Morning News: April 14, 2025

EU Top Diplomat Hails Progress in Finding Ammunition for Ukraine

The Former C.I.A. Officer Capitalizing on Europe’s Military Spending Boom

China’s Trade War Leverage Over US Becomes Clearer

A Devastating Trade Spat With China Shows Few Signs of Abating

China Halts Critical Exports as Trade War Intensifies

At China’s Wholesale Hub, U.S. Orders Have Suddenly Halted. One Example: Socks.

Why Wouldn’t China Weaponize Its $760 Billion Treasury Holdings?

Italian Tycoon Eclipses BlackRock in Li Ka-shing’s Port Deal

Trump’s Tariffs Leave No Safe Harbor for American Importers

Trump Has Added Risk to the Surest Bet in Global Finance

Weak Dollar Wishes Are Scary When Granted

Stock Market’s Extreme Moves Portend Lasting Trouble for Traders

Volcker’s Lessons for Restoring Dented US Credibility

The Treasury Secretary Is Wrong About How Most Retirees See the Stock Market

Tether Emerges as Major Crypto Lender Since Collapse of Sector

Goldman’s Stock Traders Ride Volatile Markets to Record Quarter

Citigroup Turns Cold on US Equities, Joining Wall Street Peers

Brookfield Has Billions Riding on a Private Equity Revival in the Middle East

Most CEOs Were Doubting Their Boards Even Before Trump’s Tariff Turmoil, Survey Finds

Elon Musk and the Dangerous Myth of Omnigenius

Cuban Exiles Are Losing Their Privileged Migration Status Under Trump

This Company’s Surveillance Tech Makes Immigrants ‘Easy Pickings’ for Trump

Trump Warns Tariffs Coming for Electronics After Reprieve

Tim Cook’s ‘Long Arc of Time’ Prepared Apple for the Trade War

Intel Close to Unveiling Deal to Sell Altera to Silver Lake

Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy.

The New Technologies Buoying Efforts to Cut Ship Emissions

RFK Jr. Needs to Explain Himself

Pfizer Abandons Obesity Pill After Liver Injury in Setback

DaVita Says Ransomware Attack Affecting Some Operations

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Posted by on April 14th, 2025 at 7:01 am


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