World Business
The latest World Business coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Business section.
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Iran war disrupts energy supplies as Iran’s new leader resolves to keep fighting
Iran’s secretive new leader issued his first public statements Thursday, resolving to keep fighting, promising more pain for Gulf Arab states and threatening to open “other fronts” in a war that has already disrupted world energy supplies, the global economy and international travel.
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Oil jumps to $100 per barrel and stocks sink worldwide with no clear end in sight for the Iran war
With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel on Thursday, and stocks sank worldwide.
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Why oil prices surged even after the release of strategic reserves
Reality is starting to set in for the world’s oil traders.
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Epstein’s longtime accountant testifies on his wealth and business ties
House lawmakers were digging into Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling financial portfolio on Wednesday as a committee deposed his former accountant and tried to understand his connections to some of the world's wealthiest men.
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Trump keeps telling America he’s winning in Iran. He’s less clear in explaining how the war ends
Facing jittery global markets and drooping poll numbers since launching a war with Iran, President Donald Trump has cycled from calls for "unconditional surrender" to sounding amenable to an end state in which Iran trades one hard-line ayatollah for another.
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Iran targets busiest international airport as top UN body demands halt to attacks on Gulf neighbors
Iran targeted the world’s busiest international airport Wednesday and attacked commercial ships as U.S. and Israeli strikes rocked Tehran, while the United Nations' most powerful body demanded a halt to the Islamic Republic’s strikes on its Gulf neighbors that threaten global oil supplies.
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US accuses 16 trading partners of unfair practices and opens investigation
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a new trade investigation into unfair trading practices by 16 of America’s largest trading partners as it works to resurrect a system of tariffs recently struck down by the Supreme Court.
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Inflation held steady last month, but that was before the attack on Iran sent energy costs soaring
Inflation remained stubbornly elevated last month as gas prices rose, but it's a snapshot of consumer prices before a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran sent energy costs soaring.
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US stock market remains calm, even as oil prices rise
The U.S. stock market remained calm Wednesday, even as the price of oil got back to rising.
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Wealthy nations pledge record release of emergency oil reserves in a bid to calm surging prices
A group representing many of the world's wealthiest countries agreed Wednesday to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history, in a bid to counter the effects of the Iran war on energy markets and the halt of cargo shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
