Morning News: June 12, 2026

The World Is Draining Oil Reserves, Raising Pressure for a Peace Deal

Ships Stranded by War Face Costly Dilemma: Wait It Out or Risk Attack

The Global Economy Is Threatened Again by Trade Imbalances

Germany’s Bundesbank Cuts Growth Expectation, Raises Inflation Forecast as War Drags On

ECB Stands Out With First G7 Rate Hike Since Start of Iran War

Switzerland’s Radical Proposal on Immigration: Cap the Population

How a Tiny British Island Fell Into an International Gambling Scandal

The Market Is Giddy. Is Your Portfolio at Risk?

Private Credit Dividends Look Less Secure as Cash Coverage Thins

Vanguard Ends BlackRock’s 20-Year Run Atop US ETF Market

A $600 Billion Experiment Kicks Off at the Biggest US Pension Fund

PPI Confirms CPI: Energy Shock, Not a Trigger For a Rate Hike

A Libertarian Case Against Former Rep. Thomas Massie

Congress Shouldn’t Import Europe’s App Store Mistakes

Latest AI Doomers Imagine How Europe ‘Slides Into Irrelevance’

Carney’s Middle Powers Race to Thwart US-China Dominance of AI

The Next US-China AI Battle Is Over Compute — and China Is Spending Big

SpaceX Sets Milestone With World’s Largest I.P.O., Furthering Musk’s Power

Hedge Funds Sold Broader Tech Ahead of SpaceX IPO, JPMorgan Data Shows

SpaceX IPO Draws at Least $5 Billion Order From BlackRock

How SpaceX Stacks Up to the World’s Largest I.P.O.s

Jim Chanos Is Worth Hearing on SpaceX, Too

SpaceX-Anthropic-OpenAI Is a Cocktail With a Hangover

The Joy of Missing Out on SpaceX’s I.P.O.

Everyone Loves Chinese Cars, Except the Chinese

Trump’s War on Science Is Being Waged in the Fine Print

Can Smartphones Help Explain the Drop in Birth Rates?

How Texas Ranchers Are Fighting a Long-Eradicated Cattle Killer

The Wearable Boom Is Real. The Investment Case Is Murkier.

Gary Lineker Is Worried About the Trump World Cup

Haiti’s Football Team Made the World Cup, But Its Fans Aren’t Welcome

Bad Bunny’s Sold-Out Shows Illuminate Spain’s New Lifeline: Immigrants

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Posted by on June 12th, 2026 at 7:02 am


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