Morning News: May 12, 2025

Trump and Xi Tone Down a Senseless Trade War

Surprise U.S.-China Trade Deal Gives Global Economy a Big Reprieve

What the U.S.-China Trade Agreement Means for Markets

Global Stocks Jump After U.S. and China Cut Tariffs

George W. Bush Lit The Dollar Fire On Which Trump Throws A Match

U.S. Trade Agreements Mark Progress, Despite Lingering Uncertainty, BOE’s Lombardelli Says

Japanese Foreign Equity Purchases in April Hit 20-Year High on Global Market Volatility

Trump Truce Leaves India Furious, Pakistan Elated as Risks Loom

Germany’s Solar Power Generation Surges to a Fresh Record

After Driving Down Oil, Saudi Arabia’s MBS Looks for Trump Dividend

For Trump, It’s a New Era of Deal-Making With Tech’s Most-Coveted Commodity

Americans Embrace Road Trips as Economic Fears Discourage Flying

California Drivers Are Paying Up as Refineries Disappear

A Shipping Change Might Help Small Businesses if Not for Trump’s Trade Wars

How Tariffs Are Crushing Small Businesses: ‘Nobody in Power Seems to Care’

The Spring Home Sales Season Is Shaping Up to Be a Dud

The FTC’s Andrew Ferguson Sounds Eerily Like Lina Khan

Price Controls on Credit Cards Will Hit Community Banks, Customers

Note to Feds: Don’t Destroy Google

The iPhone Is a Nicer Place With Fewer Restrictions After Ruling

SoftBank Stargate Venture With OpenAI Hits Snags on Tariff Fears

The Tech Guys Are Fighting. Literally.

Can More Military Spending Revive an Economy? This British Town Hopes So.

Trump’s Vow to Cut US Drug Prices Drags Pharma Stocks Lower

Why Moderna Merged Its Tech and HR Departments

Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up

Why Patients Are Being Forced to Switch to a 2nd-Choice Obesity Drug

TikTokers Are Self-Diagnosing. That’s Good and Bad.

Danone Acquires U.S. Plant-Based Organic Formula Maker Kate Farms

Crafters Mourn the Demise of Their ‘Little Happy Safe Place’

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


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