Morning News: March 4, 2026

The High Stakes of Keeping the Strait of Hormuz Open

Energy Price Fears Ripple Through Global Markets

How the Iran War Is Choking Off the World’s Oil and Gas

Iran Conflict Is Starting to Boost Gasoline Prices

Why American Frackers Aren’t Rushing to Pump More Oil

US to Exempt Rosneft’s German Unit From Sanctions Indefinitely

The Iran War’s Most Precious Commodity Isn’t Oil

How Anonymous Bettors Cashed In on the Iran Strike, Just Hours Before It Happened

Chaotic Prediction Markets Need Reining In

‘Whatever It Takes’ Rattles Global Markets

Stock Crash Wipes Out Leveraged Bets in Korea, Sowing Panic

OECD Sees Rising Refinancing Risk as Bond Sales Surge

Bessent Says Trump’s Tariff Hike to 15% Likely This Week

Top Fed Official, Wary of Inflation, Calls for Extended Rate Pause

Kashkari Says Fed Can Sit Tight as War Clouds the Outlook

Big Lenders’ Risky Loans Are Rattling Wall Street

MrBeast Is Getting Into Financial Services. Parents Should Pay Attention.

American Housing Dream, American Housing Nightmare

Homeowners Stay Put for 12 Years, Stifling the US Housing Market

To Cut Housing Costs, Some States Are Easing Fire Safety Rules

Trump Administration, in Reversal, Tries to Continue Fight Against Law Firms

A Tiny Silicon Valley Startup Envisions Computing Beyond the Semiconductor

How the Digital Age Sparked An Analog Revival

The US Has Enough Missiles for This War But Not the Next One

Claude AI Helped Bomb Iran. But How Exactly?

Anthropic Nears $20 Billion Revenue Run Rate Amid Pentagon Feud

Sahm: Jack Dorsey Is Wrong: Pro-Worker AI Is Possible

Schaeffler Shares Plunge After Guidance Falls Short of Expectations

U.S. Automakers Risk Being Reduced to Niche Producers of Gas Vehicles

ASM International Posts Net Profit Above Market Views

Netflix Won By ‘Losing’ the Battle for Warner Brothers Discovery

Paramount-Warner Deal Promises to Shake Up Streaming

Activist Elliott Invests $1 Billion in Pinterest

Bath & Body Works Reports Lower Profit

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Posted by on March 4th, 2026 at 7:03 am


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