Morning News: August 20, 2024

Global Trade Needs a China Alternative. India Needs Better Ports.

A Criminals’ Paradise Is Emerging in the Heart of Southeast Asia

China Unleashes Rapid Drop in New-Home Prices With Relaxed Curbs

Turkey Extends Rate Pause, Shifts Emphasis to Price Expectations

PwC Loses Major Client Bank of China Amid Regulatory Probe

Central Banks Sound Uncertain Ahead of Jackson Hole

Fed Confronts Up to a Million US Jobs Vanishing in Revision

Recession Guesswork Is Just as Reliable as It Sounds

Markets Rebound Like They’re on a Mission From…

Icahn’s Margin Loan Deal With SEC Caps $19 Billion Wealth Plunge

Citadel Nabs Goldman Tech Chief in Latest Poach From Wall Street

Kamala Harris Wants to Ban Price Gouging. What Do Economists Say?

It Hasn’t Been the Summer Oil Bulls Were Hoping For

EU Plans 9% Tariff on Tesla Cars as China EV Probe Advances

The Next Challenge for the US Charging Network: Congestion

XPeng Narrows Quarterly Loss as Revenue, Margins Grow

Malaysia’s Heritage Island Goes Big on Chips

A Nation of Workaholics Has a New Fixation: Working Less

Lowe’s Cuts Guidance on Soft DIY Spending, Housing Market

Alaska Airlines’ Acquisition of Hawaiian Clears Key Antitrust Review

Mpox Surge Raises Fear of Spread Before Patients Show Symptoms

Lilly’s Zepbound Cut Risk of Diabetes by 94% in Obese People

Here’s Why This Jar of Weed Costs $60 at a Legal N.Y.C. Dispensary

Bronfman Makes $4.3 Billion Bid for Control of Paramount Global

Hit Chinese Video Game Seeks to Curb ‘Negative Discourse’

‘The Demand Is Unstoppable’: Can Barcelona Survive Mass Tourism?

Families Are Going Into Debt for Disney Vacations

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Posted by on August 20th, 2024 at 7:04 am


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