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The world holds its breath: Trump says Iran war will end ‘pretty soon’ as uranium deal is in sight

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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Peace talks are back on while the U.S. plays cat-and-mouse with rogue ships in the Strait of Hormuz

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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With global oil supplies weeks away from systemic shortages, Trump teases an end to the war

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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Man charged in arson attack on Sam Altman’s house had AI CEO kill list, prosecutors say

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

14.04.2026 5

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As the U.S. Navy attempts to take control of the Strait of Hormuz today, Trump asks the Pope to shut up

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

13.04.2026 1

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U.S. and Iran begin peace talks as Trump’s White House goes to war against the media, insider traders, and the Pope

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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Too much fire, not enough cease: Iran tightens its grip on global oil trade on eve of peace talks

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

09.04.2026 3

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Trump’s ceasefire gives Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz—and Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly alive

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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Anthropic economics chief talks about the jobs that could be killed by AI

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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Trump hails ‘tremendous progress’ in Iran but all Wall Street heard was ‘back to escalation’

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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Trump has no good options in Iran—here are 5 of them ahead of his speech to the nation tonight

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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Ken Griffin, the CEO who won’t bend the knee to Trump

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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War against Iran to escalate as we approach six-week ‘TACO’ timetable, analysts say

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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Anthropic accidentally leaked details of a new AI model that poses unprecedented cybersecurity risks

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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Trump says he wants the war wrapped up as fuel prices nuzzle up to $9 a gallon in California

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

26.03.2026 6

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On Iran, Trump is open to a deal but he also has ‘a fist, waiting to punch you in the [expletive] face,’ White House insider says

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

25.03.2026 5

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Trump searches for an exit strategy in Iran as $100 oil looms over the midterms

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

24.03.2026 7

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Markets in meltdown after Trump threatens major escalation in the war against Iran

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

23.03.2026 6

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As the U.S. gears up for a potential ground war in Iran, $100-plus oil threatens ‘demand destruction’ — starting in Asia

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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Global selloff in stocks as oil hits $115 and Trump admits he ‘knew nothing’ about Israel attack on major Iran gas field

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

19.03.2026 2

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As Trump rages against his allies, Republicans are asking what the plan is to end the chaos in Iran

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

18.03.2026 5

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Backchannel talks between U.S. and Iran offer Trump an off-ramp—if he wants it

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

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With Iran still in control of Hormuz, Trump threatens NATO and oil hits $106

The price of oil is driving everything today—even the cost of fertilizer.

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Wall Street buckles in for a long war as Hormuz remains closed and Trump says he has ‘plenty of time’

Three words spooking the market.

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Oil went over $100 again after the U.S. admitted it cannot control the Strait of Hormuz

Oil is trading like a meme stock, some analysts say.

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Iran’s new supreme leader is injured but reportedly ‘safe’ as traders sour on war exit strategy

Sentiment sours on war exit strategy.

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Trump says Iran war is ‘very complete, pretty much’, sparking global stock rally

But also, "we’re going to go further."

10.03.2026 7

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Oil over $100, markets in freefall, and Iran’s new Supreme Leader is Trump’s ‘worst case’ scenario

Finance ministers from the G7 are set to meet at 8.30 am New York time to discuss releasing reserves held by the International Energy Agency.

09.03.2026 9

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Iran is turning out to be a more effective enemy than many thought, and U.S. allies are losing their patience with the war

Everything you need to know before you get to the office today.

06.03.2026 8

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In the Iran war, it’s not the oil that’s important—it’s the water

Today’s Fortune 500 Digest.

05.03.2026 9

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Stocks plunge in global selloff but some on Wall Street are looking for assets that respond well to war

Wells Fargo’s Ohsung Kwon argued that traders should buy the dip.

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U.S. stocks are being battered by ‘AI derangement syndrome,’ and CEOs are learning not to talk about it

Investors have become so skittish of stocks linked to AI that it's dragging down the entire U.S. market.

