Morning News: January 10, 2024

Xi’s Empty Dream City Shows Limits of His Power, Even in China

How the War With Hamas Has Damaged Israel’s Tech Firms and Economy

Importers Face Surging Shipping Costs, Delays as Red Sea Diversions Pile Up

This Inflation Measure Is Running Hot. It’s Probably Wrong

US Inflation Is Set to Fade in 2024 as Goods Prices Keep Falling

Top US Banks Eager for Relief From Rate Pressure After Fed Hikes

The Big Bitcoin Tease

SEC’s X Account Hacked to Falsely Say Bitcoin ETF Approved

The Bond Market Rally Is Overlooking a Soaring $2 Trillion Debt Problem

Global Activist Investors Pressed Companies to Sell or Spin in 2023 as M&A Dropped Off

Mortgage Rates and Inflation Could Draw Attention to the Fed This Election

Elections and Disinformation Are Colliding Like Never Before in 2024

Trumponomics 2.0: What to Expect If Trump Wins the 2024 Election

The Class of 2024 Gets Ready for the Real World

Boomer Retirement Bomb

Nu Mexico to Roll Out Enhanced App to Receive Money From the US

The Next Front in the U.S.-China Battle Over Chips

Microsoft Debates What to Do With A.I. Lab in China

Equinix Raises Debt Abroad to Clip Interest Costs

BMW Converts Century-Old German Plant to Only Make Electric Cars

Vietnam’s VinFast Aims to Qualify for Biden’s EV Tax Credits

Boeing CEO Says Company Needs to Acknowledge ‘Our Mistake’

Unstoppable in Red

Brick-Filled Boxes. Bogus Receipts. Retailers Battle Fraudulent Returns

Is America’s Ultra-Processed Diet That Bad? Big Food Fights Back

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