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  • Morning News: April 15, 2024
    Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on April 15th, 2024 at 7:08 am

    On Himalayan Hillsides Grows Japan’s Cold, Hard Cash

    Azerbaijan Seeks to Settle Climate Finance Fights at COP29

    Arming Ukraine Turns Soviet Tank Refitter Into a Billionaire

    Escaping the Aeschylus Trap in the Middle East

    Gold Holds Below Record Despite Iran’s Strike Against Israel

    Oil Markets Shrug Off Iran’s Attack on Israel

    Big Oil Companies Warm to Biden After Years of Bad Blood

    The Economic Costs of New Protectionism Are Starting to Pile Up

    A Resilient Global Economy Masks Growing Debt and Inequality

    Dollar’s Rally Supercharged by Diverging US Rate Outlook

    Why Better Times (and Big Raises) Haven’t Cured the Inflation Hangover

    A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up

    Goldman’s Wall Street Machine Revs Up Driving Surprise Profit Surge

    Why Everyone in Finance Is Getting Ripped

    How Electric Utilities Will Handle Booming AI Datacenter Demand

    U.S. Awards Samsung $6.4 Billion to Bolster Semiconductor Production

    Apple Faces Worst iPhone Slump Since Covid as China Rivals Rise

    Microsoft, Beset by Hacks, Grapples With Problem Years in the Making

    Hybrids Extend Lead Over EVs in Green Vehicle Race

    Waymo, Cruise and Zoox Inch Forward Ahead of Tesla Joining Robotaxi Race

    Tesla to Cut Over 10% of Workforce in Global Retrenchment

    Trucking Oversupply Is Weighing on Carriers’ Earnings Outlooks

    Paris Has Plan B If Seine Olympic Parade Too Risky, Macron Says

    Chinese Company Under Congressional Scrutiny Makes Key U.S. Drugs

    Americans Are Spending Billions on Drugs That Don’t Work

    Heinz Hot Pink ‘Barbiecue’ Sauce Is Coming to Grills This Month

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  • Morning News: April 12, 2024
    Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on April 12th, 2024 at 7:03 am

    China Exports Rise as Trade Tensions Mount

    A Crumbling Metro Reveals Failed Promise of China’s Billions in Africa

    Swiss Women Open Litigation ‘Floodgates’ in New Era for Net Zero

    IEA Expects Global Oil-Demand Growth to Slow Further in 2025

    India Car Sales Jump With Demand for Electric, SUVs Behind Rise

    India’s Top Traders Are Raking In Million-Dollar Salaries

    Bernanke Urges BOE to Give Market Clearer Guidance on Rate Path

    JPMorgan Shares Fall After NII Miss, Higher Expense Guidance

    JPMorgan’s Dimon Warns of ‘Unsettling’ Pressures as Bank Reports Earnings

    Biden Cancels $7 Billion in Student Debt in Election-Year Push

    Inflation Comes for the Housing Market

    Enjoy Cheaper Rent While You Can. It Won’t Last

    US Navy’s New Warship Is Plagued by Worker Turnover

    Immigrants in Maine Are Filling a Labor Gap. It May Be a Prelude for the U.S.

    Companies Reconsider Research Spending With Tax Deal Held Up in Senate

    A Chip Fab Business Grows in Brooklyn

    Energy-Guzzling AI Is Also the Future of Energy Savings

    Cathie Wood Muscles Into ChatGPT Boom With New OpenAI Stake

    Europe’s A.I. ‘Champion’ Sets Sights on Tech Giants in U.S.

    Apple Plans to Overhaul Entire Mac Line With AI-Focused M4 Chips

    AI Products Still Rely on Humans to Fill the Performance Gaps

    Chinese AI Mogul’s Wife Admits to $21 Million of Secret Trades

    Another Boeing Whistleblower Says He Faced Retaliation for Reporting ‘Shortcuts’

    Prosecutors Say Ohtani’s Interpreter Stole $16 Million From Star

    Despite the Watch World’s Secrecy, Data Services Expand

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  • Morning News: April 11, 2024
    Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on April 11th, 2024 at 7:04 am

