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‘Takes money to kill bad guys’
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty ImagesDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the Pentagon's reported $200…
Micron falls 5.5% after blockbuster earnings. Here’s what analysts say
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesBlockbuster earnings were not enough to prevent a sharp drop in Micron Technology shares in premarket trading. The chipmaker tripled revenue in the latest quarter as results sailed past analysts'…
Gold and silver sell off as inflation fears grip global markets
Gold and silver joined a broad sell-off on Thursday, with the metals shedding around 3% and 5%, respectively, as fears about the Iran war and inflation gripped global markets. At 6:26 a.m. ET, spot gold was down 2.8% at $4,682.78 an…
ECB, BOE, Swiss National Bank, Riksbank interest rate decisions
A projection of a Euro currency sign is pictured on the facade of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on Dec. 30, 2025.Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty ImagesBefore the war on Iran began in…
Chip deliveries to Europe delayed as Iran war hits air freight
European companies that import semiconductors from Asia are tapping into backup stores and paying more for deliveries as the Iran war causes disruption to air freight routes through the Middle East, industry insiders have told CNBC.The…
Qatar attack, semiconductor supply chain, LNG, helium
Images of mobile devices at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAsian technology stocks fell on Thursday as Iran's latest…
Japan rejects U.S. intel assessment that Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, during a party leaders' debate at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Takaichi said she hadn't intended to get into any details of a Taiwan contingency in…
Gold loans are thriving in India
Hello, I am Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of Inside India — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world's fastest growing large economy. This week, I unpack…
HDFC Bank shares fall 5% as part-time chair of India’s largest private bank
The merger between HDFC Bank and HDFC now makes the entity the world's fourth largest bank.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShares of India's HDFC Bank slid 5% Thursday after Atanu Chakraborty, its part‑time chairman, resigned after…
Trump warns to ‘blow up’ South Pars gas field in Iran if strikes against
An Iranian security personnel monitors an area in phase 19 of the South Pars gas field in Assalooyeh on Iran's Persian Gulf coast 1,400 km (870 miles) south of Tehran on August 23, 2016.Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesU.S.…