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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that the flare-ups in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday show there’s no “military solution” to the crisis and warned the US and the UAE against being drawn into a “quagmire” in the region. “Events in Hormuz make clear that there’s no military solution to a political crisis,” […]

President Trump’s unconstitutional and unjust war against Iran is setting back his “affordability” agenda. The war has caused a big rise in gasoline prices. Among the related concerns is the hindering of the movement of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, the only available passage for ships to transport oil from the Persian Gulf The […]

Shareholder Ownership Gives Way To Corporate Control Authored by Iain O'Brien via RealClearMarkets, Today's business ownership landscape is increasingly complicated by financial, voting, contractual and capital arrangements. A direct relationship between ownership and control can no longer be assumed, particularly for strategically important companies. Sika, a Swiss chemicals company, entered a four-year corporate battle in 2014, when building-material firm Saint-Gobain announced it would buy a controlling majority. Although the Burkard family owned 16% of shares, a dual-class structure granted them over 52% of voting rights. Sika showed why economic ownership does not...