The Brutalist Report

Fortune

Markets sell off as U.S.-Iran ceasefire plans go nowhere, leaving Trump with military options to reopen the Strait of Hormuz [25d]
Mexican cartel armed with explosives launched from drones attacks rural communities, forcing 800-1,000 families to flee [25d]
Mah Sing sees natural ‘spillovers’ from Malaysia’s strong growth, as the conglomerate bets on premium residences and data centers [25d]
The Strait of Hormuz crisis shows energy security is now a boardroom issue [25d]
Trump quickly blasts Iran’s response to U.S. ceasefire proposal as ‘totally unacceptable’ after warning Tehran ‘will be laughing no longer’ [25d]
Market guru Yardeni sees S&P 500 hitting 8,250 this year, highest among top Wall Street forecasters, as earnings bolster ‘Roaring 2020s’ [26d]
Netanyahu says war with Iran isn’t over, need to secure uranium [26d]
Evacuations begin for hantavirus-hit cruise ship, with American passengers to be quarantined in Nebraska. ‘This is not another COVID’ [26d]
World’s largest oil company reports 25% profit jump as exports via Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline bypass Strait of Hormuz closure [26d]
The global economy is experiencing the largest capex cycle ever, with nearly $5 trillion seen by the end of the decade—and it’s not all AI spending [26d]
Frontier swoops in after Spirit fails while rivals cut capacity [26d]
AI wins have Alphabet poised to become world’s biggest company [26d]
Qatar sends first LNG shipment through Hormuz since war started [26d]
Iran responds to U.S. ceasefire proposal, saying talks must focus on permanently ending the war on all fronts [26d]
China may not offer breakthroughs when Trump meets Xi because Beijing is ‘working backward from our midterm elections’ [26d]
Shaky Iran war ceasefire tested again as drone hits cargo ship off Qatar coast while Kuwait and UAE repel drone attacks [26d]
‘This is the way’: Elon Musk endorses Warren Buffett’s famed 5-minute plan to fix the national debt [26d]
Blackstone CEO admits his first big investment loss nearly brought him to tears—but the lesson put him on a path to now being worth $47 billion [26d]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Gen Z and millennials are using ChatGPT like a ‘life advisor’—but college students might be one step ahead [26d]