    Asia Economies to Keep Growing Despite China Slowdown, Other Headwinds, ADB Says

    US Ramps Up Ties With Japan, Philippines to Counter China at Sea

    Russia Destroys Largest Power Plant in Ukraine’s Kyiv Region

    Oil Rally Is Driving Texas Gas Prices Below Zero

    The Airline Industry’s Biggest Climate Challenge: A Lack of Clean Fuel

    Lufthansa Halts Tehran Flights After U.S. Warns of Imminent Attack on Israel by Iran

    Cocoa’s Surge Is Drawing Africa’s Farmers Back to the Bean

    Why Nigeria’s Currency Rebounded and What It Means for the Economy

    WTO’s Forecasts for Global Trade Are Clouded by Political Uncertainty

    Global Watchdog Welcomes Reform Proposals for Swiss Banking

    Swiss Banking Plan Leaves ‘Relieved’ UBS Out of Immediate Firing Line

    Soft Landing or No Landing? Fed’s Economic Picture Gets Complicated

    Fed Rate Cuts Are Now a Matter of If, Not Just When

    Bond Traders Are Preparing for a 5% Yield, No Rate Cut World

    Tax Deadline Is Pivotal for Funding Markets, Fed’s Balance Sheet

    Is the Boom-and-Bust Business Cycle Dead?

    ‘I Cannot Afford to Live’: Gen Z is Full of Financial Angst Despite Inheriting A Golden Job Market

    The Hidden Costs of Homeownership Are Skyrocketing

    UnitedHealth Chair, Executives Sold $102 Million in Stock Before US Probe Became Public

    Goldman’s Carey Halio Set to Replace Berlinski as Treasurer

    Donald Trump’s Stock Has Lost More Than Half Its Value Since Going Public

    Publicis Flags Tech Rebound as Revenue Growth Beats Expectations

    ‘Made for Advertising’ Websites Are the Marketing Industry’s Latest Messy Situation

    Meta’s Ad Woes May Push Marketers to Move Their Messages Elsewhere

    Spotify to Let Users Play DJ, Competing With Remixes on TikTok

    Uniqlo Owner Raises Profit Forecast After First-Half Profit Rose on Overseas Growth

    Givaudan Posts Higher Sales Amid Strong Momentum

    Now Arriving at an Airport Lounge Near You: Peloton Bikes, Nap Pods and Caviar Service

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  • Morning News: April 10, 2024
    Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on April 10th, 2024 at 7:03 am

    Fitch Cuts China Outlook to Negative on Steady Rise in Debt

    Germany Passed its First Chinese Test—This One Is Trickier

    EU Shifts Attention to Industry in Push to Deliver Green Targets

    Egypt’s Gas Shortfall Will Shake Up Sleepy Markets

    $200 Billion of M&A Wasn’t Enough in US Oil Patch

    The Politics of a Steel Deal Hangs Over Biden’s Japan Summit

    How the US Steel Takeover Became About Biden and Swing States

    BOJ Will Consider Policy Change If Weak Yen Causes Inflation Overshoot

    Price of Gold, Seen as Hedge Against Inflation, Soars to New Heights

    Why the Frog Has Yet to Be Boiled by High Rates

    March Inflation Data to Prolong Drama Around Fed Rate-Cut Timing

    Why March CPI Looms So Large for the Fed

    As US Bank Profits Drop, Focus Shifts to Interest Income Outlook

    Why ‘Tokenizing’ Assets Is Turning Banks On to Crypto

    Barred Morgan Stanley Banker Joins Firm That Got His Trading Leaks

    U.S. Postal Service Proposes Raising Stamp Prices Again

    US Weighs Ban on Charging Homebuyers for Lender Title Insurance

    Where Does the Best Innovation Happen? Not in Stand-Alone Labs, Some Companies Say

    Apple’s India iPhone Output Hits $14 Billion in China Shift

    Jack Ma Praises Alibaba’s Leadership, Restructuring in Rare Memo

    Musk’s Undisclosed Starlink Costs Undercut Profitability Claims

    US, Japan to Announce Plans to Send Japanese Astronaut to Moon

    Toyota Aims to Beat Hyundai and Ford With Its All-New 4Runner

    Chinese EV Maker XPeng Makes Inroads in Hong Kong, Macau

    Norfolk Southern Settles Derailment Suit for $600 Million

    Decaf Is the Hottest Thing in Coffee Right Now

    Starbucks Is Designing Quieter Stores to Make Sure It Gets Your Order Right

    Puma Hones Focus on Speed in Olympic Battle with Adidas and Nike

    Blizzard and NetEase Settle Their Beef, Returning Warcraft to China

    Roblox Users Battle Tornadoes and Raise Pets. Will They Watch Ads, Too?

