Morning News: March 30, 2026

Trump Claims Iran Gave In to US Demands, Considers Seizing Oil

Oil Jumps on Signs of Escalation of Middle East War

The Oil Market Is Moving Into Demand Destruction Mode

The Strait of Hormuz Oil Shock Is Now Heading West

Oil Shipping Rates Surge as US Barrels Replace Middle East Supply

Why the Iran War May Force Countries to Rely Less on Natural Gas

This Is What Happens When the Gas Runs Out

Indian Economy Faces Risks on Multiple Fronts From Middle East Conflict

Japan Steps Up Yen Warnings as Mideast War Stokes Inflation Concerns

Eurozone Business Confidence Falls on Iran War

Government Bonds Rally Around the World on Slowdown Concerns

Fed Officials Signal That Rate Cuts May Be Over

Two Data Points to Consider a Year Since Trump’s Tariff Liberation Day

Swiss Cling on to Cash as Survey Shows Payment App Use Stalling

BBVA to Sell Romania Business to Raiffeisen for $680 Million

A 35-Year-Old Crypto Bro Helped Pakistan Win Over Trump World

Is Another Financial Crisis Lurking in Private Credit?

Private Equity’s Brutal Side Deals Leave Lenders Grasping in the Dark

Private-Credit Wobbles Could Prove Perilous for Trump

Three Reasons the Stock Market Can Endure the War

Too Bad the Robinhood Crowd Isn’t Buying This Dip

Why the Cost of Your Coffee Has Soared—and Isn’t Going Down Soon

$100,000 in Social Security Benefits Is Too Much

How Working in America Became So Joyless

Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones

Teens Sick of Their iPhones Are ‘Mallmaxxing’

How the Federal Government Turned Intel Into a Puppet

Nvidia Is Credit Personified While the Fed Is a Pointless Distraction

Inside the Odd—and Oddly Human—Work of Teaching AI to Talk

Why Corporate AI Mandates Don’t Work

LaGuardia Crash Bolsters Case for Using AI in Air Control Towers

BYD Posts First Annual Profit Decline in Four Years

Ford and GM Increase Destination Charges to $2,795 on Full-Size Trucks

World War III’s First Shots Will Be Fired in Space

Food Megamergers Hardly Ever Work. Could McCormick-Unilever Be Different?

Sysco to Buy Restaurant Depot in $29 Billion Deal

WNBA Players Had an Ace Up Their Sleeve in Pay Negotiations: A Nobel Laureate

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