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Business Financial Distress Nears COVID Levels As Sole Trader Numbers Rise
16.04.2026, 02:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Business Financial Distress Nears COVID Levels As Sole Trader Numbers Rise Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The volume of businesses struggling to pay their debts in Australia is on track to exceed the heights set during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to two reports on the nation’s economic health. Australian dollar...
Major Israeli PAC Flips: Tel Aviv Should Pay Out-Of-Pocket If It Wants US Weapons
16.04.2026, 02:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Major Israeli PAC Flips: Tel Aviv Should Pay Out-Of-Pocket If It Wants US Weapons via Middle East Eye The pro-Israel advocacy group J Street is now calling for an end to "direct" US military support to Israel, per a new policy document published this week. The group had previously backed Washington's continued provision of defensive weapons systems...
Build It, And They Will Come? Not The Case At Baltimore's Harbor East Luxury Tower
16.04.2026, 00:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Build It, And They Will Come? Not The Case At Baltimore's Harbor East Luxury Tower The Four Seasons Private Residences in Harbor East, situated in crime-ridden Baltimore City and serving as a flagship luxury development project tied to the Inner Harbor's waterfront revitalization, was originally envisioned as an ultra-luxury tower designed to attract...
IMF Warns US Treasury Market Prone To "Sudden Repricing" Due To Soaring Debt, Overreliance On Bills
15.04.2026, 23:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IMF Warns US Treasury Market Prone To "Sudden Repricing" Due To Soaring Debt, Overreliance On Bills The International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday that the relentless US debt issuance is undermining the premium Treasuries have commanded from investors, with implications for government securities across the globe. “The increase in the US Treasury...
Russia Vows To 'Fill China's Energy Resource Gap' Amid Hormuz Crisis In Lavrov-Xi Meeting
15.04.2026, 21:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Vows To 'Fill China's Energy Resource Gap' Amid Hormuz Crisis In Lavrov-Xi Meeting At a moment it remains a serious open question over just how vulnerable China is to the Hormuz Strait crisis, and now with the US-imposed US naval blockade of the vital oil transit waterway, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Beijing pledging energy...
Beige Book Confirms Uncertainty, Fuel Costs Surged On Iran War As Economy Grew At "Slight To Modest" Pace
15.04.2026, 21:14 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Beige Book Confirms Uncertainty, Fuel Costs Surged On Iran War As Economy Grew At "Slight To Modest" Pace US economic activity continued to increase at a "slight-to-modest" pace across most regions as the war with Iran generated a new wave of uncertainty and higher energy costs, the Federal Reserve said. The just released Beige Book - which featured...
Iran War Leads To Fluoride Shortages For Some US Water Utilities
15.04.2026, 20:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran War Leads To Fluoride Shortages For Some US Water Utilities Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Multiple water providers have lowered the amount of fluoride they add to water for millions of Americans, amid shortages stemming from the U.S.–Iran war. The Baltimore City Department of Public Works said on April 13 that it is reducing...
Iran Used Chinese Spy Satellite To Target US Bases During War, Outraged Beijing Denies
15.04.2026, 19:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Used Chinese Spy Satellite To Target US Bases During War, Outraged Beijing Denies Iran quietly secured a Chinese spy satellite in late 2024 and used it to track US military bases across the Middle East during the current war, the Financial Times has newly - an allegation Beijing has flatly and angrily denied. The TEE-01B satellite, built and launched...
WTI Rises After Big Surprise Inventory Drawdowns Across Energy Complex, Huge SPR Drop
15.04.2026, 16:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTI Rises After Big Surprise Inventory Drawdowns Across Energy Complex, Huge SPR Drop Oil largely held onto a sharp drop from this week’s highs as the US and Iran seek further talks to end a war that has brought the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway to a near-halt. President Trump told a Fox Business anchor he sees the war “very close to over” and...
Futures Unchanged Just Shy Of All Time High On Peace Hopes, Solid Earnings
15.04.2026, 14:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Unchanged Just Shy Of All Time High On Peace Hopes, Solid Earnings US equity futures are flat following yesterday’s rally as market awaits news on the Iran war resolution and as we traverse earnings season. As of 8:15am ET, S&P 500 futures are little changed after the benchmark closed within a whisker of a record. Risk sentiment took a small...
