Morning News: August 11, 2025

The Dollar Still Rules, But US Policy Is Making It Less Special

Forgotten US Global Bond Funds Face ‘Show-Me-the-Money’ Moment

Hedge Fund Schonfeld’s Millennial Boss Drags It Back From the Brink

The Death of Diversification: Why Buffett Was Right All Along

Is Dow Inc. Doxing the Shareholders Who Ask the Wrong Questions?

Trump’s 401(k) Order Offers Retirement Savers Crypto, Private Assets, But Also Higher Fees and More Risk

Inflation Up or Down? What About Jobs? The Agency That Should Know Is on the Rocks

What Happens When Politicians Meddle With Economic Data: Argentina’s Example

The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics

On Economic Policy, the White House Is Its Own Worst Enemy

Supercharging ICE Threatens to Be a Costly Mistake

The Economy Is Starting to Pay for Trump’s Chaos

US Consumers to Bear Brunt of Tariff Hit, Goldman Economists Say

Small Businesses Brace for the Punishing Side Effects of Trump’s Tariffs

Small US Firms Paying Trump Tariffs Face $202 Billion Annual Hit

How to Offset Trump’s Aluminum Tariffs: Recycle Your Beer Can

Orsted Shares Tumble After Halting of U.S. Wind Project Sale; $9.4 Billion Rights Issue Proposal

Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Testing the Power of Markets

Lithium Market Soars as CATL Shuts One of World’s Biggest Mines

Rare-Earth Magnet Maker Raises $65 Million in Push to Counter China

China’s Automakers Are Taking a Shortcut to European Markets

Builder China South City Ordered to Liquidate by Hong Kong Court

U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China

An AI Replay of the Browser Wars, Bankrolled by Google

Rumble Mulls $1.17 Billion All-Stock Deal For Northern Data

Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.

AOL Will End Its Dial-Up Internet Service (Yes, It’s Still Operating)

Activist Investor to Push Avantor to Make Changes or Sell Itself

Inside Target, Frustrated Employees and the Search for a New CEO

Can AriZona’s 99-Cent Iced Tea Survive Trump’s Tariffs?

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Posted by on August 11th, 2025 at 7:08 am


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