Morning News: August 1, 2023

War, AI and Climate Change Shake Up $32 Trillion in Global Trade

Global Demand for Coal Is Bringing Mayhem to South African Towns

Solar Supply Chain Grows More Opaque Amid Human Rights Concerns

The U.S. Clean-Energy Company That Hit the Subsidies Jackpot

BP Says $6.8 Billion German Offshore Wind Bet Will Make Money

Occidental, Adnoc Agree to Team up on Carbon Capture Investments

Ratings Firms Struggle With Climate Risk in $133 Trillion Market

A New Worry for Mexicans in the U.S.: The Strong Peso

China Asks Some Banks to Reduce or Delay Dollar Buying

Goldilocks and the Bidenomics Bears

Wall Street Economists Are Looking at a September Rate Pause

In Marc Rowan Era, Apollo Is Working to Shed Its Ruthless Image

HSBC Rides Rising Rates to Double Its Income, Launches $2 Billion Share Buyback

BP Boosts Dividend Even as Profit Slumps 70% to $2.6 Billion

Merck Earnings Top Expectations. More M&A Could Be Next.

New Factories Are Coming to the US, Even as Existing Ones Struggle

Local Malls, Stuck in ‘Death Spiral,’ Plunge in Value

Disney Goes Back to the Future

Uber Delivers First-Ever Operating Profit in Drive to Curb Losses

Elon Musk Is Finally Cracking Tesla’s Invincibility Shield

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Posted by on August 1st, 2023 at 7:05 am


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