Morning News: December 8, 2025

China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time

China’s Growth Is Coming at the Rest of the World’s Expense

China’s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports and Drawing Criticism

The Many Faces of Abu Dhabi’s Trillions

Your Holiday Gift Contains a Lump of Tariffs

John Lott Is Brilliant On Guns, Not So Much On Tariffs

The Federal Reserve System Returns To Profitability

Powell’s Vote-Gathering Challenge Shows Test for Next Fed Chair

Your Money Could Soon Be Tied Up in This $300 Billion Crypto Market

How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions

Wall Street Hedged Big Crypto Bet in $500 Million Ripple Deal

The Nasdaq 100: Booms & Busts

Middlemen are Swallowing the Economy

America Gets Retirement Wrong. Can Vanguard Fix That?

JPMorgan Taps Todd Combs to Lead Security Investments Group

Berkshire Hathaway Shuffles Top Ranks in Runup to Warren Buffett’s Retirement

Research Veteran Yardeni Ends 15-Year Tech Bet With Underweight Mag 7 Call

Coreweave Shares Fall on $2 Billion Convertible Notes Offering

States Are Raking In Billions From Slot Machines on Your Phone

Using SNAP as Leverage Was a Bad Idea the First Time

Trump to Unveil $12 Billion in Long-Awaited Farm Aid Program

The Year of America’s Cranky Consumer

Shopify President Says Work-Life Balance Is A ‘Misnomer’ — And That We Should Embrace Work-Life ‘Harmony’

The Accounting Uproar Over How Fast an AI Chip Depreciates

Old Teslas Are Falling Apart

IBM Nears Roughly $11 Billion Deal for Confluent

Zuckerberg Isn’t Giving Up on His Metaverse Dream

Trump Warns Netflix-Warner Deal May Pose Antitrust ‘Problem’

Everybody in Hollywood Secretly Hates Netflix. So Now What?

Netflix Has a Huge Opportunity With the DC Studios Superheroes

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Posted by on December 8th, 2025 at 7:06 am


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