War 'Very Close' To Over, Trump Says, As Iran Ceasefire Extension Reportedly Advances, But More US Troops Deploy
15.04.2026, 14:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - War 'Very Close' To Over, Trump Says, As Iran Ceasefire Extension Reportedly Advances, But More US Troops Deploy Summary The Iran war is "very close to over" with authorities in Tehran eager to agree a peace deal, Trump says, adding: "We've beaten them militarily." AP/Bloomberg reportingthe two sides have an "in principle agreement" to pursue further...
Kering And Hermès Sink As War Batters Earnings; Goldman Warns Luxury Dip-Buying Is "Premature"
15.04.2026, 13:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Kering And Hermès Sink As War Batters Earnings; Goldman Warns Luxury Dip-Buying Is "Premature" Goldman's Natasha de la Grense summed it up well this morning: "Money was waiting on the sidelines to buy luxury for a de-escalation play – that feels premature with three misses in three days." Disappointments from Kering and Hermès, both of which fell...
Italy's Anti-Israel Opposition Declares 'Victory' After Meloni Suspends Defense Pact
15.04.2026, 08:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Italy's Anti-Israel Opposition Declares 'Victory' After Meloni Suspends Defense Pact Italy has suspended the automatic renewal of its defense agreement with Israel amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, now 'paused' as a two-week ceasefire holds in order to give a chance for talks. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the significant status change...
Western Australia Establishes Strategic Fuel Reserve
15.04.2026, 05:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Western Australia Establishes Strategic Fuel Reserve Australia is facing a historic energy crisis with much of its gulf-sourced energy facing not one but two blockades. But at least some parts of the country are doing something about it, even if it is too little, too late. Western Australia will establish its own strategic reserves of diesel fuel...
Australia's Qantas To Cut Domestic Flights Amid Fuel Price Surge
15.04.2026, 03:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Australia's Qantas To Cut Domestic Flights Amid Fuel Price Surge Authored by Monica O'Shea via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Australia’s flag carrier Qantas will cut domestic flights and redeploy capacity from the United States towards Europe as fuel prices double. Qantas Airways ground staff are seen on the tarmac near planes at the domestic terminal...
Global Oil Demand Growth Completely Wiped Out By Gulf Energy Shock
14.04.2026, 20:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Global Oil Demand Growth Completely Wiped Out By Gulf Energy Shock The global demand destruction playbook we outlined last month, describing how the Gulf energy shock would spread across continents, is now materializing on a large scale. The International Energy Agency said in a Tuesday update that global oil demand will decline this year for the first...
US Carrier Takes Long Route To Gulf To Avoid Bab el-Mandab Strait And Houthis
14.04.2026, 19:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Carrier Takes Long Route To Gulf To Avoid Bab el-Mandab Strait And Houthis By Mallory Shelbourne of USNI News Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is operating off the coast of Namibia, as it sails around the African continent and is set to join a growing naval force in the Arabian Sea amid a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, USNI...
La Marxista: Mamdani Pledges To Open First City-Run Store With Projected $30 Million Initial Cost
14.04.2026, 18:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - La Marxista: Mamdani Pledges To Open First City-Run Store With Projected $30 Million Initial Cost Authored by Jonathan Turley, Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his “First 100 Days” speech this week to announce that he has kept his promise to create a chain of city-run stores . . . by pledging to open one store sometime “next year.” According to the New...
Fill 'er Up: Record Armada Of Tankers Bound For US Gulf To Load Oil
14.04.2026, 16:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fill 'er Up: Record Armada Of Tankers Bound For US Gulf To Load Oil An unusually large number of crude oil tankers on the open seas has the American Gulf coast as a destination as the ships are redirected to load cargoes bound for markets around the world already experiencing shortages. As Alton Wallace writes at The Center Square, second-term...
United CEO Pitches Trump On American Tie-Up To Build Highly Competitive Global Carrier
14.04.2026, 15:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - United CEO Pitches Trump On American Tie-Up To Build Highly Competitive Global Carrier A Reuters report stated that United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby "pitched" a merger with American Airlines during a recent meeting with President Trump. Shares of both carriers rose in premarket trading in New York following the report. Two sources told the outlet that...
