Morning News: September 30, 2025

China’s Factory Activity Gauges Show Signs of Improvement

China Bans New BHP Iron Ore Cargoes as Pricing Dispute Grows

Weak Japan Data Poses Headache for Central Bank

French Inflation Picks Up Pace as ECB Looks Likely to Keep Rates in Place

London Drops Out of Top 20 IPO Markets After Falling Behind Mexico

Foreign Bank Cash Decline Lifts Fed Funds Rate Ahead of Quarter-End

Trump Officials Flesh Out Tariffs on Kitchen Cabinets, Furniture and Timber

Trump’s Deportations Are Driving a Remittance Boom in Latin America

US SEC Chair Fast-Tracks Trump Push to End Quarterly Earnings Reports

Robert Moses Showed That Spending Cuts Just Feed the Spenders

US Government Shutdown Looms With Trump, Democrats at Odds

How Government Shutdowns Affect the Economy

Rise of ‘Accidental Landlords’ Is Bad News for Investors Who Bet Big on Rentals

Americans Seek More Control of Their Financial Future

Charlie Javice Sentenced to 85 Months in Prison for Fraud

The War on H1-Bs Has a New Front — and Bipartisan Support

America’s Elite Universities Have Lost Their Way

YouTube Settles Trump Lawsuit Over Account Suspension for $24.5 Million

Exxon to Cut 2,000 Workers as Oil Sector Job Losses Mount

Boeing Has Started Working on a 737 MAX Replacement

This Windowless Plane Is Vying to Be the Private Jet of the Future

Why General Motors Boss Mary Barra Is Slamming the Brakes on Lofty EV Ambitions

See How E.V. Road Trips Went From Impossible to Easy

What We Know About ChatGPT’s New Parental Controls

Electronic Arts Buyout Is a Whole New Game

The Seductive, and Risky, Power of Live Sports Betting

Spotify Founder Daniel Ek Leaving CEO Job

Food Supplier Mama’s Creations Turns to Dealmaking to Fuel Growth

The $400 Million Restaurant Man

Red Bull Owners Prop up Riches With Dividend as Profit Drops

‘You Can’t Run From Fear’: American Eagle’s CEO on the Sydney Sweeney Fallout

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Posted by on September 30th, 2025 at 7:08 am


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