What I Am Reading
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Markets
Central banks
Energy
- Global Oil Demand Threatened by China’s Tight Covid LockdownsBloomberg
- Gasoline Demand in U.S. Starts to Show Cracks at Unlikely TimeBloomberg
- Russia’s Oil-and-Gas Industry Is Starting to Feel the Bite of SanctionsWall Street Journal
- Putin Wants Unfriendly Countries to Pay Rubles for Russian GasBloomberg
- U.S.-Europe Energy Agreement Expected Friday, Biden Aide SaysBloomberg
- Will War Make Europe’s Switch to Clean Energy Even Harder?New York Times
- Germany’s leader says a boycott of Russian energy would imperil ‘hundreds of thousands of jobs.’New York Times
China
- China’s Divorce Rate Is Down, but So Are MarriagesNew York Times
Geopolitics & trade
- Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s Virtual World Tour Proves a New Weapon in Russia WarBloomberg
- Biden arrives in Europe for Ukraine war summits, NATO to bolster eastern flankReuters
- NATO to bolster troops in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and SlovakiaCNBC
- U.S. government formally accuses Russia of committing war crimes in UkraineCNBC
- Weapons for Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia Flow Through Small Polish Border TownsWall Street Journal
- NATO Estimates Steep Russian Losses in Ukraine as Biden Arrives in EuropeWall Street Journal
- Biden arrives in Europe for Ukraine war summits, NATO to bolster eastern flankReuters
- Putin's Bombers Could Devastate Ukraine But He's Holding Back. Here's Whymsn.com
Industries & companies
- Airlines:U.S. airline CEOs urge Biden to lift COVID mask mandate -letterReuters
- Autos:High Gasoline Prices Have Consumers Thinking ElectricWall Street Journal
- Retail:Walmart sues BJ's Wholesale claiming theft of Sam's Club self-checkout techCNBC
- Tech:Inside ASML, the company advanced chipmakers use for EUV lithographyCNBC
Cybersecurity
- Powell Flags Risks of New Digital Financial ProductsWall Street Journal
Virus
Beyond markets
- Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same (Video documentary)Wall Street Journal
- Toronto’s Tech Industry Is Quietly BoomingNew York Times
- Mark Zuckerberg and Meta’s Leadership Take Remote Work to the ExtremeWall Street Journal