Morning News: October 22, 2026

Looted Goods From French Stores Flood Resale Sites After Riots

Two Wealthy Americans Face Off in Bitter Feud Over Panama Port

London Stock Exchange Group Agrees to Buy Octus From Permira For $3.5 Billion

Two Cheers For Kevin Warsh’s “Quiet” Fed

Hedge Funds Pile Into Shorts as Goldman Flags Stock Squeeze Risk

Private Credit Group Says Market Fears Are Divorced From Reality

Blackstone Profit Drops 9.2% as Rates, Inflation Curb Dealmaking

Rubin: In Six Decades of Public Life, I Never Thought I Would Write This Piece

Reliably Red Iowa in Play as Economic Woes Mount

This Deportation Blitz Isn’t Happening as Advertised

Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs Onto Millions of Workers

A US Family’s Annual Healthcare Plan Now Costs More Than $28,000

The CEO Who Turns ‘Touchy-Feely’ Leadership Into Profits

Bosses Want the Secrets of the Family Firm That Has Never Had a Layoff in 75 Years

Data Center Restrictions Will Hurt Small Business the Most

It’s AI 0, German Philosophers 1

IMF, OECD Warn AI Could Widen Rich-Poor Country Divide

Global Rush to Fix Security Flaw Uncovered by A.I. Leaves Sites Offline

The Good Guys Notch a Victory in the AI-Cybersecurity Age

For Clues About How A.I. Will Change Work, Look to the Past

Soaring AI Bills Are Vexing Wall Street Executives

Meta Reports $825 Billion in Future Spending Commitments

How Mark Zuckerberg Pushed Meta to Shield Him From California’s Proposed Wealth Tax

Tesla’s Lowered Capex Plan Fuels Doubt on AI, Robotics Goals

Musk Tries to Lock In His Tesla-SpaceX Dream Before Trump’s Exit

Carrier Plans $600 Million Texas Plant to Make Cooling Gear for AI Data Centers

Gray Paint Has Never Had It as Good as in the A.I. Boom

Bosch to Separate Auto-Parts Unit as Chinese Rivals Gain Ground

Lockheed Martin Bumps Up Yearly Outlook as Backlog Hits Record

American Air Cuts Outlook Again, Sees Higher Fuel Bill This Year

P&G Price Plan Spurs Sales Beat Without Sacrificing Profits

‘We Cannot Be Paralyzed by Fear’: Hollywood Execs on the Future of AI

The Live Nation Empire That Music Fans Hate Is at Risk of a Break Up

Would You Listen to A.I. Music? Maybe You Already Do

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Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on October 22nd, 2026 at 7:12 am

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