Sunday, May 17, 2026

Sunday's News Links

[Reuters] Bond yield spike is risk to unprepared equities market, investors warn

[Axios] An AI hate wave is here

[AP] Drone strike sparks fire on the edge of the UAE’s nuclear power plant in latest blow to Iran truce

[Reuters] Trump's geopolitical brinkmanship has hit a wall with Iran

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Inventory Race Intensifies in Shadow of the Iran War

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Finance Chiefs to Consider World Order After Trump-Xi Reset

[AP] As electric bills rise, some states are focusing on the growing profits of utilities

[Yahoo/Telegraph] Fund manager sells off ‘fragile’ UK bonds in warning for Burnham

[Yahoo Finance] 'This is borderline mania': Wall Street sees bubble-like euphoria in AI-fueled semiconductor rally

[AP] Hawaii’s worst flooding in 20 years leaves farmers struggling and fewer veggies at the market

[Axios] Exclusive: U.S. eyes attack-drone threat from Cuba

[AP] Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia kill 4 and wound 12 others, while debris lands on a Moscow airport

[Bloomberg] US and Iran Far From Hormuz Deal as Drone Hits UAE Power Plant

[Bloomberg] Gridlock Persists in Hormuz While Blocked Tanker Sails On

[NYT] China Indicates Tariffs Were Discussed at Trump Summit

[WSJ] AI Chip Mania Sows Seeds of Its Own Destruction

[WSJ] Coal Makes a Comeback, Fueled by War in the Middle East

[FT] Record high Japanese yields trigger bets on repatriation

[FT] Deadly drone strikes on Moscow ‘entirely justified’, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy

[NYT] The Iran War Is Crippling One of the World’s Wealthiest Nations