Morning News: June 17, 2025

Oil Market Well Supplied But Geopolitical Risks Bring Uncertainty, IEA Says

If Iran’s Oil Is Cut Off, China Will Pay the Price

Bank of Japan Stands Pat on Rates, Plans to Slow Bond-Buying Tapering After April 2026

German Financial Confidence Rises Again

Fed’s ‘Wait and See’ Approach Is Intact as New Risks Cloud Economic Outlook

Why the Fed Isn’t Cutting Rates Despite Cool Inflation

China Is Unleashing a New Export Shock on the World

Modi Misses Chance to Push for US Trade Deal as Trump Leaves G-7

The G-7 Was a Great Idea — Until it Became One Against Six

Cubans Shut Out by Trump Are Ditching Miami for Brazil’s Deep South

White House Eyes Rarely Used Power to Override Congress on Spending

Senate Bill Expands Business Tax Breaks, Delays Deal on SALT

Spending Cuts Won’t Shrink Government, and May Well Expand It

Fannie and Freddie Can Never Be Truly Privatized – The US Government Should Leave Well Enough Alone

Inflation Remains the Big Threat to Your Wealth

The Tax Code Is Punishing Savers, But Congress Has a Fix

Contra Klaus Schwab, Government Cannot Create Prosperity

South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.

Trump Mobile Joins the Oval Office Sales Parade

Private Equity Has Peaked, and It’s About Time

Ken Griffin on Trump, Harvard and Why Novice Investors Won’t Beat the Pros

This Five-Star Fund Manager Says Even Smart Investors Have Been Missing the Greatest Theme of Our Time

How Big Batteries Could Prevent Summer Power Blackouts

How Apple Turbocharged China’s Development

Apple Pushes Back As the EU Attacks Its Precious Property

Eli Lilly to Buy Gene-Editing Biotech Verve for $1.3 Billion

It’s Official: Streaming Is Now the King of TV

Rent the Runway Sees Rebound in Subscribers, and Aims to Add More Styles to Keep Them

Kraft Heinz Is Ditching Artificial Dyes

The Aisle-Prowling Albertsons CEO Taking On Kroger

New Owner Gives High Times a Fresh Spark

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Posted by on June 17th, 2025 at 7:03 am


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