Apr 1, 2026 | Markets
Nike Inc. shares tumbled after the retailer gave a surprisingly gloomy outlook for the year ahead, complicating Chief Executive Officer Elliott Hill’s efforts to turn around the business. Revenue is expected to decline 2% to 4% in the current quarter and will be down...
Apr 1, 2026 | Markets
Deirdre Dunn has been reading up about fertilizer markets. Since the US attacks on Iran began roiling oil markets, the Citigroup Inc. rates-trading chief has been looking to other commodities to monitor the knock-on effects of the military action on inflation and how...
Apr 1, 2026 | Markets
Emirates Global Aluminium has moved to sell large volumes of alumina — the key raw material needed to make aluminum — following a strike on a smelter it runs on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, according to people familiar with the matter. EGA this week offered to sell...
Mar 31, 2026 | Markets
Christine Lagarde used an audience of high-level Group of Seven officials to challenge Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s optimism that the Iran war’s economic fallout will be short-lived, according to people familiar with the matter. Bessent played down the damage...
Mar 31, 2026 | Markets
One of the world’s largest petrochemical facilities in Saudi Arabia halted production as the Middle East conflict disrupts supply chains and energy operations in the region. Sadara Chemical Co. said the temporary shutdown had been completed at its plant in the...
