The Iran War continues to rattle global markets, causing stock and bond slumps and soaring oil and diesel prices, as seen in headlines like Stocks and bonds slump in tandem and The Iran War Has Diesel Prices Soaring. Concerns grow over Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz through Iran Moves to Formalize Toll Plan and Iran Keeps a Tight Grip on Strait of Hormuz, leading to a potential global food supply bottleneck as warned by Fertilizer Maker Yara.

• Gulf officials seek to calm investors as war rattles confidence — Financial Times -
• Stocks and bonds slump in tandem as Iran shock leaves investors ‘nowhere to hide’ — Financial Times -
• How markets may be affecting US military action in Iran — Financial Times -

• Stocks Keep Falling as Investor Lose Patience With the War in Iran — The New York Times Business -
• The Iran War Has Diesel Prices Soaring, and Consumers Could Pay the Price — The New York Times Business -
• Mortgage Rates Jump Again as Iran War Effects Ripple Through Housing Market — The New York Times Business -
• Global Food Supply Faces a Dangerous Bottleneck as Iran War Persists — The New York Times Business -
• US expects war against Iran to last another 2-4 weeks, Rubio tells G7 — Financial Times -
• UK diesel stockpiles at risk, warn traders — Financial Times -
• Iran Moves to Formalize Toll Plan in Strait of Hormuz — The New York Times Business -
• Asia Is Getting Crushed Between Oil Prices and the Dollar — The New York Times Business -
• Carnival Cuts Profit Outlook as Higher Fuel Costs Offset Resilient Demand — Wall Street Journal -
• Oil Prices Continue to Climb After Trump Delays Bombing Threat — The New York Times Business -
• Iran seizes assets of public figure ‘traitors’ over dissent — Financial Times -
• A helium shortage could be the next Hormuz headache — Financial Times -
• War forecasting — Financial Times -
• What the Iran war teaches America’s adversaries — Financial Times -
• Iran Keeps a Tight Grip on Strait of Hormuz, Pressuring Shipping and Energy Sectors — The New York Times Business -
• European jet fuel supplies under threat as Iran war halts flows — Financial Times -
• Resurgent Inflation Tests Faith in Fed’s Willingness to Tame It — The New York Times Business -
• Inflation hits the stomach, again — Financial Times -
• Israel deepens invasion of Lebanon — Financial Times -
• Bank of Japan normalisation set to continue amid Iran inflation threat — Financial Times -
• Oil market chaos will supercharge the electric car shift — Financial Times -
• Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares — Financial Times -
• How the Iran War Is Costing the Economy Its Buffers — The New York Times Business -
• Fertilizer Maker Yara Warns Farmers Are Being Squeezed by Price Surge Amid War — Wall Street Journal -
• Major Australian LNG Plants Suffer Outages as Cyclone Hits — Wall Street Journal -
• FirstFT: Trump extends Iran deadline after biggest market sell-off of war — Financial Times -
• Yanbu Exports at Record Pace as Saudi Bypasses Hormuz — Wall Street Journal -
• European Gas Prices on Track for Weekly Loss as Markets Track Middle East Talks — Wall Street Journal -
• Trump extends Iran talks deadline after sell-off on Wall Street — Financial Times -
• The global food crisis unleashed by the war — Financial Times -
• Molecules are taking their revenge on services — Financial Times -
• UAE pushes for international force to reopen Hormuz — Financial Times -
• How Iran is seeking to cash in on Strait of Hormuz — Financial Times -
• Ships forgo cargo to carry fuel as Iran war sends prices soaring — Financial Times -
• Echoes of history: what the oil shock means for your money — Financial Times -
• An Invisible Bottleneck: A Helium Shortage Threatens the Chip Industry — The New York Times Business -
• U.S. Stocks Have Their Biggest Drop Since Start of Iran War — The New York Times Business -
• How the Iran War Compares With Past Market Shocks, in Charts — Wall Street Journal -
• Energy crisis deals blow to hopes for UK consumer revival — Financial Times -

California's Governor Newsom has banned California Officials From Using Inside Information on Betting Platforms, while President Trump Offers More Aid to Farmers and faces scrutiny over his Iran Strategy. The TSA Lines in Atlanta Are Longer Than Other Airports due to a federal funding standoff, and the Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against NewYork-Presbyterian.

