| 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 Paris prosecutor’s office said it was looking into three new complaints with links to the files and revisiting an earlier investigation into an Epstein associate who died in 2022.
By Ségolène Le Stradic
The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2026
Researchers developed aluminum structures that trap air bubbles, making them able to float perpetually in even the harshest environments.
By Kenneth Chang
The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2026
Satellite imagery of secretive nuclear facilities reveals Beijing’s efforts to expand its arsenal, just as the last global guardrails on nuclear weapons vanish.
By Chris Buckley and Agnes Chang
The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2026
Critics say president wants to turn affordable facilities into upmarket properties in line with his private golfing empire
By Sujeet Indap in New York and Joe Miller in Washington
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 15, 2026
ByteDance’s AI-video creator draws buzz for its realistic scenes and a backlash over privacy and copyright
By Raffaele Huang
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 15, 2026
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Fractured politics, disruptive technologies and a distrust in institutions are making it harder to focus on the traditional tasks of growing sales and profits.
By Jordyn Holman
The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2026
Epstein’s network crossed the categories we’re used to using to divvy up American life. He was chummy with Noam Chomsky and Peter Thiel; with Steve Bannon and Kathryn Ruemmler, Barack Obama’s White House counsel; with Deepak Chopra and Howard Lutnick. This is not a network bounded by politics or industry or place.
By Ezra Klein
The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2026
‘Buy Canadian’ strategy will raise military spending to 5 per cent of GDP and boost economy, new plan says
By Ilya Gridneff in Toronto
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 15, 2026
Sell-off may be overdone, but companies need to move faster to respond to AI
By FT View
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 15, 2026
The sex offender was a founding member at the Core Club, had deep ties with its owners and frequented its spa
By Rachel Louise Ensign and Joshua Chaffin
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 15, 2026
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The views of President Trump’s administration articulated in Mr. DiNanno’s speech represent a stark break with decades of federal policy.
By William J. Broad
The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2026
President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.
By Peter Baker
The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2026
US capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro has led to tentative hopes of democracy in the oil-rich nation
By Joe Daniels and Ana Rodríguez Brazón in Caracas
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 15, 2026
Modular housing, easier access to home loans are among proposals lawmakers are working on
By Rebecca Picciotto
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 15, 2026
Extreme temperatures, record snowfall, surging energy use: This isn’t just a tough winter—it’s a historic one
By Carl Churchill and Gretchen Tarrant Gulla
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 15, 2026
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