Michael McDonald

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  • A ship in the Panama Canal at dusk.Politics

    Panama leader accuses Trump of lying to Congress over canal

    By Michael McDonald and Bloomberg
  • Tugboats move the MSC Loreto container ship from the dockside at the Port of Felixstowe, owned by a unit of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd., in Felixstowe, UK, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. AP Moller-Maersk A/S, a bellwether for global trade, said a strong start to the year has improved the outlook for container trade demand worldwide. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Panama opens audit of Chinese port operator while Trump threatens to take canal back

    By Michael McDonald, Shirley Zhao, and others
  • Tugboats pull the Malta-flagged Carpe Kortia container ship after an “outbreak of fire” in the engine room -which left no casualties- at the Panama canal, Panama, on January 30, 2023. – The “fire conate” is the second sinister with fire in the interoceanic way in the last six weeks, authorities reported. (Photo by Román DIBULET / AFP) (Photo by ROMAN DIBULET/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Panama Canal water levels are dangerously low because of a massive drought and it could mean bad things for global inflation

    By Laura Curtis, Ruth Liao, and others
  • Nayib BukeleTech

    A year into El Salvador’s grand crypto experiment, ‘No one really talks about Bitcoin here anymore’

    By Michael McDonald and Bloomberg
  • SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR – JANUARY 05: President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele speaks during the inauguration of a plan to repair roads at Ex-Casa Presidencial on January 5, 2022 in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Photo by Camilo Freedman/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images)International

    The IMF wants El Salvador to choose between Bitcoin and a bailout

    By Eric Martin, Michael McDonald, and others
  • El Salvador BitcoinThe Coins

    El Salvador’s President has likely lost money through Bitcoin trading, economists say

    By Michael McDonald and Bloomberg
  • Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, speaks in a prerecorded video during the United Nations General Assembly via live stream in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. A scaled-back United Nations General Assembly returns to Manhattan after going completely virtual last year, but fears about a possible spike in Covid-19 cases are making people in the host city less enthusiastic about the annual diplomatic gathering. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe Coins

    El Salvador takes its next steps into crypto with plans for Bitcoin bonds and volcano-powered, tax-free ‘Bitcoin City’

    By Michael McDonald and Bloomberg
  • Workers at a cellphone accessories shop that takes accepts Bitcoin as a payment method in the Historical Center of San Salvador, El Salvador, on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. The government’s new digital wallet, called Chivo, was designed to facilitate Bitcoin transactions, but the ease with which users can top up their balances and switch instantly between dollars and tiny, fractional amounts of the cryptocurrency makes it a perfect tool for speculation. Photographer: Camilo Freedman/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    El Salvador needs an IMF loan. Its central bank thinks Bitcoin can sweeten the deal

    By Maria Elena Vizcaino, Michael McDonald, and others
  • The website home screen for Robinhood is displayed on a laptop computer in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Even though the firm said this year that it has more than doubled its customer-service team, clients complain they’re struggling to get quick help when their funds are disappearing. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Massachusetts regulators accuse Robinhood of exposing novices to ‘unnecessary trading risks’

    By Annie Massa, Michael McDonald, and others
  • A CarMax Dealership Ahead Of Earnings Figures

    This Country Is Planning to Ban Cars That Run on Fossil Fuels

    By Michael McDonald and Oilprice.com
  • Views Of Tankers & Refineries As Oil Trades Near 12-Year Low

    The Real Beneficiaries of the U.S. Export Ban

    By Michael McDonald and Oilprice.com
  • Operations Inside MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas Plc Refinery

    $40 Oil Not High Enough To Save A Lot Of Drillers

    By Michael McDonald and Oilprice.com
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    New Wind Turbines Taller Than the Empire State Building

    By Michael McDonald and Oilprice.com
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    U.S. Oil Companies Under Threat From Chinese Drones

    By Michael McDonald and Oilprice.com
  • US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-DEBATELeadership

    Who Would Be the Best Presidential Candidate for Energy Companies?

    By Michael McDonald and Oilprice.com