Friday's News Links

[CNBC] Dow futures tumble 500 points after hot wholesale inflation reading, tech stocks decline: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] CoreWeave Shares Slide After Heavy Spending Alarms Investors

[CNBC] Core wholesale prices rose 0.8% in January, much more than expected

[CNBC] U.S. and Iran wrap up ‘most intense’ nuclear talks with no deal — more negotiations ahead

[Axios] Top U.S. commander in the Middle East briefs Trump on Iran options

[Axios] U.S. evacuates Israel embassy staff as Trump's Iran decision looms

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Apollo Private Credit Fund Marks Down Portfolio on Soured Loans

[CNBC] Private equity enters its ‘Darwinian’ era as experts warn some funds face extinction

[AP] Pakistan’s defense minister says that there is now ‘open war’ with Afghanistan after latest strikes

[Reuters] Pakistan bombs targets in Afghan cities, minister calls it 'open war

[Bloomberg] Global Credit Spreads Widen Most in Months as Strains Mount

[Bloomberg] Credit Fears Put Blue Owl on Track For Worst Month Since 2022

[Bloomberg] OpenAI Finalizes $110 Billion Funding at $730 Billion Valuation

[Bloomberg] Federal Reserve and US Attorney Remain Deadlocked Over Subpoenas

[Bloomberg] Deep Inside Putin’s War Machine, the Pain Is Starting to Show

[Bloomberg] El Niño Is Returning With Another Stark Warning

[NYT] The Warning Signs Flashing From the Tech-Heavy Bloat of the S&P 500

[WSJ] China Moves to Tame Yuan Rally by Slashing Shorting Costs

[FT] US warns it will axe all Anthropic agreements without Pentagon deal

[FT] Tett: Power failure could undermine America’s AI ambitions

[FT] Economic nationalism is just getting started 

[FT] Pakistan bombs Kabul and Taliban strongholds