Economy

Trump orders blockade of all ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela

Trump orders blockade of all ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ i...

Fortune 500 Daily Business News, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:13

“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the ...

Subsea7 secures $300mn contract for Gorgon Stage 3 project in Australia

Subsea7 secures $300mn contract for Gorgon Stage 3 proj...

EenergyNews.pro, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:13

Chevron Australia awards Subsea7 a major contract for subsea installation on the...

India unveils draft law to open its nuclear sector to private investment

India unveils draft law to open its nuclear sector to p...

EenergyNews.pro, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:13

The Indian government proposes a unified legal framework for nuclear energy, aim...

Warner Bros to reject $108bn Paramount bid, reports say

Warner Bros to reject $108bn Paramount bid, reports say

BBC News - Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Warner Bros will reportedly advise its shareholders to vote against the offer as...

Tuesday’s jobs report was the latest ominous sign in an era of big corporate layoff announcements and CEOs warning that AI will replace workers

Tuesday’s jobs report was the latest ominous sign in an...

WSJ.com: Economy, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Office workers are filled with anxiety and hanging on to their jobs for dear lif...

Japan Exports Growth Streak Continues, Boosting Rate Hike Hopes

Japan Exports Growth Streak Continues, Boosting Rate Hi...

WSJ.com: Economy, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Exports rose for a third straight month in November, further supporting expectat...

Goldman Sachs Foresees Extended Fed Rate Cuts to 2026

Goldman Sachs Foresees Extended Fed Rate Cuts to 2026

Coincu, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Goldman Sachs predicts further Federal Reserve rate cuts, potentially bringing t...

HashKey Holdings Debuts on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HashKey Holdings Debuts on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Coincu, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

HashKey Holdings begins trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, marking Asia's ...

Assemble AI and Infiblue World Join Forces to Enhance Web3 Creator Economy

Assemble AI and Infiblue World Join Forces to Enhance W...

BlockchainReporter, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Assemble AI and Infiblue World partnership is aimed at delivering AI-led intelli...

Hyperliquid’s $200 billion pitch: Is this next Solana-scale DeFi bet?: Asia Morning Briefing

Hyperliquid’s $200 billion pitch: Is this next Solana-s...

CoinDesk, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Cantor says Hyperliquid is trading infrastructure, not speculative DeFi, with HY...

Crypto exchange HashKey's shares fall 5% on trading debut in Hong Kong

Crypto exchange HashKey's shares fall 5% on trading deb...

CoinDesk, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Investors questioned whether Hong Kong’s dominant licensed exchange can turn sur...

Charles Schwab Widens Regulated Crypto Exposure With Solana Futures Inside Brokerage Accounts

Charles Schwab Widens Regulated Crypto Exposure With So...

Bitcoin News, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Charles Schwab quietly widened regulated crypto exposure by adding solana-linked...

Aave founder outlines 2026 ‘master plan’ after end to SEC probe

Aave founder outlines 2026 ‘master plan’ after end to S...

Cointelegraph.com, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Aave’s 2026 plan focuses on scaling via v4's Hub and Spoke architecture, $1 bill...

US government ‘tech force’ gets backup from Coinbase, Robinhood

US government ‘tech force’ gets backup from Coinbase, R...

Cointelegraph.com, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

The US government wants 1,000 tech workers to boost its capabilities and has tur...

Aster Dex’s Shield Mode goes live, but bears aren’t giving up yet

Aster Dex’s Shield Mode goes live, but bears aren’t giv...

AMBCrypto, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Aster DEX has launched Shield for Perps traders, but whale losses have continued...

Mapping 2 reasons why ONDO’s current dip is only temporary

Mapping 2 reasons why ONDO’s current dip is only temporary

AMBCrypto, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

ONDO’s decline appears temporary.

Will Quantum Computing Suppress Bitcoin Prices In 2026? Grayscale Answers

Will Quantum Computing Suppress Bitcoin Prices In 2026?...

Bitcoinist.com, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Quantum risk has been getting louder in the Bitcoin conversation over the past f...

