Thursday's News Links

[MSN/WP] Doing Good is Good for You, Research Shows

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] European Stocks Rebound as Tech Sector Leads Gains: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] French 10-Year Borrowing Costs Match Greece’s for First Time

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Brazil’s Real Drops to All-Time Low as Spending Cuts Fall Flat

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Edges Higher in Thin Trading Ahead of Key OPEC+ Meeting

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Why France’s Political and Budget Drama Is Spooking Investors

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Carry Traders Gird for Stressful Holiday With Wild Swings in Yen

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Preps China Chip Curbs That Stop Short of Early Proposals

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Tariff Threat ‘Chilling Signal’ for Mexico Economy

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Europe’s €1.705 Trillion Bond Sales in 2024 Beat Pandemic Record

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Brazil President Lula Cuts Spending by $12 Billion as Investor Concerns Soar

[AP] Latest ‘massive’ Russian aerial attack cuts power to 1 million homes in Ukraine

[Bloomberg] The World’s Biggest Buyers of Gold Are Now Among East European Central Banks

[Bloomberg] Europe Drills Its Citizens for the New Cold War

[WSJ] Home Buyers Enter a Strange New World

[FT] French bond yields surpass Greece’s for first time as budget worries swirl

[FT] Vladimir Putin threatens to obliterate Kyiv as Russia targets Ukraine’s energy grid

[FT] China’s support for Russia has hurt its relations with Europe, say Nordic and Baltic states

[FT] Nvidia and the AI boom faces a scaling problem

[FT] What next for Hizbollah?

Wednesday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Halt Record-Breaking Rally as Tech Gets Hit: Markets Wrap

[AP] Canada is already examining tariffs on certain US items following Trump’s tariff threat

[AP] Trump’s tariffs in his first term did little to alter the economy, but this time could be different

[Axios] Stock market optimism keeps rising

[Reuters] Russian central bank intervenes as rouble tumbles past 110 to the dollar

[Reuters] Russian acts of sabotage may lead to NATO invoking Article 5, says German intel chief

[Reuters] Nuclear attack unlikely despite Putin's warnings, US intelligence says

[NYT] China Has a New Playbook to Counter Trump: ‘Supply Chain Warfare’

Wednesday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ‘Magnificent Seven’ Get Hit as Stocks Halt Rally: Markets Wrap 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] French Bond Spreads Stabilize After Biggest Outflows Since 2022

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Holds Steady With OPEC+ Meeting, Cease-Fire Plan in Focus

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] French Bank Stocks Pressured by Fears of a Government Crisis

[Yahoo/Reuters] Mexico would raise tariffs if US does so first, president says

[Yahoo/Reuters] US consumer spending rises solidly, inflation appears stuck above Fed target

[AP] Number of Americans filing for jobless benefits falls again and hovers near 7-month lows

[Yahoo/Reuters] US pending home sales rise for third straight month, NAR says

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US GDP Grows at Solid 2.8% Pace, Helped by Consumer Spending

[AP] Average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the US slips to 6.81%

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] In Hot Credit Market, Fixed-Maturity Funds Are Booming