This section details the surge in oil and gas prices following the Iran war, the G7's emergency discussions on oil reserves, and the broader economic risks including inflation and stagflation impacting various global economies.

• As Oil Prices Rise, the War With Iran Becomes a Worldwide Economic Hazard — The New York Times Business -
• Oil Prices Offer Up a Stunning Reversal — Wall Street Journal -
• Opinion | A Strategic Petroleum Reserve Red Herring — Wall Street Journal -

• Air New Zealand Withdraws Guidance, Citing Jet Fuel Volatility — Wall Street Journal -
• U.S. Reaches Tentative Deal Ending Prosecution of Turkish Bank — The New York Times Business -
• FirstFT: Oil falls below $90 as Trump suggests Iran war could be over soon — Financial Times -
• How the Iran War Could Hit Americans’ Wallets — The New York Times Business -
• U.S. and Western Allies Turn to Reserves to Counteract Gulf Oil Crisis — Wall Street Journal -
• Opinion | How the Iran War Ends — Wall Street Journal -
• Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• The rise of Mojtaba Khamenei — Financial Times -
• Stocks Rebound After Trump Says Iran War Is ‘Very Complete’ — The New York Times Business -
• Oil Is Already Near a Price That Hurts the Economy — Wall Street Journal -
• US reaches agreement to end prosecution of Turkey’s Halkbank — Financial Times -
• G7 ‘stands ready’ to release emergency oil reserves — Financial Times -
• British aircraft carrier will not be sent to Middle East, say officials — Financial Times -
• Oil Prices Spike to Over $110 a Barrel, Highest Since Pandemic — The New York Times Business -
• ‘The Old Game Is Back’: Oil Is a Potent Geopolitical Tool Again — The New York Times Business -
• For China, Billions of Dollars Are at Risk From a Widening War — The New York Times Business -
• Can Reeves afford to shield households from an energy shock? — Financial Times -
• Countries in Asia Try to Contain the Economic Fallout of the Mideast Conflict — The New York Times Business -
• Stocks Pare Losses as Oil Slips Below $100 — Wall Street Journal -
• The déjà vu of Europe’s energy shock — Financial Times -
• Middle East crisis ‘likely’ to push UK inflation up, Rachel Reeves tells MPs — Financial Times -
• U.S. Gasoline Prices, Rising Again, Hit $3.48 a Gallon — The New York Times Business -
• Pimco sticks with bet on gilts despite market slump — Financial Times -
• Investors reverse bets on central bank rate cuts as oil crisis deepens — Financial Times -
• Crude oil price shock inflicts pain on motorists around world — Financial Times -
• G7 Countries Hold Off on Releasing Emergency Oil Supplies — The New York Times Business -
• Live Q&A: Ask Us Your Questions About Oil — Wall Street Journal -
• Will the Iran war derail the global economy? Submit your questions — Financial Times -
• Gulf desalination plants emerge as new flashpoint in Iran war — Financial Times -
• Which economies will pay the biggest price for the Iran war? — Financial Times -
• G7 discuss joint release of emergency oil reserves — Financial Times -
• About those inflation fears — Financial Times -
• Beyond the stricken Gulf, global trade is relatively calm — Financial Times -
• Investors and Trump Face an Iran Dilemma — The New York Times Business -
• Trump’s Venezuela strategy has failed in Iran — Financial Times -
• Oil, Gas Prices Surge as Iran War Forces Gulf Producers to Cut Output — Wall Street Journal -
• FirstFT: G7 ministers hold emergency oil meeting — Financial Times -
• UK should not back a war that boosts Putin — Financial Times -
• Stagflationary forces are building — Financial Times -
• Opinion | The President’s LNG Moves Put America Last — Wall Street Journal -
• EU and Middle East leaders dial in to crisis talks as war with Iran spirals — Financial Times -
• Global trading system under ‘unsustainable’ pressure, warns UK — Financial Times -
• Iran war will leave a complex geoeconomic legacy — Financial Times -
• Kharg Island: Iran’s oil lifeline that Trump has left untouched — Financial Times -
• Oil price surge risks upending global economy — Financial Times -
• China consumer prices buoyed by oil surge and lunar new year — Financial Times -
• Oil surges past $100 a barrel for the first time in four years — Financial Times -
• Stocks tumble as oil soars past $100 a barrel — Financial Times -
• Oil Prices Surge Above $100 a Barrel for the First Time in Almost Four Years — The New York Times Business -
• Middle East war day 9 as it happened: Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba becomes Iran’s supreme leader — Financial Times -

News in this area highlights Anthropic's legal challenges against the Pentagon, new AI partnerships from Nvidia and Microsoft, and the growing use of AI in business from data centers to financial strategies.

• Anthropic sues Pentagon claiming supply chain risk label could cost billions in revenue — Financial Times -
• Anthropic Sues U.S. Defense Department, Pete Hegseth for Targeting the Company — Wall Street Journal -
• An Amish Avatar and an A.I. Monk Are Pitching Supplements on Social Media — The New York Times Business -

• Goldman pitches hedge funds on strategies to bet against corporate loans — Financial Times -
• HPE Sales Rise on Networking Growth Despite Cloud and AI Decline — Wall Street Journal -
• SoftBank’s bet on OpenAI is starting to weigh — Financial Times -
• Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• Darktrace names third chief in 18 months amid US expansion drive — Financial Times -
• The Former Coal Miner in the Middle of the A.I. Data Center Boom — The New York Times Business -
• Nvidia and ABB launch partnership for AI-enabled autonomous robots — Financial Times -
• Microsoft adds Anthropic AI models to its Copilot workplace tools — Financial Times -
• Why did we ever think data centres in the Gulf were a good idea? — Financial Times -
• Opinion | Abandoned Mines Can Become Data Centers — Wall Street Journal -

Key headlines include Live Nation's tentative antitrust settlement with the Justice Department, corporate earnings and operational challenges like Vail's profit forecast cut and Air New Zealand's guidance withdrawal, and **significant M&A activity like Shell's Jiffy Lube sale**.

