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China Keeps Loan Prime Rate Steady, As Expected - 5Y LPR At 3.50%; 1Y LPR At 3.00%

#OOTT | Saudi Arabia Sees A Spike To $180 Oil If Energy Shock Persists Past April – WSJ wsj.com/finance/commod…

Gemini’s workforce reduction has reached roughly 30% since the start of the year following layoffs, with the crypto exchange saying it is deploying artificial intelligence tools to increase productivity bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Unilever In Talks To Combine Food Business With McCormick - WSJ wsj.com/business/deals…

Scoop: Anthropic meets with House Homeland Security behind closed doors trib.al/PsD6mxh

Here’s the latest news and analysis on the oil market bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Anthropic Met With House Homeland Security Panel Wednesday - Axios axios.com/2026/03/19/ant…

#OOTT | Treasury Says Cuba Can’t Get Russian Oil As Ship Heads To Island – BBG bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New Zealand Trade Balance (NZD) Feb: -257M (prev –519M; prevR -627M) - Exports: 6.63B (prev 6.21B; prevR 6.10B) - Imports: 6.89B (prev 6.73B) - Trade Balance 12 Mth YTD: -2998M (prev –2305M; prevR -2297M)

What to know about Kharg Island in Trump's standoff with Iran trib.al/zW8BuPq

Kalshi Cinches USD22 Bln Valuation in Ongoing Round – @WSJ wsj.com/articles/kalsh…

$FDX | FedEx Q326 Earnings: - Revenue: USD24B (est USD23.49B) - Adj EPS: USD5.25 (est USD4.17) - Adj. Operating Income: USD1.62B (est USD1.37B) - Federal Express Revenue: USD21.15B (est USD20.58B) - FedEx Freight Revenue: USD1.99B (est USD2.03B) - Adj. Operating Margin: 6.7% (est 6.02%) - Sees FY ADJ EPS USD19.30 - USD20.10, Saw USD17.80 - USD19 - Sees FY Capex Up To USD4.1B, Saw USD4.5B (est USD4.31B)

Scoop on Kalshi’s $22 billion valuation on Dow Jones Newswires. More coming

#OOTT | US License Allows Sale Of Russian Crude Oil, Petroleum Products Loaded On Vessels As Of 12 March 2026 – OFAC ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions…

Japan PM Takaichi: Japan To Increase Oil Imports From US - Japan To Keep Close US-Ties Over Iran - Agreed With Trump To Cooperate On Missile Development

Israel’s Netanyahu: Israel Acted Alone Against South Pars - US President Trump Asked Us To Hold Off On Future Such Attacks

Israel’s Netanyahu: Can't Do A Revolution From The Air, There Needs To Be A ‘Ground Component’ As Well - ‘Many Possibilities’ For A Ground Component; Won't Share What They Are #OOTT

SEC Urged To Restrict Chinese Companies’ Access To US Capital Markets - @FT ft.com/content/c162e7…

We have received signals from the U.S. side indicating readiness to continue working within the existing negotiation formats to bring an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine. There has been a pause in the talks, and it is time to resume them. We are doing everything to ensure that the negotiations are genuinely substantive.   The Ukrainian team – the political members of the negotiating group – is already on the way, and we expect a meeting this Saturday. Our priority is to do everything possible to create the conditions for a dignified peace.

Fed latest: Pirro's case against Powell is poised to drag on, with DOJ said to bless it and Trump having stayed silent so far, per sources. Trump was said to be open to an offramp. Powell is digging in. And Warsh's path is unclear. Via @SalehaMohsin, @cstrohm, @JoshuaGreen & me