Morning News: April 17, 2026

Oil Majors Lose Another Appeal of $5 Billion Kazakh Sulfur Fine

France and Germany Split on Europe’s Role in Securing Hormuz

Surging Gas Prices Have Hit These US Cities the Hardest

What Lagging Jet Fuel Supplies Could Mean for Airlines and Travelers

Yield Bets Pay Off for Traders Willing to Tune Out War Risks

Buffer ETFs Are Insurance You’re Better Off Without

Let’s Not Worsen the Illness of Debanking With More State

State Street Profit Rises On Fee Growth

America’s Global Rizz Is Going Up in Smoke

Can a Republican Defy Trump and Survive? We’re About to Find Out

Hegseth Says Climate Change Is ‘Crap.’ The Military Is Still Bracing for It

It’s Harder to Hide From a Bad Job Market in Grad School

Housing’s Spring Selling Season Is Here. It’s Not Looking Pretty

Want to Retire Rich? Here Are Strategies You Can Deploy at Any Age

Cancer Cures In the ‘Closed Economy’ That Is the World Economy

Paul Ehrlich, and the Perils of the Scientific Deformations

In Space, No One Can Whine About Inequality

Anthropic’s Mythos Gatecrashes IMF Meetings

Washington’s Scramble to Get Anthropic’s Powerful New Model

Why the AI Backlash Is Only Going to Get Worse

The $10 Billion Startup Training AI to Replace the White-Collar Workforce

Nvidia Alum Rides China’s Robotics Wave to 187% Debut Pop

Alstom Shares Plunge on Profit Warning

Pentagon Seeks Help From Ford and G.M.

Ford Will Partner More With Chinese Automakers Overseas

Netflix Chair Reed Hastings to Leave Board in June

Ellison Pledges at Least 30 Paramount-Warner Movies a Year

Chocolate Makers Look to Cut Down on Cocoa After Price Volatility

OpenTable Won Over the Wrong Customers, Then Changed Course

The Only Thing N.B.A. Players Love More Than Basketball Is Starting Podcasts

Roger Adams Dies at 71; Invented the Rolling Sneakers Known as Heelys

What Heelys Taught Me About Momentum

QVC Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Plans to Restructure $6.6 Billion of Debt

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