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The Iran conflict comes ahead of Sunday’s monthly meeting of eight major oil producers, a group known as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, or OPEC+.

From MarketWatch

Dubai’s and Doha’s airports were catapulted into major air-travel hubs starting in the 2000s as their own countries became global economic powerhouses.

From MarketWatch

“War also creates unpredictability and volatility, both of which are poison for countries making major investments.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The same methodology in choosing investments in American companies is used in finding opportunities in Japan, “which we view as comparable to our major U.S. holdings in importance and long-term value-creation opportunity.”

From MarketWatch

If delegates see a sustained supply disruption as likely, they may choose to increase oil output to prevent a major disruption.

From Barron's