Morning News: August 21, 2026

Spike in ‘Dark’ Oil Tankers in Gulf Raises Risk of Catastrophic Spills

Carney Bets Canada Can Live With Tariffs to Unlock Investment

US Automakers Need More Than Peace With Canada

U.S. to Boost Beef Imports to Address High Prices, Trump Says

World’s Oldest Bank Is Having a Wild Year, Even by Its Standards

It Didn’t Take Long for the White House to Undermine the Fed

How the A.I. Borrowing Binge Helps Drive Up Government Bond Yields

What the Bond Market Swings Mean for Your Money

US Corporate AI Debt Surge Tests Investor Limits as Fatigue Emerges

Investing in Bonds? Be Careful

Can Bessent’s ‘Big Tool Kit’ Calm Bond Investors?

Sell America? This Time, the Trader Hyperbole Risks Bearing Out

US Stock Futures Gain as Nasdaq 100 Looks to Snap Five-Day Slump

Several Big Brokerages Leave Customer Accounts Open to Theft, Senators Say

What Back-to-School Says About the Economy

America Is About to Get More Expensive

Why ‘Democratic Socialism’ Will Never, Ever Cost $200 Trillion

If Rising Rates Were Enough to End a Bull Market, We’d Have Entered a Bear Market Long Ago

Why the Stock Market Has to Crash

Non-Profits Want Your Trust. Now the IRS Wants Them to Earn It

Tricolor Fallout Fuels Boom in Business for Collateral Checkers

Anthropic Aims for SpaceX’s IPO Record

Rogue AI Is a Scary But Fixable Problem

Software Firms Deploy Bluster and Buybacks to Counter AI Fears

Politicians Turn Against Data Centers as Anger Over AI Spreads

DeepSeek Unveils Test Model to Rival Anthropic’s Opus 4.8

Nvidia in Talks to Invest in Data-Center Power Developer Cloverleaf Infrastructure

Gold, Gems and Rare Earths Fuel a Civil War of Epic Proportions

Moderna and Merck’s Cancer Vaccine Is the Advance We’ve Been Waiting For

Why Some of America’s Biggest Brands Are Losing Ground in China

Group Chats Might Be Full of Affiliate Links Soon

Ross Stores Boosts Outlook on Growing Demand for Off-Price Retail

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Posted by on August 21st, 2026 at 7:03 am


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