American Fuel First: Trump's Diesel Export Ban And The European Fallout

Perhaps the big takeaway from the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s east-west pipeline wasn’t so much that it happened, but that militias in Iraq were capable of the strikes and Saudi Arabia was incapable of defending against them. The timeline to repair the damage is 3-6 weeks, according to reports but if they can be struck…

Prime Minute is applying AI and military-grade strategy to disaster response, starting with wildfires.

Are consumers ready to spend bitcoin on everyday goods? Cryptocurrency payment platform NectarPay is testing that question with a rollout of 11,000 handheld point-of-sale terminals to merchants across Texas, following an initial deployment of 1,000 terminals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The terminals are designed to allow merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments directly from customers…

Key takeaway: Executives at two community banks said the mortgage business provides an opportunity to introduce customers to other bank products and services. Expert quote: “We’ve always felt like if we get a customer’s mortgage, it increases our opportunity and probability to be that customer’s bank.” —Jim Edwards, United Bank CEO What’s at stake: Changes…

Five years after launching Cyndeo Wealth Partners from UBS, Matt Kilgroe returns to the podcast to discuss what happens after independence. Rather than focusing on the transition itself, Louis and Matt explore the next phase of growth: scaling an advisory business, attracting talent, developing niche expertise, taking on outside capital, and building an enterprise designed…

Buying a home involves years of savings, loan commitments and the expectation that the promised property will be delivered on time. But when construction is stalled and a developer stops responding, buyers can be left with neither the home nor easy access to the money they have already paid.   The Real Estate (Regulation and…