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  • Trump Administration Nears $500 Million Spirit Rescue Package
    April 22, 2026
    The Trump administration is close to reaching a financial rescue package for embattled Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
  • Elite law firm Sullivan & Cromwell admits to AI ‘hallucinations’
    April 22, 2026
    Firm whose partners bill more than $2,000 per hour apologises to judge for software-driven errors in bankruptcy case
  • McKinsey rushes to fix AI system after hacker exposes flaws
    April 21, 2026
    Consultancy says it has found ‘no evidence’ that confidential client information was compromised
  • CATL claims 6-minute charge and 1,500km range for new electric vehicle batteries
    April 21, 2026
    Chinese group also slashes charging time in race against BYD for electric vehicle battery supremacy
  • The US cattle industry is eating its own tail
    April 21, 2026
    From rising temperatures to water shortages, ranchers need to be thinking about a plan B
  • Wall Street Brings Sophisticated Quant Trading to the Masses – WSJ
    April 21, 2026
    Quantitative investment strategies for clients are one of JPMorgan’s fastest-growing businesses
  • Trump Wants to See Buyer for Spirit, Pans United-American Merger
    April 21, 2026
    President Donald Trump said he would like to see a buyer emerge for Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc. and was open to the government coming to the aid of the airline, while opposing a merger between American Airlines Group Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc.
  • The Iran crisis has not yet peaked
    April 20, 2026
    The war is currently more likely to escalate than to be resolved by negotiation
  • AI boom poised to be ‘massively disinflationary’, Northern Trust says
    April 20, 2026
    Head of financial services group’s $1.4tn asset management division expects new tech to unleash huge productivity gains
  • Car Owners Are Revolting Over Tesla’s Self-Driving Promises
    April 20, 2026
    An international backlash is growing over outdated Tesla hardware.
  • Florida’s Population Boom Fizzles as High Costs Drive Away Middle Class
    April 20, 2026
    Orlando and other Florida cities are either losing domestic migrants or gaining them more slowly, threatening the state’s economic model.
  • Wealth advisers made more than $2bn from private capital fees
    April 19, 2026
    FT analysis of 16 funds shows extent of fees paid to banks and brokerages
  • Patrick Industries Is in Talks to Combine With Rival LCI – Bloomberg
    April 17, 2026
    Patrick Industries Inc. is in talks to combine with rival recreational-vehicle supplier LCI Industries, people familiar with the matter said.
  • AI Chipmaker Cerebras Systems Files Publicly Again for US IPO – Bloomberg
    April 17, 2026
    Cerebras Systems Inc., an artificial intelligence chipmaker and data center operator, filed publicly for an initial public offering months after withdrawing a previous attempt to list.
  • Fertilizer Prices Drop as Hormuz Opening Brings Farmers Relief – Bloomberg
    April 17, 2026
    Fertilizer prices were dropping sharply Friday after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was open, bringing relief to farmers even as they still face delays in deliveries.
  • Private Credit Funds Face More Pressure as Banks Swap Collateral
    April 16, 2026
    For years, Wall Street banks eagerly helped private credit funds amplify their investing firepower with hundreds of billions of dollars in loans, helping them notch ever-higher returns.
  • Exclusive | Pentagon Approaches Automakers, Manufacturers to Boost Weapons Production – WSJ
    April 16, 2026
    Senior defense officials have talks with GM, Ford and others about shifting some capacity
  • Allbirds Shares Sink as 582% AI Surge Comes to Screeching Halt
    April 16, 2026
    Allbirds Inc.’s surprising pivot from wool sneakers to artificial intelligence infrastructure is looking more like a flash in the pan for the stock than a driver of long-term gains.
  • Spirit Airlines at Risk of Facing Liquidation as Fuel Costs Bite – Bloomberg
    April 15, 2026
    Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc. is at risk of being liquidated as rising jet fuel prices spurred by the US war with Iran further squeeze the bankrupt budget carrier’s finances, according to people familiar with the matter.
  • Tesla, Apple Veteran Doug Field Exits Ford in Organizational Overhaul – WSJ
    April 15, 2026
    The automaker has struggled with EV losses but says an affordable ‘skunkworks’ electric project will continue
  • Thoma Bravo Signs Multiyear Deal With Google for AI Adoption
    April 15, 2026
    Software investor Thoma Bravo struck a strategic partnership with Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud to help the private equity firm’s portfolio companies accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence.
  • Caterpillar Acquires Self-Driving Electric Tractor Startup
    April 15, 2026
    Monarch is one of a growing number of green companies struggling to commercialize their technology.
  • Trump’s push to cut US rates akin to ‘banana republic’, says Yellen
    April 15, 2026
    Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh will lack ‘credibility’ in arguing rates should fall, says former Treasury secretary
  • Allbirds is turning into an AI compute provider, because of course it is
    April 15, 2026
    Flipping the ‘Bird
  • Producer-Price Index Climbed in March
    April 15, 2026
    Wholesale inflation reached its highest 12-month rate in three years last month, the Labor Department said, a sign of how the oil shock from the war in Iran lifted prices charged by businesses.
