Morning News: February 5, 2025

Nigeria Extends Dollar Access as Naira Shows Ongoing Stability

China’s Lunar New Year Travel, Spending Boom Offer Positive Signs

US Postal Service Suspends Inbound Parcels From China, Hong Kong

Trump, Xi Play to Win at Sun Tzu’s Art of Trade War

Most USAID Staff Across the World Will Be Put on Leave This Week

Trump and Musk Are Vandalizing the World

‘Race to the Border’: Manufacturers Scramble Under Trump’s Looming Tariffs

US Tariff Delay Sparks 30-Day Rush Across North America

Trump Lost the Trade War He Started With Canada

How U.S. Agriculture Market Is Approaching Tariffs and a Potential Trade War

DeepSeek and Tariffs Have Roiled the Market. History Shows Deeper Pullbacks Are Coming

US Senate Panel Dives Into Debanking Fight

Neuberger Berman to Buy $1 Billion in Consumer Debt From Fintech

A 900% Stock Surge Creates a Billionaire Couple in India

Believing in Aliens Derailed This Internet Pioneer’s Career. Now He’s Facing Prison

Workers Forced to Return to the Office May Soon Become ‘Accidental Landlords’

Alphabet Earnings Beat Expectations. Why the Stock Is Tumbling.

EU Sets Out Plans to Crack Down on E-Commerce Platforms Amid Product Safety Concerns

The End of Cheap Shein and Temu Hauls? How Trump’s Tariffs Could Make Those Shipments More Expensive

A Hot New Label for Luxury Brands to Consider: ‘Made in America’

The $80 Billion Diamond Market Crash Leaves De Beers Reeling

EU Merger Watchdog Begins Probe of AMD’s $5 Billion ZT Systems Acquisition

Honda and Nissan Merger Talks in Peril

Novo Sees Ozempic Boom Prompting Another Sales Surge

Disney Tops Estimates With Gains From Streaming and ‘Moana 2’

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Posted by on February 5th, 2025 at 7:10 am


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