Morning News: October 21, 2026

Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Crippled Ukraine’s Drones and Sowed Panic in Kyiv

Oil Rises as Mideast Ship Attacks Mount But Hormuz Flows Persist

Britain Approves Long-Stalled Gas Drilling Project in the North Sea

Trump’s Arm-Twisting for a New York Pipeline May End in Regret

Bond Selloff Revives Debate About Euro Zone Banks’ ‘Doom Loop’

The AI Boom Is Setting Up the Fed for a Rate Seesaw

Sticky Inflation Is Testing the Fed’s Resolve

The Treasury Market’s New Power Brokers Are Pickier Than Ever

Contra Bloomberg News, U.S. Taxes Aren’t “Too Low”

Are Dividend ETFs a Shortcut to Early Retirement?

How Trump Accounts Have Attracted the World’s Wealthiest Donors

It’s No Secret What the Best Financial Advice for Retirement Is — But Most People Ignore It Anyway

Todd Boehly Defiant in Pivotal Moment for Billionaire-Owned Insurers

Senator Asks 4 Accounting Giants to Describe Malta Tax Advice

Why Your Home Insurance Costs More Than Your Property Tax

Governments Take Websites Offline After PHP Security Warnings

Meta Earnings Will Provide a Gut Check for Struggling AI Trade

Nvidia CEO Huang Pushes Europe on All Industries Adopting AI

Asia’s Chip Exports Soar as AI Bubble Debate Rages

SpaceX Boosts the A.I. Rally

SpaceX, Tesla Boards Study Possible $3.5 Trillion Merger

The Biggest Blue Origin Investment Opportunity May Not Be Blue Origin

How Toyota’s Top-Selling SUV Suddenly Became So Hard to Find

FAA Clears the Way for Airlines to Put Boeing’s Long-Delayed 737 Max 10 into Service

A Battle for Control of India’s Biggest Business Empire

Netflix Is Great at Making Money. Its Problem Is Keeping Viewers Hooked

Daily Pill to Keep Breast Cancer Away Is Roche’s Next Frontier Drug

Abbott Spins Off Embattled Business That Sells Baby Formula

How Coca-Cola Got Burned With a $5 Billion Bet on Costa Coffee

Starbucks China Will Require Purchases to Sit in Its Cafes

Eight Years Ago, Saudi Women Couldn’t Attend Football Matches. Now They’re Playing in Them

Philip Morris Profit Falls Despite Higher Sales

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Posted by on October 21st, 2026 at 7:09 am


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