Morning News: June 7, 2024

Europe’s Fertilizer Producers Sound Alarm Over Big Imports From Russia

German Trade Surplus Narrows

Putin’s Wartime Central Banker Tells Him What He Doesn’t Want to Hear

Russia’s Gain Is Turning Out to Be China’s Pain

China’s Exports Surge as Trade Tensions Near Boiling Point

China Conducts Large-Scale Audit Reviews on Biggest Mutual Funds

India’s Modi, Humbled by Voters, Faces Potent Economic Struggles

India Central Bank Keeps Rate Unchanged After Election Raises Fiscal Policy Uncertainty

US Jobs Report Is Set to Confirm a Steady Slowdown Underway

Markets Poised to Take a Jobs Slowdown in Stride

Real Estate Investors Are Wiped Out in Bets Fueled by Wall Street Loans

GameStop Whipsaws on Share Sale Plan Hours Ahead of Gill Stream

BlueBay Looks to Buy Credit Suisse Debt as EM Loan Bet Pays Off

Hedge Funds Andurand and Rokos Took Big Copper Bets Before Spike

Japan Banks to Begin Divesting Their Strategic Toyota Shareholdings

Trump Tax Cut Renewal Is Winning Wall Street, But Could Cost $4.6 Trillion

Donald Trump’s Budding Bromance with Tech Moguls

Is There Room for Common Ground on Congestion Pricing?

Banks Say Growing Reliance on Big Tech for AI Carries New Risks

SoftBank Corp. to Build Large-Scale AI Data Center in Osaka

Saudi Arabia Set to Raise Over $11.2 Billion From Aramco Stock Sale

Legacy Airlines Are Thriving With Ultracheap Fares, Crushing Budget Carriers

Wizz Air Weighs Engine Maker for New Airbus Jets Amid Groundings

The Ads on Your United Airlines In-Flight Screen Are Getting a Lot More Specific

GM Has a Secret to Help Sell Its New EVs. It’s Costco

Food Companies Are Still Paying the Price for Years of Inflation

Big Alcohol’s Monopoly Isn’t Worth Breaking Up

It’s a Buyer’s Market for Boats, RVs and Other Pandemic Toys

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Posted by on June 7th, 2024 at 7:01 am


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