General

Your laundry bill is about to get more expensive—and Unilever says the Iran war is partly to blame

Unilever announced plans for frequent but incremental price increases on consumer goods, with geopolitical tensions including the Iran conflict cited as a contributing factor to rising costs. The company's CFO signaled a strategy of spreading price hikes across multiple quarters rather than implementing one large increase.

Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement

Monetary policy decisions

Ark Invest buys $39 million worth of Robinhood shares, offloads $6 million of its own spot bitcoin ETF

Jerome Powell Vows to Stay at Federal Reserve — ‘I Have No Choice,’ He Says

The debt crisis Congress has been ignoring could cost the average U.S. household $18,000 a year, according to a Brookings analysis

Breaking: Ripple Expands Its Presence in Middle East with New HQ

Iran stockpiling missiles to counter US attacks, says Senator Kennedy

BlackRock’s Fawcett sees Fed rate cuts unlikely before December

Nvidia market cap surpasses India’s entire stock market

Samsung Q1 profit beats expectations, starts HBM4 production for Nvidia

Powell: US economy growing at ‘solid pace’ despite Iran war energy shock

US-Iran talks stall, Hormuz blockade resolution unlikely by May 31

UN maritime agency rejects Iran’s toll plan for Strait of Hormuz shipping

Ukrainian drones strike Russian oil refinery in Orenburg Oblast

Fed rate hike odds rise amid memory shortage, energy disruptions

Powell defends Fed autonomy amid political pressure for rate cuts

Trump hints at further action against Iran after military strikes

Fed chair Jerome Powell says he will stay on as Govenor after term amid legal pressure

‘They left me no choice’: Powell isn’t going anywhere—blocking Trump from another Fed appointee

Ukraine inks defense deals with Germany, Norway, Netherlands amid conflict

Iran demands US concessions, narrowing path to diplomatic talks

US warns NATO on Iran support, ceasefire prospects dim

Drone strikes on data centers spook Big Tech, halting Middle East projects

US spends $25B on Iran conflict, ceasefire unlikely by April 30