Morning News: January 1, 2025

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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