Morning News: February 12, 2025

European Defense Startups Drive $5.2 Billion Funding Spree in 2024

Milei’s Plan to Boost Farm Exports: Stop Ships From Running Aground

China’s Property Crisis Enters a Dangerous New Phase

How China’s Growth Headwinds Shape Its Response to Trump

What Modi and India Can Offer Trump on Tariffs and Trade

Why Trump Hit the International Criminal Court With Sanctions

Trump Advisers Look to Shift US Foreign Aid to Wall Street Ally

America First Is Quickly Becoming America Alone

To Win the Global Money Game, America Has to Play

Who Pays for Tariffs (Hint: It’s most often not other countries.)

A Hot Inflation Print Is Set to Derail S&P 500’s Run to Record

With High Prices Persisting, Trump Tempers Tone on Slaying Inflation

How Car Insurance Would Help Tariffs Cast a Long Inflation Shadow

Activist Breakup Wins Should Rattle Size-Obsessed CEOs

Elon Musk in the Oval Office

Fearing Trump, Wall Street Sounds a Retreat on Diversity Efforts

McKinsey Champions Diversity While Rivals Abandon Targets

SoftBank Posts Quarterly Loss, Gears Up for Giant AI Project

How Trump’s Policies Have Shaken America’s IT Departments

Nvidia Shares No Longer Bulletproof as DeepSeek Fears Linger

Alibaba Becomes China’s New AI Darling With $87 Billion Rally

Meta’s Accounting Move on AI Servers to Boost Profit This Year

China’s Vast Energy Market Swallows DeepSeek Impact

Tesla Can’t Afford Another Twitter-Size Distraction

Ford Chief Executive Says Trump Policies May Lead to Layoffs

Biogen Forecasts Bigger Annual Sales Decline Than Expected

CVS Rises After Fourth-Quarter Profit Signals Improvement

How Oura’s Smart Ring Bridged the Gap From Tech Bros to Normies

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Posted by on February 12th, 2025 at 7:03 am


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