Xi Says "Global Order Crumbling Into Disarray" As Trump Turns Up Pressure Campaign On China
14.04.2026, 14:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Xi Says "Global Order Crumbling Into Disarray" As Trump Turns Up Pressure Campaign On China President Trump's four-and-a-half-month crusade across the Western Hemisphere, and now into the Middle East, increasingly looks like a massive blitz to acquire - or control - energy assets and maritime chokepoints as part of a broader economic pressure campaign...
Iran Mulls Hormuz Shipping Pause To Preserve Talks, Avoid Trump Blockade Showdown, As US Pushes 20-Year Nuclear Freeze
14.04.2026, 14:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Mulls Hormuz Shipping Pause To Preserve Talks, Avoid Trump Blockade Showdown, As US Pushes 20-Year Nuclear Freeze Summary Diplomacy is not yet dead, as Bloomberg reports Iran is mulling a short-term pause to shipments through Hormuz Strait, in order to avoid a fresh clash with US forces & avoid testing Trump's blockade. Mediators are scrambling...
Futures Rise, Nasdaq Up 10 Days In A Row, On Iran De-escalation Optimism
14.04.2026, 14:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise, Nasdaq Up 10 Days In A Row, On Iran De-escalation Optimism US equity futures, and global stocks rise while oil slides on a Reuters report that negotiating teams from the US and Iran could return to Pakistan later this week to resume negotiations to end the war in the Gulf, days after the first peace talks ended without a breakthrough, with...
Fearing Iranian Escalation In Red Sea, Saudis Push Trump To Call Off Hormuz Blockade
14.04.2026, 14:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fearing Iranian Escalation In Red Sea, Saudis Push Trump To Call Off Hormuz Blockade Wary of Iranian escalation that shuts down Red Sea traffic, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is asking the Trump administration to back off from its newly-implemented blockade of Iranian-linked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday...
Latest Global Sportswear Supply Chain Read-Through Remains Bearish
14.04.2026, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Latest Global Sportswear Supply Chain Read-Through Remains Bearish The S&P 500 Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods sub-industry index (S5TEXA Index), which includes names such as Nike, Lululemon, Deckers Outdoor, Ralph Lauren, and others, is down 15% year-to-date and roughly 65% from its late 2021 peak. With the index now hovering around Covid-era lows...
US-Sanctioned Tanker Signaling Chinese Ownerships Test Trump Blockade With Hormuz Crossing
14.04.2026, 05:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US-Sanctioned Tanker Signaling Chinese Ownerships Test Trump Blockade With Hormuz Crossing Following news that two tankers, one of which indicated China as its destination, had turned around earlier in the day after the Trump blockade of the Straits of Hormuz had kicked in, one of them - a tanker linked to China - is making its way through the Strait...
YouTube Removes Pro-Iran Channel Producing Anti-Trump Videos
13.04.2026, 23:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - YouTube Removes Pro-Iran Channel Producing Anti-Trump Videos Via Middle East Eye Google, the owners of YouTube, has removed a channel on the platform belonging to a pro-Iran group producing Lego-themed videos mocking Donald Trump. "Upon review, we’ve terminated the channel for violating our Spam, deceptive practices and scams policies," a YouTube...
Pope Leo Says 'I Am Not Afraid Of Trump' - Amid War Of Words Over Iran Conflict
13.04.2026, 23:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Pope Leo Says 'I Am Not Afraid Of Trump' - Amid War Of Words Over Iran Conflict An open public clash between the Pope and President Trump was perhaps bound to happen given the Vatican's increasingly vocal criticism and condemnation of US military action in the Middle East. The Vatican has been consistently anti-war especially going back to the Iraq...
Oil Tanker Going To China Forced To Reverse Course Before Crossing Hormuz Under US Blockade
13.04.2026, 20:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Oil Tanker Going To China Forced To Reverse Course Before Crossing Hormuz Under US Blockade One day after a burst of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, when according to Bloomberg 19 ships crossed in either direction while Trump said that as many as 34 ships crossed the waterway on Sunday, shipping through Hormuz slumped back down again Monday, reversing...
Mapping The Hormuz Blockade: At Least 15 US Navy Ships Are In Place
13.04.2026, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mapping The Hormuz Blockade: At Least 15 US Navy Ships Are In Place President Trump is once again engaged in a high risk bet in hopes that Iran will buckle to US demands after failed initial truce talks in Pakistan. The blockade now in effect as of Monday seeks to starve Iran of $200 million in daily oil revenues. The Wall Street Journal has newly...
