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Morgan Stanley: Oil Traders Are "More Precise" With Risk As Wars Drag On By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com Uncertainty about how the wars in Iran and Ukraine will unfold is keeping many traders away from taking positions in longer-dated futures contracts, according to Morgan Stanley. Most traders have now moved to bet on futures prices within a three to six-month period, instead of longer-dated futures contracts, as volatility has spiked and uncertainty has grown regarding where the wars are going and how much they would continue to impact the global oil market. “People...

Senator Finds More Evidence Federal Officials Evaded FOIA Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A U.S. senator and his team say they have uncovered additional evidence that federal officials worked to evade requests made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) speaks during an interview with The Epoch Times at his office in the Hart Senate office building in Washington on March 21, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Several emails obtained by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) showed personnel with the Food and Drug Administration and...

World Cup Fans Drive Spending Surge In These US Host Cities Bank of America has released new aggregated credit and debit card data showing that the World Cup is already driving a noticeable increase in retail spending activity across the tournament's 11 U.S. host cities. According to BofA analyst Aditya Bhave, brick-and-mortar spending at restaurants and bars in host cities rose 5.3% year over year in the three weeks ending June 27, outpacing the 3.8% gain seen across the rest of the U.S. Bhave noted that other forms of brick-and-mortar retail...