Morning News: September 3, 2025

Xi’s Historic Meet With Putin and Kim Showcases Unity Against US

China Services PMI Expands at Fastest Pace in Over a Year

China’s ‘Opportunistic Devaluation’ Fuels Europe Trade Shock

Turkey Inflation Inches Down as Central Bank Primes Fresh Easing

Eurozone Inflation Accelerates, Priming Continued Rate Pause by ECB

Central Banks Urged to Pool Dollar Reserves as Fed Help Questioned

ECB’s Lagarde Says EU Should Close Loopholes in Stablecoin Regulation

Global Bond Selloff Deepens With Longer Debt Leading Losses

Tariff Chaos Reigns and America’s Economy Suffers

US Treasury Yields Brush With 5% as Global Borrowing Costs Mount

Behind This Season’s Bumper Earnings: Job Cuts, Price Hikes, Glum Workers

Trump’s Drive to Reshape the Fed Progresses With Rapid Senate Hearing

The Potentially Big Costs of Trump’s Fed Fight

Cook’s Lawyers Fire Back at Trump’s Claim of Vast Powers to Oust Fed Officials

Why Trump Isn’t Turning Into a Lame Duck

Dumbing Down the SAT Bodes Poorly for Education

U.S. Bancorp Resumes Crypto Custody as Regulators Clear Path

Oil Traders Are Finding It Harder to Make Money in a Tumultuous Market

Venture Capitalists Band Together in New Bid to Back Climate Tech

Why Iowa Chooses Not to Clean Up Its Polluted Water

A Hidden Tax That Could Price Us Out of Our Homes

Anthropic Stake Propels Qatar’s $524 Billion Wealth Fund Deeper Into AI

Google Avoids Harshest Penalties in Landmark Search Monopoly Ruling

With Each Passing Day, Robots Are Enhancing the Value of Workers

How Fining Elon Musk’s X Could Threaten the U.S.-E.U. Trade Deal

What We Know About America’s Billionaires: 1,135 and Counting

Pharmacy Benefit Managers Aren’t the High-Priced Drug Problem

Cracker Barrel’s Sales Took Hit Before It Went Back to Old Logo

How Jet Lag Cost the Global Face of Japan Inc. His Job

Nestlé CEO’s Unraveling Started With a Tip to an Employee Hotline

Behind the Numbers: How Hollywood Missed Its Mark This Summer

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Posted by on September 3rd, 2025 at 7:04 am


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