An oil tanker anchored at the docks of the Cardon Refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, Dec. 30, 2021. President Donald Trump’s blockade on oil tankers under sanction near Venezuela will almost certainly make it more difficult for the country to export oil — but it is unclear how sweeping the prohibition will prove to be. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By REBECCA F. ELLIOTT President Donald Trump’s blockade on oil tankers under sanction near Venezuela will almos

Solx’s Aguadilla facility is designed to supply up to one gigawatt of annual manufacturing capacity starting in the second quarter of 2026. By THE STAR STAFF Monllor Capital Partners LLC (MCP) has signed a membership interests purchase and sales agreement (MIPA) with Solx Holdings LLC, the domestic solar module manufacturer establishing a premier one-gigawatt production facility in Aguadilla. MCP is leading the equity funding for Solx’s $4 million Seed-2 capital raise, to ena

Wall Street’s main ‌indexes ​climbed on Thursday as a soft inflation ‌report kept alive chances of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, while chipmaker Micron’s blowout ​forecast assuaged some worries about tech sector valuations. Consumer prices increased less than expected in the year to November, while the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor ‍Statistics did not publish month-to-month CPI changes ​after the 43-day shutdown of the government prevented the collection of

What matters in U.S. and global markets today Wall Street’s ‌traditional ​Santa rally is nowhere to be found as inflation anxiety and ‌geopolitical tensions dominate the market mood. Brent crude is rallying after U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a “blockade” of sanctioned tankers leaving and entering Venezuela, raising ​fresh geopolitical tensions at a time of concerns over demand. Meanwhile, AI fever is red hot in China, an astonishing IPO debut showed. I’ll ge

Meta’s data center under construction in Eagle Mountain, Utah, on Nov. 19, 2024. The company is investing billions in new data centers like this one. (Christie Hemm Klok/The New York Times) By KAREN WEISE and ELI TAN This fall, Microsoft announced a series of deals, totaling tens of billions, to lease computer power for its artificial intelligence ambitions. Meta secured almost $30 billion in financing to build a massive data center in Louisiana without taking on the debt its

Wall Street’s main ‌indexes ​slipped on Tuesday, impacted by declines in healthcare ‌and energy stocks, but the Nasdaq pared some losses in the afternoon. Investors evaluated delayed economic ​data to gauge the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy outlook for next year. A Labor Department report showed nonfarm payrolls increased by 64,000 jobs in November ‍following a decline in October because of ​government spending cuts. But the unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in November agai

Shoppers outside a Walmart in Albany, N.Y. on Black Friday morning, Nov. 28, 2025. For most people, the tax cuts that President Donald Trump signed into law this summer have yet to materialize. But Walmart and many more of America’s largest companies have not had to wait. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) By ANDREW DUEHREN For most people, the tax cuts that President Donald Trump signed into law this summer have yet to materialize. Only after Americans file their taxes next y

Wall ‌Street ​closed lower on Monday as ‌investors braced for a slew of economic data later this week while ​assessing reports on Federal Reserve candidates and commentary from policymakers for clues on the interest rate outlook. The ‍nonfarm payroll figures for October and November ​are due later this week, along with reports on retail sales, business activity and inflation. ​October’s jobs data ⁠was delayed by the government shutdown earlier this quarter. “Markets today are