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*GREER: CHINA TRYING TO DETER U.S. INVESTMENT 🇺🇸🇨🇳 — Investing.com (@Investingcom) October 21, 2025 BREAKING: The Trump administration warned China not to retaliate against foreign companies helping the US to develop critical industries, per Bloomberg — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 21, 2025 Greer, a senior U.S. trade official, claims that China is using economic coercion to …
China’s censors are moving to stamp out more than just political dissent online. Now, they are targeting the public mood itself — punishing bloggers and influencers whose weary posts are resonating widely in a country where optimism is fraying. Authorities have punished two bloggers who advocated for a life of less work and less pressure; …
Adobe sits at a strange crossroads where the numbers shout strength but the market refuses to listen and the gap between reality and perception is growing wider by the day. Cash flow per share climbs steadily while the stock price lingers at its lowest valuation ever. Subscription revenue continues to grow at 14 percent annually, …
Tesla finds itself in the crosshairs once again, this time in Canada, where the government has abruptly frozen $43 million in EV rebate payments and banned the company from all future incentives. The justification? A so-called “fraud investigation” into Tesla’s record sales claims—just days before Canada’s EV rebate program was set to expire. At the …
The future of AI-powered censorship is here, and the early returns are as error-filled and clumsily destructive as Google’s infamous Gemini rollout. On March 4th, Yves Smith — nom de plume for the editor of Naked Capitalism, a popular site containing economics commentary and journalism — received an ominous letter from its ad service company: Hope you are doing …
