Oil surges, stocks tumble as Trump declares Iran MOU ’over’

Oil surges, stocks tumble as Trump declares Iran MOU ’over’

Oil surges, stocks tumble as Trump declares Iran MOU ’over’
Off-price retailer Ross Stores saw “robust” sales growth in the quarter ended Aug. 1 as both existing customers and new ones sought prices lower than those of mainstream retailers, CEO Jim Conroy said during a Thursday (Aug. 20) earnings call. “We really want to be there for a customer that is battling higher gas prices…
NS&I is raising its Premium Bonds prize fund rate from September, taking the total monthly prize pot close to £500 million. The government-backed savings bank will increase the prize fund rate from 3.80% to 4.35% from the September draw. NS&I says there will be more than 308,000 extra prizes up for grabs, including 12 additional…
TRM Labs has noted that on July 24, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) significantly widened its Iran-related sanctions by designating additional individuals and companies linked to Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani and the associated Dot One commercial network. Previous measures had focused mainly on the cryptocurrency platforms Zedcex…
George W. III Cummings, a director at Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST -0.38%), reported a sale of 20,000 shares of common stock in a transaction executed on July 30, 2026, and July 31, 2026, according to an SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summary Metric Value Transaction value $635,800 Shares sold 20,000 Post-transaction shares (total) 225,091…
The account is real. The credentials are real. The employee is not. Synthetic insiders use stolen identities, deepfake technology and remotely controlled devices to get hired, pass background checks and log in through approved accounts: access that looks legitimate because it is legitimate. The person operating it is not who the company believes it hired….
A Baylor College of Medicine pediatrician just told Texas lawmakers that “high school seniors are legally walking around with Vegas in their pockets.” Lindy McGee was describing prediction-market apps such as Kalshi and Polymarket, where users as young as 18 bet real money on soccer games, elections, and pop-culture outcomes. The Texas Medical Association wants the minimum age raised to 21. The…