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  • CWS Market Review – April 9, 2024
    Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on April 9th, 2024 at 5:31 pm

    (This is the free version of CWS Market Review. If you like what you see, then please sign up for the premium newsletter for $20 per month or $200 for the whole year. If you sign up today, you can see our two reports, “Your Handy Guide to Stock Orders” and “How Not to Get Screwed on Your Mortgage.”)

    Maybe the Fed won’t be cutting rates!

    It’s hard to say for certain, but on Wall Street, doubts have started to creep in about what the Fed will do with interest rates.

    For months, Wall Street had assumed that the Federal Reserve would jump in and cut interest rates. The Fed admitted it as well. Lower interest rates, quite naturally, would help the stock and housing markets. The line of reasoning was simple: “Why not cut? Inflation’s fading away.”

    Now it looks like the economy is stronger than expected, and inflationary indicators are running hot. The prices of gold and silver, for example, have rallied. The price for oil has also moved up. In fact, Mark Zandi, an influential economist with Moody’s, said that higher oil prices is the “most serious” threat to the economy. That’s not supposed to happen when inflation has been defeated.

    What’s the market thinking? Check out the five-year “breakeven rate:”

    This is the market’s bet for what inflation will do over the coming five years. Notice how the breakeven rate has gone up since the start of this year. This is getting hard to ignore.

    Now some Fed officials are hinting that rate cuts may not be as generous as assumed. Neel Kashkari, the head of the Minneapolis Fed, said the Fed could delay in cutting rates. Lorie Logan, the President of the Dallas Fed, said it might be too soon to cut rates. Not to be outdone, Jamie Dimon, the top banana at JPMorgan, said interest rates could eventually rise to 8%.

    The problem for Wall Street is that so much of the recent rally was predicated on the idea of lower rates. It’s as if the stock market was told it got a bonus, and it quickly ran out and spent all the money before the bonus appeared in its bank account. Now it’s being told that the bonus may be canceled.

    Even subtly, the stock market appears to be getting nervous. I’ve noticed that a few times recently, the stock market has been unable to hold onto early-day gains. Until recently, the bears were easily scared away. Now they’re able to push back and reverse morning rallies.

    It’s interesting to note that growth stocks (in red) strongly led the market (blue) from the start of this year until two months ago. Since then, growth stocks have largely performed in line with the overall market, perhaps slightly trailing.

    The Fed admitted that it sees itself cutting rates three times this year. Now, many traders think we’ll only get one or two cuts this year. There’s a growing number of people who think we won’t get any cuts this year.

    The futures market currently thinks there’s a 60% chance that the Fed will cut rates by 0.25% in June and a 75% chance that it will come by July. Traders see only two rate cuts over the next seven months. That recession that was promised to us seems to be taking its time.

    The Economy Created 303,000 New Jobs in March

    Last Friday, the government reported that the U.S. economy created 303,000 net new jobs last month. That was an impressive number. Economists on Wall Street had been expecting a gain of only 200,000. Also, the unemployment rate ticked down 0.1% to 3.8%, and the labor force participation rate increased by 0.2% to 62.7%.

    But there were some concerning stats in the report. For example, the jobs gain for February was revised lower to 270,000. Also, the broader U-6 rate was unchanged at 7.3%. The revision for January was an increase of 27,000 to 256,000, but that’s still below the initial estimate of 353,000. I’m also suspicious when too many of the new jobs are in government.

    Growth came from many of the usual sectors that have powered gains in recent months. Health care led with 72,000, followed by government (71,000), leisure and hospitality (49,000), and construction (39,000). Retail trade contributed 18,000 while the “other services” category added 16,000.

    I was particularly interested to hear the number for wages. For March, average hourly earnings increased by 0.3% which matched expectations. Over the last year, average hourly earnings are up by 4.1%. That’s not bad, but it needs to be better.

    Workers have seen that the rate of earnings growth has slowed down considerably (see above). To be clear, wages are increasing but at a slower rate.

    However, the household survey, which is used to calculate the unemployment rate, posted an even more robust gain in March, up 498,000, more than absorbing the 469,000 increase in the civilian labor force level.

