Morning News: January 9, 2025

A Sinkhole Is Threatening to Consume Ecuador’s Main Source of Power

Mexico’s Annual Inflation Hits Lowest Level Since Early 2021

UK Market Selloff Deepens With Pound Falling to Lowest in Year

Why Close Trade Partners China and Japan Can’t Get Along

China’s DeepSeek Shows Why Trump’s Trade War Will Be Hard to Win

Bankers Need the Right Trump Outcome to Justify Stock Optimism

Banks Are Racking Up Wins Even Before Trump Is Back in White House

Rate-Cut Decision Was Narrow, Fed Minutes Show

Fed Finds New Reason for Confidence in Obscure Inflation Gauge

The Stock Market is at the Same Valuation As When Greenspan Made His ‘Irrational Exuberance’ Comment

What the Latest Bonds Selloff Could Mean for Your Money

Wall Street Job Losses May Top 200,000 as AI Replaces Roles

How Analyst Job Cuts on Wall Street Are Reshaping Equity Research

FTC’s Khan Urges Agency to ‘Stay Aggressive’ After She Goes

Biden Administration Ignites Firestorm With Rules Governing A.I.’s Global Spread

Los Angeles Fires Become Existential Test for California’s Stopgap Insurer

Powerful Labor Group Joins A.F.L.-C.I.O. Ahead of New Trump Era

US Dockworkers, Employers Reach Deal to Avert Strike

Warehouse Leasing Prices Are Holding Up Despite Declining Demand

How Employee Referrals for Tech Jobs Became a Side Hustle

Meta’s Disinterest in Fact Checking Will Change the Internet

TikTok Stars and Marketers Brace for App’s Disappearance This Month

TikTok Case Before Supreme Court Pits National Security Against Free Speech

How Trump Could Vaporize 40% of Tesla’s Profits

Self-Driving Cars Don’t Do Snow. Goodyear Says the Solution Is Smarter Tires.

Inside the American Airlines Campaign to Win Back Business Travelers

US ‘Notorious Markets’ Report Warns of Risks from Online Pharmacies

As Art Sales Fall, Auction Houses Pivot to Luxury

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Posted by on January 9th, 2025 at 7:05 am


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