Morning News: May 9, 2025

India, Pakistan and the World Still Need the American Sheriff

Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentgon’s $1 Trillion Budget

Putin Targets ‘Victory’ in Ukraine as Trump Pushes for Truce

Russian Potato Crisis Adds to Putin’s Inflation Headache

Trump’s Deportations Upend a Town at Epicenter of Brazilian Migration

China to Crack Down on Rare-Earth Materials Ahead of U.S. Trade Talks

Trump Says 80% China Tariff ‘Seems Right,’ Ahead of Talks

China’s Central Bank Urges Coordinated Push to Boost Inflation

Trade War Shock Is Scrambling China’s Exports

Xi Jinping May Be An Authoritarian, But He’s Not a Magician

China Wage Data Goes Missing as Tariffs Imperil Millions of Jobs

‘How Do I Survive?’: Tariffs Threaten U.S. Market for Traditional Chinese Medicine

Europe’s Gig Economy Is Consolidating Under US Ownership

Europe’s Wind Industry Faces Uncertainty Over Trump’s Policies

The Best Part of the US-UK Trade Deal Isn’t Tariffs

With U.K. Deal, U.S. Signals That 10% Tariff on World Is New Baseline

Trump’s Bespoke Trade Deal With U.K. Sets Little Precedent for Other Nations

Does ‘Strategic Uncertainty’ Render Trump Tariffs ‘Strategic’?

Key S&P 500 Model Turns Bearish for First Time in Two Years

Things Are About to Get Complicated for the Fed

Trade Hopes Feed Risk Appetite, Boosting Stocks and Bitcoin

Citigroup Must Face $1 Billion Lawsuit Claiming it Aided Mexican Oil Company Fraud

Musk-Tied Investor Clashes With One of World’s Biggest Asset Managers

Citadel Lobbies for Four-Year Non-Competes in Home State of Florida

Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Gets 12 Years Prison for Crypto Fraud

OpenAI Wants to Create a Public Benefit Corporation. What Does That Mean?

Panasonic Holdings to Cut 10,000 Jobs Globally

How the TV Hit ‘Fallout’ Became a Champion of Made-in-California

AMC Networks Profit Shrinks as Linear TV Fades

‘Set-Jetting’ Turns Fiction Into Real, Often Expensive, Vacations

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