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Mar 13, 2026 • 4 min

The Tech Download: Chip supply chains and data center risks — the tech sector’s Iran problem

Uncertainty hits global chip supply chains and Middle East-based AI projects.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 13, 2026 • 5 min

Many Dubai expats fled as the war in the Middle East escalated. Those that stayed say life is 'functioning but tense'

Iran has launched a volley of drone and missiles in the Middle East, including against the UAE, following U.S.-Israeli strikes on the country.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 13, 2026 • 4 min

The biggest names missing from the list of America's top philanthropists

MacKenzie Scott and many of America's richest are absent from the latest Philanthropy 50 ranking.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 13, 2026 • 6 min

U.S. 'misadventure' in Iran has no clear exit strategy, Russia's UK ambassador says

His comments to CNBC come as the U.S. and Israeli-led war appears poised to enter its third week.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 13, 2026 • 4 min

Oil holds above $100 as Trump says America ‘has ammunition and plenty of time’ to fight Iran war

WTI crude saw its biggest weekly gain since the 1980s last week.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 13, 2026 • 6 min

Who is really footing the AI energy bill? Inside the debate about data center electricity costs

The hyperscalers racing to build the data centers needed for the AI boom have a PR crisis on their hands, but the industry is not taking the problem lying down.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 13, 2026 • 4 min

Tesla's China sales climb in the first two months of 2026 while BYD numbers drop

Sales of Tesla's China-made electric vehicles rose in the first two months of 2026, from the year before, regaining lost ground to China's BYD.

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CNBC Finance

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Mar 13, 2026 • 1 min

The US consumer is OK

But if oil stays expensive . . . 

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Financial Times (FT)

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Mar 13, 2026 • 1 min

FirstFT: US to ease Russian oil sanctions

Also in today’s newsletter: shift in Wall Street’s rates outlook, and warning on Europe’s ‘tech sovereignty’ drive

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Financial Times (FT)

finance

Mar 13, 2026 • 1 min

EU must stick together against Trump’s hostile tactics, says top diplomat

Kaja Kallas says Washington seeks to pick apart European governments which wield less power individually

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Financial Times (FT)

finance

Mar 13, 2026 • 1 min

Iran, private credit and the echoes of 2008

The investor exodus is unnerving, but the wider financial system is better prepared for shocks

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Financial Times (FT)

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Mar 13, 2026 • 3 min

U.S. launches rescue efforts after military refueling plane crashes over Iraq

The U.S. Central Command said that the loss was "not due to hostile or enemy fire."

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CNBC Finance