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Crude prices edge lower as Maduro overthrow casts uncertainty over oil-rich Venezuela
04 January 2026The impact of Maduro's overthrow on oil prices is ambiguous in the short run, said Daan Struyven, head of oil research at Goldman Sachs.
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Maduro overthrow in oil-rich Venezuela unlikely to shake energy markets in the near term
03 January 2026While Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves, its oil production is relatively small.
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Trump says U.S. oil companies will invest billions of dollars in Venezuela after Maduro’s overthrow
03 January 2026U.S. oil companies will invest billions of dollars in Venezuela's energy sector after the overthrow of Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump said.
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Anthropic's 'do more with less' bet has kept it at the AI frontier, co-founder Amodei tells CNBC
03 January 2026Daniela Amodei and her brother, Dario Amodei, who is Anthropic's CEO, helped build the very worldview they're now betting against.
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Norway wraps up 2025 with 96% of its new car market fully electric, and Tesla's sales are surging there
02 January 2026Almost all new cars sold in Norway last year were fully electric, according to registration data published Friday.
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Orsted files legal challenge over Trump's halt to $5 billion offshore wind project
02 January 2026Shares of Orsted, the world's largest developer of offshore wind farms, rose more than 4% on the news.
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Bernie Sanders and Ron DeSantis speak out against data center boom. It's a bad sign for AI industry
01 January 2026Sen. Bernie Sanders has called for a data center moratoriu, while Gov. Ron DeSantis has pushed back on the AI industry in Florida.
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Dust to data centers: The year AI tech giants, and billions in debt, began remaking the American landscape
01 January 2026Big Tech is remaking the U.S. map into an AI empire — kingdom-scale data centers, unprecedented debt, power constraints, and a near-religious belief in scaling.
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A Swedish city is being moved — building by building — amid Europe’s minerals push
29 December 2025Sweden's northernmost city of Kiruna is on the move because of ground subsidence from the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.
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Oil giant BP to sell 65% stake in $10 billion Castrol unit
24 December 2025The oil giant is looking to divest $20 billion of its assets by the end of 2027.