Morning News: July 21, 2025

Japan’s Ishiba Tries to Buy Time After Historic Election Setback

Yen Bounces as Japan PM Hangs On

A Massive Dam in Tibet Will Do More for China’s GDP Than for Its Power Supplies

Zambia Plans $1.1 Billion Oil Refinery With Fujian Xiang Xin

China’s Moves Against 3 Foreigners Stoke Anxiety

EU Is Racing to Secure US Trade Deal and Preparing for Worst

Trump’s Tariffs Key to Whether Anticipated ECB Hold Is an End Or A Pause

U.S. Coffee Drinkers and Businesses Will Pay the Price for Trump’s Brazil Tariffs

The U.S. Economy Is Regaining Its Swagger

Trump Threats Send Wall Street Hunting for Perfect Powell Hedge

Kevin Hassett Wants To Be Fed Chairman. That’s What’s So Dangerous

How Bessent Made the Case to Trump Against Firing Fed Chair Powell

Applying the ‘Bedford Falls Rule’ to the Federal Reserve

S&P 500 Signals the US Stock Rally Momentum is Waning

Republicans Fall Into the Same Inflation Trap as Democrats

Blank-Check Company Strikes Cryptocurrency Deal

After Pledging to Keep Prices Low, Amazon Hiked Them on Hundreds of Essentials

What Chip-Stock Investors Are Missing About Tariffs

Trump Can’t Put the Epstein Genie Back in the Bottle

Hiding Weather Data Harms More Than Hurricane Forecasts

Harvard Faculty Who Fear School’s Destruction Urge Trump Deal

RFK Jr. Is Making America Sick Again. Republicans Need a Cure

Elon Musk’s Empire Is Creaking Under the Strain of Elon Musk

Battery Makers in Slumping EV Business Find Lifeline Elsewhere

Jeep Maker Stellantis Warns of a Shock $2.7 Billion Loss as Tariffs Bite

GE Vernova Buying AI Company for Utilities to Check Grid Damage

Verizon’s Postpaid Phone Losses Continue, Full-Year Forecast Improves

Canceling ‘The Late Show’ Is Bad News for Late-Night TV, Not for Stephen Colbert

NJ and NYC Expect $3.3 Billion Boost From Hosting World Cup

Kraft Heinz Seeks to Revive Old Brands by Undoing 2015 Mega-Merger

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Posted by on July 21st, 2025 at 7:04 am


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