[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Tops $4,000 for First Time Fueled by US Shutdown
[CNBC] Stock futures rise slightly after S&P 500 snaps 7-day win streak: Live updates
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Slumps to Weakest Since February in LDP-Results Aftermath
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Federal Workers Go Unpaid, Adding Pressure to End Government Shutdown
[Axios] Staffing woes see flight delays spread to more U.S. airports amid shutdown
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Mortgage Activity Dips Again in Swift Reversal of Home Demand
[CNBC] Borrowers head back to riskier mortgages, looking for any potential savings
[Yahoo/Reuters] Bank of England warns of ‘sharp correction’ in markets if mood sours on AI or Fed
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] EU Sees New US Trade Demands Hollowing Out Deal Struck by Trump
[Axios] OpenAI’s massive AMD deal: Welcome to AI’s mega-blob era
[CNBC] The global M&A engine is roaring, fueled by megadeals and rate-cut bets
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Meet Sanae Takaichi, the Populist Poised to Break Japan’s Glass Ceiling
[Bloomberg] Argentina Pulls Out All Stops in Milei’s Defense of Fragile Peso
[NYT] Oracle Fears Add to Doubts About the A.I. Rally
[WSJ] Trump Calls for Jailing of Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor
[WSJ] The Shutdown Is Already Squeezing These Businesses
[WSJ] The Unofficial Jobs Numbers Are In and It’s Rough Out There
[WSJ] What Is the Price of Gold Telling Us?
[WSJ] Homeowners Are Pouncing on the Tiniest Drop in Mortgage Rates
[WSJ] America’s Soybean Farmers Are Panicking Over the Loss of Chinese Buyers
[WSJ] Trump’s Wind Energy Assault Stings Red States
[WSJ] How China Threatens to Force Taiwan Into a Total Blackout
[FT] Jefferies reveals $715mn fund exposure to First Brands invoices
[FT] Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI
[FT] Gold price tops $4,000 for first time
[FT] French PM sees ‘convergence’ in last-ditch budget talks
[FT] The populist shadow hanging over central banks and QE
[FT] Lessons for the Fed from my time at the helm of Argentina’s central bank
