The chances of a U.S.-Iran deal are low and the next two months carry the greatest escalation risks that could derail the recovery of oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, energy consultancy FGE NexantECA says after the U.S. midterm elections. “Not only are we not close to a resolution, we are even worse than we were before the June MOU,” FGE NexantECA’s chairman Emeritus, Fereidun Fesharaki,…
Trillions of dollars have been wiped off the stock value of major tech firms in the US, Europe and Asia. Investors appear worried about the possibility of an AI slowdown and tougher regulation as Democrats won the midterms in the US. Some of the Democratic candidates had expressed their opposition to the data centres that are needed to power AI technology.