Morning News: July 8, 2026

Trump Vents Anger With Iran and Warns Ceasefire May Be ‘Over’

Oil Prices Jump and Stocks Drop After Trump Says Iran Deal Is ‘Over’

Oil Wildcatters Seek a Piece of Venezuela Despite Quakes

NATO Weighs Scrapping 2027 Summit to Avoid Tensions With Trump

Trump Renews Call to End Trade With ‘Terrible Partner’ Spain

Trump Promised a Foreign Investment Boom. It’s Getting Harder to Deliver.

US Trade Deficit Widens in May to Biggest in More Than a Year

‘How to Win a Trade War’ Review: The Times of Tariffs

China Extends US Soybean Buying Spree as Trade Thaw Continues

The Supreme Court’s Originalism Is Dead, Dead, Dead

Signing Paperwork Won’t Stop Government Leaks

Will Quantum Crack Crypto? Why Bitcoin Owners Worry

Trump-Backed Company Behind Family Crypto Wealth in Talks to Sell Core Business

“Experts” Quite Simply Don’t Hold a Candle To Markets

UniCredit Nears Control of Commerzbank After Takeover Push

Citi’s Tokenized Shares Test Whether Transparency Remains the Price of Liquidity

Leveraged Stock ETFs Are as Stable as a Row of Dominoes

Pricey Credit Markets Fuel Rise of Funds That Can Buy Anything

When Uncle Sam Turns Venture Capitalist, What Could Go Wrong?

Nvidia’s $1 Trillion Slide Sends Valuation to Pre-AI Boom Levels

Prediction Markets Can Work Without Money on the Line

Clash of Florida Titans Pits Powerful Tribe Against Homebuilder Lennar

Low Birth Rate Risks Creating US Housing Glut Over Coming Decade

Global M&A Surged This Year With Massive AI Deals, Mergermarket Says

Anthropic and OpenAI Face a New Threat from China

Data Centers Aren’t Crowding Out Investment, They’re Expanding It

Apple to Spend $30 Billion on U.S.-Made Chips From Broadcom

SpaceX Analysts Are From Mars, Investors Are From Venus

FanDuel Says US World Cup Game Brought Record Bettors for Soccer

How an Italian Bike-Parts Pioneer Fell Behind at the Tour de France

White House Pressures Top U.S. Grocers on Beef Prices

Germans Don’t Love Budweiser. It Won’t Take No for an Answer.

Why Smucker’s $5 Billion Bet on the Twinkie Flopped

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