Iran
Larry Fink laid out two outcomes from the Iran war: abundance and growth, or a global recession.Speaking on the BBC’s “Big Boss Interview” podcast on Wednesday, BlackRock CEO Fink said the outcome hinges on what happens next with Iran. If the country comes out of the war accepted by the…
Donald Trump’s greatest weakness is his fear of falling stock prices, Michael Burry says.”The stock market is Trump’s kryptonite,” the investor of “The Big Short” fame wrote in a brief note on his Substack over the weekend.The president’s goal in waging war with Iran has morphed from “revolution” to “just…
Steve Hanke says Iran is pulling from Muhammad Ali’s playbook — and could deal a “knockout blow” to the US.”With its control of the Strait of Hormuz, that’s what Iran is capable of doing, and probably will do,” the professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins told Business Insider by…
US Air Force A-10 Warthogs are now chasing down Iranian fast-attack boats in the Strait of Hormuz, the top US general said Thursday. Loading audio narration… At a Thursday press briefing, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed operational updates as the conflict…
An Israeli journalist said Polymarket users tried to bribe him and threatened to kill him after he reported that an Iranian missile had struck Israel earlier this month.Polymarket later condemned the harassment and said the conduct violated its rules. “We’ve banned the accounts for all involved & will pass their…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia had earned $10 billion in two weeks of the US-Israeli war with Iran.That’s about 10% of what Moscow has lost in the oil trade so far this year, he said in a post on X.Zelenskyy wrote that Ukrainian intelligence reports indicated…
Your next flight could be twice as expensive because the Iran war is causing volatility in oil prices.Brent crude is up more than 50% over the past month, to around $101 a barrel. Jet fuel costs are rising faster. The Argus US Jet Fuel Index is up 72% over the…
AI and the Iran war are two of the most disruptive forces affecting businesses in 2026. Bold, an Israeli cybersecurity startup that’s just emerged from stealth with $40 million in funding, is keenly familiar with both.The Tel Aviv-based startup has developed AI software to protect enterprise devices like laptops from…
Some of the biggest US banks are on high alert as the crisis in the Middle East worsens, causing lenders to issue updated security guidance to employees and even order them to leave their locations altogether.Iranian military leaders warned on Wednesday that they would attack banks and financial institutions in…
The US said on Tuesday that it struck multiple Iranian naval vessels, including 16 ships used to lay mines, near the Strait of Hormuz — a waterway responsible for roughly a fifth of the world’s crude oil trade. Loading audio narration… US Central Command posted apparent footage of the strikes…
