Global economic resilience amidst turmoil, rising oil prices due to the Iran War, significant international political tensions, and CEOs emphasizing resilience to manage global shocks are key themes.

• C.E.O.s Lean In on ‘Resilience’ to Manage Global Turmoil — The New York Times Business -
• Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise — The New York Times Business -
• Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive on state visit to the US — Financial Times -

• Budget Airlines Pitch Trump Administration on $2.5 Billion Relief Plan — Wall Street Journal -
• Iran War Shakes Global Economy, but the U.S. Has Mostly Been Spared — The New York Times Business -
• China’s Economy Starts to Show Cracks From Iran War — The New York Times Business -
• Oil Rises, and Stocks Tick Higher, as Iran Makes New Peace Offer — The New York Times Business -
• Wizz Air accuses Gulf airlines of putting politics before safety — Financial Times -
• King Charles and the ‘special’ relationship — Financial Times -
• US being ‘humiliated’ by Iran, says German Chancellor Friedrich Merz — Financial Times -
• DR Congo creates $100mn ‘Mining Guard’ to protect critical minerals — Financial Times -
• Canada launches C$25bn sovereign wealth fund to boost growth — Financial Times -
• Oil could trade at nearly $120 if war drags on, Goldman Sachs warns — Financial Times -
• Russian forces defeated in Saharan stronghold after wave of attacks — Financial Times -
• Romania’s Social Democrats team up with far right to topple PM — Financial Times -
• Pirates on the prowl again off Somalia’s coast — Financial Times -
• China’s minerals come with coercion but they do come cheap — Financial Times -
• Are Europe and America headed for divorce? — Financial Times -
• Top central banks gamble they have time on inflation risks — Financial Times -
• Italy extradites alleged Chinese spy to US — Financial Times -
• North Korea opens museum to honour soldiers killed fighting for Russia — Financial Times -
• China warns EU over proposed ‘Made in Europe’ law — Financial Times -
• Monetary Policy Radar preview: BoJ’s April meeting — Financial Times -
• Prosecute Russian-sponsored saboteurs, Estonia tells Europe — Financial Times -
• Can London win back home buyers from the UAE? — Financial Times -
• Inside China’s plans to fight in space — Financial Times -
• The Christian villages under Israeli occupation in Lebanon — Financial Times -
• Why the UAE asked Pakistan for its $3.5bn back — Financial Times -
• The company that defied Trump’s tariff war — Financial Times -
• Corporate America Is Minting Money—and Not Just in Tech and Finance — Wall Street Journal -

The AI sector is marked by major corporate deals and investments, Chinese regulatory intervention halting Meta's acquisition, rising concerns over AI's energy consumption, and ongoing ethical debates like military AI use.

• Activist Starboard Value Takes Stake in AI Software Maker Dynatrace — Wall Street Journal -
• OpenAI and Microsoft loosen ties in revised AI deal — Financial Times -
• FirstFT: China orders Meta to unwind $2bn acquisition of AI group Manus — Financial Times -

• Opinion | China’s AI ‘Hotel California’ — Wall Street Journal -
• How Do You Measure A.I. Firms’ Gargantuan Energy Plans? In ‘Bragawatts.’ — The New York Times Business -
• Meta’s Chinese stumble suggests a declining tolerance for shades of grey — Financial Times -
• Cerebras IPO Sets Up Test for Secondary-Market Valuations — Wall Street Journal -
• Google staff urge chief executive to block US military AI use — Financial Times -
• China Will Require Meta to Unwind Acquisition of AI Start-Up Manus — The New York Times Business -
• Musk vs. Altman: A High-Stakes A.I. Clash Goes to Court on Monday — The New York Times Business -
• Quantum Computing Companies Are in a Race to Go Public — Wall Street Journal -
• Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• Chip toolmaker Tokyo Electron cuts ties with executive linked to Chinese rivals — Financial Times -
• Anthropic investors pay sharply different fees for access — Financial Times -
• Large UK companies in the dark about how their data is used overseas by AI — Financial Times -
• A.I. Start-Ups From Canada and Germany Merge to Take On Silicon Valley — The New York Times Business -

Mixed quarterly earnings with Nucor's profit rising contrasting Honda's difficulties, **significant M&A activities including a Paramount/Warner Bros takeover and Shell's acquisition of a gas producer, alongside the aviation industry seeking bailout funds and United Airlines' merger attempt being rebuffed**, define this sector.

