Morning News: September 3, 2026

Trump Puts Tariffs of Up to 100% on Foreign-Made Drones

US Diesel Hits Four-Year High as Wars Strain Global Supplies

Why Trump’s Venezuela Oil Grab Is No Quick Fix for Gas Prices

Longer Middle East Deployments Strain U.S. Forces as Iran Conflict Drags On

Lloyd’s Insurance Market Sees £1.4 Billion Loss From US-Iran War

The Tiny Island Where the US and Canada Could Mend Their Rift

China-US Spat at G20 Largely Came Down to Dispute Over One Word

Yen Rallies as Intervention, BOJ Rate Risk Weigh on Wary Traders

How India Used Its Diaspora to Defend the Rupee

World’s Unusually High Dollar Exposure Risks Fueling Selloff

What’s Behind the Big Surge in US Government Bond Yields

Better Get Used to the Bond Market’s New Normal

New York’s Own Sovereign Wealth Fund? Why Not?

Fighting Illicit Finance Shouldn’t Be This Difficult

Fund Backed by Trump Sons Sold Stocks After Media Attention Drew Investors

Fewer Americans are Working or Looking for a Job. Experts Can’t Agree on Why

More Rank-and-File Workers Are Getting Paid in Company Stock

Why the Courts Struggle to Tame Big Tech

Silicon Valley’s Big Money Is About to Get a Lot Bigger

A Data Center Revolt By Historic Battlefield Is Now a Blueprint for Backlash

Don’t Blame Chinese ‘Psyops’ for Data Center Angst

Nvidia Agrees to $13 Billion Deal for AI Platform Hugging Face

AI Tax Increases Are Like the Tractor Tax Proposals of Old

The Pushback Against AI Songs Is Music to My Ears

AI’s Environmental Impact Per Task Balloons With More Complexity

Wall Street Bets on Shielding Indian Real Estate from Climate Disaster

Radiant World Sent Lender Fake Glencore Deals, Lawsuit Says

Ford’s $30,000 EV Truck Sets Ambitious Goal: 100,000 Sales in Year One

Volkswagen Shakes Up U.S. Leadership Again After Steep Sales Declines

India’s Homegrown EV Revolution

Trump’s Tactics to Lower Beef Prices and Appease Ranchers Fall Short

Campbell’s Looks to Reset After Quarterly Loss

The Next Generation of Drinkers Is Breaking Up With Bubbly Booze

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Posted by on September 3rd, 2026 at 7:08 am


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