Morning News: December 23, 2025

Why Japan’s Stock Market Can Keep Rising

Tariffs Unravel India’s Dream of Challenging China in Toymaking

A Christmas-Themed Economic Review and Outlook

Trump’s Reordering of U.S. Capital

Crypto’s Big Year Didn’t Work Out for All of Its Billionaires

Private Credit’s Expanding Role In the Middle Market

Once Wall Street’s High Flyer, Private Equity Loses Its Luster

How Investors Buy Gold and What Fuels the Market

Copper Hits $12,000 for First Time as Tariff Trade Upends Market

BlackRock Was Toxic for ESG, But It’s Far From Dead

Gavin Newsom Would Be “Cheap” If Governor of Mississippi

Car Payments Now Average More Than $750 a Month. Enter the 100-Month Car Loan.

US Watchdog Says Paycheck Advances No Longer Subject to Lending Law

A Small Nebraska Town Is Reeling From the Exit of Meatpacking Giant Tyson

Foreign Governments Are Reaching Into the Pockets of American Business

Memory Chip Makers Say AI Alters Boom-and-Bust Cycle

Google’s Chess Master Is Working on AI’s Killer App

Layoffs Expected as Marketers Face Pressure Over AI Savings, Survey Finds

Dismiss the Doomsday Clock at Your Own Peril

President Trump Is Obsessed With Taking Over Greenland. Why?

How Long Can US Oil Sanctions Keep Hurting Russia?

Sanctioned Tankers Load Venezuelan Oil Despite US Pressure

How U.S. Defense Industry Dodged a Rare-Earth Shortage After China’s Curbs

China Delays Plans for Mass Production of Self-Driving Cars After Accident

Ford and GM Are Running Out of Time to Reinvent Themselves

Trump’s First-Term Trust Buster Is Now Working to Get Paramount Its Deal

Ellison’s Pledge to Backstop Paramount Bid Would Reshape Fortune

CEO David Zaslav Poised To Get $567 million (!) Payout For Screwing Up Warner Brothers

Inside Bari Weiss’s Decision to Pull a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment

YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV

How Starbucks Came Undone

Novo Nordisk Gets US Approval for Wegovy Obesity Pill

Marijuana Madness May Soon Get Worse

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Posted by on December 23rd, 2025 at 7:09 am


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