During the Iranian Oil Crisis, global inventories built as much as 3 million barrels a day or more, as companies and large consumers chased every available barrel, the spot market trade all but disappeared, and prices tripled: not when Iranian oil production was shut in by unrest.
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Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Prices could further spike, however, if Iran targets Saudi Arabia’s oil supplies or creates shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, through which almost 25% of total global oil consumption flows, with some experts predicting $100 oil per barrel.
Mastercard runs quantum-threat drills inside its Cybersecurity Fusion Centers and has already swapped post-quantum algorithms into some internal message pipes.
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Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Tasks included repairing barbed wire fences, castrating animals and laying irrigation pipes, the suit alleges.
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