Morning News: October 23, 2023

China Plans to Buy More Cobalt For Reserves After Prices Plunge

China Rattles Foreign Firms Again With Arrests, Foxconn Probe

Ten, No More? Five Questions for the ECB

As U.S. Debt Surges, Europe Brings Its Own Under Control

Abrdn’s Head of Equities Says Invest Anywhere, ‘Just Not the US’

Ten-Year Treasury Yield Tops 5% for First Time Since 2007, Keeping Traders Wary

A Shrinking $1.3 Trillion Securities Market Is Bad News for the Economy

The Economy Was Supposed to Slow by Now. Instead It’s Revving Up

How High Interest Rates Sting Bakers, Farmers and Consumers

There’s Never Been a Worse Time to Buy Instead of Rent

Americans Have Never Been Wealthier & No One is Happy

Money Managers With $100 Trillion Confront End of the Bull Market

Billionaires Are Next Up in Crosshairs of Global Tax Architects

Chevron to Buy Hess for $53 Billion in Latest Oil Megadeal

Roche to Buy Irritable Bowel Drugmaker Telavant for $7.1 Billion

Big Shipping-Container Firm Strikes Deal

Why Olive Oil Is So Expensive Right Now

Ozempic and Wegovy Don’t Cost What You Think They Do

War Leaves Saudi Prince’s Dream of a New Mideast in Tatters

Israel-Hamas War Sows Division Within Entertainment Industry

How Much Influence Should Universities Give Their Donors?

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Posted by on October 23rd, 2023 at 5:45 am


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