Morning News: June 5, 2025

China’s Global Income Tax Crackdown Expands Beyond Ultra Rich

Whose Side Is the US On? Doubts Strain Alliances

Japanese Bonds Rise as 30-Year Auction Brings Some Relief

Global Bond Auctions Show Weaker Trend as Fiscal Angst Grows

Ireland’s Economy Grew Much Faster Than Expected on Tariff Stockpiling

ECB to Cut Rates as Trade Mess Weighs on the Economy

There Is an Alternative to the Dollar — It’s the Euro

Is There a Tariff End Game?

This Is the True Danger of Trump’s Tariffs

Biden’s I.R.S. Doubled Audits on the Wealthy, Data Shows

Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data

Trump’s Budget Proposal Goes After Statistical Agency Funding

U.S. Is Trimming Back Its Collection of Consumer Price Data

‘Price Discrimination’ Is What Enables Lower Prices In the First Place

Not Now, Not In 10 Years, Social Security Isn’t Going Insolvent

JPMorgan Chase Sees Growth in Asia Pacific Private Credit Market

Wells Fargo CEO Goes from Fixer to Builder as Regulators Lift Punishments

Buy-the-Dip Retail Investors are Getting Bolder, Just When the Risks are Getting Bigger

Bill Ackman Is Tweeting Through It

Cathie Wood Goes Bargain Hunting: 3 Stocks She Just Bought

Elon Musk Urges Americans Take Action to ‘Kill’ Trump Tax Cut Bill

Tesla Is Being Eaten Alive by Chinese Rivals It Inspired

Cargo Ship Carrying Electric Vehicles Burns Off Alaska

Meta’s ‘Patriotism’ Spurs Shift to Military Technology

The Missing Engineers – There Aren’t Enough to Meet the World’s Growing Hunger for Power

The Green Transition Needs More Workers

Shale Drillers in Permian Basin Face Up to the Prospect of Peak Output

Walmart’s Flipkart Secures Approval for Direct Lending in India

P&G Plans to Cut 15% of Office Jobs Over Next Two Years

Kleenex-Owner Strikes a Deal for Its International Tissue Business

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Posted by on June 5th, 2025 at 7:05 am


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