Escalation On All Fronts As Mediators Say Iran Hasn't Requested Pause On US Energy Strikes

"Lot Of Questions On Structure:" Goldman Reacts To Old Bay Maker's Bid For Unilever Food Unit Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Unilever Plc was in early talks to sell its food business - a move that would end its competition with major packaged-food rivals, including Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Kraft Heinz. By Friday morning, Unilever stated in a press release that, despite "media speculation regarding a potential transaction involving its Foods business," it had, in fact, received an "inbound offer" for the unit from Hunt Valley, Maryland-based McCormick & Company. "Unilever confirms...

Trump Invokes Defense Production Act To Sign Energy-Related Directives Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on April 20 invoked the Defense Production Act to issue a series of memorandums focused on strengthening coal supply chains, ​natural gas transmission, and ​liquefied natural gas capacity. Trump also signed memos aimed at boosting domestic petroleum production, enhancing grid infrastructure, and expanding the deployment of “large-scale energy” and related infrastructure. In a post on X, White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said the memos would allow the Energy Department to use funding from...

President Trump said on Tuesday that the US would provide insurance and naval escorts for tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared the waterway was closed, a response to the US and Israeli attack on Iran. “Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) […]