Morning News: April 18, 2025

EU’s Costa Says Russian LNG Phase-Out Makes Room for US Supplies

U.S. Gas Exports to China Stopped After Beijing Imposed Tariffs

Trump Moves to Levy Chinese Vessels in Widening Trade War

President Trump Has Botched His Tariff War With China

China Set to Leave Lending Rates Steady, but Tariffs Raise Easing Bets

European Central Bank Cuts Rates Amid ‘Exceptional’ Tariff Uncertainty

Trump Lashes Out at Fed Chair for Not Cutting Rates

Fed’s Powell is an Exemplary Central Banker, ECB’s Villeroy Says

Fed Proposes Averaging Large Bank Stress Test Results to Reduce Volatility

It’s Gotten Riskier to Be a Long-Term Investor

With Harvard Threat, Trump Tries to Bend the I.R.S. to His Will

Scott Bessent’s Tightrope Walk

Can Trump Really End Birthright Citizenship?

White House Eyes Overhaul of Federal Housing Aid to the Poor

Trump Administration Aims to Sell Housing Department Headquarters

U.S. House Committee Urges Two U.S. Banks to Withdraw From CATL’s Listing

The Dollar’s Monopoly in Payments Will Soon Be History

A Weak Market for ‘Unicorns’ Muscularly Supports Meta Over the FTC

Google Broke the Law to Keep Its Advertising Monopoly, a Judge Rules

Google’s Money-Printing Machine Can Be Easily Dismantled

Now Streaming on Netflix: A Show Where Profits Trump the Trade War

Trump Would Put America First With Nippon Steel/U.S. Steel

Meat Is Back, on Plates and in Politics

Ivory Coast Seizes 594 Tons of Smuggled Cocoa Beans

Gatorade Enlists Kendrick Lamar to Help Keep Its Sports Drink Lead

Is This the End of Impulse Shopping?

Value Retailers Have Been Waiting for the Higher-Income Consumer. They’ve Arrived.

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Posted by on April 18th, 2025 at 7:02 am


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