Key Events This Week: PPI, Industrial Production, Q1 Earnings, Iran War
13.04.2026, 16:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: PPI, Industrial Production, Q1 Earnings, Iran War When it comes to the week ahead, clearly the Iran conflict will be the main focus, but there are a few other things to look out on the calendar. First, the Q1 earnings season will start to kick off, with this week’s releases including several US financials. DB's equity strategists...
Goldman Stock Slides After FICC Unexpectedly Misses Despite Highest Overall Profit In 5 Years
13.04.2026, 15:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goldman Stock Slides After FICC Unexpectedly Misses Despite Highest Overall Profit In 5 Years Goldman Sachs reported its highest quarterly profit in five years, as the bank's equities traders beat their own previous all-time quarterly high revenue by more than $1 billion thanks to a surge in market volatility due to the war in Iran; this outperformance...
Netanyahu Says Iran Ceasefire Could End At Any Moment, Backs Trump's Blockade - Tehran Blasts 'Piracy'
13.04.2026, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Netanyahu Says Iran Ceasefire Could End At Any Moment, Backs Trump's Blockade - Tehran Blasts 'Piracy' Summary Iran's military says the planned US blockade on Gulf ports will be an "illegal" act tantamount to "piracy" as Trump is also weighing limited strikes on Iran. US military is to enforce the blockade in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, Reuters...
Key Aluminum Spread In London Hits Biggest Backwardation Since 2007
13.04.2026, 13:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Aluminum Spread In London Hits Biggest Backwardation Since 2007 Aluminum futures in London surged to a four-year high on Monday as President Trump's Strait of Hormuz blockade, set to take effect this morning, threatened to deepen supply chain disruptions across the Gulf region. On top of that, the Gulf's largest aluminum producer declared force...
ISIS Calls On Muslims To Murder UK's Tommy Robinson
13.04.2026, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - ISIS Calls On Muslims To Murder UK's Tommy Robinson Authored by Robert Spencer via PJMedia.com, English freedom fighter Tommy Robinson on Friday posted on X an article from the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), detailing how the Islamic State (ISIS) wants him dead, and is calling upon Muslims to make sure he ends up that way quickly...
France's Gig-Economy Built On Migrant Labor As 99% Of Surveyed Delivery-Riders Are Foreign-Born, Two-Thirds Are Illegal
13.04.2026, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - France's Gig-Economy Built On Migrant Labor As 99% Of Surveyed Delivery-Riders Are Foreign-Born, Two-Thirds Are Illegal Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A major new study has found that France’s food delivery sector is almost exclusively staffed by migrant workers, a majority of whom are living in France illegally. The Enquête report,...
Washington, D.C. Will Feel Like June Next Week. Cue MSM Climate Doom Propaganda
13.04.2026, 05:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Washington, D.C. Will Feel Like June Next Week. Cue MSM Climate Doom Propaganda After a stretch of roller-coaster temperature swings across the Mid-Atlantic in March and early April, the midpoint of the month is now shaping up to be unusually warm, with highs that could exceed the region's average for June. That kind of temperature anomaly could prompt...
Oil Jumps, Stocks Dump As Peace Talks Fail, Hormuz Blockade Looms
13.04.2026, 00:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Oil Jumps, Stocks Dump As Peace Talks Fail, Hormuz Blockade Looms Before the 'official' futures markets opened, the risk-off tone (due to the failed peace talks and Trump's threat to blockade Iranian vessels) was very evident in FX and crypto markets. Even given the usual caveats about thin liquidity, AUD/USD is down around 1%, a classic growth-sensitive...
More Than Just Iran
12.04.2026, 18:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - More Than Just Iran By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Without a doubt, trading at the start of the week will hinge on developments in the ongoing ceasefire negotiations. As Spider, Bret, and I discussed on Friday’s podcast the range of possible outcomes has not narrowed significantly. Anything from a serious deal, to walking away and restarting...
Russia & Ukraine Exchange 350 POWs As Orthodox Easter Truce Holds
12.04.2026, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia & Ukraine Exchange 350 POWs As Orthodox Easter Truce Holds The rare Russia-Ukraine Orthodox Easter truce is already bearing much positive fruit, as both sides have on Saturday confirmed a massive POW swap involving 350 captives. In a press release, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that "175 Russian service members were returned from territory...
