Morning News: September 21, 2026

A Shortage of Oil Tankers Is Threatening to Keep Gas Prices High

Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal Hinges on Decrepit and Distant Fields

Qatar Energy Chief Says Bessent ‘Wrong’ About Hormuz Future

Trafigura Sees Mideast Oil-Tanker Buying Spree Prolonging Boom

Trump, Xi and the Challenge to Claim the Upper Hand on Trade

China Promised to Buy More U.S. Farm Goods. It Hasn’t Happened

Bessent Hails Progress on A.I. Talks With China. What Comes Next?

The Tough AI Questions Looming Over the Trump-Xi Summit

NSE’s $2.4 Billion India IPO Subscribed 5.7 Times as Books Close

Kevin Warsh’s Rate Hikes Revive The Paul Volcker Myth

Fed’s Goolsbee Says Road to 2% Inflation May Not Be Painless

The U.S. Treasury’s Multi-Trillion Dollar Mistake

Old School Voice Brokers Face Automation in $4 Trillion FX Market

How Prediction Markets Upstaged Election Polls

Crypto Can’t Go Mainstream Without Clarity

JPMorgan, Qatar’s QIA Target $20 Billion Investment Partnership

The Great Stuff Transfer Has a $750 Billion Golden Lining

Apartment Landlords Have a $2 Trillion Debt Problem That Is Only Getting Worse

CNN Removed From White House TV Press Pool After Trump Ban

3 News Outlets Say They Will Sue to Regain White House Access

‘Crisis Even Bigger Than Covid’: American Business Owners Are Barely Getting By

Trump, AI Boosters Out of Touch With Public Sentiment

When the Three Most Powerful Men In AI Agree, Read the Fine Print

AI Risk Is Everywhere and It’s Making Billion Dollar Funds Nervous

AI Adoption Is Driving Hiring, But Mostly for Senior Roles

Young Consultants Are Jumping Ship for A.I. Start-Ups

New Data Centers Worth $68 Billion Disrupted in US

Smart Ring Maker Oura, Backers Seek $2.2 Billion in US IPO

A Texas Plant Shows US Manufacturing Can Return — at a Cost

How to Make More Cars in America? Rivian’s C.E.O. Has Some Ideas

How Harley-Davidson, an American Icon, Became a Tariff Punching Bag

Bayer Sells Cancer Drug to Gruenenthal for Up to $431 Million

Microsoft Patents System to Freeze Games and Inject Ads During Downtimes — Watching Commercials Earns Ad-Free Playtime Credits

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