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US Congress eyes tighter curbs on chips to China

Norway rules three oil licenses invalid

Troubled Sherritt Misses Payment as Liquidity Crisis Deepens

Sherritt International Corp. missed an interest payment on secured notes, deepening a liquidity crisis for the troubled ...

Nvidia crisis spurs scrutiny of agency that oversees chip curbs

Congress is demanding answers about whether the Bureau of Industry and Security did enough to keep Nvidia's AI processor...

How the Jensen Huang scandal created a headache for business-friendly Singapore

The scandal has cast a spotlight on Singapore's success as a chip hub - and a location for alleged illicit trade.

Freeport strikes $77M deal for BC copper stake

Freeport has committed to spend $30 million of the $80 million exploration total within three years of closing.

Iran Braces for a Budget Without Oil Revenue

Iran is drafting next year’s budget under the premise that oil revenue could fall to zero, with senior budget official M...

Jeff Currie Says He’s Bearish on Copper Due to China

Jeff Currie, CEO and founder at Real Macro and senior adviser at Carlyle, says gold’s retreat reflects a shortage of dol...

Capstone cuts copper outlook as restart slips

The company has lowered the bottom of its annual copper production forecast by 5,000 tonnes.

Trump extends shipping law waiver for 90 days amid Iran war fuel price rise

Trump extends shipping law waiver for 90 days amid Iran war fuel price rise US President Donald Trump has extended by 90...

US Congress widens Nvidia probe, seeking testimony from Jensen Huang and Trump officials

US lawmakers have been demanding answers about potential national security risks and White House oversight of advanced c...

Global oil supplies are suddenly flowing. Why a crude glut won’t mean cheaper diesel.

It’s official: the world is expected to soon have more oil than it needs for the first time since the Iran war began in ...

US Treasury Weighs Loan to Help Venezuela Pay Debt to IDB

The US Treasury is weighing a plan to provide a short-term bridge loan to help Venezuela repay its outstanding obligatio...

AI risks are the biggest threat to the financial system, Fed survey finds

The report comes with Wall Street on edge over high-flying AI hyperscalers, while communities are on alert for the rapid...

U.S. Treasury Secretary frustrated by Commerce Department's inaction on Nvidia chips

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday he was frustrated with the Commerce Department's delay in placing rest...

Bessent knocks Lutnick on Megaspeed

Lutnick, who’d initially competed for Bessent’s job, agreed this week to testify before Congress following the news of f...

CFTC Chief Calls for Aluminum Pricing Reforms After Costs Soar

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is examining how prices are set for aluminum, which surged to a record in the U...

How Nvidia’s Jensen Huang – and Trump – jumped the guardrails

Inside the lobbying muscle that helped Nvidia shape US government’s export controls.

Bessent blames US Commerce Department for not restricting Nvidia chip exports to China

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday blamed the Commerce Department, led by Howard Lutnick, for delaying the bl...

Jensen Huang was a ‘China salesman’ for Nvidia. His exit is weighing on Chinese tech stocks.

The former Nvidia CEO was an ‘influential voice’ for selling chips to Chinese companies, but now investors are preparing...

Trump to rule on tariffs for Australian lamb after trade commissioners disagree

A US trade panel reviewing lamb imports is unable to agree on whether Australian meat imports have hurt the American ind...

France seizes Ukrainian oligarch Zhevago's $40 million Paris mansion in embezzlement investigation

The property was seized on Nov. 9 as part of an investigation into the alleged embezzlement of $113 million from Ukraine...

Nvidia scandal fallout widens as Trump's treasury secretary blames cabinet colleague

Scott Bessent suggests Howard Lutnick’s commerce department failed to ban exports of Nvidia's chips to a firm thought to...

Brookfield Consortium Progresses to Next Round of Uniper Sale

A consortium of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board are among companies advancing ...

What Jensen Huang’s Fall Means for U.S.-China Relations

The Nvidia scandal could upend a fragile consensus in Washington.

Washington’s efforts to block Beijing’s access to Nvidia chips could spark a ‘short-lived U.S.-China trade war’ that rattles markets

Meanwhile, top officials from Nvidia and the Commerce Department face a series of congressional hearings next month.

Trump and Xi Can Reopen Trade. But for Whom?

The narrative of easing trade tensions doesn’t tell us who reaps the benefits of these developments at the company level...

Poland says no to funding US-made weapons for Ukraine under PURL — PM

Donald Tusk pointed out that Poland had a large budget deficit

Chile Mulls Private-Sector Role in Codelco Mines

Chile is considering ways to bring private companies into Codelco’s mining operations and infrastructure, potentially fo...

Chile Mulls Private-Sector Role in Codelco Mines

Chile is considering ways to bring private companies into Codelco’s mining operations and infrastructure, potentially fo...

Russian GDP growth rate may be above forecast by year-end — ministry

The Russian gross domestic product increased by 1% year on year in the third quarter of 2026 under the preliminary estim...

Urgent climate finance pleas at COP31 face a non-urgent response

Climate action has slipped down the political agenda for Western governments as U.S. President Donald Trump has withdraw...

US-China Board of Trade holds first meeting days before Trump-Xi summit

The United States and China held the inaugural meeting of their bilateral Board of Trade on Friday, just days before US ...

Ed Morse Says Oil Can Drop to $50 a Barrel

Ed Morse, senior advisor and commodities strategist at Hartree Partners, compares the oil-market disruption we're seeing...

Merz's call to include funds for Ukraine in seven-year EU budget rebuffed

Only Estonia and Latvia supported Merz's proposal

U.S. Oil Rigs Hold at 463 as Crude Output Hits Another Record

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that...

Trump to Extend Shipping Waiver for Oil, Fertilizer for 90 Days

President Donald Trump is giving energy companies and traders more time to transport oil and other commodities around th...

Russia sends major business delegation to Kabul for business talks with the Taliban

A Russian deputy prime minister led a 70-strong Russian delegation to Afghanistan, pursuing deals on transport, logistic...

France and Germany near deal on De Cos for ECB top job as EU confirms two candidates

Two candidates are vying to succeed Christine Lagarde at the ECB, an EU official stated on Friday as EU leaders met in D...

Indonesian Billionaire’s LNG Plant Gets $140 Million From Canada

Canada’s government injected C$200 million ($140 million) into a west coast liquefied natural gas project backed by Indo...