Morning News: August 27, 2025

Full Weight of American Tariffs Slams Into Effect Against India

Australian Inflation Indicator Jumps, Backing RBA Caution on Rate Cuts

Satellite Images Show China Parade Weapons Capable of US Strikes

Europe Is Spending Big on Defense. Will That Help Its Ailing Economy?

EU to Propose Removing US Tariffs This Week to Meet Trump Demand

German Consumers Feel Ever Gloomier as Economy Slumps

Fears of a French Government Collapse Send Its Borrowing Costs Soaring

Canada Factory, Wholesale Sales Look to Build on Recovery in July

Do We Still Really Need the Bureau of Labor Statistics?

Get Ready for the End of Fed Independence

Seeking to Control the Fed, Trump Risks Upending a Pillar of the Global Economy

Trump’s Fed Gamble Risks Pushing Key Bond Rates Even Higher

Lisa Cook, the Fed Governor at the Center of a Firestorm

Bill Dudley: I Wasn’t Very Worried About the Fed. Now I Am.

Claudia Sahm: The Fed Shouldn’t Take the Political Bait

What the Federal Reserve, Supreme Court and Senate Need to Do After Lisa Cook’s Firing

Goldman, BNP to Structure Hybrid Bond for Africa Development

How Russian Oil Could Make Americans’ Diamonds More Expensive

Exxon Held Secret Talks With Rosneft About Going Back to Russia

Top Gold Miner Newmont Plans Job Cuts in Sweeping Cost Drive

Electric vs. Gas Car: Try Our Calculator (Because the Math Is About to Change)

Trump Hands the Biofuels Business Another Win by Boosting Mandates

Soaring Power Bills in Largest US Grid Pose Risk for Republicans

Nvidia Investors Grapple With China Risks Ahead of Earnings

The A.I. Spending Frenzy Is Propping Up the Real Economy, Too

Musk’s Boasts About Grok Undercut Claims in Suit Against Apple, OpenAI

Dear Conservatives: the Universities Didn’t Do It, Neither Did Hollywood

From Airbnb to America’s ‘Chief Design Officer’

How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Became Netflix’s Most Watched Movie Ever

Coffee Flop Shows What US Investors Won’t Swallow

Cracker Barrel Says It’s Going Back to Its Old Logo After Backlash

Kohl’s Jumps on Rosier Outlook in Sign of Turnaround Progress

Lafufus, Fake Labubu Dolls, Raise Safety Alarms and Spawn Raids

US Seeks $15 Billion From Drug Lord El Mayo—But Recovery Looks Difficult

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Posted by on August 27th, 2025 at 7:03 am


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