Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Gain After US Data: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Trades in Narrow Range as IEA Trims 2024 Growth Forecast

[Reuters] Fighting intensifies between Israel and Hamas-led militants in north and south Gaza

[CNBC] Consumer prices rose 0.3% in April, less than expectations

[Yahoo Finance] Retail sales flat in April, falling short of Wall Street's expectations

[CNBC] Mortgage demand from homebuyers drops even as interest rates pull back to April lows

[Reuters] Love them or hate them, meme stocks are back

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gasoline Demand to Top 2019 Levels This Summer, Rystad Says

[Reuters] Insight: The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Top Diplomat Says US Tariffs Show Loss of ‘Sanity’

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Mulls Government Purchases of Unsold Homes to Ease Glut

[Reuters] China considers government purchases of unsold homes, Bloomberg News reports

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Italy’s Deficit Seen by EU as Bleaker Than Meloni Reckons

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bridgewater Sees 40% of Bets Go Awry as Geopolitics Impact Markets

[Reuters] Putin’s meeting with Xi in China underscores growing alliance

[Reuters] Putin backs China's Ukraine peace plan, says Beijing understands the conflict

[Axios] First major wildfires of Canada's season hit northern U.S. air quality

[NYT] Fed Chair’s Confidence in Slowing Inflation Is ‘Not as High’ as Before

[NYT] Why Is Car Insurance So Expensive?

[FT] China-Russia: an economic ‘friendship’ that could rattle the world

[FT] Vladimir Putin blasts west ahead of state visit to Beijing