Morning News: March 25, 2025

China’s Central Bank Tweaks Lending Tool in Sign of Policy Shift

China Frees Employees of U.S. Consulting Firm After 2-Year Detention

German Business Confidence Climbs After Lawmakers Unlock Spending Increase

In His Second Term, Trump Fuels a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation

Trade War Explodes Across World at Pace Not Seen in Decades

Trump’s Threat of ‘Secondary Tariffs’ Invents New Trade Weapon

Europe Should Hold Its Fire in Coming Tariff War

Potatoes, Shrimp and Teslas: Exporters Vie to Shape Trump’s Tariffs

UBS Top Strategist Sees Consumer Slowdown Hitting the S&P 500

US Consumers Slow Spending as Inflation Bites, Synchrony Says

U.S. Infrastructure Improves, but Cuts May Imperil Progress, Report Says

Trump, Big Law, and an ‘Existential Crisis’

Has the Decline of Knowledge Work Begun?

PBS and NPR Prepare for Showdown With Congress

China’s AI Push Turns Tech Titans Into National Champions

Tech Chiefs, Foreign Leaders Urge Trump to Rethink AI Chip Curbs

Emboldened by Trump, A.I. Companies Lobby for Fewer Rules

Google Is Searching for an Answer to ChatGPT

Shell to Increase Production, Shareholder Returns Under New Strategy

Boeing Gets Lifeline in Pentagon Deal to Build Most Expensive Jet Fighter Ever

Boeing Is Pushing to Withdraw Guilty Plea Agreement

Cathie Wood Sticks With Tesla, Predicts Stock to Hit $2,600

Tesla’s No.1 Rival Is Practically Taunting Elon Musk Now

Toyota Was Bullish on Trump. Then Came the Tariff Threats.

Hyundai to Invest $21 Billion in U.S. in Bid to Avoid Trump’s Tariffs

Mexico Should Roll Out the Asphalt Carpet for BYD

23andMe’s Bankruptcy Puts 15 Million Users’ DNA Info on Auction Block

The World’s Largest Whiskey Market Prepares for Trump Tariffs

Let Consumers Decide Whether to Eat Lab-Grown Meat

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Posted by on March 25th, 2025 at 7:07 am


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