Morning News: November 19, 2025

Singapore Woos Growth Firms with Plans to Make SGX-Nasdaq Dual Listing Easier

Where Will ‘America First’ Lead Us? The Answer From History: Nowhere Good

Trump’s Long-Shot Quest to Turn the Tide as the Asian Century Rolls On

Trump’s Warships Trigger Rally in Venezuela’s Defaulted Bonds

Raimondo Says Trump’s Tariffs Hard to Remove for Next President

Pharma Tariffs Would Result In Fewer, More Expensive Cures

There’s No Such Thing As a K-Shaped Economy

Fed’s Barkin Says Coming Data Will Guide December Meeting

What Fed Cut? US Repo Rates Still High as Liquidity Tightens into Year-End

The Growing Cost of Having Ties to Epstein

The World Is Failing Women and Children

JPMorgan’s Super-Sized Checks Are Blowing Away All Other Lenders

How Americans’ Nest Eggs Built a Private Equity Loan Revolution

Fintechs Don’t Require Government Handouts for Data Access

Nvidia and Walmart Could Ease Wall St.’s Jitters. Or Make Them Worse.

Nvidia Earnings Run Into a Market Suddenly Afraid of AI Spending

Nvidia Needs Investors to Party Like It’s Not 1999

Brookfield Targets $10 Billion for AI Fund in Nvidia Pact

China’s AI University Beats Out Harvard, MIT in Race For Patents

U.S. Backs $1 Billion Loan to Restart the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant

Elon Musk’s xAI Is in Advanced Talks to Raise $15 Billion, Lifting Valuation

Europe’s Chip Dreams Confront Business Realities

Meta Did Not Violate Antitrust Law, Judge Rules

Adobe Nears $1.9 Billion Deal for Software Provider Semrush

Nexstar CEO Says Bigger Is Better in Pitch to FCC

Paramount Is the Only Logical Winner in the Three-Horse Race for Warner

Lowe’s Sales Rise, Boosted by Growth in Pro Builder Business

Target to Invest Billions to Upgrade Stores as Sales Slump Continues

TJ Maxx Owner Outperforms, Signaling More Frugal US Shopper

Ocado Misses Its Delivery Window With Kroger Setback

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Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on November 19th, 2025 at 7:04 am

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