27.02.2026 10

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AI capex and the ‘wealth effect’ from tech stocks (like Nvidia) now drive one-third of U.S. GDP, top analysts say

That would leave the economy vulnerable if investors started to doubt the AI story," they warn.

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Traders are on edge for Nvidia earnings tonight, like a man who might ‘suddenly break down in tears in a restaurant because there’s no chilli sauce on the table,’ one analyst says

Traders feel that Monday’s 1% decline on fears that AI will trigger an economic doom cycle was overcooked.

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With his tariff plan in tatters, Trump vows ‘to do absolutely terrible things to foreign countries… in a much more powerful and obnoxious way’

Foreign trade partners of the U.S. are losing their patience with the White House.

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Without AI spending, U.S. corporate investment in equipment would be negative, a decline that’s ‘worryingly broad-based,’ Pantheon analyst says

Consumer spending is affected too because it is heavily driven by spending from wealthier demographics who have enjoyed stock market gains, often from...

23.02.2026 7

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Stocks sell off as traders wake up to the realization that Trump has ‘highly punitive’ options for new trade tariffs

Some of the things Trump might do next could be more extreme than his “Liberation Day” tariffs, and will certainly be more complex.

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In the $3 trillion private credit market, the ‘shadow default’ rate is increasing as more money chases lower-quality deals

A decline in interest rates offered by the Fed plus excessive demand for private credit investments has reduced yields for investors.

22.02.2026 10

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Fed confirms it obeyed White House request for an unusual ‘rate check,’ weakening the dollar against foreign currencies

“Something like this is extremely rare in foreign exchange markets," ING says.

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There’s a $150 billion ‘YOLO’ trade incoming that will boost stocks by the end of March, Wells Fargo says

The S&P 500 "rose 100% of the time by 13% on average over the next six months" after a buy signal like this, analysts argue.

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D-Wave CEO shrugs off short attacks with ‘revolutionary’ $550 million quantum computing acquisition

Less than 10% of D-Wave's clients are government research contracts, Alan Baratz says, proof it is offering commercially viable services.

17.02.2026 10

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Big tech approaches ‘red flag’ moment: AI capex is so great hyperscalers could go cash-flow negative, Evercore warns

“Capex too hot right now,” Bank of America warns clients.

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The ‘Sell America’ trade inflicted ‘lasting damage’ on the U.S. dollar, ING says

“The dollar has lost a good chunk of its safe-haven value,” ING says.

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Friday the 13th brings global selloff in stocks and gold as AI fear grips markets

But analysts on Wall Street this morning are suggesting that the selloff may be overdone.

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Some folks on Wall Street think yesterday’s U.S. jobs number was ‘implausible’ and thus due for a downward correction

Some analysts are worrying that the latest number might be wrong, and that the level of job creation in America is lower than the stats suggest.

12.02.2026 20

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American unexceptionalism: Foreign markets leave U.S. stocks in the dust

Why wait for a market that is growing at about 1% per month when there’s one growing at nearly 1% per day?

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Why that $2 trillion software stock wipeout didn’t derail the AI bull market

75% of companies in the S&P 500 have reported Q4 earnings, and profit per share across those companies is 12% higher than it was a year ago.

10.02.2026 9

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7 ways Europe could hurt the U.S. economically if Trump doesn’t back down over Greenland

A comprehensive package of economic sanctions against the U.S. would increase price inflation in America.

09.02.2026 20

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Don’t get comfortable with the global stock rally today: Goldman’s Panic Index is approaching ‘max fear’

Every time stocks take a dip in reaction to bad news, a relentless wave of buy-the-dippers has stepped up to send them back upward again.

09.02.2026 10

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Bitcoin whales and ETFs are baling out of the market; UBS warns ‘crypto is not an asset’

“We see few bullish indicators that suggest we may be approaching the bottom,” Jefferies analyst Andrew Moss says.

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