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Why the time is ticking for oil reserves

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T15:50:46+00:00

The market absorbed the first Hormuz disruption by drawing down inventories and tapping spare capacity. Those stockpiles are now thinner, leaving crude prices more vulnerable to another supply shock

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Why oil inventories matter more than ever

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T15:46:51+00:00

The market absorbed the first Hormuz disruption by drawing down inventories and tapping spare capacity. Those stockpiles are now thinner, leaving crude prices more vulnerable to another supply shock

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Who Am I? July 19, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T15:45:39+00:00

Are you an avid investor? How well do you know corporate India?

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What they say on their India plans

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T15:45:29+00:00

Read on to know what CXOs of global corporations are saying about India and their perspectives and plans during this earnings season

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Начальник Генштаба ВС Герасимов проверил группировку «Запад»

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-07-18T15:43:46+00:00

Начальник Генштаба ВС РФ Валерий Герасимов проверил группировку «Запад», сообщило Минобороны РФ. Он заслушал доклады об обстановке в зоне спецоперации и результатах работы военнослужащих.

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US Market Outlook: Struggling to rise

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T15:39:49+00:00

Failure to get a strong follow-through rise is a negative

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LG Electronics India: What should you do?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T15:37:26+00:00

With a strong Summer expected, LG Electronics India has several drivers to regain momentum

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Inside the updated MF ratings

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T15:37:21+00:00

The bl.portfolio Star Track Mutual Fund Ratings assessed 488 schemes across 32 actively managed fund categories

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Brésil : la Cour suprême interdit la visite du président argentin, Javier Milei, à l’ancien président Jair Bolsonaro, assigné à résidence

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-18T15:22:46+00:00

Jair Bolsonaro purge une peine de vingt-sept ans de prison pour avoir ourdi un coup d’Etat en 2022. La justice a également décidé qu’il ne pourrait pas non plus recevoir de visites à « finalité politico-électorale » avant les élections générales d’octobre.

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The great tax-form divide: ITR-1 got easier, ITR-2 got harder

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T15:21:56+00:00

Three years of quiet redesign have redrawn who does what on India’s two most-used tax forms — and where the complexity now sits

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"Оборону має очолити не менеджер, а спецпризначенець": Віктор Таран пояснив, чого очікувати від нового керівництва Міноборони

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-18T15:10:00+00:00

Міноборони має переходити від логіки адміністративного управління до логіки бойової ефективності, вважає політолог / фото mil.gov.uaПризначення генерал-майора Євгенія Хмари виконувачем обов’язків міністра...

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Germany’s CDU parliamentary leader resigns after using surrogacy to become parent

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-18T15:09:33+00:00

Jens Spahn had criticised ‘rented wombs’ and his party is strongly opposed to surrogacy, which is banned in GermanyA senior German politician and ally of the chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has resigned as parliamentary group leader of the Christian Democrat (CDU) party after he and his husband used a surrogate mother to become parents, a practice he has criticised in the past and his party is vehemently opposed to.Surrogacy is banned in Germany, a policy Jens Spahn refused to relax when he was health minister in 2020, so he and his husband, Daniel Funke, used a surrogate mother in the US. Continu

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A Very British CPAC: No Costumes, and Not Much Trump

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-18T15:08:44+00:00

London hosted an understated version of the Conservative Political Action Conference, known in the United States for its over-the-top celebration of MAGA causes.

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Ущерб от атаки на склады Wildberries может составить десятки миллиардов рублей

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-07-18T15:06:00+00:00

В ходе атаки беспилотников ВСУ на склады в подмосковной Электростали и городе Котовск в Тамбовской области Wildberries мог потерять логистические мощности примерно на 350 000 кв.м, подсчитали специально для «Ведомостей» два консультанта по недвижимости. Это, по их словам, соответствует примерно 7% всех складских площадей компании. По их оценке, стоимость самих логопарков превышает 20 млрд руб., но с учетом оборудования и находившихся на объектах товарных запасов общий ущерб может достигать 50 млрд руб. Восстановление поврежденной инфраструктуры займет от одного до двух лет, говорят они. От офи

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Doctors question evidence behind Pentagon plan for testosterone screening

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-18T15:03:27+00:00

Pete Hegseth announced that soldiers aged 30 and older in the US military will be screened for low testosterone The US defense secretary, ⁠Pete Hegseth, this week ordered annual testosterone-deficiency screening for active-duty and reserve service members aged 30 and older, which he says will help to maintain military readiness.But many medical professionals warn it might do nothing of the sort and instead could increase service members’ risk of infertility or other consequences if testosterone is prescribed inappropriately. Continue reading...

