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The UK stock market’s rise to a record high has prompted a flurry of retail trading at some large investment platforms.

The world still needs oil and natural gas, and these reliable income stocks help move it.

In a new interview with CNBC, a Goldman exec breaks down what’s driving stocks, where markets are headed, and how the bank’s equities desk fuels its growth.

Typically, oil and gasoline prices peak in July or early August. The summer vacation driving season has peaked or is about to peak. Families with children will start to head home to get ready for the new school year. Days are getting shorter. But the rest of 2026 is uncertain. Oil prices were up …

The company’s cash position has ballooned to nearly $400 billion.

A mining company says it has discovered America’s largest deposit of tungsten, a crucial defence industry metal in severe shortage, but US space agency Nasa is blocking development on a large swath of its claims.

The tungsten discovery is detailed in a resource report seen by the FT following a recent drilling programme by critical minerals miner 3 Proton Lithium at its Railroad Valley Minerals Project, situated in a remote portion of the Great Basin Desert in eastern Nevada.

But Nasa says a third of the company’s claim covers a unique region used to track signals beamed to Earth by satellites in space, and that mining the site would threaten the operations.

“This is a metal the United States stopped mining a decade ago and now imports, while China controls and manipulates the global market,” said Kevin Moore, 3PL’s chair and chief financial officer. China’s embassy in Washington said Beijing was “committed to maintaining the stability of global supply chains”. It added that “applications for the export of tungsten that comply with relevant regulations will be granted licences”.

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This week’s FOMC decision was not an easy choice. Our goals are in conflict. Inflation is above target, the labor market is softening, and there are risks to both sides of our mandate—maximum employment and price stability.