Morning News: August 13, 2025

Bets on Outsize Fed Cut Gain Steam as CPI Data Backs Doves

Bessent Says Fed Rates Should Likely Be 150, 175 Basis Points Lower

Crypto Entrepreneur Who Caused 2022 Market Crash Pleads Guilty to Fraud

A Flash in the Pan: The Strange Story of Kodak’s Ill-Fated Crypto Venture

Morgan Stanley Sees Brazil Bond Sales Setting $30 Billion Record

Bessent Dismisses China Investing in US as Part of a Trade Deal

China’s New Yuan Loans Drop Unexpectedly

China Sees Backlash Over Mandatory Social Security Payments

The US-China Fight Over Panama’s Canal Has an Unexpected Winner

China to Hit Canadian Canola With Nearly 76% Tariff as Trade Row Escalates

Vietnam Wants to Be the Next Asian Tiger and It’s Overhauling Its Economy to Make It Happen

Trump Calls on Goldman to Replace Economist Over Tariff Stance

Trump’s Pick to Lead Labor Data Agency Adds to Fears of Political Interference

Trump Has Made Himself Commander in Chief of the Chip Industry

What to Know About Trump’s Deal With A.I. Chipmakers

Companies Are Pouring Billions Into A.I. It Has Yet to Pay Off.

Transatlantic Cooperation and the E.U.’s Digital War on U.S. Tech

Perplexity’s Bid for Google Chrome Is Mostly Mischief

GE Appliances Plans $3 Billion U.S. Investment to Help Blunt Tariffs

Billion-Dollar Pay Packages Are Disasters-In-Waiting

Saving Money on a Used Car Is Getting Harder

Americans Are Getting Priced Out of Homeownership at Record Rates

OPEC+ Reshaped the Calculus for Oil Markets and Spawned a Record Glut

Scrappy Gas Billionaires Win Major Arbitration Case Against Shell

The Push for Solar Is Carving a Path of Destruction

Pharmaceuticals, AI Make Growing Old Great Again

Gildan to Buy Underwear Maker Hanesbrands for $2.2 Billion

The South African Businessman Who Turned Le Creuset Into Commercial Gold

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Posted by on August 13th, 2025 at 7:06 am


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