The yield on the U.K.’s ten-year bond rose briefly to 5.05 percent on 15 July as fighting intensified along the Persian Gulf.
Category: 21 July 2026
COMPANIES SCRAMBLE TO COPE WITH WAR’S FALLOUT
For businesses, the Iran War’s twin legacies will be higher prices and lingering uncertainty.
RENEWED PERSIAN GULF FIGHTING BRINGS OIL CRISIS CLOSER
The return to all-out war in the Mideast will cut off oil supplies from the region at a time when the world no longer has the reserves that shielded the global economy from a fuel crisis so far, oil traders are warning.
AI REBRANDING TACTIC FALLS FLAT
Last April, Allbirds, a U.S. shoe company, decided to cash in on the AI frenzy by changing its name to Newbird AI.
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
America’s economic decline continues to spread beyond layoffs and into a more troubling trend: businesses shutting their doors for good.
WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
America’s job market keeps flashing warning signs as layoffs spread across banking, technology, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, media, and education.
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY AND PERPETUAL WAR
One of the defining failures of modern American government has been the steady erosion of Congress's constitutional authority over war.
MORE LIES: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION INSISTS THAT IRANIANS ARE DESPERATE FOR A DEAL
The White House said last week that Iran “very much continues to talk” with U.S. negotiators and has expressed that they “want to make a deal” because of the “devastating blows” absorbed by the U.S. military.
WHAT CEASEFIRE? ISRAEL CONTINUES TO CARRY OUT STRIKES ON SOUTHERN LEBANON
The IDF did not slow its attacks on southern Lebanon over the weekend, and witnesses told news outlets that they heard explosions and saw the Israeli military cut down trees in the region, according to Anadolu.
U.S. REPOSITIONS WARPLANES AS IRAN WAR INTENSIFIES
The U.S. is sending more military aircraft to the Middle East as the hot war between Washington and Tehran intensifies, according to a report Sunday.









