Morning News: May 6, 2026

Yen Spikes to 10-Week High and Sparks Intervention Speculation

US Gasoline Hits $4.50, Nears All-Time High as Iran Fuel Crunch Grows

High Gas Prices Wreak Havoc on America’s Army of Supercommuters

The Message Isn’t More Housing Supply, It’s Don’t Own a Home

How Blue States Go From Rent Seeking to Rent Losing

A Fight Over Dirt in Utah Hints at the Future of America’s Public Lands

How Trump’s $12 Billion Stash of Critical Minerals Risks Distorting Markets

The DOJ Is Breaking Its Own Rules to Litigate in the Media

Mnuchin Says There Is No ‘Break-the-Glass’ Solution for US Borrowing

Powell Is Right to Demand Clarity on Fed Independence

End Quarterly Earnings Reports? Here’s the Debate

Inside the Debate About Drastically Expanding Trump Accounts

Morgan Stanley Debuts Crypto Trading, Undercuts Rivals on Price

X User Tricks Grok Into Sending Them $200,000 In Crypto Using Morse Code

Buffett’s Big Bets Will Haunt the Abel Era at Berkshire

Santander Pitches Buy Now, Pay Later Loan Risk to Investors

Illegal Lotteries Are Beating Governments at Their Own Game

A Proposed Billionaire Tax Exposes the Dual-Share Racket

SpaceX Proposes $55 Billion to Begin Terafab Project in Texas

Parents and Tech Companies – Not Government – Must Protect Children

American Factories Lag in Adopting A.I. This Drugmaker Is an Exception

Bayer to Buy Eye-Drug Developer Perfuse Therapeutics for Up to $2.45 Billion

CVS’s Results Add to Positive Momentum for Health-Insurance Industry

Nintendo Under Pressure to Raise Switch 2 Prices to Protect Margins

Disney Films, Parks Lift Profit in Debut Quarter for New CEO

New Disney CEO Gives Vision for Company as Revenue Rises

With Spirit’s Mugging, Antitrust Imagined An Economy That Didn’t Exist

Airlines Are Cracking Down on Portable Power Banks

Storied Toolmaker Closes Its Last Hometown Plant—and Blames Its Tape Measures

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Posted by on May 6th, 2026 at 7:06 am


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