    Gains tilted heavily to part-time workers in the household survey. Full-time workers fell by 6,000, while part-timers increased by 691,000. Multiple job holders rose by 217,000, to 5.2% of the total employment level.

    The next inflation report is due out tomorrow. The last report showed that headline inflation increased by 0.4% in February, and the year-over-year rate is running at 3.2%. The core rate also rose by 0.4%, and it’s up by 3.8% over the past year. For tomorrow’s report, Wall Street expects to see both the core and headline rates increase by 0.3%.

    Why Shorting Is a Very Tough Game

    Two weeks ago, Trump Media (DJT) started publicly trading. The company merged with Digital World Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded shell company.

    By any rational measure of value, Trump Media is wildly overpriced. The company currently has a market value of $5 billion even though it had total revenue last year of $4.1 million. That’s probably equivalent to a few 7-11 stores.

    For the year, the company lost $58 million. On its first day of trading, DJT nearly hit $80 per share, but lately, it’s around $37 per share. I bring this to your attention not for any political reason but to show you how dramatic Wall Street can be.

    Trump Media is currently the most expensive stock to short, meaning to bet against. In fact, it’s the most expensive to short by far. If you want to borrow shares of DJT to sell them short, you’d have to pay financing costs that run at an annualized rate of 750% to 900%. That compares with the average stock to finance at 0.71%.

    This means that if you took a short position in DJT, you’d have to pay about $1 per day in financing costs. According to CNBC, “to break even on a new trade after one month, a short seller would have to see the share price of Trump Media drop by more than $30.”

    I use this as a lesson that on Wall Street, even if you’re right, you can be wrong. The folks shorting DJT are betting on a sudden collapse. Even if the company turns out to be terrible, it could be a long, painful death. In fact, that’s what happens to many stocks.

    I generally steer clear of shorting stocks. To be sure, it’s not hard to find stocks that are overpriced. But with a short, you’re making a few bets and only one is that the stock is too high. You also need to get your timing right. You need to see folks convinced that you were right all along. That’s not so easy.

    Bear in mind that with a heavily shorted stock also runs the risk of a short squeeze. That happens when a widely-shorted stock starts to rise. Investors who are losing money then cover their short which pushes the shares even higher.

    That can spark a cycle of ever higher prices, which essentially happened with Game Stop (GME) three years ago. Shares of GME rose from $5 to $87 in just 10 trading days. Now it’s at $11.

    This is one of the many reasons why I prefer the long-only approach with no margin. Even if I’m wrong, time is on my side.

    That’s all for now. I’ll have more for you in the next issue of CWS Market Review.

    – Eddy

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  • Morning News: April 9, 2024
    Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on April 9th, 2024 at 7:07 am

    Mexico’s Billionaires Piled Up Riches as AMLO Raged Against Them

    Iran’s Better, Stealthier Drones Are Remaking Global Warfare

    Biden, Kishida to Strengthen Defense Alliance With Eye on China

    BOJ Is Said to Mull Raising Inflation View on Strong Pay Deals

    How Japan Is Trying to Rebuild Its Chip Industry

    German Business Is Tangled in Red Tape

    Meloni Officials See Italy’s Debt Rising as Growth Holds Up

    Meet ZiG, Zimbabwe’s Latest Shot at a Stable Currency

    UBS Weighs Credit Suisse China Stake Swap with Beijing Government

    Banks Made Big Climate Promises. A New Study Doubts They Work

    Chevron Exits Myanmar With Withdrawal From Natural Gas Project

    HSBC Takes $1 Billion Hit from Argentina Sale as Asia Pivot Continues

    Bain Capital Raises $429 Million with Axis Bank Stake Sale, Source Says

    Bullard Says Three Fed Rate Cuts This Year Is ‘Base Case’

    Higher for Longer After All? Investors See Fed Rates Falling More Slowly

    Jamie Dimon Issues an Economic Warning

    How ‘Shareholder Value’ Became a Wall Street Mantra

    Utah’s Tech Hub Powers America’s Hottest Job Market

    Google Shows AI Model Is Enterprise-Ready After Gemini Mishaps

    Tesla Has Built a Charging Business to Be Taken Seriously

    Water-Guzzling Chipmaker TSMC and Drought-Plagued Arizona Are an Unlikely Pair, But Officials Say Phoenix’s Water Supply Can Handle Booming Production

