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Oil: Middle East tensions revive inflation channel – BNY

BNY reports that renewed Iranian–U.S. hostilities lifted Brent above 3%, reviving the inflation channel but remaining secondary to Fed and AI valuation drivers. The bank notes the U.S. interception of Iranian missiles a…

US Dollar: Long positioning faces FOMC risk – DBS

DBS Bank’s Philip Wee notes that Dollar bulls have built substantial long USD positions ahead of the FOMC, encouraged by Brent’s sharp rebound and expectations of a surprise rate hike by Chairman Kevin Warsh. However, h…

Top 20 Women Shaping Crypto and Blockchain in 2026

Crypto’s most influential women are no longer limited to investors, executives or policy advocates. Many of the industry’s most important companies, protocols, funds and infrastructure businesses were built or co-fo…

Coca-Cola Earnings Show the Potential of Consumer Staples

Those who gave up on the consumer staples sector already may now be worrying they did so too soon. This is because of Coca-Cola’s Q2 2026 earnings report, which was posted on Tuesday and soundly defied analyst expectati…

Why is the Bank of England expected to keep rates unchanged?

The Bank of England is expected to leave its Bank Rate at 3.75% on Thursday, July 30 — but for the 1.8 million UK homeowners due to remortgage in 2026, the rate decision itself may not be the number that matters most. A…

Russia Charges Telegram's Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorism

Russia's Federal Security Service said it has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activity and placed him on an international wanted list. The FSB's public relations center said Wednesday that Dur…