Current price of oil as of September 3, 2026
By 8 a.m. Eastern Time on September 3, 2026, oil had reached $99.38 per barrel, measured using the Brent benchmark. That’s $3.27 more than it cost yesterday morning and about…
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The bond market is crashing Trump’s midterm campaign
Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist-turned-politician, has no particular background in the Treasury markets. Yet, Wednesday morning, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan offered his armchair analysis of the bond…
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Meloni breaks Berlusconi’s record for longest-serving uninterrupted government, longest since WWII
In a country where governments are famously short-lived, the perceived success of Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has often been attributed to her survival skills rather than her accomplishments. Recommended Video On Thursday,…
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AI wants electricity now. The electric grid needs years to catch up
AI is expanding faster than any technology in history, propelled by competing hyperscalers and millions of users. And as a result, the data centers built to enable this growth have…
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‘I don’t think there’s a floor’: Workers’ share of America’s income is at a record low before the AI boom even begins
The AI productivity boom will soon make America richer, say the two leaders of the American economy—Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh—so much so that it’ll…
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Who runs the labor market? Women accounted for 98% of U.S. job gains in August
Who runs the world—or the U.S. labor market—in August? Girls. Recommended Video Women accounted for almost every job added to the U.S. economy in August, an extraordinary statistic within a…
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New LA Angels owner Stan Kroenke is quietly America’s largest private landowner, boasting 2.7 million acres and besting Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos
Stan Kroenke, the billionaire owner of the world’s most valuable portfolio of sports clubs, including London’s Arsenal Football Club and most recently, the Los Angeles Angels, also boasts another title.…
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‘If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em’: Italy is turning its hated invasive crab into a multimillion-dollar business
Italian fishermen for two years incinerated most of the invasive Atlantic blue crabs caught in the Po River Delta south of Venice. Few Italians had an appetite for the alien…
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Despite being a multimillionaire, Suze Orman still cooks at home whenever possible—and says eating out is one of the biggest wastes of money
Suze Orman has spent decades as a best-selling author and TV host, teaching people how to invest, save for retirement, and manage their money. She’s also built a fortune of…
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The Trump Administration says more oil exited the Middle East this week than before the Iran war, but the data says otherwise
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright raised eyebrows in energy markets Wednesday when he said more oil exports left the Middle East on Monday—between the Strait of Hormuz and alternative routes—than…
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