Thursday, March 12, 2026

Friday's News Links

[CNBC] Stock futures bounce as oil prices ease slightly with S&P 500 headed for third-straight losing week: Live updates

[Reuters] Oil prices dip as Indian tanker sails out of Strait of Hormuz

[AP] Live updates: Hegseth says Iran’s new supreme leader ‘is wounded and likely disfigured’

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Warns of New Strikes on Iran as War Hits Two-Week Mark

[Reuters] US carrying out rescue effort after military aircraft crash in Iraq

[Yahoo/Reuters] US allows countries to buy Russian oil stranded at sea for 30 days

[Axios] Scoop: Trump claimed in G7 call that Iran is "about to surrender"

[Axios] Trump officials: Ship escorts to start in Strait of Hormuz "soon"

[Politico] Trump is ‘wrong’: Merz slams US decision to ease oil sanctions on Russia

[AP] US economy expanded at sluggish 0.7% in fourth quarter, government says, downgrading first estimate

[Yahoo/Reuters] US consumer spending, core PCE inflation firmer in January

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BofA’s Hartnett Warns Markets Are Starting to Look Like 2008

[Reuters] Exclusive: New US weapons for Taiwan could be approved after Trump's China trip, sources say

[Bloomberg] Europe’s Whipsawed Bond Market Puts Hedge Funds in Spotlight

[Bloomberg] Treasuries Fear Gauge Surges to Nine-Month High on War Risks

[Bloomberg] Stavridis: Three Targets for US Boots on the Ground in Iran

[Bloomberg] Iran’s New Leadership Is Betting on Endurance

[Bloomberg] Killing of Modi’s Invited Iranian Guests Strains US-India Ties

[Bloomberg] Afghanistan Says Pakistan Strike on Kabul Leaves Four Dead

[Bloomberg] China’s Credit Shows Surprise Growth as Firms Step Up Borrowing

[Bloomberg] China Urges US to Stop Taiwan Arms Sales After New Deal Report

[NYT] Globalization Faces Its Next Crisis

[WSJ] Why Bank Stocks Are Getting Beaten Up Over Private Credit

[WSJ] Eurozone Bond Yields Rise to Multimonth Highs as Brent Surpasses $100 Again

[WSJ] New U.S. Trade Probes Raise Concerns in Asia

[WSJ] The Electric Grid Needs Huge Upgrades. No One Knows Who Will Pay for Them.

[WSJ] How the Iran War Unraveled the Gulf’s Image as a Luxurious Safe Haven

[FT] How Iran’s fightback surprised the US

[FT] Adjusted EBITDA and the masking of leverage

[FT] Tett: Iran, private credit and the echoes of 2008

[FT] Iran is playing a long game

[FT] Gulf states lose $15bn in energy revenues since start of war