Morning News: January 8, 2024

Fed Pivot Will Dominate Year of Rate Cuts in Turn of Global Cycle

Private Equity’s Horrible, No-Good ’23 Set to Continue Into ’24

Nation’s Top Economists Are Short-Term Happy, Long-Term Glum

New Year Market Funk Sees 5-Day Blues

Hedge Funds Dump Tech, Consumer Stocks at Start of Year

BlackRock, Ark File Amended Forms in Final Push for Bitcoin ETFs

Buying Home and Auto Insurance Is Becoming Impossible

Can Retirees Keep Splurging? Don’t Count on It

Robots Learn, Chatbots Visualize: How 2024 Will Be A.I.’s ‘Leap Forward’

Japanese Company’s Bid for U.S. Steel Tests Biden’s Industrial Policy

Boston Scientific To Acquire Axonics For About $3.7 Billion

Merck Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Cancer Drugmaker Harpoon Therapeutics

First Flight of the Vulcan Rocket Sends an American Lander Toward the Moon

Elon Musk’s Drug Use Is the Latest Headache for Tesla’s Board

Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

Investors Bail on Boeing Following Max 9 Grounding

Shell Flags Earnings Hit of Up to $4.5 Billion From Impairments

The Cable Company That Wants to Take the Pain Out of Streaming

Everyone Wants a Piece of the NBA’s New National TV Contract

The Woman Shaking Up the $50 Billion Instant-Ramen Industry

Abercrombie Raises Outlook After Women’s Business Boosts Sales

Lululemon Lifts Outlook on Solid Year-End Activewear Sales

How Harvard’s Board Broke Up With Claudine Gay

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Posted by on January 8th, 2024 at 7:05 am


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