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Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-18T15:00:00+00:00

DWP brought in measures to tackle carer’s allowance scandal yet in 2025-26 there were 32,559 overpaymentsScores of unpaid carers were hit with demands to repay sums of more than £20,000 and hundreds more put at risk of prosecution last year as a result of official failures in what appear to be continuing problems with carer’s allowance.New figures showed carers were asked to repay £33m in 2025-26 as a result of 32,559 overpayments, despite the introduction of measures over a year ago designed specifically to prevent carers falling foul of the system. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Iran : Mojtaba Khamenei, le guide suprême iranien, menace d’infliger aux Etats-Unis des « leçons inoubliables » et critique la signature « sans valeur » de Donald Trump

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-18T14:56:20+00:00

Pour Mojtaba Khamenei, « la violation répétée » du protocole d’accord « a une fois de plus démontré à tous que la signature du président américain est sans valeur », a-t-il déclaré dans un message lu à la télévision.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Iran : Mojtaba Khamenei, le Guide suprême iranien, menace d’infliger aux Etats-Unis des « leçons inoubliables » et critique la signature « sans valeur » de Donald Trump

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-18T14:56:20+00:00

Pour Mojtaba Khamenei, « la violation répétée » du protocole d’accord « a une fois de plus démontré à tous que la signature du président américain est sans valeur », a-t-il déclaré dans un message lu à la télévision.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Iran : l’armée américaine annonce la mort de deux de ses militaires et la disparition d’un troisième lors des frappes iraniennes en Jordanie

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-18T14:56:20+00:00

Mojtaba Khamenei, le Guide suprême iranien, a menacé samedi d’infliger aux Etats-Unis des « leçons inoubliables » et a critiqué la signature « sans valeur » de Donald Trump, dans un message lu à la télévision.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Iran : l’armée américaine annonce la mort de deux militaires et la disparition d’un troisième en Jordanie ; Mojtaba Khamenei menace d’infliger aux Etats-Unis des « leçons inoubliables »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-18T14:56:20+00:00

Pour Mojtaba Khamenei, « la violation répétée » du protocole d’accord « a une fois de plus démontré à tous que la signature du président américain est sans valeur », a-t-il déclaré dans un message lu à la télévision.

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Crude Check: Oil back in bullish territory

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T14:29:40+00:00

Technical charts indicate further upside after a sharp correction in May and June

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Germany’s CDU party chair resigns after using surrogacy to become parent

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-18T14:29:06+00:00

Jens Spahn had criticised ‘rented wombs’ and his party is strongly opposed to surrogacy, which is banned in GermanyA senior German politician and key ally of chancellor Friedrich Merz has resigned as chair of the Christian Democrat (CDU) party after he and his husband used a surrogate mother to become parents, a practice he has criticised in the past and his party is vehemently opposed to.Surrogacy is banned in Germany, a policy Jens Spahn refused to relax when he was health minister in 2020, so he and his husband, Daniel Funke, used a surrogate mother in the US. Continue reading...

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F&O Strategy: Buy SBI Cards call

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T14:28:51+00:00

 Consider buying August 650-call, which closed with a premium of ₹26.05

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Da Tim ok all’offerta pubblica delle Poste: “Il prezzo è congruo”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-18T14:27:44+00:00

Il cda di Telecom Italia, all’unanimità, ha approvato il comunicato relativo all’Opas annunciata a marzo per un valore di 10,8 miliardi. L’operazione partirà lunedì a Piazza Affari

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Nifty 50 Outlook: Poised to rise

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T14:23:04+00:00

The price action last week indicates lack of strong sellers in the market

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