Thursday Afternoon Links

[CNBC] S&P 500 rises as Wall Street tries to rebound from sell-off: Live updates

[Yahoo/Reuters] Oil surges 5% after US sanctions Russian firms Rosneft, Lukoil

[Yahoo/Reuters] US existing home sales hit 7-month high; affordability remains a challenge

[AP] Average long-term US mortgage rate drops to 6.19%, lowest level in more than a year

[AP] Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, high-profile cryptocurrency figure

[Reuters] Exclusive: China state oil majors suspend Russian oil buys due to sanctions, sources say

[Reuters] BOJ sees signs of overheating in Japan's stock market

[Bloomberg] China’s Soybean Feud With Trump Leaves US Farmers With Huge Crops and Few Buyers

[Bloomberg] Private Credit Begins Sacrificing Secrecy to Draw in Retail Cash

[Bloomberg] Crypto M&A Surges 30-Fold as Niche Firms Shift to Mainstream

[Bloomberg] Two Russian Jets Violate Lithuanian Airspace for 18 Seconds

[NYT] U.S. to Begin Investigation Into China’s Compliance With 2020 Trade Deal

[WSJ] What Credit-Card Trends Tell Us About the U.S. Consumer, in Charts

[WSJ] Republicans Warn Shutdown Will Hit Air-Traffic Controllers

[WSJ] U.S. Trade War Drives Canada to Fast-Track Port Expansion

[FT] Can Trump stop India and China from buying Russian oil?

[FT] America’s risky gunboat diplomacy around Venezuela