| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. XVII - Issue #246 | Mar. 09, 2018 |
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Global Financial Markets Reckoning
Ever since it bottomed out at the end of March 2009, the overall market capitalization has been reaching out to its March 31, 2000, peak. How will markets react when the debt-stressed consumers decide to bank their gains from the tax cut, instead of spending the money? ... Read more
A Fractured World: Nationalist Insurgency & Trade Wars
Is the global liberal order in danger? After decades when the world has been dominated by the United States as their influence remained unrivaled in so many segments (economy, U.S. Dollar, trade and defense) over the rest of the globe, are there strategic alliances or emerging global trends that could potentially shake the world order as we know it? ... Read more
A Glance At World's Insightful News
In Focus: ECB, EUROPEAN UNION, CHINA, INDIA, ITALY, JAPAN, USA - OPEC & non-OPEC
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The treaty that created NATO did not contemplate an attack by one ally on another. A seizure of Greenland by President Trump would test the endurance of the mutual-defense pact.
By Lara Jakes
The New York Times, Jan. 15, 2026
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, is accused by U.S. prosecutors of drug trafficking and is linked to repression at home, yet remains a powerful figure.
By Genevieve Glatsky
The New York Times, Jan. 15, 2026
Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal.
By Ali Watkins
The New York Times, Jan. 15, 2026
Plus, Trump’s longstanding fixation with other countries’ oil, and the weather in Greenland’s capital city
By Ed Ballard
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15, 2026
World’s largest money manager benefited from buoyant markets last year
By Jack Pitcher
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15, 2026
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Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point.
By David M. Halbfinger
The New York Times, Jan. 15, 2026
The top executive of the crypto exchange Coinbase scuttled a planned Senate committee vote on a major cryptocurrency bill after voicing his concerns, a sign of the company’s clout.
By David Yaffe-Bellany
The New York Times, Jan. 15, 2026
History suggests that the price of oil and a wider distribution of wealth are as important as foreign investment.
By Noam Scheiber
The New York Times, Jan. 15, 2026
Paramount lawsuit tried to force a rapid release of information, but the court ruled there was no urgency to the request
By Lauren Thomas
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15, 2026
Repsol expects fourth-quarter production of 544,000 boed, down 1.8% on year
By Adam Whittaker
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15, 2026
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The judiciary said that Erfan Soltani was not sentenced to death, Iranian state media reported. His case has drawn attention to the fate of the arrested demonstrators.
By Abdi Latif Dahir
The New York Times, Jan. 15, 2026
This week, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo released fraught earnings reports as President Trump’s threatened cap on credit card rates loomed large.
By Rob Copeland
The New York Times, Jan. 15, 2026
A deal, if completed, would likely involve Ford buying BYD batteries for its factories outside the U.S.
By Ryan Felton and Raffaele Huang
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15, 2026
Morgan Stanley also benefited from surge in activity last year
By AnnaMaria Andriotis
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15, 2026
The medical-technology company aims to bolster its cardiovascular portfolio
By Colin Kellaher
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15, 2026
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