A Month Without Data Muddles the Economic Picture
Tariffs and uncertainty were already making the economy hard to read. The loss of government data during the shutdown has made the situation much worse.
NYT Business 
Help! Air France Lost My Fencing Gear and Won’t Pay for It.
A Team USA fencer out more than $2,700 faced months of maddening red tape and was even flagged by the airline’s fraud department in his pursuit of a reimbursement.
Nothing But Net: Last Year’s $2 Billion in Basketball Ad Spend Delivers Big ROI
EDO's basketball outcomes report finds nearly 1,000 advertisers activating across the NBA, WNBA, and NCAA.
Adweek 
Why ASEAN membership matters for Southeast Asia’s smallest economy: It’s a ‘credible signal’ of stability to wary international investors
With oil and gas revenues starting to run dry, Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, needs to explore new options.
FORTUNE 
From ‘greenwashing’ to ‘greenhushing,’ clean energy momentum advances despite political roadblocks
More clean energy and electrification projects are competing economically with alternatives, executives said.
WPP CEO Cindy Rose Calls Performance ‘Unacceptable’ as Full-Year Outlook Slumps
The new boss is 'moving at pace' to get the holdco back on track.
Bitcoin, Ethereum dip after Fed chair hints that 25-point rate cut may be last of 2025
The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies dipped 1.8% on Wednesday.
Eli Lilly partners with Walmart to sell weight-loss drug directly to patients nationwide
Eli Lilly is partnering with Walmart to offer Zepbound through its direct-to-consumer program, making the popular medication more accessible nationwide.
FOX Business 
Trump, Xi set for face-to-face showdown over trade war fallout and fentanyl
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold high-stakes talks at the APEC summit in South Korea amid ongoing trade disputes over soybeans and rare earths.
Trump and Xi strike trade truce: 5 key takeaways from the South Korea summit
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held high-stakes talks at the APEC summit in South Korea amid ongoing trade disputes over soybeans and rare earths.
The CEOs of Apple, Airbnb, and PepsiCo agree on one thing: life as a business leader is incredibly lonely
Leaders of billion-dollar behemoths including Airbnb’s Brian Chesky and Apple’s Tim Cook say the top job is isolating, and entrepreneurs should lean on peers to feel connected.
Starbucks Reports a Modest Sales Increase in Latest Quarter
Net income fell 85 percent, however, because of charges related to store closures and corporate layoffs.
Trump hails $950 Billion South Korea deal, gives nod to nuclear-powered submarines
Trump announces $350 billion South Korea tariff deal and $600 billion investment package. Seoul gets approval for nuclear-powered submarines in strengthened alliance.
LARRY KUDLOW: Will a supply-sider run the Fed?
It’s time for a true-blue supply-sider at the Fed
Powell warns shutdown is clouding Fed’s view of the economy: 'Driving in the fog'
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that a lack of key data due to the government shutdown will cause the central bank to be cautious until it has a clearer view of the economy.
Powell says that, unlike the dot-com boom, AI spending isn’t a bubble: ‘I won’t go into particular names, but they actually have earnings’
However, the Fed chair noted that the growth is unevenly distributed and concentrated among only a few companies.