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Oil Prices Jump Following Latest Fighting In The Middle East

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices jumped Monday following a weekend of attacks in the Middle East, while more losses for computer chip companies and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom dragged stock markets lower. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, climbed 9.6% to $83.30 after the United States and Iran each said the Strait of Hormuz is under its control. Fighting in the region has kept oil tankers from using the strait to deliver crude to customers from the Persian Gulf, which drives up fuel prices worldwide. The gains for oil prices ...

One Is The Loneliest Number

As the old song says, one is the loneliest number. So, it must be pretty lonely for James Paul, the former executive director of the West Virginia Professional Charter School Board, being Gov. Patrick Morrisey's lone appointment to the state Board of Education. Morrisey named Paul as his first appointment to the 12-member board in February, succeeding long-time member and retired Catholic schools educator Debra Sullivan, whose term was up. Paul is the director of state education opportunity for the America First Policy Institute. In 2022, the state Professional Charter School Board ...

OVBL Playoff Schedule

Thursday, July 9 No. 4 Barton at No. 1 Maynard No. 3 Colerain at No. 2 Bethany Friday, July 10 Maynard at Barton Bethany at Colerain Sunday, July 12 (if-needed) Barton at Maynard Colerain at Bethany

Rebounding A.I. Stocks Send S&P 500 Within 1% Of A Record

NEW YORK (AP) — A rebound for AI stocks lifted the U.S. market on Monday. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% and pulled back within 1% of its all-time high, even though the majority of stocks within the index fell. The strength for companies in the artificial-intelligence technology industry sent the Nasdaq composite 1.1% higher, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 155 points, or 0.3%, to a record. AI stocks have swung sharply in recent weeks on worries that their prices shot too high. Doubts are rising about whether all the dollars flowing into AI chips and data centers can possibly ...