Morning News: August 19, 2024

Europe Faces Diesel Deluge as Giant Supertankers Bring Fuel

Coal Power Defined This Minnesota Town. Can Solar Win It Over?

U.K. Rate Cut Invigorates Property Market

Imports Are Surging Again at US Ports, But Without the Logjams

Lula Is Running Huge Budget Deficits and Scaring Off Investors

Businesses Are Already Girding for Next Phase of the U.S.-China Trade War

Asia Central Banks in Focus as Stage Set for More Rate Cuts

Specter of Trump Tariffs Hangs Over Markets

The Stakes Are High for Powell at Jackson Hole

Traders Need Fed’s Rate-Cut Signal to Keep Stocks Rallying

Big Banks Watched as Con Men Wiped Out a Widow’s Life Savings

US Regional Bank Deals Rise as Lenders Aim to Bolster Balance Sheets

Hedge Funds Sell Planes, Trains, Automobiles; Buy Energy Stocks, Says Goldman

Warren Buffett’s Friendship with Bill Gates Has Soured. What That Means for the $77 Billion Gates Foundation

How Buyers and Sellers Are Navigating Real Estate’s Seismic Shakeup

First-Ever Tokenized Church? Colorado Group Turns $2.5M Chapel into Digital Asset

Tech’s Infatuation With AI Spending Comes at Cost of People’s Jobs

AMD to Make $4.9 Billion AI Acquisition as It Steps Up Race Against Nvidia

Tesla Trails Rivals in Offering Driver-Assistance Features in China

Couche-Tard Seeks to Buy $31 Billion Owner of 7-Eleven Stores

How the World Sleepwalked Into the Global Mpox Emergency

Starbucks’s New Boss Gets an Unusual Perk: Remote Work

Starbucks’ New CEO Faces ‘Achilles Heel’ of Mobile Ordering

The Hotelification of Offices, With Signature Scents and Saltwater Spas

Estée Lauder Sees Annual Sales Below Estimates on China Weakness

Estée Lauder’s Longtime CEO Fabrizio Freda to Retire

What NFL Players Really Think About Sports Gambling

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Posted by on August 19th, 2024 at 7:10 am


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