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  • Contrarian 5% Bet on 10-Year Treasuries Is Gaining Credibility – Bloomberg
    May 12, 2026
    As US Treasury traders debate whether the 30-year yield will mount a sustained push past 5%, one market veteran is pushing a far bolder wager.
  • Private-Credit Blowup Leaves $1.7 Billion Missing, Six Ferraris Found
    May 12, 2026
    Bankruptcy administrators allege that Market Financial Solutions owner Paresh Raja transferred more than half a billion dollars into personal accounts.
  • Blue Owl retail fundraising evaporates amid private credit concerns
    May 12, 2026
    Fund it operates took in fraction of capital from year-ago level as worries mount over potential surge in loan defaults
  • US Beef Prices Hit Record Highs as Trump Team Holds Off on Import Tariff Cuts – Bloomberg
    May 12, 2026
    The Trump administration has delayed a plan to suspend tariffs on beef imports, which had been part of its latest push to assuage Americans’ concerns about high consumer prices.
  • OpenAI Acquires Tomoro to Boost Private Equity-Backed AI Venture – Bloomberg
    May 12, 2026
    OpenAI will acquire a consulting company to contribute to a new private equity-backed joint venture to help drive adoption of its artificial intelligence software across more businesses.
  • Trump loses his trade superpower
    May 12, 2026
    ‘Tariff man’ wants to recover from a wounding Supreme Court ruling. But Congress is restive and voters are unhappy
  • US inflation jumps to 3.8% as Middle East war stokes price rises
    May 12, 2026
    April figure marks highest level in three years as effects of conflict reverberate through US economy
  • Under Armour Plummets on Weak Sales Guidance, Middle East Hit
    May 12, 2026
    Under Armour Inc. declined after its forecast for sales and profit for this fiscal year trailed Wall Street projections, while also citing a financial hit from the conflict in the Middle East.
  • The World’s Most Surprising Capitalist Makeover Is Under Way in Sweden – WSJ
    May 12, 2026
    The shake-up of cradle-to-grave care is lowering government spending, spurring innovation and stirring fears about those left behind
  • Forget Tech and Hollywood. California Is Powered by Healthcare Jobs. – WSJ
    May 12, 2026
    A state known for billionaires and high-tech jobs depends on lower-paying health work to boost its labor market
  • Trump Clears Way for More Beef Imports, Aiming to Bring Down Record-High Prices – WSJ
    May 11, 2026
    The administration is suspending tariff-rate quotas on all beef-exporting nations; beef prices have climbed steadily since Trump took office
  • Why Claude AI Agents Are Driving Record Mac Mini Demand – Bloomberg
    May 11, 2026
    Apple’s entry-level desktop has become a vital piece of equipment for people using tools like OpenClaw to roll their own AIs for professional and personal tasks.
  • KKR Private-Credit Fund Takes $560 Million Loss – WSJ
    May 11, 2026
    Firm will invest $300 million in an effort to bolster fund as loan defaults climb
  • Private Credit’s Hot Streak Is Over – WSJ
    May 11, 2026
  • Goldman Sees Yuan 20% Undervalued, Raises Forecasts for Chinese Currency – Bloomberg
    May 11, 2026
    The Chinese yuan is more than 20% undervalued against the US dollar, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which expects the currency to keep strengthening over the coming year.
  • Donald Trump’s 10% global tariff ruled illegal by US court
    May 10, 2026
    Court of International Trade says levies applied under Section 122 of trade act are ‘unauthorized by law’
  • Ryan Cohen, the rebel CEO who disdains corporate America
    May 10, 2026
    His $56bn hostile bid for eBay has baffled Wall Street, but it could be the world’s first meme stock-driven deal
  • Banks Gain Lending Share as Private Credit Volumes Decline in US Market – Bloomberg
    May 9, 2026
    For many US companies, the hot new type of credit seems to be getting less attractive.
  • US Firms Add 109,000 Jobs, Most Since Early 2025, ADP Says
    May 7, 2026
    US companies boosted payrolls in April by the most in over a year, the latest evidence of stabilization in the labor market.
  • The Chip Craze Is Turning a Glass Company and a Toilet Maker Into AI Stocks – WSJ
    May 7, 2026
    Investors are driving big gains in companies making components vital to AI infrastructure
  • Ted Turner, Who Shaped Cable TV and Launched CNN, Has Died at 87 – WSJ
    May 6, 2026
    High-profile media tycoon was also a philanthropist and U.S. landowner; ‘I’ve won more than most’
  • ChatGPT Can’t Pick the Stocks – Bloomberg
    May 6, 2026
    Also private credit pricing, a fake margin loan, shipping charter benchmarks and Paul Anka.
  • Gundlach Warns Investors Face Losses in Private Credit Funds – Bloomberg
    May 6, 2026
    DoubleLine Capital Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Gundlach raised pointed questions about financial advisers and other intermediaries who ushered individual investors into private credit and other so-called semi-liquid funds, suggesting they’ve been motivated by high fees as much as by their clients’ interests.
