October 21, 2025 Crossing Wall Street
Morning News: October 21, 2025
Sanae Takaichi Becomes Japan’s First Female Prime Minister
Walking the US-China Tightrope
China Has Another Lever to Pull in Showdown With Trump: Factory Lines
Tariffs Are Reshaping China’s Trade. This Tanzanian Sees an Opportunity
Supreme Court Is Told Trump Tariffs Are Illegal $3 Trillion Tax
Trump Hopes Argentina Can Help Bring Down Meat Prices
US Banks Hunting for Collateral to Back $20 Billion Argentina Bailout
There’s a Better Way to Help Argentina
Shutdown With No Clear End Poses New Economic Threat
Stock Rally Fades Ahead of Inflation; Gold Slips
The Natural Rate of Interest Foretells America’s Fiscal Doom
US Bank Rout Prompts Deal Speculation as Credit Worries Loom
$37 Trillion: The Screaming Tell About the Futility of Budgetary Balance
Congress Got Business Taxes Right, and Americans Will Benefit
CEO Vibes Are as Misleading as Consumer Angst
Activist Starboard Takes Big Stake in Construction Firm
CenterPoint Energy to Sell Ohio Gas Distribution Unit for $2.62 Billion
Russia’s Crude Shipments Climb Close to a Post-Invasion High
‘996’ Is a Chinese Tech Trend the US Should Skip
SoftBank-Backed GetYourGuide Says It’s Profitable
How Trump Is Using Fake Imagery to Attack Enemies and Rouse Supporters
OpenAI Hires Ex-Goldman Staff to Help Cut Down Junior Bankers’ Grunt Work
How Oracle’s Dual CEOs Will Co-Lead Its AI Makeover
ChatGPT Should Make Retailers Nervous
Major Vulnerability Exposed in Amazon’s Global Internet Outage
A Theory Why the Internet Is Going Down the Toilet
GM Earnings Tumble on Tariffs, EV Write-Downs
This Expert Led Tesla’s AI Efforts — And Says the Technology Is a Decade Away from Primetime
Spiro Raises $100 Million for E-Motorbike Network in Africa
Let Drug Buyers See the Books of Pharmacy Benefit Managers
UnitedHealth’s ‘Optum Real’ Uses AI to Speed Up Medical Claims
Danaher Sales and Profit Rise on Bioprocessing Momentum
Coca-Cola Continues Bottling-Network Overhaul With $2.6 Billion Africa Stake Sale
It’s Like Uber Eats But for Israeli Arabs Without Home Addresses
NBCUniversal Made a $27 Billion Bet on the NBA. Will It Pay Off?
How Depop Captured the Heart of Gen Z
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Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on October 21st, 2025 at 7:07 am
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