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• 在 Iran-U.S. 冲突威胁全球供应之际，油价飙升，但受 Visa 和 Starbucks 于 2026 年 4 月 29 日发布的强劲财报推动，U.S. stocks 表现出韧性，维持在纪录高位附近。 • S&P 500 指数微跌 0.1%，Dow 下跌 286 点（0.6%），Nasdaq 上涨 0.1%；Visa 首席执行官 Ryan McInerney 称消费支出具有韧性，其股价跳涨 8.3%；Starbucks 因 North America 地区单次消费额增加而上涨 8.6%。 • Federal Reserve 官员暗示 2026 年不会降息，由于能源价格带来的通胀压力，这几乎消除了投资者的降息押注，甚至倾向于加息；债券市场出现震荡。

由于Donald Trump表现出维持US Navy封锁的意愿，且Iran使strait of Hormuz几乎处于关闭状态，石油市场感到恐慌。在Donald Trump警告US对Iranian港口的封锁可能持续数月且和平谈判仍陷于僵局后，周三Brent oil价格飙升至每桶$126以上，创下2022年以来的最高水平。 Brent crude在24小时内激增逾13%，创下了自2月28日战争爆发以来的最高价格。自Russia于2022年入侵Ukraine以来，Brent价格从未超过$120，当时的价格最高曾达到$139。继续阅读...

• 在有报告披露 WPP 涉及的石油广告量是其美国对手的两倍后，该公司被指违反了其气候政策 • 一份报告显示，自 2015 年达成应对气候危机的《巴黎协定》以来，一家英国广告巨头已帮助 ExxonMobil、Chevron、Shell 和 BP 等石油公司在美国投放了估计 15 亿美元（11 亿英镑）的广告 • 根据气候调查平台 DeSmog 的分析，总部位于伦敦的 WPP 是过去十年中服务于美国石油行业领先的广告集团

Blockade threat in vital strait and Trump’s stance lift crude, pushing pump prices to highest level since 2022Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAverage US gas prices have hit a new high at $4.23 per gallon, their highest since 2022 and a record since the start of the war with Iran, according to the motor club AAA.The price of Brent crude, the benchmark that influences the price of US gasoline prices, now stands at $114.60 a barrel, up nearly 25% from the recent low since mid-April. US gas prices a year ago averaged $3.16. Continue reading...

US representatives Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin earlier this month called agreements outrageous and unlawfulSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe Trump administration blocked two permitted US wind energy projects from development this week, with an agreement to pay millions of dollars in refunds to the companies behind them if those funds are reinvested in oil and gas.US Department of the Interior officials framed the canceled agreements as a way to “promote US energy security and affordability” by funneling funds “away from intermittent, higher-cost energy sources toward proven conventional solutions”, in an announcement issued Monday. Continue reading...

Chief minister Aminuddin Harun says he would continue in his post for now, even though he no longer enjoys majority support in the 36-seat state assembly in light of UMNO’s move over his handling of a crisis involving the state’s monarchy.