Morning News: August 6, 2026

The Iran War Should Be the End of the Jones Act

ConocoPhillips Names New CEO as Profit Boosted by Climbing Oil Prices

In His Endless Search for Tariff Authority, Trump Spends Our Reputation

‘Sell America’ Debate Re-Emerges as US Policies Sow Some Doubts

Rubio’s Attack on the International Criminal Court Is Un-American

Max Miller Is Testing Trumpism Without Trump

What the Stock Market’s Record Rally Has to Do With Rescuing the Yen

Savers Beware of Creeping Financial Repression

Scott Bessent’s Yen Trade Has Unintended Consequences for the Markets

Bessent Declares Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor ‘Dead’

Wall Street’s Tokenization Boom Sparks Debate Over Risks

The Supreme Court Quietly Killed SEC Independence

SK Hynix Hit by Another 30% Pre-Market Flash Crash on Nextrade

Hedge Funds Take Big Hit in July After Bruising AI Selloff

Hedge Fund Turning Up Pressure on Voya Financial to Sell Itself

Situational Awareness Returns to Investing With $400 Million Bet

Armed With $10 Billion, Sequoia’s Leaders Plan Its New Era

Young Men Who Trade Stocks Daily Feel Like Failures

The Customer Always Comes Before the Shareholder

Why So Many C.E.O.s Are Getting a Chief of Staff

How the Push to Get Kids Off Social Media Went Global

OpenAI Models Joined Forces Months Ahead of Hugging Face Hack

Google Shifts AI Leadership to California in Race Against Anthropic, OpenAI

What’s Behind the A.I. Shake-Up at Google

AI’s Volatile Power Demand Is Damaging Its Own Data Centers

Heavy Energy Consumption Is the Greatest Feature of Data Centers

The Investors Whose SpaceX Shares Vanished Before They Could Cash In

How Apple and India Built an Alternative iPhone Production Hub

China’s Unitree Seeks $904 Million in First Mainland Robotic IPO

Paramount’s Stalled $110 Billion Warner Deal Wins UK Nod

USW Leaders Let Grudges Stall Steelworkers

Climate Change Made Canada’s Forests Much More Likely to Burn

How Novo Nordisk’s CEO Says He Is Shifting the Company’s Perspective

Peloton Gives Disappointing Outlook in Setback to Comeback Bid

Crocs Has a Trick for Dodging Taxes: a Tiny Office in Malta

Keurig Dr Pepper Posts Higher Sales as Separation Work Continues

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Posted by on August 6th, 2026 at 7:09 am


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