Morning News: June 2, 2025

Asian Manufacturing Activity Stumbles Again Under Weight of Trump Tariffs

Oil Leaps More than 3% After OPEC+ Keeps Output Increase Unchanged

Climate Startups Are Pausing Operations, Cutting Staff and Entering Bankruptcy as Trump Policies Bite

U.S. Dependence on China for Rare Earth Magnets Is Causing Shortages

Valterra Platinum Shares Start Trading in London

China Rejects Trump’s Accusation That It Violated Trade Truce

As Courts Call Tariffs Into Question, Trump Again Turns to His Favorite Tool

The Imports the U.S. Relies On Most From 140 Nations, From Albania to Zimbabwe

ECB Set to Cut Rates Again and Keep Options Open

Fed’s Waller Highlights a Path to 2025 Rate Cuts

Stanley Fischer, Groundbreaking Economist and Fed Vice Chair, Dies at 81

Why the S&P 500 Is Cruising Through Policy Upheaval

Buyers’ Strike Rocks US Long Bond as DoubleLine, Pimco Stay Away

A New Ratings Game: 3,000 Deals, 20 Analysts, Lots of Questions

Senate Begins Putting Its Stamp on Giant Trump Tax, Debt Limit Bill

A Peach and Apple Farmer’s Uphill Quest to Feed Poor Families, and His Own

Trump Plans to Offload National Park Sites, But States Don’t Want Them

The Corporate Culture Wars Have a Strange New Coalition

The C.E.O. Other C.E.O.s Turn To for Advice

Wall St. Is All In on A.I. Data Centers. But Are They the Next Bubble?

Arizona’s Water Is Vanishing Before AI Gets a Crack at It

Tesla Sales Plunge 67% to an Almost Three-Year Low in France

Elon Musk’s Chatbot Can Be ‘Non-Woke’ or Truthful, Not Both

How Europe Is Losing the Global Tech Race, in Five Charts

Amazon Hit by German Warning Over Price Controls on Marketplace

Bristol to Pay BioNTech Up to $11.1 Billion in Cancer Deal

Sanofi to Buy Blueprint Medicines for Up to $9.5 Billion in Boost to Pipeline

EU Fines Delivery Hero, Glovo $373 Million in Cartel Probe

Indian Billionaire Gautam Adani Comes Under New Scrutiny from U.S. Prosecutors

Can Gen Z’s Nostalgia Save Chain Restaurants?

How ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Became One of the Most Profitable Movies in Years

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