Why Bitcoin’s Current Weakness Is Structural, Not Emotional

Why Bitcoin’s Current Weakness Is Structural, Not Emoti...

Bitcoinist.com, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Bitcoin has lost the critical $90,000 level and is now hovering near the $86,000...

Celebrating One Year of Hashrate Redirect™: How Abundant Mines Redefined Uptime and Protected Millions in Client Bitcoin Rewards

Celebrating One Year of Hashrate Redirect™: How Abundan...

Bitcoin Magazine, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Bitcoin Magazine Celebrating One Year of Hashrate Redirect™: How Abundant Mines...

Bitcoin, XRP, Dogecoin Rise, Ethereum Trades Flat Amid Unemployment Concerns: Analyst Says ETH Could Sink To $1,100 If It Ends 2025 Below This Level

Bitcoin, XRP, Dogecoin Rise, Ethereum Trades Flat Amid ...

Benzinga.com | Cryptocurrency, Dec 16, 2025 - 22:12

Leading cryptocurrencies bounced back, while stocks fell on Tuesday, as the U.S....

Successful business Heartful brought to its knees by malicious AI bots

Successful business Heartful brought to its knees by ma...

Inside Small Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:56

Despite having robust security measures in place, the cyber attack eliminated th...

How virtual offices are redefining work and wealth for Aussies in 2026

How virtual offices are redefining work and wealth for ...

Inside Small Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:56

Virtual office gives founders a credible business address, ASIC-compliant regist...

Nick Reiner charged with 2 counts of first-degree murder in killing of his parents

Nick Reiner charged with 2 counts of first-degree murde...

Fortune 500 Daily Business News, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:56

He was charged with killing the 78-year-old actor and director Rob Reiner and hi...

MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, shot and killed in his home in Brookline, Mass.

MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physici...

Fortune 500 Daily Business News, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:56

Loureiro, who was married, grew up in Viseu, in central Portugal, and studied in...

Vulnerable Republican blasts choice to send health insurance spiking as ‘political malpractice’

Vulnerable Republican blasts choice to send health insu...

Fortune 500 Daily Business News, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:56

“We looked for a way to try to allow for that pressure release valve,” Speaker M...

Elon Musk an ‘odd, odd duck’ and JD Vance a ‘conspiracy theorist for a decade’: What Trump’s right-hand woman really thinks

Elon Musk an ‘odd, odd duck’ and JD Vance a ‘conspiracy...

Fortune 500 Daily Business News, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:56

Chief of staff Susie Wiles offered an unusually candid look inside President Tru...

HashKey shares start trading in Hong Kong, as the city increasingly embraces crypto

HashKey shares start trading in Hong Kong, as the city ...

Fortune 500 Daily Business News, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:56

Hong Kong has tentatively embraced cryptocurrencies and digital assets as a way ...

Large Critical Minerals Deposit Discovered In Utah

Large Critical Minerals Deposit Discovered In Utah

Oilprice.com, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

A Utah company has unearthed a massive deposit of critical minerals, describing ...

Venezuela’s Falling Crude Supply Won’t Budge Global Oil Market

Venezuela’s Falling Crude Supply Won’t Budge Global Oil...

Oilprice.com, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

The global oil market looks well-supplied at the end of the year, with output su...

Oil Prices Spike as Trump Orders Blockade of Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Tankers

Oil Prices Spike as Trump Orders Blockade of Sanctioned...

Oilprice.com, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Oil prices spiked early on Wednesday morning in Asia as President Trump announce...

Ovintiv signs 12-year deal for access to Cedar LNG liquefaction capacity

Ovintiv signs 12-year deal for access to Cedar LNG liqu...

EenergyNews.pro, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Ovintiv has entered into an agreement with Pembina Pipeline Corporation to secur...

Shell launches assisted recovery project at Kaikias in the Gulf of America

Shell launches assisted recovery project at Kaikias in ...

EenergyNews.pro, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Shell Offshore approves a strategic investment to extend the life of the Kaikias...

