Recent developments indicate Iran inflicted extensive damage on Qatar's LNG facility, **oil prices briefly topped $110 after attacks on Gulf energy facilities, and the US relaxed sanctions on Venezuela's PDVSA amid a global energy squeeze**.

• Iran inflicts ‘extensive damage’ on site of world’s largest LNG facility in Qatar — Financial Times -
• US relaxes sanctions on Venezuela’s PDVSA amid global energy squeeze — Financial Times -
• Oil prices briefly top $110 after attacks on Gulf energy facilities — Financial Times -

• FirstFT: Pakistan and Afghanistan pause hostilities after Kabul attack — Financial Times -
• Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• Opinion | Iran’s Ayatollahs Attack the Idea of the U.A.E. — Wall Street Journal -
• Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• Russia considers sending armed naval patrols to protect ‘shadow fleet’ — Financial Times -
• Energy Facilities Attacked in Iran and Qatar, Sending Prices Soaring — The New York Times Business -
• U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Rise by 6.2 Million Barrels — Wall Street Journal -
• Trump Suspends Jones Act to Ease Oil Shipping Rules and Gas Price Pressures — The New York Times Business -
• US intelligence chief struggles to avoid contradicting Trump on Iran war — Financial Times -
• How Waiving the Jones Act for Oil Tankers Would Work — Wall Street Journal -
• UK to procure more anti-drone missiles in show of support for Gulf allies — Financial Times -
• America’s war on Iran is a gift to Vladimir Putin — Financial Times -
• Silver linings to the heavy cloud of higher energy prices — Financial Times -
• Takaichi set for high-stakes meeting with Trump over Iran — Financial Times -
• How hard will war hit the Gulf’s economies? — Financial Times -
• Two shipments of Russian oil and gas head to Cuba in defiance of US — Financial Times -
• Opinion | Kissinger Helped Create the World’s Oil Reserves — Wall Street Journal -
• Opinion | Nixing the Jones Act Is Short-Term Thinking — Wall Street Journal -
• Ithaca says policy clarity puts Cambo oil and gas project closer to approval — Financial Times -
• Oil price surge will hurt US growth and fuel inflation, say economists — Financial Times -
• Green Party leader pledges £8.4bn to stop UK energy bills rising — Financial Times -
• Netanyahu’s Iran ‘fixation’ finds its moment in Trump — Financial Times -
• How can the UK shield households from higher energy bills? — Financial Times -
• Asia Turns Back to Coal as War Chokes Off Natural Gas — The New York Times Business -
• Trump’s war will boost the clean energy sector he despises — Financial Times -
• Asian Refiners Lock in Russian Crude Early Amid Middle East Shortages — Wall Street Journal -
• Why This Jump in Gas Prices Feels Different — The New York Times Business -
• European Gas Price Slips But Remains High as Supply Strains Mount — Wall Street Journal -
• EU countries see echoes of Syrian migration crisis in Iran war fears — Financial Times -
• Trump has broken it. Now he owns it — Financial Times -
• Iran still seen capable of escalating attacks on Gulf’s energy — Financial Times -
• The sum of all fears for Lebanon — Financial Times -
• Europe’s airlines eye opportunities from Iran war fallout — Financial Times -
• Iran conflict turns shipping market into ‘wild west’ — Financial Times -
• UAE set to show leniency on tax rules for expats leaving to avoid Iran war — Financial Times -
• ‘Philosophical differences’: Iran war exposes rifts in Trump’s Maga base — Financial Times -

Recent developments indicate Powell will remain as Fed Chair until a successor is confirmed, the Fed held rates steady as war in Iran upends the economic outlook, and Fed chief Jay Powell said the Iran oil crisis will worsen US inflation.

