Archive for January, 2025

• Morning News: January 3, 2025
  Eddy Elfenbein, January 3rd, 2025 at 7:03 am

  Are Russian Sanctions Working? Debate Gains New Urgency With Trump.

  China Lets Yuan Weaken After Defending 7.3 Per Dollar for Weeks

  China Will Sharply Increase Funding from Treasury Bonds to Spur Growth in 2025

  Emerging Markets Diverge in 2025 on Growth, Rate Expectations

  Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund Makes $1.07 Billion US Real Estate Transaction

  Trump Says Britain is ‘Making a Very Big Mistake’ with Windfall Tax on North Sea Oil Producers

  America Still Leads the World in All the Ways That Matter

  Economy in Counties Trump Won Points to Governing Challenges

  Reserves at Fed Sink Below $3 Trillion to the Lowest Since 2020

  Don’t Fear the Froth. Stay Invested Even If Stocks Are Overvalued.

  BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Posts Record Outflow After Banner Year

  Biden Blocks Sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel

  The Fallout From the End of the U.S. Steel Deal

  Richard A. Easterlin, ‘Father of Happiness Economics,’ Dies at 98

  A $20 Billion Fund Puts Its Religious Stamp on Corporate America

  Tesla’s Car Business Isn’t Really in the Driver’s Seat

  Why Mark Zuckerberg No Longer Needs Nick Clegg

  Foreign Phone Sales Plunge 47% in China Spelling Trouble for Apple

  Apple to Pay $95 Million to Settle Lawsuit Accusing Siri of Eavesdropping

  A Year After Boeing’s Blowout, Quality Remains Work in Progress

  Boeing Adds More Surprise Quality Checks in Its Factories

  Super-Hybrids Are Automakers’ Bridge for EV Skeptics and Curious

  Zyn’s Online Hype Risks Leading to the Nicotine Pouches’ Downfall

  US Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol Labels

  Hollywood’s Sequel-Led Comeback Projected to Extend Into 2025

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• Morning News: January 2, 2025
  Eddy Elfenbein, January 2nd, 2025 at 7:05 am

  Asia’s Manufacturing Expands Despite Export Woes, Waning Confidence

  China’s Growth in 2025 Depends on Battling Storms on Many Fronts

  Chinese Stocks Tumble in Worst Start to a Year Since 2016

  China Hits Dozens of U.S. Companies With Trade Controls

  U.S. Companies Vouched for China During Trump’s First Term. Not Anymore.

  European Gas Pares Gains After Loss of Russian Flows Via Ukraine

  Are Russian Sanctions Working? Debate Takes New Urgency With Trump.

  Politics, Economics and Markets Create a 2025 Three-Body Problem

  Businesses Preparing for Another Year of Geopolitical Tumult

  The Bull and Bear Case for 2025

  The Case For Paranoid Optimism Under Trump 2.0

  US Stocks Set for Bounce After Four-Day Losing Run

  Here’s (Almost) Everything Wall Street Expects in 2025

  Stock Bears Are Going Extinct. Time to Worry?

  D.E. Shaw to Return Billions After Flagship Hedge Fund Gains 18%

  Morgan Stanley to Leave Sector Climate Coalition

  The Top Climate Tech Investing Trends to Watch

  Why Credit Suisse Was a Magnet for Scandals

  Nvidia’s Market Value Gets $2 Trillion Boost in 2024 on AI Rally

  US Dockworkers, Port Employers Set to Restart Talks Next Week

  Big Retail Gets Bigger as Smaller Players Struggle

  How Saffron, a Precious Import, Became an American Cash Crop

  TikTok, Trump Sure to Spark a Year of Social Media Chaos

  China’s Late-Year EV Sales Boom Gives Way to Rocky 2025 View

  Why the Obesity Drug Revolution Is a Work in Progress

  Rolex Hikes Watch Prices by as Much as 8% After Gold Surges

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• Morning News: January 1, 2025
  Eddy Elfenbein, January 1st, 2025 at 7:08 am

  China’s Economy Is Burdened by Years of Excess. Here’s How Bad It Really Is.

  China’s Leader Nods to Economic Challenges

  Russia and Ukraine End Five Decades of Gas Transit to Europe

  Green-Energy Firms’ Pitch to Trump: You’re Going to Need a Lot of Power

  The Biggest S&P 500 Winners and Losers of 2024

  Wall St. Sees More Gains Ahead After Another Bumper Year for Stocks

  Treasuries See Hoped-For Rally Fizzle Into Another Lagging Year

  The Best Predictions for 2025 Are Actually About 2024

  ‘This Will Be Priceless’—Elon Musk Just Quietly Blew Up The Price Of This Bitcoin Rival

  Crypto’s $205 Billion Stablecoin Market Set to Go Mainstream

  Democrats’ Problem With Big Cities, in Three Charts

  Swiss Central Bank Faces Call to Hold Bitcoin in Reserves

  A Top Climate Group for Banks and Asset Managers Is Making Changes

  Citi and Bank of America Say They’re Leaving Global Climate-Banking Alliance

  Alibaba to Sell Sun Art to Buyout Firm DCP for $1.6 Billion

  The Visas Dividing MAGA World Help Power the U.S. Tech Industry

  US Steel Jumps Most in a Year on Nippon Steel Offer to Biden

  Is Living on Top of a Costco the Answer to Affordable-Housing Crisis?

  Why Breakfast Is Busting Your Food Budget

  What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up?

  Advertisers Keep Avoiding News Sites, and Publishers Have Had Enough of It

  Moviegoers Dealt Originality a Setback in 2024

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