Morning News: May 8, 2025

How India Is Trying to Squeeze Pakistan Far From the Battlefield

Saudi Arabia Goes Whistling Past the Kazakh Oil Graveyard

Why the Peak Shale Oil Predictions May Be Premature — Again

Conoco Cuts CapEx View on Volatile Economic Status

One of Warren Buffett’s Last Big Bets Is Souring

AI Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most

Trump Touts ‘Full’ US-UK Trade Pact in Boost for Starmer After Weeks of Talks

U.S. Trade Deal Could Lift U.K. Economy, but Won’t Transform It

Recession Warnings Are Everywhere, Except in the Data

Tariffs Will Be Bad, But They Won’t Cause a Recession

Pre-Tariff Car Buying Frenzy Leaves Americans With a Big Debt Problem

Stagflation, But That’s Not Important Right Now

Private Equity Shoves Angry Lenders to the Back of the Line

Banker Bonuses Set to Drop as Tariffs Cause Economic Uncertainty

It’s Hard Not to Celebrate Meta’s $168 Million Spyware Win

Netflix Overhauls Its Home Screen for the First Time in 12 Years

Trump’s Threat of ‘Foreign’ Film Tariffs Stirs Anxiety in the U.K.

Warner Brothers Discovery 1Q Loss Narrows, Sales Decline

Rite Aid’s Bankruptcy Is a Warning About American Health Care

Toyota Says Tariffs Will Erase $1.3 Billion in Profits in Just 2 Months

Shopify Falls as Outlook Just Meets Expectations Amid Trade War

Peloton Falls After Posting a Third Straight Sales Decline

The Best Player In the W.N.B.A. Now Has Her Own Shoe. Why Did It Take So Long?

Puma Says Tariff Impact on Outlook Remains Uncertain

Burger King Sales Hit by Slowdown in Americans Dining Out

Molson Coors Cuts Outlook on Weak US Beer Demand

Krispy Kreme Withdraws 2025 Outlook, Dividend as Macroeconomic Woes Hang Over Operations

Match Group to Cut 13% of Workforce Amid Weak Demand From Younger Users

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Posted by on May 8th, 2025 at 7:08 am


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