Economy

Strait of Hormuz
Trump's Hormuz tariff could be 290 million per ship

Donald Trump's demand for a tariff of 20 percent of the value of the cargo for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz would mean 12 to 15 million dollars per ship loaded with liquefied natural gas (LNG). This corresponds to around 115 to 145 million kronor. TT writes, citing calculations made by the analysis company Kpler.

For a supertanker filled with crude oil, the tariff would be even higher, around 30 million dollars, corresponding to around 290 million kronor, per ship.

Trump's tariff demands are still unclear. There are no concrete details about who will pay, who will collect the money or who will take coercive measures to collect the fees.

Iran has previously offered passage through the strait for 1-2 million dollars per ship, corresponding to around 10 to 20 million kronor.

 T-rex “Gus” record price – sold for half a billion

The skeleton of the T-rex “Gus” has been sold for a record price of $50.1 million in an auction at Sotheby’s in New York. The price tag corresponds to 484 million Swedish kronor and was determined after a ten-minute bidding between seven speculators, news agencies write.

The fossil of the Tyrannosaurus rex “Gus” was found with a rancher named Gary “Gus” Licking in South Dakota in 2021.

The previous record for a dinosaur fossil sale was set in 2024 when a Stegosaurus went for the equivalent of 470 million kronor, writes TT.

The streaming war
Paramount wants to push through Warner acquisition despite lawsuit

Media giant Paramount Skydance plans to complete the purchase of competitor Warner Bros Discovery despite twelve states trying to stop the deal. This is what Paramount's top lawyer Jeffrey Kessler told CNBC.

According to him, the company is waiting for the green light from the EU and aims to complete the purchase by the end of September.

On Monday, the states filed a lawsuit in California to stop the deal, which Deans says violates competition rules.

Epstein affair  Investigation
Buffett stops donating money to the Gates Foundation

Investor profile Warren Buffett stops his annual donation to Bill Gates' charitable foundation after two decades, Reuters reports.

Buffett does not mention Gates' connections to Jeffrey Epstein, but sources recently told the Wall Street Journal that the investment legend wanted to wait for a review of Microsoft founder Gates' relationship with the sex offender before announcing this year's donations.

This year, Warren Buffett has chosen to donate shares in his company Berkshire Hathaway for the equivalent of $6 billion to four charitable foundations managed by his children, Reuters writes.