Russia added Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to a registry that requires companies to retain users’ communications and provide them to the security services upon request.
\n\nThe US technology giants were placed on the ledger of so-called “organisers of information dissemination” on October 2, according to a database maintained by Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor.
\n\nSaudi Arabia’s oil exports are holding near wartime highs this month despite a wave of attacks on the kingdom’s energy infrastructure and an increase in reported Iranian strikes on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, according to preliminary data from ship-tracking firms.
\n\nThe Saudis have shipped a total of 6.5 million barrels a day so far in October from the west and east coasts, compared with 6.6 million all of last month, according to data provider Vortexa. Tankertrackers.com estimates overall exports are at prewar levels of 6.99 million barrels a day so far in October, while Kpler has it at 5.4 million a day, lower than in September.
\n\nAfter inflation came in hotter than expected last month, Wall Street investors and some economists expected the Fed to lift rates at Wednesday’s meeting by a quarter-point, to about 4.1%.
\n\nThe Fed is charged with combating inflation, and…
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