Alpine Power Systems acquires Chicago Industrial Battery to strengthen PowerMAX offering

Alpine Power Systems acquires Chicago Industrial Batter...

EenergyNews.pro, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Alpine Power Systems announces the acquisition of Chicago Industrial Battery to ...

Treasury Wine to Cut Shipments, Costs on Lower China, U.S. Demand

Treasury Wine to Cut Shipments, Costs on Lower China, U...

WSJ.com: US Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates will cut shipments in China and the U.S., stri...

Blackstone Leads $400 Million Investment in Cyber Startup Cyera

Blackstone Leads $400 Million Investment in Cyber Start...

WSJ.com: US Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

The investment values the company at $9 billion as investor interest in cybersec...

California Gives Tesla 90 Days to Change Autopilot Advertising

California Gives Tesla 90 Days to Change Autopilot Adve...

WSJ.com: US Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

An administrative judge found that the automaker deceived consumers by falsely i...

U.S. Tanker Seizure Has Paralyzed Venezuelan Oil Shipping—Except Chevron’s

U.S. Tanker Seizure Has Paralyzed Venezuelan Oil Shippi...

WSJ.com: US Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Vessels are idling at ports or veering away from the region. But for Chevron, it...

Oil Rises on Likely Technical Recovery

Oil Rises on Likely Technical Recovery

WSJ.com: US Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Oil rose in Asia’s morning session on a likely technical recovery after oil futu...

Why Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders shouldn’t count...

Business | New York Post, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Bidding war talk heated up Tuesday now that WBD is on the verge of formally call...

63% of young adults ‘would consider revenge saving or other savings challenges’

63% of young adults ‘would consider revenge saving or o...

The Standard Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

People aged 25 to 34 are hoping to save £14,912 on average in 2026, Nationwide B...

‘Bank of mum and dad’ funding multiple moves up property ladder, survey finds

‘Bank of mum and dad’ funding multiple moves up propert...

The Standard Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Family members and friends are often helping to fund people’s steps up the prope...

2025 ‘another record-breaking year’ for mobile data usage

2025 ‘another record-breaking year’ for mobile data usage

The Independent Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Communications giant Virgin Media O2 said usage was up by 18%.

Grangemouth chemicals plant to stay open after Government provides £120m funding

Grangemouth chemicals plant to stay open after Governme...

The Independent Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

The Government is to support chemicals giant Ineos with funding to help secure j...

Weight-loss jab ad banned for targeting new mums

Weight-loss jab ad banned for targeting new mums

BBC News - Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

It's one of three social media adverts banned for irresponsibly exploiting body ...

Learner drivers face 24-week wait as backlog continues for two more years

Learner drivers face 24-week wait as backlog continues ...

BBC News - Business, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

The National Audit Office said there was a backlog of 1.1 million tests since th...

Japan Exports Grow for Third Straight Month

Japan Exports Grow for Third Straight Month

WSJ.com: Economy, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Japan’s outbound shipments picked up sharply, further supporting expectations fo...

Tesla is ordered to rename 'Autopilot' after a California judge ruled that the EV-maker misled consumers

Tesla is ordered to rename 'Autopilot' after a Californ...

Business Insider, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

California's DMV ordered Tesla to change the name "Autopilot" within 90 days, or...

Senator Warren Calls for Investigation into PancakeSwap over WLFI Tokens

Senator Warren Calls for Investigation into PancakeSwap...

Coincu, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Senator Elizabeth Warren requests a national security probe into PancakeSwap for...

Trump Declares Naval Blockade on Venezuelan Oil Tankers

Trump Declares Naval Blockade on Venezuelan Oil Tankers

Coincu, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

President Trump announces a naval blockade against Venezuela, citing theft. Majo...

Goldman Sachs Predicts Deeper Fed Rate Cuts Amid Labor Market Concerns

Goldman Sachs Predicts Deeper Fed Rate Cuts Amid Labor ...

Coincu, Dec 16, 2025 - 20:55

Goldman Sachs foresees Fed rate cuts impacting economic conditions until 2026.Re...