Morning News: February 4, 2025

Why These Companies in Louisville, Ky., Fear Trump’s Tariffs

Dudley: Trump’s Tariffs Are Even Worse Than I Imagined

It’s Almost Like They Knew Trump Was Bluffing

China Hits Back Against Trump’s Tariffs With Targeted Actions

These Are All the US Goods China Is Targeting With Tariffs

Where Trump’s Trade Fight Could Go Next

EU Must Accept Transactional Global Relationships, Commission Chief Von Der Leyen Says

El Salvador Offers to Take US Criminal Deportees of Any Nationality For a Fee

Trump Promised a Cap on Credit Card Interest Rates. Here’s His Chance.

Fed Official Pushes Back on Pre-emptive Policy Moves

Are Markets Underestimating the Tariff Problem?

Apollo Raises Record From Private Wealth as Credit Lures Clients

Intesa Sanpaolo Issues $2.07 Billion Buyback, Raises 2025 Outlook

Amazon, King of Online Retail, Can’t Seem to Make Its Physical Stores Work

AI Resurrecting the Dead Threatens Our Grasp on Reality

How a Sale of TikTok Would Work and Who Might Buy It

Nintendo Cuts Earnings, Switch Sales Guidance Amid Profit Slump

Spotify Reports First Full-Year Profit

Ford’s F-150 Lightning Is Falling Behind Tesla’s Cybertruck in Deepening EV Crisis

Ferrari Expects Higher Revenue and Earnings This Year

Merck Halts China Gardasil Sales, Dragging on 2025 Outlook

How an Activist Group Helped Torpedo MDMA Therapy

Coffee Set for Longest Gaining Streak in 45 Years on Supply Woes

PepsiCo Revenue Slips on Volume Drop for Frito-Lay, Quaker

Smirnoff Maker Diageo Scraps Midterm Guidance Amid Tariff Uncertainty

The $22 Billion Vape Industry Is About to Get Even Messier

The NFL’s Flawed DEI Program Still Beats What Most Companies Are Doing

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Posted by on February 4th, 2025 at 7:04 am


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