How the world is preparing for oil shortages
Financial Times
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Gulf monarchies raised almost $10bn in private sales of bonds this month, oil shortages are coming if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, and US President Donald Trump has renewed his threat to fire Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell.
Plus, a second China shock is hitting the global economy, and Allbirds is pivoting from wool sneakers to AI.
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https://www.ft.com/content/3b927d8b-4c6b-414a-bb85-3d6070495df7?accessToken=zwAAAZ4s8mV7k887kn2LTGtBStO7hT1gcEld988lu-8ovsJOCNOK3-sshJ37Z9OktjzBLRxEyNOiKkJc8O-1zwE.MEUCIChvChoDJEuQBqk1ME-IqlvoXTZQyhUh-ILu9fNRJbiBAiEA0_jqCGvxSiXAVDcDREVcJQsscyJ4YY07TWocpc8GyPw&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gulf states turn to private deals in $10bn wartime borrowing spree
https://www.ft.com/content/25bbef28-bec2-4e08-8adf-eb2c849dfb67?accessToken=zwAAAZ4s8mV7k887kn2LTGtBStO7hT1gcEld988lu-8ovsJOCNOK3-sshJ37Z9OktjzBLRxEyNOiKkJc8O-1zwE.MEUCIChvChoDJEuQBqk1ME-IqlvoXTZQyhUh-ILu9fNRJbiBAiEA0_jqCGvxSiXAVDcDREVcJQsscyJ4YY07TWocpc8GyPw&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oil shortages are coming, and with them some difficult questions
https://www.ft.com/content/d0ac6c5f-c1c5-43cb-8f1f-eb3bea48eca3?accessToken=zwAAAZ4s88I2kdPQrGxfwcVDy9OPH-s76kjsowE.MEUCIQCQ2YiBSGPUb1DzL2CeGVeVK9eVSWhBfLIBURTm3_C9RwIgfxzGI6HCJsmBxFmN6FZggocFQ1pL4cpbX0HEWEvjx0c&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump threatens to fire Jay Powell and refuses to halt criminal probe
https://www.ft.com/content/7d51a630-a3de-4cc7-9f5f-0f3e7f0d305a?accessToken=zwAAAZ4s9PJ3kc99UaYwo95Mx9OfXw8-fw0wWgE.MEUCIC1HEN-JTZdbJNMfFd1qQ17ItcT79dpF6BOytOIqUMKPAiEA7K8w-1sudfeF-zwv5VZQvBSNosnKNkVwTnWuZsSYDUk&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China shock 2.0: the flood of high-tech goods that will change the world
https://www.ft.com/content/a4b63cc1-2d1c-44c8-a22a-425cf0efb5cf?accessToken=zwAAAZ4s8mV7k887kn2LTGtBStO7hT1gcEld988lu-8ovsJOCNOK3-sshJ37Z9OktjzBLRxEyNOiKkJc8O-1zwE.MEUCIChvChoDJEuQBqk1ME-IqlvoXTZQyhUh-ILu9fNRJbiBAiEA0_jqCGvxSiXAVDcDREVcJQsscyJ4YY07TWocpc8GyPw&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Allbirds is turning into an AI compute provider, because of course it is
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