• Vail Forecasts Lower Profit After Sparse Snow Deters Skiers — Wall Street Journal -
• Live Nation Reaches Tentative Deal With Justice Department in Antitrust Case — Wall Street Journal -
• National Bureau of Economic Research Cuts Ties With Larry Summers — Wall Street Journal -

• Concert promoter Live Nation settles US monopoly case over ticket sales — Financial Times -
• Live Nation, Ticketmaster’s Owner, Settles Antitrust Case With Justice Dept. — The New York Times Business -
• Flying-Taxi Maker Archer Sues Joby, Accusing Rival of Playing Down Reliance on China — Wall Street Journal -
• TSA Security Lines Are Dragging On for Hours, and Airports Say to Brace for More — Wall Street Journal -
• Shell to Sell Jiffy Lube to Monomoy in $1.3 Billion Deal — Wall Street Journal -
• Hims shares shoot up after weight-loss drug deal with Novo Nordisk — Financial Times -
• Sturm Ruger Accuses Beretta of Attempting to Gain Control of Company — Wall Street Journal -
• Jefferies claims Western Alliance made ‘false’ statements over First Brands — Financial Times -
• Simon & Schuster Names Former Amazon Executive Greg Greeley as CEO — Wall Street Journal -

This topic covers concerns over critical minerals with reports of a sickened Congo town near a Chinese cobalt plant, efforts by Japan and Germany to secure raw materials, and US reliance on a bank for rare-earth mineral stockpiling.

• Investigators Say Chinese Cobalt Plant Sickened Congo Town — Wall Street Journal -
• Japan’s playbook on raw materials security is worth taking global — Financial Times -
• The Bank Trump Is Relying On for Rare-Earth Minerals — The New York Times Business -

• Germany seeks to emulate Japan in shoring up critical minerals — Financial Times -

This segment addresses congressional probes into Trump-linked financial groups, regulatory shifts such as the FDA opening doors to more flavored e-cigarettes, UK infrastructure project debates, and political figures' business ventures like Nigel Farage's bitcoin investment.

• Trump family-linked financial group probed by congressional committee over Chinese stock scams — Financial Times -
• Opinion | Information Superhighway to Nowhere — Wall Street Journal -
• Karen Petrou, Influential Fiscal Policy Analyst and Critic, Dies at 72 — The New York Times Business -

• F.D.A. Opens Door to More Flavored E-Cigarettes — The New York Times Business -
• Have a Montana License Plate in California? Officials Have an Eye on You. — The New York Times Business -
• David Lammy meets rebel MPs over cuts to jury trials — Financial Times -
• Trump sons back launch of new military drone company — Financial Times -
• The UK’s public leadership pipeline has fallen into disrepair — Financial Times -
• UK ministers urged to deliver on infrastructure projects as pipeline tops £700bn — Financial Times -
• Consumers Paid Tariffs on Overseas Items. Now They Want a Refund. — The New York Times Business -
• Trump Sons Back New Drone Company Targeting Pentagon Sales — Wall Street Journal -
• Court case against Gerry Adams opens in London — Financial Times -
• Taiwan baseball diplomacy throws curveball into China-Japan spat — Financial Times -
• Nigel Farage takes stake in bitcoin company run by Kwasi Kwarteng — Financial Times -
• Virgin Media O2 owner eyes broadband deals to take on BT Openreach — Financial Times -
• German chancellor’s party suffers narrow defeat in key regional election — Financial Times -
• Public register will require developers in England and Wales to declare land options — Financial Times -
• Is the Green Party too radical for Britain? — Financial Times -
• Farage misses out on Trump meeting as their relationship cools — Financial Times -
• How job cuts and the AfD fuelled Germany’s far-right ‘alternative union’ — Financial Times -
• Is South Korea’s dominant online retailer an American company? — Financial Times -
• China said it ended poverty. Did it? — Financial Times -
• China’s growth target is a global problem — Financial Times -

This lighter section explores evolving social phenomena like fashionable Wall Street bros and a new generation of mall rats, media personality ventures such as Ari Emanuel's podcast, and niche market trends like luxury pet grooming and new food fads.

• Talent Agent Ari Emanuel Launches His Own Podcast, ‘Rushmore’ — The New York Times Business -
• Fashionable Wall Street Bros Set Off a Social Media Storm — The New York Times Business -
• Colman McCarthy, 87, Journalist Who Waged Peace in the Classroom, Dies — The New York Times Business -

• Tell Us About Your Plans for a Longer Life — The New York Times Business -
• A $1,000 Dog Grooming Session? The Wellness Industry Is Booming. — The New York Times Business -
• The new food fad sweeping Korea — Financial Times -
• How to Prepare for Your First River Cruise — The New York Times Business -
• A New Generation of Mall Rats Has Arrived — Wall Street Journal -
• London is becoming a dip-in, dip-out city for the super-rich — Financial Times -
• A whirlwind guide to Washington’s Library of Congress — Financial Times -