Morning News: May 19, 2025

China’s Economy Feels the Sting From Trade War

EU’s €150 Billion Defense Fund Receives Preliminary Approval

EU Lowers Growth Forecast as U.S. Tariffs Expected to Hit Exports

Republicans Like Europe — Whether They Know It or Not

Markets Rattled on Concerns About U.S. Debt

The ‘Triple A’ Sovereign Bond Club Has Shrunk

Moody’s Blues Come for US Sentiment

Treasuries, Dollar Fall as Moody’s Sharpens Focus on US Debt

The ‘Sell America’ Trade Makes a Comeback

Traders Ride the Trump Show’s ‘Good Volatility’

Cathie Wood Says Trump’s Tariff War May Free Up Markets

This Veteran Investor Crunches the Numbers and Sees the Risk of a Full-Blown Bear Market

How President Trump is Sparking a Crypto Revolution in America

JPMorgan Executives Take Center Stage with Succession, Tariffs in Focus

JPMorgan Says Charge-Offs in Card Portfolio Could Be Higher in 2026

The Miners Who Lost Their Jobs, but Not Their Faith in Trump’s Tariffs

Will Anyone Take the Factory Jobs Trump Wants to Bring Back to America?

Canadians Fear Trump’s Tariffs Will Create a ‘Ghost Town’ in Ontario

Porsche Tried to Be Both Ferrari and Mercedes. With the Trade War, It Struggles to Be Either.

The Unlucky Business Owners Who Named Their Companies ‘DEI’ Before It Was a Thing

Trump Warns America’s Businesses: Eat My Tariffs, or Pay the Price

El-Erian Says the Era of U.S. Exceptionalism is on Pause

The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial

Blackstone Infrastructure to Buy TXNM Energy for $5.7 Billion

Gas Power Is Cheaper to Buy Than Build in the US

Saudi Arabia, UAE See AI Buildup as Key to Post-Oil Power

Why Apple Still Hasn’t Cracked AI

Qualcomm to Make Data Center Processors that Connect to Nvidia Chips

SNAP Is a Lifeline: Congress Can Make It More Efficient

A Most Favored National Policy for Pharma Drugs Makes Sense

A Pickled Pepper Maker Knows Exactly How Hard It Is to Switch to Natural Food Dyes

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