Morning News: May 27, 2026

Why a Weak Rupee Is About More Than the Oil Shock

Russian Airlines Skirt Sanctions to Keep Their Jets Flying

Oil Prices Fall as Uneasy Truce Holds Between U.S. and Iran

BP’s Ousted Chair Says He Was Fired Without Explanation

BP’s Latest Screwup Is Outweighed by Its Hedge Fund Backer

G.D.P. Is a Flawed Measure of Prosperity. Alternatives Are on the Way

Makhlouf Says ECB Committed to 2% Goal, Won’t Comment on June

Why Double-Digit Earnings Growth Won’t Stop the Next Bear Market

A Bullish Case Against Mark Perry’s “Chart of the Century”

Fed’s Logan Warns US Oil Production Won’t Fill Global Supply Gap

An Overwhelming Majority of Americans Think Taxes Are Too High

Blanche Is Trump’s Latest Enabler-in-Chief

Why MAGA Republicans Keep Winning When Trump Is Losing

Prediction Markets Are Booming. So Are Worries About Rampant Insider Trading

Trump Wants to Create More Banks. Many Firms Are Heeding His Call.

San Francisco Rents Spike 22% in a Year, Far Outpacing Other US Cities

Americans Are About to Pay Even More at the Grocery Store

Beth Ford Wants You to Know That American Farmers Are in Crisis

The All-Consuming AI Boom Forces Private Credit to Break a Taboo

Anthropic’s Latest AIs Are Making Some Customers Uneasy

Samsung Unions Approve Pay Deal That Highlights Inequality of A.I. Age

At the Epicenter of A.I., Pope Leo’s Warnings Are Dismissed

Climate Venture Firm Leaning Into AI With New $150 Million Fund

Why Huawei’s New Chipmaking Plan Has Investors Buzzing

Taiwan Said to Suspect Nvidia Chips Smuggled to China Via Japan

Memory Chip Frenzy Sends SK Hynix, Micron Into $1 Trillion Club

How SpaceX Is Structured to Favor Elon Musk

Why Spirit Airlines Failed

Airbnb and Uber Are Competing to Be the Next Big Travel Super App

Xi Jinping Quit Smoking. China Still Cannot

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Posted by on May 27th, 2026 at 7:03 am


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