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Chinese fuel demand falls for the first time since 2001, says Dow Jones's energy chief

6 arguments: Why a strait carrying 3.5M barrels a day can be closed by cheap drones, what happened the last time Riyadh asked Washington for help, and…

3 hrs ago • The Scuttlebutt

Generative AI is still unproven at making money — Marsh McLennan's CEO

5 insights: The systemic risk he says is discussed but not understood, what chief executives actually ask a risk adviser about, and what insurance is…

4 hrs ago • The Scuttlebutt

Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman: weaponizing Hormuz gets copied at other straits

9 takeaways: What Iran has asked for through Qatar's mediators, the industrial gases already missing from world supply chains, and why he says a toll…

4 hrs ago • The Scuttlebutt

Joakim Hannisdahl: a VLCC now earns more sailing through Hormuz than the US Gulf

12 takeaways: Why a prompt-delivery VLCC resold for $200M against an $82M order price a few years ago, the new-build math that says don't buy, and the…

Sep 11 • The Scuttlebutt

Mia Bennett: the US can already build more bases in Greenland without owning it

14 takeaways: Why she says Arctic exceptionalism died with the invasion of Ukraine, what the US science cuts are costing, and who is left able to move…

Sep 2 • The Scuttlebutt

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