Where it breaks apart

• — Brent Quotations — Newsrooms are reporting different Brent levels for the same day — ranging from $87.59-$87.84 to a brief peak above $90 — depending on the time of the reading and the source agency cited by each pool.
• — Proximity of an Agreement — Pakistan's Defense Minister mentions a 'sort of arrangement' close to being reached between Washington and Tehran, while Iranian officials maintain that conditions have not been met and the US pool does not pursue this diplomatic lead.
• — Military vs Economic Angle — Some pools are focusing their coverage on the military aspect of the incident (cargo strike, naval blockade) while others are treating the issue almost exclusively through its impact on oil and stock markets.