Morning News: September 29, 2025

BOJ Board Member Noguchi Raises Expectations for Rate Hike

Eurozone Businesses Less Gloomy as Trade Uncertainty Eases

Spain Inflation Picks Up Pace as ECB Looks Set to Keep Holding Rates in Place

Foreign Issuers Tap Canadian Bond Market as Demand for Non-US Assets Grows

Stock Futures Rise but Dollar Falls as Lawmakers Race to Avoid Shutdown

Thoughts On How To Fix An Ailing Federal Reserve

Fed’s Waller Says Technology Can Deliver More Choice in Payments

Washington Must Finish the Job On Crypto Clarity

US Gold Reserves Hit $1 Trillion in Value After Record Rally

TD’s US Investment-Banking Ambitions Risk Leaving Canada Behind

Blue Owl, xAI Deals Solidify Qatar Fund’s $500 Billion US Pledge

First Brands and Tricolor Are Signs of What’s to Come

Expectations for Trump Summit Low Before Shutdown Deadline

The Trump Administration’s Damaging War On Innovation

Trump Has Lost Credibility Worldwide, at Huge Cost

Millions of Workers Are Left Out of the ‘Low-Hire, Low-Fire’ US Job Market

Trump’s $100,000 Visa Upends Lives: ‘My Dreams Were Shattered’

High-Skilled Visas Have Problems. Trump’s $100,000 Fee Won’t Fix Them.

Would You Work ‘996’? The Hustle Culture Trend Is Taking Hold in Silicon Valley

Small Businesses Wither Under Trump’s Tariffs: ‘It’s Hard to Breathe’

President Trump’s Tariffs Are Rebuilding the U.S.’s Industrial Base

In Coal-Powered West Virginia, Sky-High Energy Costs Strain Residents

US to See $350 Billion Nuclear Boom to Power AI, Report Says

Huawei to Double Output of Top AI Chip as Nvidia Wavers in China

The Era of Humanoid Robots Is Here. The US Needs Control.

Electric Vehicles Face a ‘Pretty Dreadful Year’ in the U.S.

Volvo’s Most Popular Vehicle in America Will Soon Be Made Here, Too

Bob Iger, Hollywood’s Statesman, Gets a Political Education

Chinese Retailer Miniso Jumps on Collectible-Toys Train With Spinoff

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Posted by on September 29th, 2025 at 7:07 am


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