Morning News: September 22, 2026

Record Oil Supertanker Rates Make Waves for the Whole Fleet

Saudis in Process of Starting Vital East-West Oil Pipeline

Global Oil Price Drops Below $100 a Barrel

Beware Oil’s Second Strike on Inflation

Gulf States Set to Urge Trump to Avoid Any Escalation With Iran

Erdogan: The UN Should Abolish the Security Council Veto

Milei’s US Trade Deal Is Under Threat as Argentina Demands Better Terms

China’s Continued Control of Rare Earths Looms Over Trump-Xi Meeting

What’s Behind Bessent’s Boasts About the U.S. Bond Market

This Historic Divide Between Bulls and Bears Signals a Slowdown

Better Reading Lists Will Not Fix a Problem of Too Much Tax Revenue

Ratings’ Agencies Are Grading a Test That Ended 5 Years Ago

Private Equity Firms Cling to Assets for Longer, Upending Business Model

Trump’s Crypto Venture Got Rich While Big Promises Fell Short

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Changing How Undocumented People Bank

SoftBank Draws Over $20 Billion of Early Interest in Junk Bond

The Office Bust Is Shifting From Empty Towers to Investor Losses

Banks Warn AI Shopping Bots Raise Scam, Fraud and Data-Privacy Risks

Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom

Where Intelligence and Consciousness Have to Be Separated

Alibaba Unveils New AI Chip, Calls It China’s Most Powerful

Nvidia’s Stock Is Flashing a Warning Sign as Valuation Falls

Jensen Huang Has a $5.4 Trillion Reason to Block AI Rules

AI Is Changing the Business School Case Study

A Rocket Supply Crunch Is Making It Harder to Hitch a Ride to Space

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Phaseout Spurs Hunt for New Ways to Launch Payloads

China Expands Drug Chemicals Control Ahead of Xi’s Trip to US

Novo CEO Says Drugmaker Has Overpromised, Underdelivered

AutoZone Sales Rise and Further Growth is Expected

DoorDash to Pay $132 Million to NYC, Workers Over Missing Wages

The ‘Kid’ Takes Over: David Ellison Becomes a Hollywood Colossus

What’s Next for Paramount

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Posted by on September 22nd, 2026 at 7:09 am


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