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Motorcycles

Bajaj is working on an electric motorcycle. Foreign markets are getting the first orders

Bajaj is taking all the right steps. The Indian company came to the rescue of KTM in 2025 and is now the controlling force behind the Austrian brand. Since then, Bajaj has implemented financial practices to turn the orange ship around, gaining recognition and making headlines along the way. So when I heard that a

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Trucks

Houthi threats give oil markets a ‘2-chokepoint problem’

July 22, 2026 10:21 am, EDT The Gas King made a U-turn to head north into the Red Sea toward the Suez Canal. Bab el-Mandeb is in the south. (Bloomberg) key takeaways: Houthi threats against Saudi-linked shipping in the Bab al-Mandeb strait have prompted tankers and other ships to divert, stop or reroute through the

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Motorcycles

Royal Enfield has started summer promotions for its 450 and 650 line-up in multiple markets.

Royal Enfield has launched a summer campaign in select countries, offering promotional terms on several models across its 450 and 650 range. The initiative covers some of the most recent motorcycles from the brand, including the Guerrilla 450, Himalayan 450, Bear 650 and Super Meteor 650, and remains active till the end of September 2026

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Trucks

Reopening of Strait of Hormuz floods oil markets with supplies

A tanker moored near Port Sultan Qaboos in Muscat, Oman, on June 21. (Elke Scolliers/Bloomberg) June 24, 2026 2:27 pm, EDT key takeaways: A surge in oil cargoes through the Strait of Hormuz, reopened following the US-Iran deal, has triggered oversupply and weak markets across Europe and Asia. Excess supply from Middle Eastern exports and

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Men's Fashion

The sale of Tom Brady’s $1.36 million watch shows why FP Jarn is the market’s new obsession

Tom Brady’s FP Journey Wanderer II sold for $960,000 (~$1.36 million AUD), while another FP Journe, a Chronomètre à Résonance “Sousscription, No. 007”, reached $13.92 million (~$19.68 million AUD). A celebrity was named in one of the sales. The other had historic numbers. Together, they show how FP Journ has quickly grown from a collector’s

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Trucks

Oil prices fall as markets eye Iran talks

After a rare dark transit through the Strait of Hormuz in May, the Eneos Endeavor supertanker approaches the Eneos Corp. Negishi oil refinery in Yokohama, Japan, on June 6. (Akio Kon/Bloomberg) June 16, 2026 8:16 am, EDT key takeaways: Oil prices edged lower in early trade after the US and Iran reached a tentative deal

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