Morning News: July 4, 2024

Australia’s Nuclear Debate Is a Costly Distraction

Fight Over Seabed Agency Leadership Turns Nasty

Bird Flu Is Latest Wild Card for Dairy Farmers

Europe Tells China’s Carmakers: Get Ready to Pay Tariffs

Putin Pushes New China-Aligned Security Order to Challenge US

How Raiffeisen’s Bet on Russia Took It to the Brink

What an Independence Day for Biden and Britain

Democrats’ Economic Message Was Always a Hard Sell. Now It Has a Wounded Salesman

The Biggest Political Risk to Markets May Lie in Japan

Swiss Price Regulator Puts UBS Under Observation

UK’s Barclays to Sell German Consumer Finance Business

Dublin Office Market Shows Early Signs of Revival

US Jobs Report to Show a Substantial Slowdown in Hiring in June

Apartments Could Be the Next Real Estate Business to Struggle

Judge Backs Challenge to F.T.C.’s Noncompete Ban, at Least for Now

For All the Fear of Black Swans, the Stock Market is Acting Roughly the Same

US Money-Market Fund Assets Rise to Record $6.15 Trillion

The Bigger Economic Meaning of Willie Mays In the Army

Meta’s Threads Seeks Relevancy to Become True Rival to Musk’s X

Ericsson Intends to Book $1.1 Billion Charge for Latest Quarter

Paramount and Skydance Near Merger Deal

Saks Owner Nears $2.65 Billion Neiman Deal With Amazon Help

Investor Group Raises Macy’s Buyout Offer, Again

Want an Iced Coffee? Brands Want You to Make Your Own

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Posted by on July 4th, 2024 at 8:35 am


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