Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

On 28 April 2026 the United Arab Emirates said it would leave OPEC and OPEC+ effective 1 May, ending a membership that began with Abu Dhabi in 1967; its energy minister called it "a purely policy move" aimed at strategic autonomy, announced while Hormuz was closed and Brent was above $110.

CFS announced April 28, 2026 that its proposed 400 MW ARC plant at Chesterfield County, Virginia, named Fall Line Fusion Power Station, had applied for PJM interconnection. CFS targets the early 2030s. An interconnection application is an engineering-study request, not proof of financing, completed construction or commercial fusion output.

General Dynamics reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of US$13.5 billion, up 10.3%, EPS of US$4.10, up 12%, and US$26.6 billion of orders for a 2-to-1 book-to-bill, lifting backlog to US$130.8 billion.

Projected No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa told ESPN on 29 April 2026 that he is extending the Nike deal he signed in January 2024 into a professional endorsement contract, with a signature logo; terms were not disclosed.

Brent crude surged overnight on 30 April 2026 to $126.41 a barrel, the highest since early 2022, on the expiring June contract, before falling back toward $116 as volumes thinned; US gasoline hit a four-year high of $4.30.

A federal magistrate judge in Oregon on 30 April 2026 consolidated the Widmia and Gomez class actions over Nike's January 2026 data breach and appointed interim co-lead class counsel; Nike moved to dismiss the consolidated complaint on 17 July.

On 1 May 2026, the eve of his first annual meeting as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, Greg Abel told CNBC's Becky Quick on Squawk Box about risk management, inflation, the stock portfolio and his runway in the job.

The final structural beam went in at the top of the 660-foot guitar-shaped hotel tower, built on the former site of the Mirage's volcano and holding 675 of the resort's rooms. The $4 billion Hard Rock Las Vegas is a full rebuild of the Mirage, which closed on 17 July 2024, and is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2027.

The one-off special My Hero Academia More premieres, checking in on the grown former students of Class 1-A in Kohei Horikoshi’s superhero series after the main story’s end.

The Padres' owners agreed to hand control of the club to a group led by Clearlake Capital co-founder José E. Feliciano and his wife Kwanza Jones, at a reported record $3.9 billion.

On 5 May 2026 AB InBev reported first-quarter revenue up 5.8% to US$15.3 billion, beer volume growth of 1.2% and underlying EPS of US$0.97, up 20.8%.

March 2026: the trade gap was $60.3 billion, up $2.5 billion from the revised prior month. Exports rose to $320.9 billion and imports rose to $381.2 billion. Released May 5, 2026.