    Pfizer to Seek Wider Use of RSV Shot After Trial in Young Adults

    Blackstone Nears Buyout of Skin-Care Company L’Occitane

    Neutrogena Is Closing Its Los Angeles Office and Laying Off Staff

    NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Draws Record 18.7 Million Viewers

    Paramount Faces a Mountain of Distrust

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  • Morning News: April 8, 2024
    Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on April 8th, 2024 at 5:53 am

    Japan Breakeven Inflation Matches Record High Amid Weak Yen

    China Maintains Yuan Defense After Currency Nears Red Line

    How India Can Take China’s Growth Crown

    Yellen Delivers Sharp Message to China Leaders With a Smile

    Euro-Zone Companies Expect Wage Increases to Moderate, ECB Says

    Euro Zone Investor Morale Hits Two-Year High in April

    Turkey Meets Four-Day Work Week With Aksa’s Landmark Decision

    The Odds of $100 Oil Are Rising as Supply Shocks Convulse the Market

    Zurich Insurance to Halt Coverage of New Fossil-Fuel Exposures

    The LSE Losing Giants Like Shell Is a Very Real Threat

    Eclipse to Cut US Solar by 30 Gigawatts as Moon Shades Panels

    Philippines Central Bank Stands Pat as Inflation Worries Bubble Back Up

    Doubts Creep In About a Fed Rate Cut This Year

    Traders Favor Two Fed Cuts in 2024 as Treasury Yields Near 4.5%

    UBS on the Brink of Switzerland’s ‘Too Big to Fail’ Reckoning

    UBS JV to Acquire Credit Suisse Japan Wealth Management Business

    Tesla Set to Recover Top Spot in Cathie Wood’s Flagship Fund

    Tesla Is Unveiling a Robotaxi. This Is What It’s Worth

    Is Corporate America in Denial About Trump?

    Steelworkers Push Back Against $14 Billion Deal for U.S. Steel as Vote Looms

    TSMC Gets $11.6 Billion in US Grants, Loans for Three Chip Fabs

    Kimberly-Clark to Sell PPE Business to Ansell for $640 Million

    Jean-Paul Gaultier Owner Puig Aims to Raise $1.35 Billion in Spain IPO

    David Ellison Closes In on a Hollywood Prize: Paramount Global

    What Chinese Outrage Over ‘3 Body Problem’ Says About China

    Everyone Is Rich, No One Is Happy. The Pro Golf Drama Is Back

    Can Minor League Baseball Survive Its Real Estate Problems?

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  • Morning News: April 5, 2024
    Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on April 5th, 2024 at 7:03 am

    Giving Up China Is Hard, Even for Argentina’s Anarcho-Capitalist

    Yellen Chides China Over ‘Coercive’ Moves Against US Firms

    China’s Young People Are Giving Up on Saving for Retirement

    ‘Reglobalization’ to the Rescue?

    Rising Oil Prices Reignite Inflation Fears

    Copper Miners Glimpse the Future They’ve Long Seen Coming

    Gold Bulls Eye More Record Highs Despite Lightning Gains

    Ireland’s Sovereign Investment Fund to Divest from Six Israeli Firms

    The Sheikh Who Dominates One of the World’s Hottest Stock Markets

    The Market May Have Finally Hit a Real Record, But It Could Be a Problem

    US Jobs Report Is Set to Show a Slower Pace of Hiring, BE Says

    Accounting Firms Rethink Their Ownership Structure

    Taiwan Earthquake Raises Stakes for Solution to Chip Dominance

    Foxconn Expects Second-Quarter Growth After Higher March Revenue

    What Happened to Ships Bound for Baltimore When the Bridge Fell

    Who Will Pay for the Baltimore Bridge Collapse?

