Business - Wednesday, March 25, 2026

From India to Southeast Asia to South Korea, currencies are crumbling as governments race to secure fuel that is priced in American money.

Asia-Pacific markets looked set to mostly fall after Iran signaled it had no intention of holding direct talks with the United States.

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Blackstone Inc.’s Kenneth Caplan said he’s seeing low levels of defaults within his firm’s private credit portfolio as scrutiny grows amid ructions in the $1.8 trillion industry.

The presidents family businesses have been heavily scrutinized during his second term in the Oval Office.

Investors in Japanese equities are hedging against more downside as the war in the Middle East drags on.

Higher energy prices caused by the war with Iran could affect more than just prices at the pump for American consumers.

Lawmakers say moratorium on construction would buy time to create strong, federal guardrails for AI Amid an unprecedented energy crisis and the rapid buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure, progressive lawmakers have unveiled a new policy to place a moratorium on the construction of AI datacenters. “Despite the extraordinary importance of this issue and its impact on every man, woman and child in this country, AI has received far too little serious discussion here in our nation’s capital,” Sanders told reporters on Wednesday. “I fear that Congress is totally unprepared for the magnitude of the changes that are already taking place.” Continue reading...

A private credit fund managed by Ares Management Corp. posted its steepest monthly loss on record in February, providing further evidence of deteriorating performance in the $1.8 trillion private credit market.

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