Sunday's News Links

[AP] At least 64 dead after Helene’s deadly march across the Southeast

[Axios] Tropical Storm Helene is catastrophic for western NC mountains

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Prospect of Second Big Fed Cut Hinges on Powell and Jobs Report

[AP] US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike

[Yahoo Finance] Wall Street forms super teams to fight for $1.7 trillion private credit market

[Reuters] Israel pounds Lebanon, pressuring Hezbollah after killing its leader

[Reuters] Russia's Lavrov warns West against 'fight to victory with a nuclear power'

[Reuters] Taiwan on alert over 'multiple waves' of missile firing in inland China

[Bloomberg] Shanghai Eases Homebuying Rules As China Extends Supports

[WSJ] Floods, Mud and Landslides Add to Helene’s Damage

[WSJ] ‘Three New York Cities’ Worth of Power: AI Is Stressing the Grid

[WSJ] Will China’s Surprise Stimulus Work?

[FT] Freight rates rise as companies plan for costly US port strike

[FT] Shigeru Ishiba’s election as Japan’s next leader expected to rattle stock market

[FT] Energy demand for cooling in global cities to soar, says report

[FT] Killing of Hassan Nasrallah hits at heart of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’

Saturday's News Links

[Reuters] Israel kills Hezbollah leader Nasrallah in airstrike

[CNN Live Updates] Hezbollah confirms leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Israeli strike

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Helene Pummels US South With Worst Flooding in a Century

[AP] Dozens dead and millions without power after Helene’s deadly march across southeastern US

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Jobs data to test US stock market's soft-landing hopes

[Reuters] Boeing wage talks break off without progress to end strike, union says

[Yahoo Finance] House-rich consumers are using their homes to help them get out of debt

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Charting the Global Economy: China Opens Up Stimulus Flood Gates

[NYT] What to Know About Homeowners Insurance After Hurricane Helene

[WSJ] AI Data Center Boom Spurs Race to Find Power

[WSJ] Russia and China Defy the West Deep in the Arctic

[FT] After Nasrallah’s death, the Middle East braces itself