    Want to Invest in SpaceX or Stripe? There’s a Fund for That

    AstraZeneca Says Key Lung Cancer Drug Improved Survival

    J&J to Buy Shockwave for $13 Billion in Medical Device Play

    Tesla Offers Steep Discounts on SUVs Piling Up in Inventory

    Ford Slows Its Push Into Electric Vehicles

    Tweens Obsessed With Skin Care Drive Brands to Say: Don’t Buy Our Stuff

    Apparel Retailer Uniqlo Expands in Texas and California in New Store Push

    Eclipse’s Path Is Also Leaving a Trail of High Hotel Prices

    Four Seasons’ New Yacht Cruises Come With Record-High Price Tags

    Standby Cruising: A New Option for Bargain Seekers

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  • Morning News: April 4, 2024
    Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on April 4th, 2024 at 7:01 am

    France Pushes EU for Measures to Re-Balance Trade With China

    Europe’s Spy Capital Weighs Crackdown on Intelligence Industry

    Why Americans Are Concerned About the Budget Deficit — Again

    The Fed Is Wrong About How Low Interest Rates Will Go

    Immigration Helps US Jobs Grow Faster Than Powell’s Speed Limit

    Winners of 2023 Bank Crisis Are Finding the New Spotlight Harsh

    Tiger Woods’ Putter Choice Has Created an Asset Class

    The Case Against Crowdfunding in the Work Chat

    Goodbye Chairman, Hello Chair. The Gendered Title Is Fading Away

    How Far $100 Goes at the Grocery Store After Five Years of Food Inflation

    How to Revive a Burned Forest? Rebuild the Tree Supply Chain

    Did One Guy Just Stop a Huge Cyberattack?

    Fixing Boeing’s Broken Culture Starts With a New Plane

    Airlines Desperate for Planes Are Paying Up for Older Models

    Airbus’s Stratospheric Drone Business Is Open to IPO, Aalto HAPS Chief Says

    NASA Picks 3 Companies to Help Astronauts Drive Around the Moon

    Apple Explores Home Robotics as Potential ‘Next Big Thing’ After Car Fizzles

    How Hertz’s Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways

    Few Stations and $200 to Fill Up: Life on California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway’

    Amazon Sellers Plagued by Surge in Scam Returns

    Disney CEO’s Headaches Abound Even After Decisive Proxy War Win

    Nelson Peltz’s Disney Consolation Prize: A $300 Million Gain

    A.L.S. Drug Relyvrio Will Be Taken Off the Market, Its Maker Says

    Have the Brands Gone Too Far? Boston Marathoners Think So.

    Brands Paid for Ads on Forbes.com. Some Ran on a Copycat Site Instead

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  • Morning News: April 3, 2024
    Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on April 3rd, 2024 at 7:03 am

    China’s Service Economy Expands Further, Adding to Signs of Recovery

    Milei Races Against Time to Ease Pain Unleashed by Shock Therapy

    South Africa Tax Agency to Target ‘Professional Enablers’ of Organized Crime

    Inflation Cools in Eurozone, Nearing Central Bank’s Target

    Bank of England sets out conditions for ‘digital sandbox’

    Canada’s RBC Struggles to Go Green While Financing Oil

    Fed Blocks Tough Global Climate-Risk Rules for Wall Street Banks

    Exxon’s $60 Billion Fight With Chevron Will Reshape Big Oil

    LNG Demand Shift to Developing Nations Is Transforming the Market

    US, EU Are Set to Miss a Critical Minerals Agreement This Week

    Pimco Boosts Bond Bets That Fed Will Cut Less Than Global Peers

    Chase Bank to Let Advertisers Target Customers Based on Spending Data

    I’m an Economist. Don’t Worry. Be Happy.

    Biden and Corporate America? It’s ‘Complicated.’

    The Jobs Numbers Aren’t Adding Up. Immigration Helps Explain Why

    10,000 Migrant Crossings a Day Upend the US Presidential Election

    Donald Trump’s Lenders of Last Resort: Subprime Auto King and Online Bank

    The World’s Richest Person 2024

    AI Enthusiasm Hides Little VC Investor Excitement for US Startups

    Alibaba Ramps Up Share Buybacks

    Archer Sees 2025 Air-Taxi Debut, Setting Up Rivalry With Joby

    Tesla Shares Tumble Toward Make-or-Break Level in Latest Wipeout

    What Tesla’s Troubles Signal for the E.V. Revolution

    Amazon to Remove ‘Just Walk Out’ Checkout Technology at U.S. Grocery Stores

    Switching From iPhone to Android Is Easy. It’s the Aftermath That Stings

    Disney Moving Closer to Win Over Trian With Vanguard Backing

    How Bluey Became a $2 Billion Smash Hit—With an Uncertain Future

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