Traders place $760 million bet on falling oil ahead of Hormuz announcement
By Amanda Cooper LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) - Investors placed a bet worth about $760 million on a falling oil price around 20 minutes before Iran's foreign minister announced on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz was open, another sizeable wager on th...
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How 50 days of the Iran war led to the loss of $50 billion worth of oil
By Stephanie Kelly and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) - The world has lost over $50 billion worth of crude oil that has not been produced since the Iran war began nearly 50 days ago and the aftershock of the crisis will be felt for months and...
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Alamar Biosciences valued at $1.5 billion as shares jump in Nasdaq debut
April 17 (Reuters) - Shares of Alamar Biosciences jumped 33% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, valuing the protein biomarker detection platform at $1.53 billion. The Fremont, California-based company's stock opened at $22.60 apiece, compared with ...
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In final moments before truce, Israeli strike kills Lebanese man's family
By Thomas Suen and Louisa Gouliamaki TYRE, Lebanon, April 17 (Reuters) - Hassan Abu Khalil's family miraculously survived six weeks of war in southern Lebanon, but tragedy struck in the final minutes before a ceasefire came into force. An Israeli str...
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Pro-Palestinian Tufts University graduate targeted by Trump administration returns to Turkey
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, April 17 (Reuters) - A Tufts University graduate who had been arrested by U.S. immigration agents last year as part of the Trump administration's targeting of pro-Palestinian campus activists has returned to her home in Turkey ...
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