New Iran Leadership More Extreme, Israeli Intelligence Concludes
12.04.2026, 04:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - New Iran Leadership More Extreme, Israeli Intelligence Concludes It what should not at all be a surprise to anyone who has been awake and observant over the past 20+ years of America's military interventions in the Middle East, the Israeli Army and intelligence officials have concluded that Iran's news leadership is more extreme than the previous one...
Netanyahu Says Israel Will Continue To Fight Iran & Proxies, Unlike Appeaser Erdogan
11.04.2026, 22:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Netanyahu Says Israel Will Continue To Fight Iran & Proxies, Unlike Appeaser Erdogan As expected, Israel says it is preparing to keep waging war against Iran - even as the US and Tehran are engaged in high level talks in Pakistan. Clearly Tel Aviv has a dim view of the potential outcome in the Islamabad summit. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
IMF Warns Iran War Will Slow Global Growth, Raise Inflation, And Worsen Food Insecurity
11.04.2026, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IMF Warns Iran War Will Slow Global Growth, Raise Inflation, And Worsen Food Insecurity Submitted by OilPrice.com Severe fuel shortages, hunger, and spiralling inflation will be some of the consequences of the Iran war as the head of the International Monetary Fund said that it would leave “scarring effects” on the global economy. In a speech...
Several US Warships Reportedly Transit Strait Of Hormuz As Pakistan Talks Led By Vance Start With Indirect Format
11.04.2026, 15:59 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Several US Warships Reportedly Transit Strait Of Hormuz As Pakistan Talks Led By Vance Start With Indirect Format Summary: Axios reporting that 'several' US Navy warships crossed the Hormuz Strait on Saturday without coordination with Tehran in a huge, surprising development. Peace talks in Pakistan begin in indirect format, led by Vance and on Iran...
Metal Shock: Gulf's Largest Aluminum Producer Declares Force Majeure
11.04.2026, 14:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Metal Shock: Gulf's Largest Aluminum Producer Declares Force Majeure A little more than a week after Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA), the Gulf's largest aluminum producer, halted operations at its Al Taweelah smelter following Iranian missile and drone strikes, EGA has now declared force majeure on parts of its contract book, signaling that supply chain...
Who's Afraid Of Emmanuel Macron?
11.04.2026, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Who's Afraid Of Emmanuel Macron? Authored by J.B.Shurk via AmericanThinker.com, French President Emmanuel Macron is doing that peculiar French thing again…acting tough while looking weak. He gave a speech last Friday at Yonsei University in Seoul during which he demanded that nations not become “vassals” of China or the United States. Macron...
The US Separation From Europe And NATO Is Long Overdue
11.04.2026, 05:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The US Separation From Europe And NATO Is Long Overdue Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us As much as many centrists and libertarians are opposed to Donald Trump’s ongoing strikes against Iran, I have to say, the downstream result might end up becoming one of the most libertarian results I have ever seen. For decades, small government activists...
Watch: Rogan Encapsulates Why Missing Scientists Are No Conspiracy Theory...
11.04.2026, 02:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Rogan Encapsulates Why Missing Scientists Are No Conspiracy Theory... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In his latest episode, podcaster Joe Rogan lays out the massive financial motive behind the silencing of experts on zero-point energy and plasma tech, while his guest declares an apocalyptic convergence of UFO secrets, AI, and global...
Mainstream Media Claims Roger Stone Persuaded Trump Not To Fire Tulsi Gabbard
10.04.2026, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mainstream Media Claims Roger Stone Persuaded Trump Not To Fire Tulsi Gabbard Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, President Trump was reportedly on the verge of firing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard — until longtime adviser Roger Stone stepped in at the last minute. According to an Axios report citing ‘advisors’, Trump had...
Xi Hosts Taiwan Opposition Leader In Rare Meeting: 'We Will Not Become A Chessboard For External Intervention'
10.04.2026, 23:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Xi Hosts Taiwan Opposition Leader In Rare Meeting: 'We Will Not Become A Chessboard For External Intervention' All eyes remain fixated on the impending US-Iran talks in Islamabad, but big things are also happening Friday in Beijing, and they have direct impact on another potential global flashpoint: Taiwan. While Washington potentially gets bogged down...