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• ☕️What Else is Brewing Friday Morning
  Suspected Brown University shooter found dead, authorities say. Following...
  Suspected Brown University shooter found dead, authorities say. Following a manhunt that began after a masked gunman killed two students and wounded others in a university lecture hall on Saturday, police said yesterday they had found the body of the suspected shooter in a New Hampshire storage facility. He was also the suspect in the murder of an MIT professor in his home on Monday. Providence’s chief of police identified the suspect as Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old former Brown student, and said he had died by suicide.
  
  The board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to rename the venue the Trump-Kennedy Center—though it’s unclear whether the name can be changed without an act of Congress.
  
  Retired NASCAR race driver Greg Biffle and his family were among those killed yesterday when a private jet crashed in North Carolina, authorities said.
  
  The Trump administration proposed new rules that would financially punish hospitals that offer gender-affirming care to minors.
  
  The US approved the sale of more than $10 billion worth of weapons to Taiwan, and China is not happy about it.
  
  Nike’s revenue bested Wall Street’s expectations, but the sneaker-maker’s stock still fell in after-hours trading as its earnings report revealed slumping sales in China and a hit from tariffs.
  
  American Airlines has stopped letting passengers earn miles for flying basic economy.
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• DAILY OIL PRICE: December 18, 2025
  Crude Oil: 56.15   (+0.21)....
  
  
  • Crude Oil: 56.15   (+0.21).
  
  
  • Nymex MTD AVG: 58.1394.
  
  
  • Natural Gas: 3.908   (-0.116).
  
  
  • Gasoline: 1.7013   (+0.0070).
  
  
  • Spreads: January/February (+0.15)     February/March (+0.14).
  
  
  • Plains WTI Posting: 52.63   (+0.21).
  
  

  
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• Nasdaq closes sharply higher, Dow and S&P 500 snap 4-day losing streaks
  The three major U.S. stock-market indexes ended higher...

  The three major U.S. stock-market indexes ended higher on Thursday.

  
  

  Stocks pulled ahead after strong earnings from Micron Technology revived some excitement in the AI trade, while a softer-than-expected inflation report helped investors make the case for more Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in 2026.

  
  

  Stocks held on to those gains throughout the day. Although the Nasdaq Composite was up as much as 2% at one point, the index was off of those highs by the end of the day.

  
  

  The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day about 0.1% higher, according to preliminary data from FactSet.

  
  

  The S&P 500 closed 0.8% higher.

  
  

  The Nasdaq Composite ended 1.4% higher.

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• Christmas Day Gasoline Prices Set To Fall To Covid-Era Levels
  U.S. gasoline prices are set to fall to the lowest level since 2020,...
  U.S. gasoline prices are set to fall to the lowest level since 2020, thanks to increasing supplies, despite some ongoing refinery maintenance, GasBuddy has predicted. GasBuddy has predicted that U.S. motorists will pay an average of $2.79 per gallon on Christmas Day, down from $2.95 per gallon a year ago. That will mark the cheapest gas since prices averaged $2.26 per gallon in the Christmas of 2020.
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• China’s Gasoline Exports Plummeted 51.7% in November
  Recent data from Chinese customs reveals a...

  Recent data from Chinese customs reveals a complex landscape for the nation’s downstream sector. Total refined product exports in November reached 5.12 million tons, marking a 13.3% increase from October despite a slight 2.2% year-on-year decline. For the first eleven months of 2025, cumulative exports have contracted by 3.2% to 52.65 million tons.

  
  

  Market performance remains bifurcated across product lines. Jet fuel continues to lead growth, with November exports surging 53.6% to 2.43 million tons. Conversely, gasoline exports plummeted 51.7% in November, reflecting a broader 16% year-to-date decline. On the processing side, refinery throughput remains robust. November runs averaged 14.86 million barrels daily, a 39% increase over 2024 levels, even as maintenance sidelined 1.2 million barrels of daily capacity. These figures underscore China’s strategic pivot toward high-demand middle distillates while navigating fluctuating global gasoline requirements and aggressive crude stockpiling.

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