Morning News: July 3, 2024

China’s Investment Bankers Join the Communist Party as Morale (and Paychecks) Shrink

US Allies Allege China Is Developing Attack Drones for Russia

How China and Russia Compete, and Cooperate, in Central Asia

World Stocks Rise on Rate Cut Bets, Yen Flounders at 38-Year Lows

High-Tech Cash: Japan Launches Banknotes with Hologram Portraits

Hedge Fund’s Secret Adani Short Revealed in Blow-by-Blow Account

Macron’s Rivals Say They’ll Fix France’s Economy, but Economists Are Skeptical

Sweden’s Riksbank Sees Scope for Three Interest Rate Cuts With Inflation Near Target

Powell Welcomes Recent Data But Fed Needs More Confidence to Cut

Markets Are Raining on Biden’s Fourth of July

America’s Divided Summer Economy Is Coming to an Airport or Hotel Near You

Home Affordability in the US Sinks to Lowest Point Since 2007

Student Loan Borrowers Owe $1.6 Trillion. Nearly Half Aren’t Paying

The Jiggle Is Up: Bosses Bust Workers Who Fake Computer Activity

How Microsoft and Nvidia Bet Correctly to Leapfrog Apple

Pentagon Has a Huawei Dilemma Congress Doesn’t Want to Solve

Investors Pour $27.1 Billion Into A.I. Start-Ups, Defying a Downturn

GSK to Buy CureVac’s Covid-19, Flu Vaccine Rights for Up to $1.56 Billion

Philips’ Second-Biggest Investor Raises Stake After Apnea Deal

Ex-Goldman Banker Reported to US Authorities for Junk Carbon Offsets

Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Puts Electric SUV Plan on Back Burner

Tesla Deliveries Slump but Not as Much as Feared

GE Appliances Spins Stronger Sales from Supply Chain Overhaul

Vodafone-Three to Sell Spectrum to VMO2 If UK Merger Is Approved

Skydance Media Reaches Preliminary Paramount Merger Agreement

Dragons and Sex Are Now a $610 Million Business Sweeping Publishing

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Posted by on July 3rd, 2024 at 6:50 am


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