Morning News: October 19, 2026

Gold Rises Amid Falling Oil Prices

The US-Iran War Is Making World Hunger Much Worse

‘A Ticking Time Bomb’: An Economic Crisis Looms in Indonesia

China’s Economy Expanded 4.5% in Third Quarter, Powered by Exports

China’s Export Boom Masks Deep Economic Problems at Home

Liberte, Egalite, Misery? Why France is Burning

JPMorgan Announces $5 Billion in Investments in Companies Critical to US National Security

How Patriotism Shapes Jamie Dimon’s Leadership

Bond Market’s Big Short Bet Gets Wakeup Call as AI Trade Wobbles

Billionaires Warn of a Bubble Yet Howard Marks Is Unconvinced

Gen Z Investors Are Switching Up Their Portfolios Ahead of The Midterms

A Bank That Closes My Account Should Be Required to Tell Me Why

Stop the 50 State Shakedown of Prediction Markets

America’s New Housing Market Is All About Luxury—and It Runs on Cash

A Serious Housing Agenda Has To Account for Capital and Credit

The Internet Told Them Owning a Laundromat Was Easy Money. It Was Anything But

U.S. Political Money Funnels to Indian Bots to Lure Voters

California’s Strange Addiction Politics: Cannabis Is Fine, Nicotine Not

There Is No Quick Fix for High Beef Prices

Startups Are Extracting More Copper Using Microbes

For Three Buffetts, a $150 Billion Puzzle Over Warren’s Riches

Anthropic’s I.P.O. Charity

Why Oracle’s Debt Load Could Be Your Problem

Meta Says Claude AI Tool Triggered No Kings Instagram Suspension

AI Agents Are Only as Good as the Personal Information You Share. That Raises Privacy Concerns

Musk Vows to Give Each U.S. Child a SpaceX Share

What Tesla’s Flying Roadster Really Means for the Global Auto Race

The VW Bus, Now Electrified, Keeps on Truckin’

United’s C.E.O. Says It Should Cost More Not to Sit in the Middle Seat

United Is Putting the Final Nail in the Loyalty Coffin

Merck KGaA to Buy Silence Therapeutics for $1.1 Billion

The Booming Business of Women’s Sports Owes Its Success to These Athletes

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Posted by on October 19th, 2026 at 7:06 am


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