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Bombs Are Falling Near Hormuz and Wall Street Just Hit Another Record High
Why the S&P 500 keeps shrugging off the US-Iran war, and why the “TACO trade” may be running on borrowed time NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2026 A tanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz this week after being hit by an unknown projectile. The Pentagon is sending a third carrier strike group to the…

SpaceX Starship Flight 14 Reaches Orbit for the First Time in Historic Test
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 14 reached orbit for the first time on Monday, clearing the single biggest hurdle yet for the largest and most powerful rocket ever built and marking a turning point for Elon Musk’s plan to carry cargo and, eventually, people beyond Earth. The 407-foot rocket lifted off from the company’s Starbase site in…

India’s Goyal Courts 50+ US Industry Leaders in New York Supply Chain Partnership Taking Shape
India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal arrived in New York on May 29, 2026, for a closed-door roundtable with more than 50 of America’s most influential business executives and left with something more valuable than photo opportunities. He left with momentum. The event, hosted by the Consulate General of India in collaboration with the…

Rupee Falls to 96.17 Versus the Dollar for the First Time: What’s Driving the Slide?
Mumbai / New Delhi, May 18, 2026 – The Indian rupee broke through yet another floor on Sunday, touching a record low of 96.17 against the US dollar a level that would have been unthinkable eighteen months ago and is now, grimly, a milestone in a slide that has made the rupee Asia’s worst-performing major…
