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DOJ, CTFC Investigating $2.6 Billion In Suspicious Iran War Oil Trades
DOJ, CTFC Investigating $2.6 Billion In Suspicious Iran War Oil Trades
U.S. authorities are investigating more than $2.6 billion in oil futures shorts that landed within minutes of major announcements tied to the 2026 U.S.-Iran conflict. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in a widening inquiry into potential misuse of material non-public information in one of the most liquid and geopolitically sensitive commodity markets on earth, ABC News reports.
The trades in question involved bets that oil prices would fall shortly before major U.S. or Iranian...
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US Company Gets Approval To Build The World's First Fusion Power Plant In Washington
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Authored by Ameya Paleja via Interesting Engineering,
US-based fusion energy company Helion has received the regulatory clearances to build the world's first fusion energy power plant. The company has received a Radioactive Materials License (RML) and a Radioactive Air Emissions License (RAEL) from the Washington Department of Health (DOH), clearing the way to begin construction of the generator building at the power plant site.
Helion's Orion reactor is set to be the world's first fusion power plant.Helion Energy
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