US industrial production rose modestly in February, lifted by a second month of gains in manufacturing and mining output. The 0.2% increase in production at factories, mines and utilities followed a a ...

Germany’s chemical industry warned shockwaves from the Iran war are beginning to ricochet through Europe’s largest economy, with a number of companies dialing down output as supply chains seize up and ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The total number of books published in the U.S. in 2025 with ISBN numbers jumped 32.5% over 2024, to more than four million books, according ...

Aluminium Bahrain, the world's largest single-site smelter, cut its output by approximately 20% due to ongoing maritime shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. The production cut represents ...

BANGKOK ― Thailand’s manufacturing production index dropped 0.04 percent in February from a year earlier, the industry ministry said on Friday, weaker than analysts’ forecasts. The February figure ...

Nissan will export the Murano SUV built in Smyrna, Tennessee, to Japan beginning early next year. It marks the first American-made Nissan sold in Japan since the 1990s. Nissan is the latest of ...

MOSCOW, March 25 (Reuters) - At least 40% of Russia's oil export capacity is at a halt following Ukrainian drone attacks, a disputed attack on a major pipeline and the seizure of tankers, according to ...

The World Steel Assn. has forecast that 2026 global steel consumption will total 1.77 billion metric tons, which is less than the total tonnage produced worldwide during 2025. Global steel production ...

Retail sales for the first two months of the year rose 2.8% from a year earlier. Industrial output climbed 6.3%, also exceeding expectations for a 5% jump. Investment in fixed assets, which includes ...

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed authorities to accelerate the export of surplus food items to Gulf countries while ensuring an uninterrupted domestic supply, and called ...

Middle Eastern producers cut 7–12 million bpd after the conflict, with exports through the Strait of Hormuz nearly paralyzed and Iran charging steep transit fees. Saudi Arabia is rerouting oil via its ...

Trump made his threat in a social-media post late Saturday, saying that if Iran doesn’t fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which carries a fifth of the world’s oil supply, within 48 hours the U.S.