Morning News: February 12, 2024

Ship in Red Sea Signals All-Muslim Crew to Avoid Houthi Attack

Oil Slips After Rally Last Week on Middle East, Tight Supply

In Trump-Biden Rematch, the Only Sure Loser Is China

Economists Haven’t Been This Critical of a Tight Fed in 13 Years

Private Equity Returns Plunge to Global Financial Crisis Levels

New Hedge Funds Struggle While Established Players Raise Fees to Record Highs, Goldman Says

Some Hedge Funds Keep Over Half of Their Profits Through Customer Fees

Bitcoin’s Bounce Doesn’t Settle the Biggest Worries About Crypto

Real Estate Pain for US Regional Banks Is Piling Up, Say Investors

Citi Hit By New Fed Rebuke, Setbacks on Consent Orders

He Grew Up in the Shadow of the ‘Wolf of Wall Street.’ Then He Got Into Debt Settlement

German Commercial Property Prices Post Biggest-Ever Drop, Data Shows

Diamondback to Buy Endeavor for $26 Billion in Oil Megadeal

Galp Expects Lower Earnings This Year

How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer

Can the U.S. Break China’s Grip on Solar?

A Crowd Set Fire to a Waymo Taxi in San Francisco, as Tensions About Driverless Tech Grow

What Happens When TikTok Is Your Marketing Department

Elon Musk Isn’t the Only Billionaire Fighting Delaware

EQT Consortium Launches $1.64 Billion Bid for French Digital Music Company Believe

What I Got Wrong About Loyalty at Work

US Employers Brace for About 16 Million Super Bowl Sick Days

Gyms Face Tough Year as Key January Growth Screeches to a Halt

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Posted by on February 12th, 2024 at 7:02 am


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