Tuesday Evening Links

[Reuters] Dow, S&P 500 end higher with Walmart and other retailers

[CNBC] Homebuyers are backing out of more deals as high mortgage rates persist and recession fears linger

[AP] US West hit with water cuts but rebuffs call for deeper ones

[Bloomberg] America’s Winter Lettuce Hub Set to Bear Brunt of Water Cuts

[WSJ] Drought Devastates U.S. Cotton Harvest

[WSJ] China’s Ambassador Accuses U.S. of Exacerbating Crisis Over Taiwan

[FT] Gas markets leap on both sides of Atlantic as traders search for supplies