Morning News: May 15, 2025

South Korea Goes Small in Bid for Nuclear Power Ascendance

Eurozone Grew More Weakly Than Thought at Start of 2025, Despite Output Boost Ahead of Tariffs

Rebound Leaves Asset Prices out of Line With Geopolitical Risks, Says ECB’s De Guindos

U.K. Economy Raced at Start of Year But Slowdown Looms

U.S. Ranchers Can Sell Britons More Beef. Will They Buy It?

Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Bring Manufacturing Back to America

Is It Too Late to Save the US Economy?

Bond Traders Enter the Budget Fight

‘Beautiful’ Is In the Eye of the Bond Vigilantes

GOP Tax Bill Seen Masking More Than $1 Trillion Hit to US Debt

Preserving the 21% Corporate Tax Rate Redounds to Workers

No, You Don’t Actually Have a Right to a Bank Account

The Retail Buy-the-Dip Move Paid Off. What That Crowd of Investors is Doing Now, According to JPMorgan

JPMorgan Investors Look for Clarity on Tariff Impact, Succession Plan

Commerzbank CEO and Workers Rally to Fend Off UniCredit as Investors Meet

A Less-Generous Warren Buffett Would Be $67 Billion Richer Than Elon Musk

First-Time Home Buyers Are Struggling. That’s Bad News for Builders.

Walmart Weathers Trade War Storm With Strong Sales

Walmart Warns About Ability to ‘Absorb’ Tariff Costs Without Raising Prices

A Trade War Winner? The Booming Business of Returned Products.

What an Nvidia-Humain Deal Does for Saudi Arabia in the Global AI Race

Trump Asks Apple to Stop Moving iPhone Production to India

Meta Sees a Future Where AI Fills Your Social Needs

NetEase Profit Jumps as Chinese Videogame Industry Bounces Back

Deere Adjusts FY25 View Amid Tariff Whiplash as 2Q Results Weaken

Dick’s Sporting Goods to Buy Foot Locker for $2.4 Billion

Sandal-Maker Birkenstock Lifts Earnings View After Strong Sales

RFK Jr.’s Quest to Make Americans Eat Healthier Will Be Costly

Profits Are Stagnant. But the Funeral Industry Is Not Dead Yet.

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Posted by on May 15th, 2025 at 7:05 am


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