Morning News: June 24, 2026

China Boosts Whistleblower Tools to Police Mineral Exports

Latin America’s Two Oil Giants Team Up in Search for Their Next Boost

Canada’s Lobster Capital Is Trying to Become an Oil and Gas Giant Too

Europeans Are Terrified of Spending Money, and It’s Hurting the Economy

Investor Who Scored 900% Win in 2008 Crisis Has New Big Short Bet

Market Power Is Overwhelming Governments

Tech Stocks Drive ‘Unnerving’ Sell-Off in Global Markets

Why the Fed Could Loom Large Over the Midterms

The Debasement Trade Is Unraveling and Kevin Warsh Is One Big Reason

Dudley: Warsh’s Pivot Risks Confusing the Market and the Fed

Alan Greenspan Was Wrong About One Thing. It Was a Big One.

US Banks Look for New Bill of Health from Fed Stress Tests

US SEC Probes Popular Type of Private Equity Fund as It Steps Up Industry Scrutiny

U.S. World Cup Cities Are on a Counterdrone Spending Spree

Taylor Swift’s Eras Didn’t Boost Growth. World Cup Won’t Either

A Landmark Housing Bill Passed Congress. Home Builders Fear It Will Fizzle.

How to Solve the Housing Crisis? Everyone Has an Idea

A Solution to A.I.’s Growing Power Demand: Homes

As AI Companies Race for Power, Amazon and Google Have the Lead

The Anthropic Saga Shows the Worst Way to Regulate AI

Anthropic and OpenAI’s No. 1 User Might Not Be Enough

AI Debates Ignore One of Its Great Plusses: Worker Mobility

A.I. Riches Fuel Economic Divide in Asia’s Chip Powerhouses

Welcome to the Luxury City Built by Taiwan’s A.I. Boom

SK Hynix Seeks $29 Billion With US Listing to Fund AI Boom

Biotech Visionary Is Skeptical About AI’s Impact on Medical Innovation

Alibaba Sues Pentagon Over China Military Label

Agility, Maker of Humanlike Robots, to Go Public in $2.5 Billion SPAC Deal

Prologis Rebuffed in $16.6 Billion Takeover Approach for U.K.’s Segro

Rheinmetall Shares Slump After Reports That Germany Is Dropping Frigate Project

Stop the Madness, and Let Union Pacific Merge With Norfolk Southern

Will Anyone Buy This Cheap EV Truck With Hand-Crank Windows and No Radio?

Can America’s Obsession With Mahjong Save This Dying Craft?

The Money and Influence Behind America’s Very MAGA 250th Birthday Party

Another Spirit of ’76: George Washington’s Whiskey

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Posted by on June 24th, 2026 at 7:05 am


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