• Powell Says He Will Remain as Fed Chair Until Successor Is Confirmed — The New York Times Business -
• Fed Holds Rates Steady as War in Iran Upends the Economic Outlook — The New York Times Business -
• Fed chief Jay Powell says Iran oil crisis will worsen US inflation — Financial Times -

• Here are five takeaways from the Federal Reserve meeting. — The New York Times Business -
• Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares — Financial Times -
• Fed sticks with plans to cut rates even as Iran war sends energy prices soaring — Financial Times -
• Fed holds rates and sticks to single cut projection for 2026 — Financial Times -
• Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady as Iran war upends the economic outlook. — The New York Times Business -
• Christopher A. Sims, 83, Dies; Won Nobel on Ways to Steer the Economy — The New York Times Business -
• Two Measures, Two Stories About Inflation — The New York Times Business -
• Trump Renews Demand for Rate Cuts as Fed Grapples With War in Iran — The New York Times Business -
• Trump ally warns US economy not strong enough to cope with Iran war — Financial Times -
• How to read the Fed’s projections like a pro. — The New York Times Business -
• What the Fed’s rate decision means for your finances — The New York Times Business -
• Economists raise UK inflation forecasts after energy costs surge — Financial Times -
• Recession by Tyler Goodspeed — a myth-busting guide to economic contractions — Financial Times -
• K-shaped consumer credit — Financial Times -
• UK price gap between first-time properties and bigger homes at record high — Financial Times -

Recent developments indicate big banks' wealth units told Janus Henderson to reject a Victory deal, Five Below posted higher fourth-quarter profit as shoppers hunted for value, and Micron sales nearly tripled amid tight memory supply.

• Big Banks’ Wealth Units Tell Janus Henderson to Reject Victory Deal — Wall Street Journal -
• Five Below Posts Higher Fourth-Quarter Profit as Shoppers Hunt for Value Over the Holidays — Wall Street Journal -
• Micron Sales Nearly Triple Amid Tight Memory Supply — Wall Street Journal -

• Unilever and Kraft Heinz held talks over food merger uniting ketchup and mayo — Financial Times -
• BofA pitches bets against European private credit — Financial Times -
• Williams-Sonoma Shrugs Off Lower Fourth-Quarter Results With Upbeat Forecast — Wall Street Journal -
• General Mills Struggles Persist as Turnaround Efforts Weigh on Results — Wall Street Journal -
• Ingredients for a successful LBO: lots of equity, and some Trump stardust — Financial Times -
• Kirkland defies private equity downturn with record $11mn partner pay — Financial Times -
• UniCredit CEO Vows to Be More Proactive on Commerzbank After Offer — Wall Street Journal -
• Jabil Lifts Outlook as Profit, Revenue Rise — Wall Street Journal -
• Macy’s Same-Store Sales Boosted by Bloomingdale’s While Guidance Mixed — Wall Street Journal -
• HelloFresh Shares Fall on Weak Guidance — Wall Street Journal -
• Tencent Profit Beats Again on Strong Gaming, Marketing Revenue — Wall Street Journal -
• Bollore Shares Climb After Proposed Extra Shareholder Returns — Wall Street Journal -
• Elliott Builds Stake in Japan Shipping Giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines — Wall Street Journal -
• David Zaslav, once upon a time in Hollywood — Financial Times -
• Banks prepare to offload $18bn in debt tied to EA take-private deal — Financial Times -
• Now it’s Paramount that faces one battle after another — Financial Times -
• BHP Names Americas Chief Brandon Craig as CEO — Wall Street Journal -
• Li Ka-shing builds cash pile as Hong Kong family empire looks to its next deal — Financial Times -

Recent developments indicate an **Australian GPS-alternative unicorn raised $110 million for expansion, AI can help find a home, and cyborg cockroaches are coming to a pipeline near you**.

• Australian GPS-Alternative Unicorn Raises $110 Million for Expansion — Wall Street Journal -
• Can AI help me find a home? — Financial Times -
• Cyborg cockroaches are coming to a pipeline near you — Financial Times -

• The Cost of the A.I. Boom: A Trade Deficit the President Detests — The New York Times Business -
• The Cost of the A.I. Boom: A Trade Deficit the President Detests — The New York Times Business -
• Microsoft weighs legal action over $50bn Amazon-OpenAI cloud deal — Financial Times -
• AI chatbots often validate delusions and suicidal thoughts, study finds — Financial Times -
• Chinese tech enthusiasts ‘raise lobsters’ in latest AI craze — Financial Times -

Recent developments indicate **new CEO Josh D’Amaro wants Disney’s flywheel to spin faster, the F.D.A. investigates 7 E. Coli illnesses linked to raw dairy, and Walmart wins patents to give algorithms more sway over prices**.

