War And Piece

Oil Slides As Qatar Touts 'Talks' Again; Iran Struck Large Crude Tanker Overnight Iran is said to have struck a Very Large Crude Carrier in the Strait of Hormuz late on Monday, signaling what will likely be the resumption of strikes on foreign vessels seeking to navigate the Strait of Hormuz, after last week's diplomatic talks at the UN failed to produce a breakthrough. Still, for the time being more oil is being shipped through the strait compared to where the situation was for the past many months of war. Maritime...

No Laughing Matter By Bas van Geffen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank In her State of the Union speech, European Commission President Von Der Leyen summarized that the European Union is stronger than ever, but that the state of the Union is also as precarious as it has ever been. Speeding up the overhaul of the Single Market is an imperative in this context. She acknowledged that the European Union is under attack, both economically and physically: “hybrid threats facing Europe are less and less hybrid and less and less threats. The...

"Moderate" Democrat Abigail Spanberger Considers Tax On Gym Memberships And Streaming Services, Among Other Ideas Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger is facing backlash after refusing to rule out new taxes on everyday services like gym memberships and streaming subscriptions, according to the Daily Mail. During an interview with 8News, the Virginia governor was asked whether she would sign legislation expanding the state’s sales tax to cover a long list of services. Rather than rejecting the idea outright, Spanberger said any proposal that seems “reasonable” should at least be part of the conversation as...