Morning News: July 9, 2026

Oil Prices Remain Elevated Amid Slowdown in Shipping Traffic in the Gulf

Oman Tells UN It’s Against Imposing Transit Fees in Hormuz

How the Future of Hormuz Is Testing Oman’s Balancing Act

The Memorandum of Misunderstanding’s Margin of Error

If the US Keeps Messing With This Spy Agency, It’ll Pay a High Price

Governments Must Fix Their Debt Messes Before It’s Too Late

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Agree: The US Should Have a Sovereign Wealth Fund

Cracks in the Peace-Trade Rally

US Relies More on Foreign Stock Than Debt Flows, a Dollar Risk, Deutsche Bank Warns

Actually, the American Economy Isn’t in Decline

Warsh to Get Some Inflation Relief From Upcoming PCE Makeover

Citigroup Expands Cross-Border Instant Payments to Partner Banks

Kalshi in Talks with Regulators to Expand Never-Expiring Derivatives to New Areas

ISS Is Doing Exactly What It Promised Clients It Would Not Do

Eric Trump’s Bitcoin Bet Erases $600 Million From Family Fortune

China Climate Plan Pushes Renewables in Factories, Data Centers

How Trump and AI Data Centers Are Boosting Nuclear Power

‘Hysteria’ Grips San Francisco’s Housing Market as A.I. Wealth Pours In

Reporters’ Social Media Challenge Lands With a Thud

Winning Trade of Buying Chips, Selling Software Is Falling Apart

SK Hynix US Offering Is More Than Seven Times Oversubscribed

A Startup That Builds AI Agents Used One to Raise $100 Million

Micron’s Massive Profits Are a Guarantee of Trouble

As Flying Taxis Approach, Cities Are Making Room

Starbucks Taps AI to Cut Reliance on Microsoft, IBM Software

The $80 Billion Debt Cloud Hanging Over David Ellison’s Warner Deal

Lawmakers Target the Power of Health Insurance Giants

Tobacco Stocks Are Coming in From the Cold

Buc-ee’s Is on a Rampage and No Mascot Is Safe

Why Everything Is Tiny: Maxed-Out US Shoppers Embrace ‘Mini Effect’

PepsiCo Says Tightening Shopper Budgets Hit US Snack Sales

CoverGirl Stops Chasing Gen Z to Focus on Middle-Aged Women

At the World Cup, Nike and Adidas Duel Over the Future of Soccer

Can a Workout Be a Sport?

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Posted by on July 9th, 2026 at 7:08 am


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