Oil Jumps as Fresh Strikes Threaten Broader Middle East Conflict
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Oil Jumps as Fresh Strikes Threaten Broader Middle East Conflict

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 20261 min
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Plus: Another bout of AI jitters ripple through global markets. And consumer giant Nestle beats growth expectations despite headwinds from inflation and GLP1’s. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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There has been another jump in oil prices, driven by fresh strikes on Saudi Arabia and

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Here is your morning brief for Thursday, October 22nd. I'm Luke Fargus for The Wall Street Journal. There has been another jump in oil prices, driven by fresh strikes on Saudi Arabia and signals from the U.S. and Israel that they could soon escalate their conflict with Iran,

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which has sent diplomats scrambling. The attack on a civilian airport in Saudi Arabia, which authorities say was carried out by Iran-backed Houthi militants, saw one person killed and eight others injured. The U.S. State Department is pulling some diplomatic personnel from the country in response

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to continuing threats from the Yemen-based group. Tech stocks are selling off ahead of the open, as another bout of AI jitters ripples through global markets. Shares in IBM have dropped in off-hours trading after CEO Arvind Krishna offered a blunt

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