormuz Normalization Begins As Saudi Supertankers Exit And A Flood Of Persian Gulf Oil Heads For Asia
Hormuz Normalization Begins As Saudi Supertankers Exit And A Flood Of Persian Gulf Oil Heads For Asia
Energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz are beginning to restart on Thursday after the interim U.S.-Iran peace deal, with several Saudi-controlled supertankers transiting the critical waterway and exiting the Persian Gulf.
There is a massive backlog of crude and LNG tankers in the Persian Gulf, preparing to exit the Hormuz chokepoint bound for Asia. Bloomberg says 31 supertankers, carrying about 62 million barrels of crude, could soon exit.
The actual number of crude...
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Jun 10, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Futures Slide Amid Renewed Tech Selling, Geopolitical Chaos Ahead Of Key CPI Print
Futures Slide Amid Renewed Tech Selling, Geopolitical Chaos Ahead Of Key CPI Print
Markets continue to trade with a risk-off bias this morning, with equity futures and macro credit weaker, rates selling across the curve, as the USD and oil sensitive currencies outperform. It’s set to be another ugly day for US tech stocks as US equity futures slide ahead of today's CPI print which will see headline inflation rise above 4% for the first time in 3 years (full preview here). As of 8:00am Nasdaq 100 futures are down 1.5%...
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Apr 16, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Iran Boasts It Is Fast Rebuilding Bridges & Rail Lines After US Wrought Destruction
Iran Boasts It Is Fast Rebuilding Bridges & Rail Lines After US Wrought Destruction
Iran is seeking to put out images showing its resiliency after the country was hit with tens of thousands of airstrikes during over a month of the US-Israel Operation Epic Fury, including blowing up bridges, rail lines and other infrastructure.
The US and Israel struck bridges and rail lines to cripple Iran's national transport network. Israel especially adopted attacks against key civilian infrastructure as a battle tactic, in hopes that eventually there would be a groundswell of...
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