Morning News: August 22, 2025

Japan’s Inflation Stays Well Above BOJ’s 2% Target

Kazakhstan Presses on With $4 Billion Sulfur Fine on Majors

Weather Traders Are Hedging Against the Next German Wind Drought

Why Solar and Wind Power Can Thrive Without Subsidies

Back Ukraine Diplomacy With Deterrence

Germany’s Economy Shrank by More Than Expected on Tariff Hit

Can Germany’s Merz Revive the Economy? Voters Are Running Out of Patience

U.S. Foreign Trade Zones Draw New Demand as De Minimis Ends

ECB Officials to Stick With Steady-Rates Plan After Trade Deal

Trump’s Attacks on Institutions Threaten a Bulwark of Economic Strength

3 Experts on What Trump Is Doing to the Economy

Staff Cuts and Turmoil Hit the CFTC While the Crypto It Oversees Booms

Bitcoin-Volatility Collapse Forces Risk-Loving Traders Elsewhere

Bond Market Rate-Cut Bets Face Powell Reckoning at Jackson Hole

Trump’s Attacks on Fed Overshadow a Critical Moment for the Central Bank

Powell Plans U-Turn on an Economic Strategy That Soured

How Long Can This Uncanny Stock Market Prosper?

Wall Street Is Too Complex to Be Left to Humans

Private Equity Keeps Inventing New Ways to Give Cash to Investors

JPMorgan to Pay $330 Million to Malaysia to Settle 1MDB Case

Meta Poaches Apple AI Executive Even as It Plans Hiring Slowdown

Nvidia Chief in Talks With China to Allay Security Fears Over A.I. Chips

How Trump Will Decide Which Chips Act Companies Must Give Up Equity

Can You Still Get a Covid Booster? It’s Too Complicated

Do You Know What’s in Your DNA? If Not, That’s a Problem

Costco Joins a Quiet Retail Resistance

The Biggest Retailers Are Thriving in the Tariff Economy

Saudi Arabia, Olympic Council Weigh Moving Asian Winter Games

Bollywood Icon Rejects Global Streaming Sites for $1 YouTube Hits

Podcasting Is a Talent Business. SiriusXM Is Intent on Winning.

Energy Drinks Are Now Offering a Bit of Value Along With That Caffeine Boost

Chili’s Pays Fat Bonuses to Staff After Record-Setting Sales

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Posted by on August 22nd, 2025 at 7:03 am


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