Global markets are recalibrating as oil surges past $100 amid geopolitical escalation, while central banks, tech earnings, and trade data signal a tightening, uneven global economy.

Oil above $100, AI spending surges, and central banks rethink the path ahead as the March 16 WBN Morning Brief tracks the 10 biggest global business stories

Oil shock, trade tensions, and AI investment dominate global markets in the March 15 WBN Morning Brief as energy disruptions ripple through the world economy.

Oil surges toward $100 as Middle East tensions disrupt global supply. Markets react as governments consider the largest strategic oil reserve release in history.

Ship-to-ship transfers, AIS blackouts, and tanker identity swaps allow sanctioned oil to disappear at sea and reappear in global markets with a new origin.

Hundreds of aging tankers quietly move sanctioned oil from Russia, Iran, and Venezuela outside Western regulation. If the U.S. shuts down the shadow fleet, global energy markets could face a major shock

In Budapest’s 9th district, the stadium is more than sport — it is identity, belonging, and a lens into Hungary’s political logic.

Hungary’s fiercest political battle is not with Brussels — it is with its own capital, Budapest.