• Newsom Bans California Officials From Using Inside Information on Betting Platforms — Wall Street Journal -
• Trump Offers More Aid to Farmers, a Key Support Bloc Hurt by Tariffs and War — The New York Times Business -
• Why the TSA Lines in Atlanta Are Longer Than Other Airports — Wall Street Journal -

• Opinion | Washington’s March Shutdown Madness — Wall Street Journal -
• Opinion | Trump’s Iran Strategy Is Chaotic — Wall Street Journal -
• U.S. Requires Gas and Diesel Contain More Biofuels Made From Crops — Wall Street Journal -
• Elon Musk Joins in Phone Call Between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi — The New York Times Business -
• How has the global economy changed since ‘liberation day’? — Financial Times -
• The Trump coin and lessons from the Ostrogoths — Financial Times -
• When dependence on America becomes a vulnerability — Financial Times -
• U.S. Accuses NewYork-Presbyterian of Reaching Deals That Kept Costs High — The New York Times Business -
• US seeks to scrap offshore wind projects in exchange for fossil fuel deals — Financial Times -
• Opinion | Chicagoans Reject Brandon Johnson’s Agenda — Wall Street Journal -
• Trump’s Signature Is Set to Be Added to America’s Currency — The New York Times Business -
• Tracking Trump’s Efforts to Reshape Cultural Institutions — The New York Times Business -
• Opinion | Senate Democrats Choose TSA Chaos — Wall Street Journal -
• Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against NewYork-Presbyterian — Wall Street Journal -

The AI-driven chip market faces challenges as **Memory chip stocks shed $100bn, and an Invisible Bottleneck: A Helium Shortage Threatens the Chip Industry. Meanwhile, Google nears deal to help finance a multibillion-dollar data centre leased to Anthropic, while Anthropic Wins Injunction in Court Battle With Trump Administration** over military AI.

• Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• Memory chip stocks shed $100bn as AI-driven shortage trade unwinds — Financial Times -
• Google nears deal to help finance multibillion-dollar data centre leased to Anthropic — Financial Times -

• Trump administration blocked from punishing Anthropic over Pentagon row — Financial Times -
• Meta Agrees to Fund Local Energy Infrastructure for Louisiana Data Center — Wall Street Journal -
• An AI Upheaval Is Coming for Media. This Journalist Is Already All In. — Wall Street Journal -
• Orbital Data-Center Startup Aetherflux Raising New Financing at $2 Billion Valuation — Wall Street Journal -
• Anthropic Wins Injunction in Court Battle With Trump Administration — Wall Street Journal -

Burford Capital faces a significant blow as a **US appeals court overturns a $16bn Argentina ruling, while Pernod Ricard and Jack Daniel's owner are in talks to combine operations. Norwegian Cruise Line is to Overhaul Board After Truce With Elliott, and Shield AI, a Start-Up Making Military Drones, Raises $2 Billion**.

• US appeals court overturns $16bn Argentina ruling in blow to Burford Capital — Financial Times -
• Best Business Debt Consolidation Loans in March 2026 — Wall Street Journal -
• Advent Weighing Expansion Routes for Share-Registry Provider — Wall Street Journal -

• Saudi Arabia cancels building contracts for desert ski resort — Financial Times -
• Lloyds faces £66mn car-finance lawsuit from 30,000 consumers — Financial Times -
• Norwegian Cruise Line to Overhaul Board After Truce With Elliott — Wall Street Journal -
• CrossCountry Mortgage to Acquire Two Harbors — Wall Street Journal -
• Pernod Ricard and Jack Daniel’s owner in talks to combine operations — Financial Times -
• Pernod Ricard Shares Pare Losses as Investors Warm to Mooted Brown-Forman Tie-Up — Wall Street Journal -
• Why Kraft Heinz’s CEO Decided Not to Split the Company in Two — Wall Street Journal -
• BASF Sells $291 Million Stake in Harbour Energy — Wall Street Journal -
• Corebridge looks to crash Apollo’s party — Financial Times -
• Power struggle with CEO led to resignation of HDFC chair — Financial Times -
• Prashant Ruia: I don’t think our investment decisions in the past were bad — Financial Times -
• The SpaceX IPO Will Be Just as Unconventional as Musk Himself — Wall Street Journal -
• Shield AI, a Start-Up Making Military Drones, Raises $2 Billion — The New York Times Business -

China retaliates against US trade probes ahead of upcoming Xi-Trump talks, while NATO allies are to train with Ukraine as Europe seeks closer defense ties. Syrian sectarian violence may amount to war crimes, and Putin asks oligarchs to donate to budget as the cost of the Ukraine war soars.

