Morning News: January 2, 2025

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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