Morning News: October 1, 2026

How Japan and South Korea Plan to Invest $900 Billion in US

Trump Dangles Alaska Gas Project as Part of Korean Investment Package

France Seeks to Win Over Markets and Lawmakers With Deficit Plan

Pressure Is Piling Up for Europe to Release Diesel

Diesel’s Record Run Sidelines Truckers and Hits Voters’ Wallets

U.S. Pressure Campaign Leaves Iranian Tankers Stranded in Asian Waters

How Middle East Oil Exports Started Recovering

Oil Is Flowing From the Persian Gulf, but Prices Remain High. Why?

Trump’s Legacy at Halftime: Weakness Through War

The Global Bond Rout Reaches Worrying New Levels

U.S. Bond Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2002

US Benchmark Yield Hits Highest Since 2002 as Bonds Sell Off

10 Reasons Investors Are Driving Government Bond Yields Higher

Trump Says Warsh Should Have Voted Against Fed’s Rate Hike

Trump Says Powell Should Be Forced to Resign From Fed Board

Fed’s Kashkari Says He Doesn’t Know How High Rates Need to Go

Growth Up, Core Inflation Down: The Fed’s Rate Case Just Got Harder

Here’s How to Invest Like the Smartest Money on Wall Street

Citi Raises Bitcoin, Ether Forecasts on Strong Crypto Activity

The Elusive Leaders Behind Jane Street’s Wall Street Rise

Polymarket’s Going All In on a Huge European Bet

Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict

Blackstone Bets $1 Billion on Firm Aimed at Boosting US Defense

Soaring Student Loan Bills Add to Voters’ Affordability Squeeze

Rising Mortgage Rates and Record Prices Leave Home Buyers Out of Moves

Europe’s Luxury Carmakers Are Supersizing Their SUVs for Americans

The AI Race With China Has Seven Fronts

AI Geniuses Are Decidedly Not Policy and Economic Geniuses

When Data Centers Cluster Together, How Dirty Are They? One County Wants Answers

Apple’s Biggest Battleground for Foldable Phones Is China

Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology

Netflix ‘Not Growing as Fast as I Want,’ Co-CEO Sarandos Says

The Rapid Evolution of Affordable GLP-1s

The Next Frontier for Obesity Drugs Isn’t How Much Weight You Lose, but What Kind

McCormick Shares Climb as Price Increases Helped Boost Sales

Mattel Chief Named Co-C.E.O. of Combined Paramount and Warner Bros.

Inside the Global Market for Elite $30,000 Sheepdogs

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