Morning News: May 23, 2025

EU Agrees to Reinstate Trade Quotas on Ukraine as War Drags on

Sorry, Donald Trump, But Ukraine Is Your War

How Middle East Oil Giants Are Building Soft Power

Big Gas Cheered by Evidence Chinese Demand Remains Strong

China’s Lithium City Is a Front Line of the Battery Trade War

Japan Consumer Inflation Picks Up on Higher Energy, Food Prices

Eurozone Wages Slowed Sharply Ahead of Tariff Blow

Germany Upgrades First-Quarter Growth on Manufacturing Strength Ahead of Tariffs

U.K. Retail Sales Rise for Fourth-Straight Month, Boosted by Warm Weather

U.K. Consumer Sentiment Edges Up From Low Mood as Tariff Turmoil Eases

Trump Threatens a 50% Tariff on EU Goods Starting in June

Bond Market to Washington: We’ll Make You Pay

Republicans Harness Tax Code to Punish Trump’s Political Nemeses

The Republican Tax Bill Could Sharply Slow E.V. Sales

US Debt Limit Nail-Biter Looms as Senate Ponders Trump Tax Bill

Treasury Sounds Death Knell for Penny Production

US Firms Face Biggest Hit on Trump Tariffs, HSBC Survey Says

Under Trump, a Mainstay for Small Businesses Clamps Down

CEOs Can Stop White House Attacks — If They Act Now

Empathy and Ethics Needed In the C-Suite

The FTC’s Fruitless Search for ‘Relevant Markets’

Harvard’s Foreign Students Are Stunned and Devastated by Trump’s Ban

Booz Allen Hamilton Revenue, Outlook Below Estimates

Dillard’s Sues Wells Fargo for Allegedly Abandoning Co-Branded Card Relationship

Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs on Apple If iPhones Not US Made

Surge of Successful Tech IPOs Gives Hope to Silicon Valley Startups

AI ‘Washers’ Can’t Exaggerate Their Way Out of This One

The Obesity-Drug Battle Is Heating Up After Novo’s CEO Ouster

OnlyFans Owner in Talks to Sell to Investor Group at About $8 Billion Value

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