Futures Erase Overnight Gains As Oil Hits One-Week High, Yen Slides

"Open The F**kin' Strait": Trump Blasts Iran As IEA Head Warns Of Panic Fuel Hoarding In Asia International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol told the Financial Times this weekend that governments must avoid panic hoarding and refrain from imposing fuel export bans as the Gulf energy shock ripples outward to Asia, Africa, Europe, and eventually reaches the US West Coast. "I urge all countries not to impose bans or restrictions on exports," Fatih Birol emphasized in the interview. "It is the worst time when you look at the global oil markets....

Animal Farm Film A Hollywood Perversion Of Orwell's Anti-Communist Classic George Orwell's prognostications about the future of authoritarianism have proven consistently accurate.  They have only been limited by his inability to foresee the creation of certain technologies which make the future look even more bleak.  The reason his books, like 1984 and Animal Farm, are considered classics of literature is because they are timeless.  Their warnings and messages still apply today and will probably apply centuries from now.  Animal Farm, first published in 1945, is a tale specifically written as an allegory...

Pricing Doritos At $7 A Bag Cost Pepsi "Billions" In Revenue Turns out there's a price point for everything where consumers just stop paying. Guess that whole "price as a rationing mechanism" talk means something after all... Just ask Pepsi. The iconic brand had recognized for some time that its Frito-Lay snack prices were becoming too expensive, with major retailers like Walmart repeatedly raising concerns, according to Bloomberg. Even so, prices remained high as sales declined, with some chip bags climbing past $7. Popular products such as Doritos saw sharp increases, jumping...