Stocks, Bonds Slide As Ceasefire Hopes Fade

The $1.5 Million Rich Kid Socialist: NYC-DSA Co-Chair Gustavo Gordillo Lives The Revolution From Daddy's Townhouse Gustavo Gordillo wants you to believe the system is broken. He wants landlords punished, private property redistributed "from landowners to the landless," and double-digit returns on investment declared unconstitutional. He wants New York City to stop being a "playground for the rich." He wants grocery stores that can't compete with government-run ones to simply close. And he wants you to see him as a blue-collar union electrician fighting for the working class. What he...

Iran Rushes To Load Oil Onto Ships In Anticipation Of US Strikes Via Middle East Eye Iran is loading almost three times the amount of oil it normally does onto tankers in the Persian Gulf in a sign it is anticipating a US attack that could prevent its oil from hitting the market.  Iranian oil exports from Kharg Island reached nearly 20.1 million barrels between 15 and 20 February, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing Kpler data. That is the equivalent of more than three million barrels per day (bpd) and almost three times the amount loaded over...

Two oil tankers were hit by unknown munitions in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night.  A UK maritime shipping agency reported that a Saudi and a South Korean oil tanker were struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Both vessels were hit while attempting to use the US-backed shipping lane in the waterway. […]