Buc-ee’s: Free-Market Triumph or Simply Capitalist Oppression?

Ford Sales Post Sharp 14.4% Decline In April As EV & Hybrid Sales Plunge Ford Motor Company posted a sharp sales decline in April as demand for new vehicles cooled across much of the auto industry, with the company reporting a 14.4% drop year over year to 178,667 vehicles sold, according to Autoevolution. The weaker month pushed Ford’s year-to-date total to roughly 636,000 deliveries — still ahead of Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation, but well behind Toyota Motor North America. Autoevolution writes that the slowdown comes as automakers face softer demand...

Israeli artillery strikes targeted the headquarters of the Indonesian contingent of the UNIFIL peacekeepers in Adshit al-Qusayr, in the Marjayoun District of southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing two of the peacekeepers and injuring two others. The attack comes amid the expansion of the Israeli ground invasion, and while the UN equivocated, saying that they couldn’t […]

CENTCOM Claims US Military Has Escorted A Billion Barrels Of Crude Out Of Hormuz Brent crude futures eased toward $103 a barrel by the end of the week as mixed Iran headlines and hopes for renewed diplomacy around next week's United Nations General Assembly weighed on energy markets. On Saturday morning, CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said the US had escorted 1 billion barrels of oil and more than 2,000 commercial vessels out of the Persian Gulf over the past couple of months. Hostilities at the Hormuz chokepoint continued into Friday, as...