Brent crude nears $100 after strikes on Saudi energy sites amid renewed Mideast hostilities
Oil prices rose Tuesday on worries over escalating Mideast tensions after the U.S. and Iran traded strikes over the weekend.

Oil prices rose Tuesday on worries over escalating Mideast tensions after the U.S. and Iran traded strikes over the weekend.
Visa is doubling down on blockchain-powered financial services with a new program to help issuers of stablecoin-linked cards access loans.
The full data reinforces hopes that the drug could be a breakthrough COPD treatment and reach AstraZeneca's peak annual sales forecast of more than $5 billion.
Trump's announcement comes on the eve of Canadian retaliatory tariffs set to take effect Tuesday on $20 billion of U.S. goods.
The winds have shifted back in favor of AI consumption plays over AI construction proxies.
Duties on U.S. steel and aluminum products have doubled to 50% as a war of words between Washington and Ottawa continues.
The Department of Energy has given grants to small battery tech companies. But the U.S. has a few years to do what took China decades.
Novartis’ failure raises the stakes for Amgen and Eli Lilly in the race to turn lower Lp(a) levels into fewer heart attacks and strokes.
U.S. President Donald Trump posted a stream of AI-generated images and a series of sweeping and unverified claims on Truth Social on Sunday
Shares of Novartis tanked on Tuesday after results from its del-desiran drug trial disappointed investors.
Isar Aerospace reached orbit on its second test flight as the German rocket startup looks to scale production amid booming satellite launch demand.
Australia plans to give social media users the option to switch off algorithm-based feeds in proposed legislation, serving as the latest blow to tech giants.
The SEC sued Institutional Shareholder Services to enforce a subpoena as the Trump administration increases scrutiny of influential proxy advisers.
TSMC and Samsung will adopt ASML’s High NA EUV tools for advanced chipmaking as AI drives demand for smaller, more complex semiconductors.
The week will be dominated by inflation data. Plus, Apple's new CEO has his first big test.
The luxury carmaker is targeting £1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) in savings as it faces Chinese competition, a cyberattack and U.S. tariffs.
Natural disasters have intensified in the past month as the super El Nino phenomenon takes effect.
More than 60% of cryptocurrency platforms that lost money due to cyberattacks had undergone independent security audits, CoinGecko said.
Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google all released model updates this week, while Nvidia said it's acquiring open-source AI platform Hugging Face.
The data center buildout is driving up the price of rural land as some farmers and property owners buy in and others push back against development.
Eighteen maritime bodies warned Tuesday that geopolitical tensions and a growing shadow fleet threaten to undermine international shipping and weaken trade.
China's exports and imports gathered momentum in August, as the world's second-largest economy faces mounting pressure to rebalance trade.
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board didn't provide details on the cause of the crash in Miami, which killed at least five people.
Iran warned of faster, heavier retaliation against U.S. attacks while acknowledging the war’s mounting toll on its economy.