Morning News: May 21, 2025

China’s Hormuz Workaround Is Making India Jealous

Trump’s Ceasefires Have Little Ceasing and Much Firing

Fertilizer Crunch in Brazil Raises Risks for Farm Economy

A Simple Chart Explains Mexico’s Desperate Need for Investment

Bond Markets Are Bullying the U.K. and Japan. One Has the Right Defenses.

The Dangerous Brew That’s Rattling Bond Markets

Ignore This Bond Market Slump at Your Own Peril

Repeat After Me, Stocks Are Not an Effective Inflation Hedge

Fed Minutes Show More Policymakers Open to a Rate Hike

My Retirement Accounts Fail In the World I Actually Live In

Why Is Everyone So Sure That More “Housing Supply” Is the Solution?

AI Should Support the IRS, Not Completely Control It

U.S. to Award Quantum-Computing Firms $2 Billion and Take Equity Stakes

Dimon Says JPMorgan Will Hire More for AI, Fewer Bankers

The A.I. Race to Go Public

The Banks That Won a Piece of SpaceX’s Colossal I.P.O.

SpaceX IPO Requires Leap of Faith in AI, Mars and Musk’s Vision

Who Runs xAI?

Why SpaceX’s Mega IPO May Not Signal a Broader Rebound in Listings

Ted Turner Was Elon Musk Before Elon Musk Was Elon Musk

Trump Approved a Nvidia Chip for Sale in China. Beijing Doesn’t Want It.

Nvidia Tells Skeptical Investors AI Is Ready to Go Mainstream

Samsung Averts a Walkout With Big Bonuses, but Discord Over A.I. Profits Brews

Stellantis Plots $70 Billion Turnaround Sidelining Chrysler

China’s NIO Back in Red Despite Robust EV Sales

ICE Raids Did Lasting Damage to American Businesses

Walmart, Target and TJ Maxx Attract Shoppers Squeezed by Energy Prices

Walmart Flags Higher Fuel Costs Eroding Retailer’s Earnings

Experimental Drug Yields Dramatic Weight Loss

JPMorgan Fights Over Millions of Comic Books Locked in a Mississippi Warehouse

Blame YouTube, Not Just Trump, for the End of Colbert’s Late Show

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