  • Big Money Is Betting on Bagels – The New York Times
    April 15, 2026
    High-quality bagels were once the sole domain of a few major cities. Investors believe they can take the breakfast staple nationwide.
  • Banks Tally $100 Billion of Private-Credit Loans as Calm Urged – Bloomberg
    April 14, 2026
    Wells Fargo & Co. said its exposure to private-credit firms was roughly $36.2 billion in the first quarter, offering details on a category closely watched by investors.
  • Caterpillar Acquires California-Based Electric Tractor Startup Monarch – Bloomberg
    April 14, 2026
    Monarch is one of a growing number of green companies struggling to commercialize their technology.
  • How We Hacked McKinsey's AI Platform — CodeWall
    April 14, 2026
    An autonomous AI agent found a SQL injection in McKinsey's Lilli AI platform. What it extracted was worse than we expected.
  • AI chatbots misdiagnose in over 80% of early medical cases, study finds
    April 14, 2026
    Top models including OpenAI and DeepSeek make judgments too quickly when patient data is incomplete
  • US Hospitals Face Renewed Financial Strain After Exiting Bankruptcy – Bloomberg
    April 13, 2026
    The hospitals that emerged from the bankruptcies of Steward Health Care System and Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. were supposed to help stabilize one of the world’s largest hospital landlords by restoring a battered tenant base after two years of industry stress.
  • Services: The New Software
    April 13, 2026
    The next $1T company will be a software company masquerading as a services firm.
  • Hungary opposition delivers ‘regime change’ after 16 years of Viktor Orbán
    April 13, 2026
    With its huge mandate Péter Magyar’s Tisza can prepare to change the constitution and restore rule of law
  • Surveying the Middle East’s energy infrastructure damage
    April 10, 2026
    A look at the 60-ish facilities hit in the war
  • Anthropic Model Scare Sparks Urgent Bessent, Powell Warning to Bank CEOs
    April 10, 2026
    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street leaders to an urgent meeting on concerns that the latest artificial intelligence model from Anthropic PBC will usher in an era of greater cyber risk.
  • The war was steadily spiralling in scope and destruction | The Economist
    April 10, 2026
    America, Israel and Iran were striking a widening array of targets across an expanding area
  • Who is Demis Hassabis, the man behind Google DeepMind?
    April 10, 2026
    Sebastian Mallaby’s biography of Demis Hassabis examines whether one person can direct artificial intelligence development amid commercial pressures and technological progress.
  • Perplexity monthly revenue jumps 50% in pivot from search to AI agents
    April 10, 2026
    San Francisco-based start-up surges from push into more complex and potentially more lucrative AI services
  • Venezuela passes mining reform law as it seeks private investment
    April 9, 2026
    Corruption and violence in mineral-rich regions likely to pose barrier to foreign companies
  • Carlyle Caps Private Credit Redemptions After Investors Seek 16% – Bloomberg
    April 9, 2026
    A $7 billion private credit fund managed by Carlyle Group Inc. capped redemptions after investors asked to pull 15.7% of the shares in the first quarter.
  • The quantum computing race is wide open
    April 9, 2026
    Investor money has been flowing into a widening range of companies with differing technologies
  • Exclusive | Sazerac Eyes Deal With Jack Daniel’s Maker Brown-Forman – WSJ
    April 9, 2026
    Interest comes as Pernod Ricard has been discussing a mostly stock deal with Brown-Forman
  • BDO axes 31 partner roles as AI pressure grows and profits fall
    April 9, 2026
    Move comes amid downturn for professional services after hiring spree during pandemic
  • Exclusive | Cold-Storage Vacancies Hit 20-Year High
    April 9, 2026
    A pandemic-era building boom combined with weak demand has led to increased availability in the specialty storage market.
  • How private equity became hooked on second-hand deals
    April 9, 2026
    Elite private capital firms have piled into the secondaries market as they race to attract assets
  • A Fire Sale Has U.S. Office Buildings Going for 90% Off
    April 7, 2026
    From Denver to Washington, D.C., developers are seizing on huge discounts when buying troubled office towers.
  • Doritos at $7 a Bag Ended Up Costing PepsiCo Billions
    April 7, 2026
    Frito-Lay’s resistance to cutting snack prices led to its first revenue decline in over a decade.
  • Break-even employment declines as unauthorized immigration outflows continue – Dallasfed.org
    April 7, 2026
    For policymakers, interpreting labor market conditions increasingly requires looking beyond headline payroll growth and incorporating timely measures of immigration and labor supply.
  • Private equity buyouts slump as AI fears and war dent dealmaking
    April 6, 2026
    Groups agreed acquisitions worth $172bn in three months to March, a 36% fall from previous quarter
  • The U.S. Plastics Industry Was in the Doldrums. Then the Iran War Began.
    April 5, 2026
    Shares of Dow, LyondellBasell and others have gotten a significant boost as war blocks competitors’ supply route.
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