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Secretary of State Rubio's visit to Reliance's Jamnagar refinery is drawing serious attention in energy circles. Rubio praised the facility's extraordinary capacity and floated the idea of greater Venezuelan crude offtake, signaling Washington may be looking to leverage Indian refining muscle as part of a broader energy diplomacy play with New Delhi.
Shifting to consumer goods, Adidas is giving investors something to cheer about. The German sportswear giant reported higher third-quarter operating profit and revenues on a preliminary basis, and has now raised its full-year two thousand twenty six operating profit outlook. The print suggests demand is holding firmer than feared across key markets, a welcome sign for the broader apparel sector.
And over in macro, Citadel's Ken Griffin didn't mince words, calling Trump's tariffs on U S allies a disaster and warning they are pro-inflationary. Griffin went further, predicting Republicans could lose at least one chamber in the midterms. Coming from one of the most influential voices in finance, that's the kind of political risk commentary institutional desks will be pricing carefully heading into the election cycle.
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