Morning News: July 15, 2026

Trump’s New Iran Blockade Could Hit Oil Prices Harder

Oil Prices Tick Higher as U.S. Reinstates Iran Blockade

Trump Backpedals on Hormuz Cargo Fee Amid Pushback From Gulf States

Why US Gas Is Shrugging Off Record Heat

Dubai Property Tycoon Plans $20 Billion Development in Syria

China’s Economy Stumbles With Growth Unexpectedly Below Target

What Is the Carry Trade That’s Weakening the Yen?

Wall Street Bank Earnings Surge, Lifted by Trading and Investment Banking

Morgan Stanley Joins Wall Street Rivals’ Stock-Trading Boon

BlackRock Crosses $15 Trillion With $192 Billion of Inflows

PNC Beats Estimates as Lending Income, Fees Counter Higher Costs

PayPal Shares Surge Premarket on Reports of $53 Billion Takeover Offer

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Are Still Giving Away Their Fortunes. Just Not Together

Someone Remind Vivek Ramaswamy That Wealth Is Created, Not Printed

Social Security Is Trying to Stabilize a Year After DOGE Cuts

Two Million Workers Are Locked Out of an Improving Job Market

The Housing Crisis Is Also a Retirement Crisis

Polls Show Voters Oppose Higher Corporate Taxes

How Trump Became ‘Grifter-in-Chief’: Let Us Count the Ways

The Trump Administration Is Right That a Brand Does Not a Boss Make

China Hedge Funds That Won Big on AI Start Looking for Exits

China’s Chip Champion to Raise Billions in Race for A.I. Control

AI Has Supercharged the Wealth Effect, Just Ask the Micron Millionaires

AI Backlash Builds in President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Backyard

New York Leads Nation in Moratorium on New Big Data Centers

AI’s Next Big Mission Is Rewiring Your Workplace

Meta’s Sudden Stock Rebound Shows Investors Endorse AI Plans

ASML Raises Outlook, Plans Capacity Hike as AI Boosts Demand

SpaceX’s Blow-It-Up Testing Won’t Fly on Starship

The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It?

Lucid Fends Off Bankruptcy Rumors as Future Hinges on Cheaper EV

XPeng Aims to Produce Over 1,000 Robots a Month as It Plans Global Rollout

J&J’s Disappointing Device Sales Weigh Down Strong Drug Demand

Public Health Groups Sue F.D.A. Over Flavored E-Cigarette Policy

Conagra Swings to Loss, Cuts Dividend Under New CEO

They’re Strangers United By One Goal: Drink 1 Million Beers

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Posted by on July 15th, 2026 at 7:06 am


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