• New CEO Josh D’Amaro Wants Disney’s Flywheel to Spin Faster — Wall Street Journal -
• F.D.A. Investigates 7 E. Coli Illnesses as Raw Dairy Farm Denies Any Link — The New York Times Business -
• Walmart wins patents to give algorithms more sway over prices — Financial Times -

• Would You Spend $1,000 a Month on Supplements? — Wall Street Journal -
• Richard Mauer, Reporter Who Probed Corruption in Alaska, Dies at 76 — The New York Times Business -
• Body Scrub, Concealer and Shoe Trinkets Star in Brands’ ‘Microdramas’ — Wall Street Journal -
• How Scientists Unlocked the Secret of a $400 Skin Cream: Playing Music to Kelp — Wall Street Journal -
• East London’s barbecue restaurant boom — Financial Times -
• The Stubborn Billionaire Behind the L.A. Times’s Revamp — Wall Street Journal -

Recent developments indicate Venezuela replaced its longstanding defence minister in a cabinet reshuffle, Brendan Carr and the TikTok Dodge spark opinion, and **Orbán and the ‘Green Deal’ pollute a Hungarian city**.

• Venezuela replaces longstanding defence minister in cabinet reshuffle — Financial Times -
• Opinion | Brendan Carr and the TikTok Dodge — Wall Street Journal -
• Opinion | Orbán and the ‘Green Deal’ Pollute This Hungarian City — Wall Street Journal -

• Starmer calls on Badenoch to sack shadow minister over Muslim prayer comments — Financial Times -
• UK immigration reforms could be softened, Starmer signals after Rayner criticism — Financial Times -
• Cesar Chavez Abuse Allegations Stun California Labor Movement — Wall Street Journal -
• Pakistan and Afghanistan pause hostilities after Kabul hospital attack — Financial Times -
• Best Small-Business Loans in March 2026 — Wall Street Journal -
• Best Business Debt Consolidation Loans in March 2026 — Wall Street Journal -
• Game bird shooting in England faces stricter regulation — Financial Times -
• Sweden’s Candela Raises Capital to Scale Its Electric Ferries Ahead of Potential IPO — Wall Street Journal -
• Weighing the Costs of Corporate Silence — The New York Times Business -
• How the world learned to love the bomb — Financial Times -
• ‘Steroid Olympics’ company to start selling peptides after Kennedy signals deregulation — Financial Times -
• What Reeves misses in pursuit of ‘securonomics’ — Financial Times -
• How Epstein Collected Insider Tips on Stocks and Startups From His Network — Wall Street Journal -
• Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Push to Cleanse His Past Online — The New York Times Business -
• UK’s nuclear research body consults on plans to cut about 200 jobs — Financial Times -
• Suspicions grow that China is exploiting FOI laws to gather UK security data — Financial Times -
• UK fights to keep selling more potent cannabis products in EU ‘reset’ talks — Financial Times -
• Texas makes its pitch to lure corporate America to ‘Y’all Street’ — Financial Times -
• Meloni’s big gamble — Financial Times -
• EU small parcels tax will not halt flood of Chinese goods, top official warns — Financial Times -
• After Nations — empires and the making of our shifting world order — Financial Times -
• Investing in Nigeria — Financial Times -
• Nigeria struggles to contain spreading security crisis — Financial Times -
• Nigeria’s old guard still holds the cards in a young nation — Financial Times -
• Investors rush in amid Nigeria’s drive to shake up bond markets — Financial Times -
• Pardoned for Fraud, a CEO Mounts His Comeback: ‘We Can Trust You Now’ — Wall Street Journal -