Morning News: August 17, 2023

Milei Promises Argentina Can Be Saved With Libertarian Economics

China Told State Banks to Escalate Yuan Intervention

Some Fed Officials Are Turning Cautious about Raising Rates Too High

With Investors on Edge, Fed Minutes Take on New Urgency

Global Yields March to 15-Year Highs as Rate-Hike Worries Build

Goldman Sachs Blames Zero-Day Options for Fueling S&P 500 Selloff

The Legendary, Wildly Profitable QQQ Fund Makes No Money for Its Owner

‘Don’t You Remember Me?’ The Crypto Hell on the Other Side of a Spam Text

More Cyber Companies Announce Layoffs

How a Small Group of Firms Changed the Math for Insuring Against Natural Disasters

The Trillions of Dollars Forgotten When Tracking the Energy Transition

U.S. Plans New Tariffs on Food-Can Metal From China, Germany and Canada

How U.S. Steel Became an Acquisition Target

US Housing Affordability Hits Worst Point in Nearly Four Decades

The Golden Girls Approach: Buying Homes Together Amid High Prices

Almost Half of Americans See Automation Replacing Their Jobs

The Desperate Hunt for the A.I. Boom’s Most Indispensable Prize

BAE Systems Snaps Up Ball Corp’s Aerospace Arm for About $5.55 Billion

Walmart’s Sales and Profits Rise, Fueled by Consumers Looking for Deals

Already Time to Hit the Brakes on VinFast

Nike, Adidas Bet Big on World Cup Football Shirts and Merch

LinkedIn is Uniquely Positioned to Benefit from Twitter’s Meltdown–and Disgruntled X Users are Offering Microsoft a Blueprint for Social Media Supremacy

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Posted by on August 17th, 2023 at 7:06 am


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