Morning News: April 22, 2024

China’s Benchmark Lending Rates Kept Unchanged

US Dollar’s Extended Reign Delivers Stark Wake-Up Call for Markets

‘Overdue’ Pullback in US Stocks to Test Dip-Buyers’ Resolve

Why the Stock Market Is Having ‘Digestion Problems’ This Earnings Season

US Bond Bulls Lean Into Latest Selloff Despite Inflation Scare

Path for 10-Year U.S. Treasury Yield to 5% Is Possible but Tricky

US Consumers on Lower Incomes Face Loan Stress While Banks Pull Back

Ray Dalio’s Famous Trade Is Sputtering and Investors Are Bailing

Souring China Dreams Force Western Financial Firms to Cut Costs

How JPMorgan’s Cash Call Beat Bank of America

Offshore Drilling Grows as US Shale Gets Left Behind

US Commerce Chief Goes Prime Time Defending Industrial Policy

Raimondo Says Huawei’s Chip Breakthrough Is Years Behind US Tech

TikTok Braces for US Divest-or-Ban Law — And a Legal Fight

With 4 Words, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai Responded to Firing 28 Protesters. It’s a Lesson Every Leader Should Learn

Tesla, Li Auto Cut Prices as China’s EV Price War Heats Up

Elon Musk’s Robotaxi Dreams Plunge Tesla Into Chaos

How Can Elon Musk Reassure Tesla Investors?

Nissan Motor Shares Drop After Annual Profit Estimate Lowered on Slower Sales

VW Works Closely With Unions in Germany, but UAW May Be Less Cuddly

Walmart’s Tiny Tag Revolution Is Promising a Productivity Boost

Apple iPhone Trade-Ins Aren’t the Green Solution Consumers Expect

Verizon Reports Profit Beat and Rise in Wireless Subscribers

Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?

Is Online Shopping Bad for the Planet?

The Chinese Site That Rewired Online Shopping

Levi Strauss Is Stretching Beyond Wholesale in Search for New Customers

China’s Bubble Tea Boom Creates a Half-Dozen Billionaires

How a Massive Hack of Psychotherapy Records Revealed a Nation’s Secrets

Tomb Raider Owner Embracer Plans Three-Way Split

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Posted by on April 22nd, 2024 at 7:03 am


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