• Honda and the power of (broken) dreams — Financial Times -
• Nucor First-Quarter Profit Rises, Boosted by Steel Mills Business — Wall Street Journal -
• Paramount and Warner Bros to be nearly 50% foreign-owned after $111bn takeover — Financial Times -

• Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• Bed Bath & Beyond Narrows Loss, Returns to Revenue Growth — Wall Street Journal -
• The Rise of the High-Range, Less Expensive E.V. — The New York Times Business -
• Forvis Mazars Lays Off U.S. Workers in Restructuring — Wall Street Journal -
• United Airlines Abandons Pursuit of Rival American Airlines — Wall Street Journal -
• The Executive Who Made Starbucks BFFs With MrBeast and Taylor Swift — Wall Street Journal -
• Shell Buys a Gas Producer Far From the Middle East Turmoil — Wall Street Journal -
• Sun Pharma to Buy U.S. Healthcare Firm Organon in $11.75 Billion Deal — Wall Street Journal -
• Shell buys Canadian shale producer ARC for $16bn — Financial Times -
• Verizon Adds Wireless Subscribers in First Full Quarter Under New CEO — Wall Street Journal -
• Thermo Fisher to Sell Microbiology Business to Astorg — Wall Street Journal -
• United Airlines Says It Pitched American on Merger but Was Rebuffed — The New York Times Business -
• United chief hits out at American Airlines for refusing merger talks — Financial Times -
• Real-Estate Firm Re/Max to Be Sold to The Real Brokerage — Wall Street Journal -
• Ligand Pharmaceuticals Is Buying Xoma for Nearly $740 Million — Wall Street Journal -
• Nordex Shares Hit 24-year High after Earnings Beat — Wall Street Journal -
• Nissan Flags Narrower Annual Net Loss as Cost Cuts Make Progress — Wall Street Journal -
• Galp’s Key Earnings Metric Boosted by Higher Production, Prices — Wall Street Journal -
• Forvia Sells Auto Interiors Business to Apollo Funds in $2.1 Billion Deal — Wall Street Journal -
• The Rising Chinese Automaker Not Named BYD — The New York Times Business -

UK parliamentary discussions are dominated by welfare reforms, potential investigations into Prime Minister Starmer, a renewed SNP push for Scottish independence, and ongoing debates over a proposed wealth tax and Britain's defense projects.

• Key Labour MPs start to accept need for UK welfare reforms — Financial Times -
• MPs to vote on whether Starmer should be investigated over Mandelson scandal — Financial Times -
• Police looking into £40,000 donation given to Robert Jenrick — Financial Times -

• Developer says UK insisted on ‘Rolls-Royce’ upgrades for post-Grenfell works — Financial Times -
• SNP vows to push for new independence vote — Financial Times -
• Assisted dying should become legal but this legislation is flawed — Financial Times -
• UK wealth tax would backfire, warns IFS — Financial Times -
• The UK’s 100% debt-to-GDP ratio was a statistical dream — Financial Times -
• Reeves set for new growth push after May elections — Financial Times -
• Britain’s stealth fighter project faces 10-week funding deadline — Financial Times -
• How ‘conflict entrepreneurs’ are inflaming US political violence — Financial Times -
• Starmer’s EU reset could ‘smother’ UK innovation, tech ministers say — Financial Times -
• Unequal Britain can’t work out what to do about it — Financial Times -

US political events include charges in an alleged assassination attempt on President Trump, Pentagon restrictions on journalists, and Supreme Court deliberations on cell location data and the Roundup weedkiller case, alongside political shifts of tech billionaires and protests over pesticide handling.

