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Newest Business Plexus articles and commentary, listed by publication date.
A catalog of Russia's major power brokers, how they fit into Putin's system, and how Ukraine's infrastructure strikes are pressuring the oil-linked side of Russia's elite economy.
A current catalog of Ukraine's recent strikes on Russian refineries, oil depots, terminals, and logistics hubs, plus why Kyiv has been able to hit more targets in 2026.
Tanker rates have surged as Middle Eastern crude starts moving again through a still-disrupted Strait of Hormuz. Here is how tanker owners make money, what costs they face, and why rates can stay high even as oil prices fall.
Poland remains broadly anti-Russia and strategically supportive of Ukraine, but refugee fatigue, farmer anger, nationalist politics, and the Volhynia/UPA dispute are making that support more conditional.
Ukraine says it struck a Russian semiconductor plant in Voronezh that makes components for missile systems. Reports differ on whether the weapon was an AGM-188 Rusty Dagger, Storm Shadow, or another air-launched cruise missile.
China's housing crisis is still grinding lower in 2026. Prices are falling again, sales and investment remain weak, local governments are under pressure, and demographics make a fast rebound harder.
SpaceX stock is down sharply on June 22, 2026. The issue is not whether SpaceX is an extraordinary company, but whether the stock price already assumes too much future growth.
Thailand is easing some foreign business restrictions while cracking down on nominee property structures. Foreign investors, retirees, and would-be buyers need to understand the split before committing money.
Chess used to produce famous but financially insecure champions. Streaming, sponsorships, online platforms, and chess businesses have created a new class of chess millionaires.
A practical guide to choosing web hosting: shared hosting, managed WordPress, VPS, unmanaged servers, dedicated servers, cloud platforms, ecommerce hosting, and the providers people actually use.
Thai authorities are raiding foreign-linked businesses in Phuket, Krabi and Phang Nga over alleged nominee structures. Here is what nominee shareholders are, why the structure is illegal, and which businesses are under scrutiny.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Belarus must remove Russian drone repeater equipment from towers near Ukraine. Here is what repeaters are, why they matter, and how they affect the war.
A practical guide to tracking oil and energy prices with clickable links for crude benchmarks, futures curves, contango, inventories, tankers, floating storage, refined products, jet fuel, diesel, and natural gas.
The World Bank warns that many developing economies are no longer catching up with richer countries. The shocks include COVID, inflation, debt, conflict, energy prices, food insecurity, trade uncertainty, and climate stress.
People searching for a Plexus lawsuit may be finding a BBB Programs advertising self-regulation case instead. The bigger issue is how MLM earnings claims spread through social media.
Buford, Georgia home values recovered from the housing crash, but the new American dream problem is affordability: higher prices, higher mortgage rates, and incomes that did not keep up.
Coffee and chai can both be healthy daily drinks, but the answer changes quickly once milk, plant milk, syrup, sugar, caffeine tolerance, and cafe-style chai concentrates enter the cup.
AI speech analysis is becoming one of the more promising early-screening ideas for Alzheimer's and mild cognitive impairment, but it is not a stand-alone diagnosis.
A viral $71.62 Panera receipt is not just a Panera story. Restaurant prices, fast-food receipts, delivery fees, labor, rent, beef, coffee, and cumulative inflation have reset what a normal meal costs.
A current look at Myanmar's drone war, including the drones used by the military junta and resistance forces, who supplies them, and why the balance is shifting.