Trump says Iran war will end 'very soon,' predicts lower oil prices
U.S. stock market indexes rose earlier in the day after an initial report that President Donald Trump said he believe the Iran war was largely finished.

U.S. stock market indexes rose earlier in the day after an initial report that President Donald Trump said he believe the Iran war was largely finished.
The price of crude oil has sharply spiked as the Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed as the United States and Israel wage war on Iran.
Gulf Arab oil producers are cutting production as they run out of storage space because they can't export through the Strait of Hormuz
Roughly 20% of global liquefied natural gas flows through the Strait.
Anthropic's partnerships with Amazon and Palantir helped it make inroads into the DOD, and its blacklisting is concerning to many industry experts.
High inflation and slow growth present a double threat, as measures like interest rate cuts and government spending only aggravate inflation.
Oil prices surged above $100 per barrel as the critical Strait of Hormuz remains closed due to threats from Iran.
Bluesky was born out of Twitter by Jack Dorsey in 2019 and rose to popularity as an alternative to X after Elon Musk's acquisition.
The global oil market will need to balance by destroying demand through sharply rising oil prices, according to Rapidan Energy.
The Social Security payroll tax is capped at $184,500 in 2026. Some high earners have already stopped paying into the program for the year.
President Donald Trump touted the fact that the records had been obtained by the FBI. He long has claimed he was cheated out of victory in the 2020 election.
Pennington, 26, from Glendale, Kentucky, was wounded on March 1 during an Iranian strike at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. He died on Sunday.
The lawsuit says Anthropic is being harmed "irreparably" and could lose hundreds of millions of dollars.
Promptfoo's team will join Sam Altman-led OpenAI, and its technology will be integrated into the Frontier platform for AI agents.
Russia is reportedly helping Iran target U.S. forces in the Middle East and could now benefit from a windfall of new oil and gas sales.
Women are under pressure from lower pay and reduced affordability on everyday items, which is widening the K-shaped economy and seeing women spending less.
Oil prices spiked amid the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran, stoking affordability fears ahead of the November midterm elections.
Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over antitrust concerns.
An unusual swell of Canadian patriotism seen after Trump's threats and tariffs last year has evolved into a new social and economic order.
Novo dropped its patent-infringement case against telehealth provider Hims & Hers after the companies agreed that Hims would sell Novo's branded medicines.
Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.
Prediction market bettors are increasingly expecting the U.S. economy to enter a recession.
Zoox will start by deploying a fleet of retrofitted Toyota Highlander SUVs, before rolling out its toaster-shaped robotaxis for testing.