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Opinion: Broadcom Is the Canary in the AI Coal Mine -- Just Not in the Way You Think
Broadcom (AVGO 7.49%) shares crashed on Thursday following the release of its Q2 results the previous evening. The numbers were fine; revenue of $22.2 billion was up 48% year over year, topping estimates. But guidance disappointed... sort of. CEO…
Open hearing on coal procurement inquiry set for July first week
Open hearing of evidence into alleged irregularities in coal procurement is scheduled to begin in the first week of July, while the Presidential Commission of Inquiry continues recording statements from relevant officials, investigators said. So…
Clean Energy Is Outspending Fossil Fuels Nearly Two To One
Fossil fuels still dominate the system we have. But increasingly, the world's capital is building the clean system of tomorrow. According to the International Energy Agency's new World Energy Investment 2026 report, global energy investment is set…
Hormuz Crisis Exposes a Global Flaw That Will Take Years to Fix
Iran 's closure of the Strait of Hormuz showed how a country can weaponize an economic pinch point to seismic effect. The question now is what governments decide to do about it. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Iran is 'Trump's Vietnam' - and it's going to get a lot worse
Leon Panetta has been in politics as long as any of us can remember. He started out as a Republican, working in the office of Sen. Thomas Kuchel, R-Calif., in the late 1960s. (Kuchel belonged to the now-vanished species of moderate Republican and…
China's renewable push is about energy security
Until recently, China's green energy push was usually explained through two familiar lenses: economic transformation and environmental improvement. The first emphasized industrial policy defined by Beijing's drive to dominate the technologies of…
I spent 3 days in by-election town - Andy Burnham should be quaking in his boots
The retired seamstress and widow, who lost her husband Peter five years ago, said: 'It's a nice community round here and a proper Labour heartland really. But it doesn't feel like that now. 'People cannot get council houses but migrants coming into…
Family of coopers keeping the artisan trade of making barrels alive
A family-run cooperage in Tasmania's northern midlands is determined to keep its artisan trade alive. Tightened consumer spending has led to a decline in whisky sales. New entrants on the Tasmanian whisky scene are forging ahead with large-scale…
Green jobs cannot fix South Africa's unemployment problem
By Kate Bartlett / Reuters, JOHANNESBURG South Africa cannot create nearly enough green jobs to make up for the many thousands it would lose as it closes polluting coal mines and power stations, experts said, adding to the country's burden of…
An Emerging Market Crisis In Oil-Poor Asia?
Reliable availability of cheap energy is, as the Iran war highlights, essential to modern economies and societies, at least for the foreseeable future. Shocks divide the world into the oil haves and oil have-nots. Alongside higher energy prices…
UK's 'most endangered' building abandoned for 40 years is up for sale for £2.25million
The former Marine Hotel in Penarth, South Wales, is on the market with a guide price of £2.25million A building often described as one of the UK's “most endangered” has been put up for sale after sitting empty for more than 40…
Why oil didn't hit $200 despite the biggest supply shock in history
Dubai: Despite the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz for more than three months — cutting over 10 million barrels per day of Middle East oil supplies — prices did not surge as expected. Oil remained below $130 per barrel, far…
West Asia conflict: Spot market gas purchases by power plants jump over 300%
4 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google With Iran war hitting the imports under long-term contracts, gas-based power generators in India have sharply jacked up natural gas purchases from the spot-market this summer to fill the void.
India's energy demand boom to reshape global markets, says Rosneft chief
India will account for about half of global oil demand growth and 15% of the increase in global electricity consumption over the next decade, making it one of the world's most important energy markets, Igor Sechin, chief executive of Russian oil…
Sustainable energy supply chain
From May 20, the Asian Leadership Conference (ALC) convened in Seoul. Often described as Korea's answer to the Davos forum, the ALC gathers distinguished global leaders —ranging from former U.S. President George W. Bush to Indian Prime…
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