US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the tallest bridge in Iran had been destroyed, hours after threatening to bomb the country “back to the Stone Ages”. Ghodratollah Seif, the deputy governor of Alborz province, where the B1 bridge is located, said the strike had killed eight people and wounded 95 others, according to state TV and Fars news agency. Due to reporting restrictions, Agence Fran...
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the tallest bridge in Iran had been destroyed, hours after threatening to bomb the country “back to the Stone Ages”. Ghodratollah Seif, the deputy governor of Alborz province, where the B1 bridge is located, said the strike had killed eight people and wounded 95 others, according to state TV and Fars news agency. Due to reporting restrictions, Agence France-Presse is not able to access the sites of strikes nor to independently verify tolls in...
China’s services activity expanded at a weaker pace in March, a private survey shows, pointing to sluggish consumer demand after a lift from a long national holiday the previous month. The RatingDog China services purchasing managers’ index fell more than expected to 52.1 from 56.7 in February, according to a statement published Friday. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg was 5...
China’s services activity expanded at a weaker pace in March, a private survey shows, pointing to sluggish consumer demand after a lift from a long national holiday the previous month. The RatingDog China services purchasing managers’ index fell more than expected to 52.1 from 56.7 in February, according to a statement published Friday. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg was 53.6, above the 50 mark separating expansion from contraction. The official PMI survey showed service business activities picked up last month, with gains largely driven by producer services including finance. Consumer services such as retail and catering remained in contraction, according to a National Bureau of Statistics statement . China had a nine-day Lunar New Year holiday in February that boosted services spending, particularly in the tourism sector. Services companies in the private survey saw a slight rise in input prices driven by higher costs of fuel, materials and labor. But they still reduced their selling prices for the third time in four months in order to boost sales, according to a statement . Read more: Xi Eyes Consumers to Lead New Era for China’s Unbalanced Economy China’s consumer spending booked the worst start to any year outside the pandemic, highlighting the challenge to a government that has targeted a bigger role for domestic demand. Beijing meanwhile has repeatedly pledged to rebalance its economy toward consumption, where ramping up services is central . China’s authorities modestly scaled back fiscal stimulus plans for this year as they lowered their annual growth target to 4.5%-5% — the least ambitious goal since 1991, though from a much larger base of gross domestic product.
Allegations Of Pentagon "Casualty Cover-Up": The Intercept Well-known national security news site The Intercept has issued fresh reporting which alleges a Pentagon cover-up when it comes to mounting US casualties from Trump's Operation Epic Fury. Speculation and questions have lately surged among the public and analysts given that casualty updates put out by the Pentagon have been very few and far...
Allegations Of Pentagon "Casualty Cover-Up": The Intercept Well-known national security news site The Intercept has issued fresh reporting which alleges a Pentagon cover-up when it comes to mounting US casualties from Trump's Operation Epic Fury. Speculation and questions have lately surged among the public and analysts given that casualty updates put out by the Pentagon have been very few and far between. It actually accuses the Pentagon of shoddy record-keeping going back significantly before the current Iran war . Currently the official numbers... "Since the start of Operation Epic Fury, approximately 303 US service members have been wounded," CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins said earlier this week. And, as of April 2nd, 13 US service members have been confirmed killed going back to the war's start on February 28, 2026. But The Intercept is alleging an astounding "casualty cover-up" by the Trump administration : Almost 750 U.S. troops have been wounded or killed in the Middle East since October 2023, an analysis by The Intercept has found. But the Pentagon won’t acknowledge it. U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, appears to be engaged in what a defense official called a “casualty cover-up,” offering The Intercept low-ball and outdated figures and failing to provide clarifications on military deaths and injuries. Getty Images Two officials confirmed that at least 15 soldiers were injured last week in an Iranian strike on a Saudi air base, adding that "Hundreds of US personnel have been killed or injured in the region since the US launched a war on Iran just over a month ago." The Intercept found that CENTCOM's latest April 2nd casualty count and 'update' to be "three days old and excluded at least 15 wounded in the Friday attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia ," noting that "The command did not reply to repeated requests for updated figures." This has raised suspicions that other incidents are being omit...
Hims & Hers (NYSE: HIMS) has been one of the most volatile stocks in the markets in recent months. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 30, 2026. The video was published on April 2, 2026. Continue reading
Hims & Hers (NYSE: HIMS) has been one of the most volatile stocks in the markets in recent months. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 30, 2026. The video was published on April 2, 2026. Continue reading
This business is down due to fears that AI will take market share in this category. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 30, 2026. The video was published on April 2, 2026. Continue reading
This business is down due to fears that AI will take market share in this category. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 30, 2026. The video was published on April 2, 2026. Continue reading
At least two of Japan’s biggest power retailers have temporarily stopped accepting new industrial clients, pending greater clarity on fuel markets upended by the war in the Middle East. Tokyo Gas Co. , which supplies gas and electricity to the nation’s capital, suspended acceptance of new clients for industrial power use from March 6, a company spokesperson said. With the ongoing conflict affectin...
At least two of Japan’s biggest power retailers have temporarily stopped accepting new industrial clients, pending greater clarity on fuel markets upended by the war in the Middle East. Tokyo Gas Co. , which supplies gas and electricity to the nation’s capital, suspended acceptance of new clients for industrial power use from March 6, a company spokesperson said. With the ongoing conflict affecting procurement costs, the company has yet to decide when it will resume taking on new customers, the spokesperson said. Eneos Power Corp., the power-retail unit of oil refiner Eneos Holdings Inc. , has also temporarily stopped taking requests from new clients for industrial use, according to its website. A company spokesperson declined to comment further. The temporary restrictions apply only to industrial electricity users. Both companies are continuing to take on new clients for comparatively low-voltage household use. Read More: Japan Spot Power Surges to Three-Year High as War Boosts Fuels The US-Israeli war with Iran has resulted in the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz , the strategic waterway that’s normally a transit point for a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas. This, along with the destruction of key energy infrastructure in the region, has affected the Japanese power market, which relies heavily on fossil-fuel imports to generate electricity. Japan’s power retailers have suspended acceptance of new clients before, for example when the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent fuel prices skyrocketing. Such measures can threaten efforts by factories and other large power consumers from securing enough electricity.
This semiconductor company is arguably the best manufacturing company in the world. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 30, 2026. The video was published on April 2, 2026. Continue reading
This semiconductor company is arguably the best manufacturing company in the world. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 30, 2026. The video was published on April 2, 2026. Continue reading
Quantum computing stocks are falling out of favor with investors as risk appetite is diminishing. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 30, 2026. The video was published on April 2, 2026. Continue reading
Quantum computing stocks are falling out of favor with investors as risk appetite is diminishing. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 30, 2026. The video was published on April 2, 2026. Continue reading
Nike (NYSE: NKE) provided a disappointing investor update, sending the stock crashing. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 29, 2026. The video was published on April 1, 2026. Continue reading
Nike (NYSE: NKE) provided a disappointing investor update, sending the stock crashing. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of March 29, 2026. The video was published on April 1, 2026. Continue reading