  • April Commercial Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings Increase 42% From Previous Year (2026-05-06)
    May 6, 2026
    –The 644 commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in April 2026 represented a 42% increase over the 454 filings recorded in April 2025, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, the leading provider of United States bankruptcy filing data. 3060 overall commercial filings, a 21% increase from April 2025. 301 small business filings, captured as Subchapter V…
  • Trump Halts the Blockade of U.S. Ports
    May 6, 2026
    His waiver of the Jones Act is helping U.S. oil supply, so why not repeal the 1920 law?
  • 3Q26
    May 6, 2026
  • New Disney CEO Gives Vision for Company as Revenue Rises
    May 6, 2026
    He wants to keep investing in entertainment content and increase Disney’s reach and engagement
  • I Tried Out a $60 Capsule Hotel in Honolulu: No Door, No Bathroom, No Problem
    May 6, 2026
    A popular Japanese chain has opened its first U.S. outpost near Waikiki Beach featuring pods, not rooms.
  • Publix comparable store sales flat as pharmacy sales decline – Tampa Bay Business Journal
    May 5, 2026
  • Beijing Deploys Long-Threatened Economic Arsenal Against U.S. Pressure
    May 5, 2026
    Plus, has Xi ‘cracked the code’ on how to manage Trump? | WSJ China for April 28
  • Anthropic Unveils AI Agents to Field Financial Services Tasks
    May 5, 2026
    Anthropic PBC unveiled a set of new artificial intelligence agents designed to handle a broader mix of financial services tasks, part of the company’s push to win over Wall Street.
  • Start-ups challenge Apple over curbs on AI ‘vibe coding’ apps
    May 4, 2026
    iPhone maker warns about security risks as new software floods its review process
  • Anthropic and FIS Are Building an AI Agent to Help Banks Police Financial Crimes – WSJ
    May 4, 2026
    AI giant strikes a partnership with financial software provider FIS to develop new tools for banks
  • SEC Investigating Alleged Fraud in Private Credit, Atkins Says – Bloomberg
    May 4, 2026
    Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins said the agency is investigating allegations of fraud in private credit firms, though he declined to say specifically which companies are under scrutiny.
  • UAE fertiliser giant resorts to trucks to shift product out of Gulf
    May 4, 2026
    Abu Dhabi’s Fertiglobe switches to land cargo to avoid Strait of Hormuz as soaring prices allow it to shoulder extra costs
  • Anthropic Unveils $1.5 Billion Joint Venture With Wall Street Firms
    May 4, 2026
    Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman are each expected to invest around $300 million; Goldman Sachs also an investor.
  • Building a new enterprise AI services company with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs \ Anthropic
    May 4, 2026
    Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
  • FedEx, UPS Shares Drop as Amazon Expands Logistics Services to New Customers – Bloomberg
    May 4, 2026
    US transportation stocks plunged Monday morning after Amazon.com Inc. announced expanded logistics offerings that will turn it into a major competitor for parcel carriers and air freight companies, and also impact truckers and third-party brokers.
  • DOJ Confirms Antitrust Probe Into Meatpackers as Beef Prices Surge – Bloomberg
    May 4, 2026
    The US Justice Department confirmed it was investigating potential antitrust violations in the meatpacking industry amid soaring domestic beef prices and a shrinking cattle herd.
  • Bessent Urges China, Allies to Join US-Led Hormuz Escort Operation – Bloomberg
    May 4, 2026
    US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on US allies and on China to join an American operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz even as he claimed the nation has total control of the vital waterway for the global oil trade.
  • Five Takeaways From Berkshire CEO Greg Abel’s First Annual Shareholder Meeting as Host – WSJ
    May 4, 2026
    Abel is (mostly) all business in his debut as MC at the conglomerate’s meeting in Omaha
  • Where College Graduates Are Getting Hired and Why the Best Career Move Might Be Heading South – WSJ
    May 4, 2026
    Best prospects for many 20-somethings are in fast-growing Southern cities, new analysis shows
  • Germany Sees US as Vulnerable to Squeeze on Potash Supplies – Bloomberg
    May 4, 2026
    German authorities seeking to map out US supply-chain vulnerabilities as a way to win leverage with President Donald Trump’s administration have identified a key pressure point: potash.
  • An Aluminum Crisis Is Roiling the Auto Industry – WSJ
    May 4, 2026
    America’s top-selling vehicle, the Ford F-150, bears the brunt of metal-supply-chain woes
  • The crisis in oil markets will get bigger before it goes away
    May 4, 2026
    As stocks dwindle, further price rises are inevitable
  • How Kevin Warsh could save the Federal Reserve
    May 3, 2026
    There is much to like about the next Fed chairman—if his backbone holds
  • Detroit carmakers warn of $5bn commodities shock due to Iran war
    May 3, 2026
    Sector faces rising prices for supplies from aluminium to plastics and paint
  • Opinion | Why Is Your Electric Bill Going Up? Blame the Broken Grid. – The New York Times
    May 3, 2026
    Our grid is too old and our supply of electricity too small. If we don’t meet this moment, we will face an impoverished future.
  • What the 1920s Can Teach Us About Surviving the AI Revolution – WSJ
    May 3, 2026
    A century ago, cars and radio upended society just as AI is doing today
  • Spirit Airlines Shutdown Sends Travelers Rushing to Find Flights – Bloomberg
    May 2, 2026
    The collapse of Spirit Airlines is cascading through airports across the US, leaving passengers stranded mid-journey and sending rival carriers into rapid-response mode to contain the damage.
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