Morning News: February 27, 2026

Bombing Iran May Blow Up Trump’s Middle East Plans

US Threatens to Cut Off Swiss Bank Mbaer from Financial System Over Alleged Iran, Russia, Venezuela Ties

OPEC+ Looks Willing to Defy Oil Bears’ Warnings Again

Taiwan and TSMC Make the World Safer by the Day

Japan’s Takaichi Takes a Page Out of Trump’s Central Bank Playbook

Trade Remains ‘Challenging’ for Eurozone Amid Volatile Policy, Says ECB’s Lagarde

Under Siege from Politics, Central Bankers Fight Back – At a Cost

New Credit Blowup in London Has Wall Street Chasing Billions

The Buyers Behind Gold’s $5,000 Breakthrough

Kalshi and Polymarket Are Economic Oracles

Trump Says Prices Are Falling. Here’s Why That Would Be Bad

Trump’s Retirement Proposal Already Failed — Under Obama

The Redistricting War Spells Doom for Congress’ Last Moderates

Even States With No Income Tax Are Flirting With Taxing the Rich

Mortgage Rates Fall Below 6% for the First Time Since 2022

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

Paramount Wins Bidding War for Warner Discovery After Netflix Drops Out

Tech, TV, Movies and News: Ellisons on Brink of Colossal Empire

What I Learned In Business School Wasn’t Reflected In the Real World

Raves, Debt and Deaths: How a Wall Streeter Came to Own New York’s Biggest Club

Brink’s to Acquire NCR Atleos in $4 Billion Deal in Combo of ATM Players

Nebraska’s Most Feared Man: The Auditor Who Busts State Workers for Running Errands

No Such Thing As ‘Free Bus Fares’ In Any City

A World Where All Is Free? That’s Elon Musk’s Theory of ‘Sustainable Abundance.’

The Web of Companies Owned by Elon Musk

Bad Bets: Massive EV Subsidies Not Paying Off

Nvidia’s Huang Confronts an Investor Audience Demanding the Next Big Thing

Anthropic Rejects Latest Pentagon Offer, Escalating AI Feud

Tech Has Never Caused a Job Apocalypse. Don’t Bet on It Now.

How Jack Dorsey Explained Cutting Almost Half of Block’s Staff

The Rise and Fall of a 3-D Printing Empire

The $3,000 Minipig Powering Europe’s Drug Pipeline

Bloomingdale’s Is Defying the Demise of Department Stores

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