Morning News: December 10, 2025

Latin America Shouldn’t Be So Triggered by the New US Strategy

I.M.F. Prods China, Gently, on Its Weak Currency

ECB Could Raise Growth Projections, Lagarde Says

Bond Traders Cast Doubt on Extended Fed Rate Cuts Past December

Betting Market Fanatics Are Risking It All for Six-Figure Payouts

Great Income Squeeze Begins as Fed Spells End to Easy Yields

Kevin Hassett Says He Wouldn’t Bow to Pressure Over Cutting Interest Rates

The Bank Secrecy Act Very Much Needs a Modern Fix

Wells Fargo Expects More Job Cuts, Will Roll Out AI Gradually in 2026

How Epstein’s Deep Ties Across Wall Street Helped Him Build Wealth and Power

Big Tech Always Gets Its Way With This White House

On Affordability and Consumer Costs, Trump Goes All-In on an Alternate Reality

Why Giving Matters, Even For Trump Accounts

Truckers Who Fail English Tests Are Pulled Off Roads in Trump Crackdown

A Scientific Pipeline to the Nobel Prize Fueled by Immigrants

C.E.O. Resigns in Fallout Over Massive South Korean Data Breach

China’s DeepSeek Uses Banned Nvidia Chips for AI Model, The Information Says

Taiwan Invokes National Security Law to Protect TSMC Trade Secrets

Chip Company Plotted to Send Technology to China, Ex-C.E.O. Says

SpaceX IPO Plan Puts $2.9 Trillion of Listings Back on the Table

Mapping the Political Fallout of GOP Health-Care Cuts

Warner Bros.’ Bidders Brace for a Fight That Will Last Months

Lest We Forget, Blockbuster Twice Passed on Netflix

U.S. Manufacturers Slow Orders Ahead of Supreme Court Tariff Ruling

If Trump Tariffs Fertilizer, U.S. Lacks Reserves ‘To Meet Domestic Demand’

A Billion-Barrel Oil Glut Is Forming at Sea

Rare Earths Aren’t Rare for Everyone

Silicon Valley Is Racing to Make Critical Minerals—and Blunt China’s Dominance

Geothermal Startup Fervo Attracts New Investors Including Google

Mining’s Underdog Becomes Big-Ticket Dealmaker

Nuclear and Fossil Fuels Join Forces to Undermine Renewables

Uber Pulls Back From Electric Cars, Slashing Incentives for Drivers

Nissan’s U.S. Boss Says the Automaker Lost Its Way

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Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on December 10th, 2025 at 7:07 am

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