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Goldman Sachs upgrades Netflix to buy, citing advertising growth and buyback potential

Goldman Sachs upgraded Netflix from Neutral to Buy on Monday, raising its 12-month price target to $120 from $100, with analyst Eric Sheridan citing a "more favorable risk-reward setup" ahead of the streaming giant's first-quarter 2026 earnings on April 16. The new target implies upside......

South Korea risks Hormuz oil runs as Asia's energy crisis deepens into sixth week

Six weeks into the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran with no ceasefire in sight, Asia, the destination for roughly 90 percent of the oil and 83 percent of the liquefied natural gas that normally transits the Strait of Hormuz, is bearing the heaviest economic toll of a conflict it did not......

US crude premiums hit record highs as Asia and Europe scramble for supply

The six-week-old war between the United States, Israel, and Iran has produced the worst oil supply crisis in modern history, drawing warnings from economists and international institutions that the world faces a growing risk of stagflation and recession if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. The International......

Bitcoin jumps 3% on Iran ceasefire proposal as short squeeze hits crypto market

Bitcoin climbed approximately 3 percent to trade near $69,200 on Monday, lifted by reports of a last-minute diplomatic initiative between the United States and Iran and a wave of forced liquidations that punished bearish traders across crypto markets. The rally, which pushed the leading cryptocurrency......

Oil prices ease on ceasefire talks as global energy crisis deepens

The war in Iran has triggered a cascading energy crisis from Southeast Asia to Europe, with governments imposing fuel rationing, grounding aircraft, and shutting institutions as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz chokes off roughly one fifth of the world's oil and gas supply. Goldman Sachs has described......

Mazda halts Middle East vehicle production until May as Hormuz closure hits Japanese automakers

Mazda Motor announced Monday it has suspended domestic production of vehicles destined for the Middle East until May, becoming the latest Japanese automaker to scale back operations as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to commercial shipping, according to the Nikkei. The company had already......

Gulf sovereign funds near $24 billion deal to back Paramount's Warner acquisition

Paramount Skydance is close to securing $24 billion in equity commitments from three Gulf sovereign wealth funds to help finance its $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, in a deal that would end weeks of uncertainty over whether Middle Eastern capital......

Oil prices hover around $110 amid Middle East tensions

Oil prices settled around $110 per barrel on Monday as markets remain tense over the Middle East conflict, where Donald Trump has threatened critical Iranian infrastructure, while potential negotiations are being monitored. In Tokyo, one of the few exchanges open on this Easter Monday, the stock market......

Bitcoin hovers near $67,000 as fear index hits 10 and whale selling intensifies

Bitcoin oscillated around 67,000 dollars on Friday as extreme fear gripped crypto markets, with heavy short positioning on derivatives platforms creating what analysts describe as a potentially volatile inflection point. The largest cryptocurrency opened at approximately 66,888 dollars on April 3, down......

Polymarket prices 77% chance of $120 oil after U.S. fighter jet downed over Iran

The downing of a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle over Iran on Friday sent shockwaves through energy markets, with bettors on prediction platform Polymarket pushing the implied probability of WTI crude reaching 120 dollars per barrel this month to 77 percent, up from just 36 percent two days earlier. The abrupt......

Grayscale identifies current crypto selloff as entry point for ETH and SOL

Grayscale Investments has published a new market report identifying the current cryptocurrency decline as a potentially attractive window for investors looking to build positions in major altcoins, with Ethereum and Solana highlighted as primary candidates. The asset manager singled out five digital......

Dollar nears 100 as strong jobs data and Iran war fuel safe-haven demand

The U.S. dollar index hovered near the 100-point mark on Friday as an unexpectedly strong March jobs report combined with deepening fears over a prolonged military conflict in Iran reinforced the greenback's status as the world's primary safe-haven currency. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 178,000......

Europe accelerates offshore wind as U.S. pays companies to abandon projects

A series of energy policy decisions on both sides of the Atlantic has exposed a widening divide between the United States and Europe over how to achieve energy security, with Europe pushing aggressively to expand renewable capacity while the Trump administration moves to dismantle it. On March 26, the......

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