Morning News: August 22, 2024

Turkey’s Next Minimum Wage Rise to Show If Inflation Fight Real

Eurozone Gets Olympics Boost While U.K. Economy Gathers Pace

Eurozone Wages Slow Sharply, Paving Way for ECB Rate Cut

Powell Faces Economic Crossroads as He Prepares to Speak at Jackson Hole

Quantitative Tightening Goes Global for the First Time, in Test for Markets

Trump May Claim Credit for Stock Surges, but the Reality Is Far More Complicated

While the Public Awaited Jobs Data, Wall Street Firms Got a Look

What Kalamazoo (Yes, Kalamazoo) Reveals About the Nation’s Housing Crisis

Wamco’s Longtime Bond King Is Thrust Into Spotlight He Shunned

Hedge Fund Tribeca Says Weak Bank Research Fueled Its 19% Gain

Deutsche Bank Shares Rise 3% After Settlement of Bulk of Claims in Long-Running Postbank Suit

Is Elon Musk the Bankers’ Moby Dick? Not Yet

Dream or Disaster, Flying Cars Face Multibillion Dollar Moment

Tycoons Behind Taiwan’s ‘Silicon Shield’ Build a $50 Billion Fortune

Baidu’s AI Push Powers Profit Beat

Free Whopper? Walmart+ Offers Cheap Burger King as It Chases Amazon Prime

TD Misses Estimates on Wealth Unit After Hit From US Probe

Canada Railways Lock Out Workers as Talks Fail, Snarling Trade

The Wind Power Industry Isn’t Over Its Gloom Loop Yet

Engine Shortages Have Grounded Airlines. This Company Has the Formula to Fix That

Advance Auto Parts to Sell Worldpac to Carlyle for $1.5 Billion

Bavarian Nordic Shares Continue Higher After New Mpox Vaccine Order, Earnings Beat

Sugar Industry Faces Pressure Over Coerced Hysterectomies and Labor Abuses

Peloton Revenue, Profit Beat Estimates Amid Turnaround Effort

Urban Outfitters Shares Sink on Disappointing Sales Growth

Here’s How One Retailer Is Finding Profits in Borrowed Clothing

Why a Dior Bag Given to the First Lady Caused a Stir in South Korean Politics

Crayola Trademarks the Smell of Its Crayons

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Posted by on August 22nd, 2024 at 7:01 am


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