Monday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise as Dip Buyers Step In After Selloff: Markets Wrap 

[Yahoo Finance] Microsoft reportedly cancels some data center leases amid $80 billion AI push

[Axios] Inside the proposed U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] EU Expands Tariff List in Trump’s Looming Metals Trade Dispute

[AP] UN rejects US resolution urging an end to the war in Ukraine without noting Russian aggression

[Axios] How Russia's war on Ukraine reshaped the energy world

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold ETFs drew largest weekly inflow since March 2022, says WGC

[Bloomberg] Bessent, Republicans in Congress to Hold Weekly Tax Cut Meetings

[Bloomberg] Mexico Studies Tariffs on China in Bid to Strike Deal With Trump

[Bloomberg] Merz in Talks With Allies to Rush Through German Defense Funding

[Bloomberg] Companies Flood Bond Market in Second-Busiest Day This Month

[WSJ] Putin, Xi Reaffirm Ties on Anniversary of Ukraine War

[WSJ] German Vote Boosts Europe’s Centrists, as Merz Seeks ‘Independence From U.S.’

[FT] Friedrich Merz weighs using outgoing parliament to loosen debt brake