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LONDON – Crude prices plunged ‌by more than 3% on Friday, on course for steep weekly losses, on easing supply concerns as more stranded oil tankers ​exited the Strait of Hormuz, even though a cargo vessel was hit near Oman on Thursday. Brent crude futures fell $2.58, or 3.43%, to $72.68 a ​barrel by ​0848 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate lost $2.50, or 3.48%, to $69.42. The Brent benchmark was heading for a weekly decline of about 9.8% while WTI was trading around 9.4% lower than its close last Thursday ⁠before the market closed for a public holiday last Friday.…

Wondering whether Alexandria Real Estate Equities is priced attractively today, or if the stock’s story is already in the price? This article focuses squarely on what the current share price may be implying about value. Alexandria Real Estate Equities recently closed at US$53.29, with returns of 4.4% over the past week, 9.9% over the last month and 8.8% year to date. The stock is still down 23.4% over one year and 45.6% over three years. Those mixed returns come alongside ongoing investor interest in listed real estate and renewed attention on how interest rates affect property focused stocks. Broader sector…

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) Yes Bank on Thursday said it has detected unauthorised transactions worth USD 280,000 (Rs 2.5 crore) related to its multi-currency prepaid forex cards.     Unauthorised transactions were carried out by Yes Bank’s Multi-Currency Prepaid Forex Card, which were issued in partnership with BookMyForex.     These unauthorised transactions were attempted on specific BIN numbers only and these fraudulent transactions were carried out on 15 merchants that are based out of a Latin American country, in the early hours of February 24, 2026, Yes Bank said in a regulatory filing.     “The internal investigation by the bank has revealed that…

One of the enduring mysteries of our age is the Western obsession with exporting abroad commodities that are either in short supply, severely rationed, or rapidly disappearing in their own societies.How did we arrive at this curious spectacle?How did a people who burst out of a cold and frequently inhospitable corner of Eurasia, armed with inventions borrowed from others, such as gunpowder, the compass, and paper, which they borrowed from the Chinese, after centuries in which plagues routinely wiped out between a third and three-quarters of their populations, come to rewrite themselves into the founders and custodians of human civilization?How…

Fleet Mortgages, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has today announced a series of product enhancements across its Standard, Limited Company and HMO/MUFB ranges, including the launch of new products, rate reductions and lower product fees. Within its Standard and Limited Company ranges, Fleet has reduced rates by 30 basis points (bps) across its two-year fixed-rate 75% LTV products with a 3% fee, including EPC A-C variants, taking rates down to 4.19% and 4.09% respectively. The lender has also launched a new two-year fixed-rate zero-fee mortgage, also at 75% LTV, available at 5.74%. Also five-year fixed-rate 75% LTV products, with a 3%…

RED WING — A local landlord has been accused of keeping more than $7,000 worth of personal belongings from an improperly ousted renter.Robert Roger Eggenberger, a Red Wing landlord, is charged with two counts of felony theft. Eggenberger also faces one charge of misdemeanor landlord/tenant – intentional ouster and interruption of utilities. According to court documents, on May 26, the Red Wing police department heard from a woman who rented an apartment from Eggenberger in the 600 block of 12th Street. Eggenberger and the tenant had previously planned for her to move out of the apartment over the weekend of…

TradingKey – The countdown begins for the U.S. copper tariff decision. The U.S. Department of Commerce must submit its “Section 232” tariff investigation report to the White House by June 30 to make a final decision on whether to impose import tariffs on refined copper.In July last year, the Trump administration announced a copper tariff plan, first implementing a 50% tariff on semi-finished copper and copper-intensive derivatives. Although refined copper was temporarily exempted, tariffs are scheduled to be phased in starting in 2027. By June 30, the U.S. Department of Commerce must submit an updated assessment report to make the…

We’re launching Claude Corps, a national fellowship program for people early in their careers who are passionate about extending the benefits of AI to communities across America.We’ll teach 1,000 fellows how to use Claude well, match them with nonprofits across America, and pay them to spend a year—full-time, in-person—helping host organizations to advance their missions. Our goals are twofold: that host organizations are equipped with valuable tools and systems, and fellows build AI skills that will serve them in their careers.The benefits of transformative AI systems could come at the cost of significant disruption. The companies building this technology have…

Fleet has introduced a new 2-year fixed-rate, zero-fee mortgage at 75% LTV, priced at 5.74%. Fleet Mortgages has refreshed its buy-to-let range with new products, rate reductions and lower product fees across its Standard, Limited Company and HMO/MUFB ranges. The specialist lender has reduced rates by 30 basis points across its 2-year fixed-rate 75% loan-to-value (LTV) products with a 3% fee in its Standard and Limited Company ranges. Rates now start from 4.19%, while EPC A-C variants are available from 4.09%. Fleet has also introduced a new 2-year fixed-rate, zero-fee mortgage at 75% LTV, priced at 5.74%. Across its five-year…

Published 26th Jun 2026, 08:43 BSTThe online cards and gifts business said it had invested heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) which can “lower barriers to content creation”.It said creative features were used in 31 million greeting cards in the year to the end of April, double that of the previous year.This includes personalisation such as video and audio cards, and AI tools such as handwriting, stickers and face swap, which merges a person’s face from a photo into a greeting card image.More gift-givers are using AI to write their cards or generate personalised content such as stickers and images, Moonpig…