Scott Horsley

and Israel launched their war against Iran, snarling energy traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran underscored the threat to oil shipments by attacking a Kuwaiti tanker in the Persian Gulf, the disruptions keeping crude oil prices above $100 a barrel.

The McCormick Spice and Condiments Company is merging with the food division of Unilever to create a company worth nearly $66 billion.

The deal puts French's mustard and Hellman's mayonnaise in the same corporate kitchen.

Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

Crude oil prices in the U.S.

jumped back above $100 a barrel.

Retail gasoline prices are hovering just below $4 a gallon.

Traders are trying to sort through mixed signals about the U.S.

and Israel's war with Iran.

That country has retaliated with attacks on energy infrastructure in both Israel and Kuwait.

Yemen's Houthi rebels also fired missiles at Israel, raising concern the Iranian-backed group might resume its attacks on commercial shipping traffic in the Red Sea.

That would add another complication for global commerce, already squeezed by Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.

Scott Horsley, Empire News, Washington.

Crude oil prices in the U.S.

jumped back above $100 a barrel.

Retail gasoline prices are hovering just below $4 a gallon.

Traders are trying to sort through mixed signals about the U.S.

and Israel's war with Iran.

That country has retaliated with attacks on energy infrastructure in both Israel and Kuwait.