• China retaliates against US trade probes ahead of Xi-Trump talks — Financial Times -
• Syrian sectarian violence may amount to war crimes, UN says — Financial Times -
• Putin asks oligarchs to donate to budget as cost of Ukraine war soars — Financial Times -

• Nato allies to train with Ukraine as Europe seeks closer defence ties — Financial Times -

Enagas Shares Leap After Spanish Regulator Announces Renewable Incentives, demonstrating a pivot towards hydrogen, while a 2,000-Year-Old Cement Battery is being explored to reduce fossil fuel reliance. The UK debates its North Sea oil and gas policy with calls to tackle the rank absurdities in UK energy policy.

• Time to tackle the rank absurdities in UK energy policy — Financial Times -
• The 2,000-Year-Old Cement Battery That Could Reduce Our Reliance on Fossil Fuel — Wall Street Journal -
• Enagas Shares Leap After Spanish Regulator Announces Renewable Incentives — Wall Street Journal -

LVMH's Sephora and Benefit Cosmetics face Italian Probes Into Marketing Practices over "cosmeticorexia" in girls, while Savannah Guthrie Is Returning to 'Today'. A Film Studio Moved to Montana for Tax Breaks raises questions about local benefits, and British parents are told to limit screen time for under-5s to one hour a day.

• A Film Studio Moved to Montana for Tax Breaks. Will It Benefit the Locals? — The New York Times Business -
• Theater Tickets Are Cheaper in London Than New York. What Gives? — The New York Times Business -
• Savannah Guthrie Is Returning to ‘Today’ — The New York Times Business -

• Versant, Owner of MS NOW, in Talks to Acquire Vox Media’s Podcast Division — The New York Times Business -
• UK police end investigation into alleged voter fraud in Manchester by-election — Financial Times -
• Millions Are Hooked On This Show Where Sexy Fruits Cheat — Wall Street Journal -
• What’s New in Bangkok: Restaurants, Bars, Hotels and More — The New York Times Business -
• LVMH’s Sephora, Benefit Cosmetics Face Italian Probes Into Marketing Practices — Wall Street Journal -
• Len Deighton, Spy Novelist Who Got British Men Into Their Kitchens, Dies at 97 — Wall Street Journal -
• Meet the ‘Corporate Bro’ Making Millions Satirizing Tech Sales — Wall Street Journal -
• Many People Will Need Long-Term Care, but Most Don’t Have Insurance to Cover It — The New York Times Business -
• Savannah Guthrie to Return to ‘Today’ in Early April — Wall Street Journal -
• British parents told to limit screen time for under-5s to one hour a day — Financial Times -
• I joined an Easter procession for the fitness... and stayed for the faith — Financial Times -
• A tourist tax is a better way to fund museums — Financial Times -
• Italy probes Sephora over fears marketing is driving ‘cosmeticorexia’ in girls — Financial Times -
• Why College Graduates Feel Betrayed — The New York Times Business -
• China scales new heights with world’s longest outdoor escalator — Financial Times -
• The new Disney CEO’s horrible first week — Financial Times -
• How MI5 gets into the minds of young terrorists — Financial Times -
• Nation of Strangers by Ece Temelkuran — no way home — Financial Times -

UK ministers are to push ahead with capped 'mandation' powers on pension schemes, despite prior rejection, and questions are raised about Keir Starmer's government and whether he can get his government back on track. Keir Starmer is set to make Sadiq Khan a lord in a strategic political move.

• Submit your questions: Can Starmer get his government back on track? — Financial Times -
• The case for keeping Starmer — Financial Times -
• UK ministers to push ahead with capped ‘mandation’ powers on pension schemes — Financial Times -

• Keir Starmer set to make Sadiq Khan a lord — Financial Times -