Morning News: December 19, 2024

EU Leaders Set to Discuss Gas Transit With Zelenskiy in Brussels

Zelenskiy Urges Unity Between US and Europe to Achieve Peace

Britain’s Economy Is ‘Bumbling’ Into the New Year

Lula’s Powerless Aides Let Currency Panic Go Unchecked in Brazil

Trump, Musk Threaten US Shutdown and Shake Up Republican Party

Rubio Could Be to Trump What Talleyrand Was to Napoleon

The Hidden Threat to National Security Is Not Enough Workers

Americans Abroad Pin Hopes on Trump Promise to End Double Taxation

Why the Specter of Trump Hangs Over the Fed, Congress and the Markets

‘One of the Dumbest Ideas’: Abolishing the FDIC Could Backfire on Trump and His Allies

Fed Drops a Lump of Coal in Trump Market’s Christmas

Powell Signals Fed’s Focus Has Returned Firmly to Inflation

Where Does a ‘Remarkable’ U.S. Economy Go From Here?

Companies That Spent Billions on M&A Are Now Selling for Peanuts

Private Credit Looks to Consumers, Infrastructure for Next Stage

Fed, OCC Use Outdated Criteria to Assess Bank Mergers, Senator Warren Says

Dealmakers Eye $4 Trillion-Plus M&A Haul in 2025 on Trump Boost

Government Contractor KBR, Recently Hit by DOGE Fears, Draws Activist Investor

Activist Investor Palliser Capital Widens Call for Review of Rio Tinto’s Dual-Listing Status

This Red Midwestern State Is a Global Paragon of Clean Power

Protecting the World’s Biggest Uninsured Economy From Climate Change

Tik Tok Offered Last Chance to Argue for US Life

Thousands of Amazon Workers Go on Strike Thursday

G.M. Led in China for Years. Here’s How It Ended Up 16th in Sales.

Publishers Battle for the C-Suite

MacKenzie Scott Has Given Away Over $19 Billion in the Last 5 Years and Experts Say She’s ‘Changed Entire Fields Like Affordable Housing’

Starbucks Has a Pumpkin Spice Latte Problem in China

Everton FC Takeover by Toyota Tycoon Dan Friedkin Gets Approval

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Posted by on December 19th, 2024 at 7:04 am


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