US Intel Says Saudi Arabia Has Not Ruled Out Developing Nuclear Weapons

No Protection From Gulf Shock: World's Biggest Condom Maker Warns Of Price Hikes The first-order effect of the U.S.-Iran conflict and the resulting shutdown of the Hormuz chokepoint was the disruption of global energy flows, from LNG to crude to refined products. The second-order effect was a spike in petrochemical prices and a widening shortage of key industrial inputs. Now the third-order effects are beginning to hit everyday goods, with Malaysia-based Karex, the world's largest condom maker, warning that prices are about to explode. Karex CEO Goh Miah Kiat spoke with...

Hung, Drawn, And Third-Quartered: Roll On Q4 By Michael Every of Rabobank Today ends Q3, which has been a shocker even in a year of major market shocks. Wars dragged on and spread. Russia-Ukraine saw energy sites hit and hybrid attacks against Europe increase. Saudi Arabia, not Iran, is now under missile fire and both oil exporters are partly blockaded. France gave the first sign of getting dragged into the war, which conflated more with Russia-Ukraine. A US-China summit suggested détente but news that families of Chinese AI workers can no longer...

Uranium Awakens From Five-Month Slumber As UBS Warns Market Is "Tightening Structurally" Bloomberg's continuous front-month uranium futures contract (UXA1 Comdty) briefly surged above $100 a pound in late January, driven by tightening supplies, renewed government support for nuclear power, and rising electricity demand from the AI infrastructure boom. Uranium futures then retreated and remained range-bound between $84 and $87 for five months. But momentum has returned in August, with prices approaching $89 a pound, the highest level since early February. The ongoing theme is that years of underinvestment have limited mine...