Morning News: July 2, 2026

Oil Extends Slide as More Barrels Flow Through Strait of Hormuz

July Heat Wave Threat to Keep European Power Prices Elevated

Europe’s Crisis Is Energy Poverty, Not a Heat Wave

EU Struggles to Find Consensus to Confront China on Trade

What Germany’s Economic Overhaul Means for Its Economy

China’s Private Refiners Snap Up Middle East Oil as Prices Slide

The Fed Can’t Overwhelm Congress’s Excessive Tax Powers

Warren Urges Fed’s Waller To Halt Work On Reserve Bank Proposal

A.I. Is Reshaping the Economy. Good Luck Measuring How.

Why the Jobs Market Has Wall Street and Washington on Edge

US Payrolls Undershoot Estimates, Jobless Rate Dips

Hiring Slowed in June, Unemployment Rate Ticked Down

A Regressive, Hidden Tax Americans Will Soon Know Well

Don’t Worry, The U.S. Is Not Going the Way of Socialism

Minneapolis Offers a Blueprint for How to Beat MAGA

Trump Is Laughing All the Way to the Crypto Bank

SEC Probes Alleged Insider Trades That Cost Susquehanna

‘Jealous’ Dimon Is Pushing JPMorgan to Catch Europe’s Fintechs

SpaceX Analyst Debut Set to Test $2.2 Trillion Valuation

One Leveraged ETF Is Reshaping Trading in World’s Top AI Memory Stock

Meta Looks to Make Money From Its AI Spending Binge

OpenAI Proposes Giving the US Government a 5% Stake, FT Says

Ford Mistook AI for a Quick Fix. It’s Not Alone

Porsche and Other Luxury Car Icons Are Losing Appeal in China

Jaguar’s Electric Future: Curves Are Out, and Blunt Is In

The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America Miserable

The Future of Sport on an Overheating Planet

Americans Are Paying Record Prices for Steak. Here’s Why Demand Isn’t Cracking

Consumers Shun Mid-Sized Packs Amid Price Squeeze, Nestle Says

Inside the Multimillion Dollar Saga to Make a Naturally Blue M&M

Big Brewers Are Making an Outsize Bet on Tiny Cans of Beer

Chanel Is Buying the World’s Oldest Shirt Maker

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Posted by on July 2nd, 2026 at 7:04 am


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