Liam Denning

FILE PHOTO: A Ford F-150 pickup truck is seen on the assembly line at Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.  April 11, 2024.  REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo

Ford is as American as apple pie. Or is that Honda?

The purity test for what counts as a US manufacturer in Trump’s trade war sets up a spiral towards absurdity in the...

(FILES) Gold bullion bars are pictured after being inspected and polished at the ABC Refinery in Sydney on August 5, 2020. Gold prices soared to a record high above USD 2,100 on December 4, 2023 as traders grow increasingly confident the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in the new year. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)
THE BOTTOM LINE

Gold’s record run can’t continue forever, right?

The risks on which the metal thrives are all still there, but its rally appears to have priced them in already and...

GM is still tied overwhelmingly to internal combustion engines, and can lean into that legacy business if demand for EVs isn’t blazing away.

Tesla and GM sold more cars; only one made more money

General Motors’ higher average selling price in the past year underscores its flexibility in managing the transition to EVs

Opec members are on a treadmill of meeting their growing populations’ needs with fluctuating oil revenues while also, in some cases, trying to fashion an economic transition.

Opec’s war chest for an energy transition is shrinking

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was good for oil exporters, but not as good as it may first appear