• Pentagon Can Temporarily Require Escorts for Journalists — The New York Times Business -
• Alleged shooter charged with attempted assassination of Trump — Financial Times -
• Supreme Court Wrangles With Police Use of Cell Location Data to Find Suspects — The New York Times Business -

• Sergey Brin Moves to the Right, With a ‘MAGA Girlfriend’ by His Side — The New York Times Business -
• Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Roundup Weedkiller Case — The New York Times Business -
• Trump Calls on Disney to Fire Jimmy Kimmel After Melania Joke — Wall Street Journal -
• Targeted Hunts Were Supposed to Curb ‘Zombie Deer Disease.’ Now What? — The New York Times Business -
• Opinion | When Rationalization Turns Deadly — Wall Street Journal -
• How We Traced U.S. Government Gold to a Drug Cartel — The New York Times Business -
• Thom Tillis Is Prepared to Advance Kevin Warsh After U.S. Drops Fed Inquiry — The New York Times Business -
• MAHA Moms Are Protesting Against Pesticides — Wall Street Journal -
• FirstFT: Alleged gunman to appear in court — Financial Times -
• Immaculate Wilderness, Uncertain Future: Paddling the Boundary Waters — The New York Times Business -
• Healthcare is driving America’s economy — Financial Times -

EU methane regulations threaten an energy crisis, while Meta Platforms invests in solar power, global discussions continue on climate shipping deals, and concerns are raised over unregulated critical minerals and human impact on wildlife diseases.

• Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk — Wall Street Journal -
• The EU’s methane regulation could spark an energy crisis — Financial Times -
• Why flying less won’t do much to ease the oil crisis — Financial Times -

• Meta Platforms Enters Solar-Power Pact — Wall Street Journal -
• Blame game continues to fester a year on from Iberian power failure — Financial Times -
• Historic climate shipping deal faces ‘real fight’ as talks restart — Financial Times -

The finance sector is analyzing private companies delaying IPOs, secondary market valuations for AI chipmakers, and investor behavior in private credit funds, with hedge funds like Jain Global restructuring and concerns emerging over new life insurers' resilience.

• Opinion | Private Companies Wait Too Long to Go Public — Wall Street Journal -
• Blue Owl investors shun cut-price exit offer from Boaz Weinstein — Financial Times -
• Thrift App Vinted Valued at Over $9 Billion in Secondary Share Sale — Wall Street Journal -

• Jain Global returning investor cash as it pivots to Millennium deal — Financial Times -
• How Larry Ellison’s Wealth Differs From Other Tech Billionaires — Wall Street Journal -
• Former Apollo risk chief says some new life insurers could struggle in downturn — Financial Times -
• This rally runs deep — Financial Times -
• Private equity backers raise new conflict concerns over sweetheart deals — Financial Times -

Oprah Winfrey's content empire shifts to Amazon, big brands increase spending on the creator economy, and **movie theaters implement $50 ticket prices** as the industry adapts to changing consumer habits.

• Oprah Winfrey Moves Her Podcast (and Books and Products) to Amazon — The New York Times Business -
• Big Brands Boost Creator Spending, but Smaller Firms Dominate the Deals — Wall Street Journal -
• The $50 Movie Ticket Has Arrived — Wall Street Journal -

The Venice Biennale highlights new generations of 'post-medium' artists, and designers in the Middle East demonstrate resilience amidst regional conflicts, alongside sound art investigations into government cover-ups.

• A new generation of ‘post-medium’ artists rises at the Venice Biennale — Financial Times -
• Lawrence Abu Hamdan: the ‘private ear’ who investigates government cover-ups — Financial Times -
• From Beirut to Dubai, designers show resilience in face of war — Financial Times -

• An insider food tour of Hong Kong with chef Vicky Cheng — Financial Times -