Morning News: December 15, 2025

China Nears First Investment Decline in 3 Decades After Sharp Monthly Drop

Old Meets New Economy: AI Boom to Supercharge European Banks’ Rally

Sweden’s Big Banks Join Government Drive to Tackle Hybrid Threat

The US Is Now All-In for European Nationalism

How Elon Musk’s Latest DOGE Regrets Add Insult to Incredible Injury

Trump’s Promised Big Tax Tax Cuts Are Expected to Disappoint the Average Worker

Reduce the Taxes That Raise the Cost of Owning a Home

Trump’s Cuts to U.S. Labor Board Leave Festering Disputes and a Power Struggle

The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.

Donald and Melania Trump’s Terrible, Tacky, Seemingly Legal Memecoin Adventure

Literal Teens Are Losing It All at Crypto Casinos

Can the Fed Do What Economists Think It Can?

Call Me a Heretic, But I Don’t Buy the Fed Religion

The Bond Market Will Not Be Fooled

Fannie, Freddie Quietly Add Billions to Mortgage-Bond Portfolios

Private Credit Is Poised For Disruption by Blockchain

JPMorgan Sees UBS Compromise Cutting CET1 Need to $400 Million

Is the Pioneer of Private Equity’s Hottest Trade Learning to Let Go?

McKinsey Plots Thousands of Job Cuts in Slowdown for Consulting Industry

How the US Freight Rail Industry Got Dirtier Than Coal Power Plants

China Brings EV Price War to Thailand, Dangling 38% Discounts

SpaceX Starts a Wall Street Bake-Off to Hire Banks for Possible IPO

CEOs to Keep Spending on AI, Despite Spotty Returns

Netflix CEOs Make Their Case for Warner Bros. Acquisition

How Will Hollywood Contend With AI Without Destroying Itself?

Roomba Maker Declares Bankruptcy, but Tries to Ease ‘Bricking’ Fears

He’s the Godfather of Modern Robotics. He Says the Field Has Lost Its Way.

Bondi, and Australia, Get Swept Into a Violent World

Brown University, Reeling From Shooting, Sends Students Home

Bulletproof Cars See $660 Million Boom in Brazil After Robberies Stoke Fear

Tonka Trucks Gambled on Keeping Production in China and Survived—Barely

The Cult of Kohl’s Cash

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Posted by on December 15th, 2025 at 7:14 am


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