Morning News: September 9, 2026

Oil Hits $100 a Barrel as Turmoil Intensifies in Middle East

Diesel Crunch Threatens Lasting Price Pain, Consumption Cutbacks

Trump Signs Orders to Ban Some Canadian Products From U.S. Market

Carney Tells Canadians: Retaliation Against U.S. Tariffs Was Unavoidable

How US Tariff Fears Are Driving Record Copper Prices

EU Envisions Closer Partnership With Canada Than With UK

US Threatens to Escalate Trade War With Canada

Bessent Dares Traders to Bet Against Yen: ‘I Am the House Now’

Bessent Warns ‘Nothing Else Would Matter’ If China Wins AI Race

If Treasury Wants Markets to Speak, It Has to Listen

The Fed’s Three Choices as Warsh’s Honeymoon Ends

Opposite What You’re Told, Monetary Policy Isn’t Conducted 8 Days a Year

Six Charts That Explain How Americans Really Feel About the Economy

A ‘Funky’ Fall Outlook for Stocks Is a Another Test for Investors

Every Bond Trader Should Be Worried About Medicare

The Case Against Cutting Social Security Benefits

Chime Shares Jump 10% as Stride Deal Puts Fintech on Path to Bank Charter

The Genius of Data Centers Isn’t Blue Collar Job Creation, It’s Their Erasure

AI Boom Wrecks Trump’s Plan for ‘Made-in-America’ Bitcoin Mining

Water Usage Should Not Be a Culture War

Meta Debuts Its Muse AI Agent. Will Consumers Trust It?

Anthropic Insiders Warn AI Could Kill All Humans

Legal AI Startup Harvey Hits $15.6 Billion Value With $550 Million Round

A $2,000 iPhone Gives Apple’s New CEO His Steve Jobs Moment

Apple’s Rally Pressures New CEO to Deliver on Foldable iPhone

Succession Troubles Strain India’s Wealthy Business Dynasties

China’s Huawei Comes to Brooklyn for Sweeping US Criminal Trial

Fusion Gets $14 Billion Bet It’s More Than a ‘Science Project’

An A.I. Giant Made an Enemy of Record Labels. Can It Play Nice?

It’s Getting Harder to Return Things—and It’s Making Shoppers Mad

Albertsons Names Former HP, eBay CEO Meg Whitman as Executive Chair to Help Spur Growth

NFL Plan to Add More Games Faces Obstacle in the Players Union

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Posted by on September 9th, 2026 at 7:09 am


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