What I Am Reading
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Markets
- Dow sheds 180 points, slides for 4th straight week as Ukraine war weighs on marketsCNBC
- S&P Dow Jones is removing Russia stocks from indexes, stripping country of emerging market statusCNBC
- Russia’s Ukraine conflict, big inflation report will keep the stock market volatile in coming weekCNBC
- Average national gasoline price surges to $3.83 a gallon, the highest since 2012CNBC
- War in Ukraine: White House Considering Ban on Russian Oil Imports to U.S.Bloomberg
US
- February jobs rose a surprisingly strong 678,000, unemployment edged lower while wages were flatCNBC
- The evolving post-COVID U.S. job market in five chartsReuters
- Chicken Companies Were Asked About Sharing of Employment PracticesWall Street Journal
- Biden Climate-Change Plans Gain Momentum as Democrats Retool AgendaWall Street Journal
- Half of Insured Americans Owe Medical Debt, Boosted by CovidBloomberg
Geopolitics I
- Russia seizes Europe's biggest nuclear plant and blocks media websitesReuters
- Russia Accused of Nuclear ‘Terrorism’ After Attack on Ukraine Power PlantBloomberg
- No Radiation Leaks Reported After Russians Take Ukrainian Nuclear PlantWall Street Journal
- UK, France say Iran nuclear deal is close, Russia points to next weekReuters
- Ukraine Has Accused Russia of Using Thermobaric Weapons. Here’s What Makes Them So Devastating.Wall Street Journal
- A Ukrainian City Prepares for Battle Far From the Front LineWall Street Journal
- Ukraine’s Special Forces Hold Off Russian Offensive on Kyiv’s Front LinesWall Street Journal
- Russia blocks Facebook, passes 'fake news' law; LVMH, Microsoft halt salesReuters
Geopolitics II
- How the West Unplugged Russia From the World’s Financial SystemsWall Street Journal
- Why China’s Banks Won’t Come to Russia’s RescueWall Street Journal
- Lindsey Graham Repeats Call for Russians to Assassinate PutinWall Street Journal
- The West’s Green Delusions Empowered PutinCommon Sense
- Russia’s Looming Economic CollapseThe Atlantic
- JPMorgan Warns Russia Faces 1998-Like Collapse in EconomyBloomberg
- North Korea Fires Suspected Missile Days Before South’s VoteBloomberg
Industries & companies
- Autos:Tesla Gets Approval to Start EV Production in GermanyWall Street Journal
- Autos:Tesla's long-delayed German gigafactory gets conditional green lightReuters
Tech
- Is It the End of the Road for Computing Power?Wall Street Journal