Elon Musk's $4 Billion A Day DOGE Plan May Cut Federal Spending 30%; Apple's Spring 2025 Lineup Revealed; Triumph Group To Go Private In $3 Billion Deal – Top Headlines While The U.S. Slept

US Politics

• Larry Summers Slams Trump’s ‘Bizarre’ Tariffs On Canada And Mexico: ‘This Is A Stop-Or-I’ll-Shoot-Myself-In-The-Foot Kind Of Policy’
• Tariffs And Trump’s Grand Strategy
• Elon Musk’s Daily $4 Billion DOGE Target Will Lead To 30% Cut In Federal Spending, Says Economist Jason Furman
• Elon Musk Says Treasury Officials ‘Breaking The Law Every Hour’ By Approving Fraudulent Payments — DOGE Lead Wants A Blockchain Fix

US Markets­­­­­­­­

• US Stocks Likely To Open Lower As Trump Imposes Tariffs On China, Canada, And Mexico: Expert Notes Feb Worst Month In Post-Election Years
• Dow Dips Over 300 Points As Trump Imposes Tariffs On Canada, Mexico, And China: Fear & Greed Index Remains In ‘Neutral’ Zone

Crypto

• Dogecoin, Shiba Inu Crater 13% As Bitcoin Takes A Tariff Beating
• Anthony Scaramucci Warns Donald Trump’s Crypto Promises May Be A ‘Mirage’
• Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy Slides Over 5% In Monday Premarket As Bitcoin Takes Tariff Hit Amid Lower Futures
• Peter Schiff Highlights ‘Crypto Winter’ Prediction By ‘Punxsutawney Phil’ As Bitcoin And Ethereum Plunge
• Ethereum Whales Awake After Six Years, Score $378 Million Potential Profit Hours Before Market Crash
• Bitcoin, Dogecoin Ended Last Week On A Gloomy Note But These Coins Remained Resilient
• TRUMP Memecoin Sale Cost Trader $33 Million In Potential Gains As Memecoin Plunges 76% From Market Top
• Bitcoin Crashes Below $92,000, Ethereum, Dogecoin Slump As Trump’s Tariff War Spooks Investors: Analyst Reveals If ETH Can Chart $6000 Rebound

US Economy

• Trump Tariffs Strengthen Dollar, But Hedge Fund CEO Sees Impending Decline
• As Trump Imposes Tariffs On America’s 3 Largest Trading Partners, This Macro Strategist Calls The Policy A ‘Tool To Transition’ US To A More Sustainable Future Amid ‘Grotesque’ Money Printing

World Economy

• Trump Tariffs Impacts Global Markets, Drags Asia And Europe Lower; Dollar Surges To Three-Week High – Global Markets Today While US Slept
• Bank Of Japan Signals Further Rate Hikes Possible Amid Inflation, Economic Overheating Worries

Tech

• Taiwan Semiconductor Plans Massive 1nm Fab 25 in Taiwan, Boosting Advanced Chipmaking Capacity
• Amazon, Temu, and Shein Under EU Scrutiny, Regulators Target Illegal Products and Tougher E-Commerce Rules
• Samsung Offers Galaxy S25 Ultra At A Discount Of Up To $1020, Making It 3x Cheaper Than Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro: Here’s How You Can Get It For Almost Free
• Apple’s Spring 2025 Lineup: iPhone SE 4, M4 Macbook Air And More Expected Soon
• Nvidia’s RTX 5090 And 5080 Are Sold Out, But You Can Still Get One With These High-End Prebuilt Gaming PCs
• Nvidia, SMCI, Broadcom, And Other Tech Stocks Slide In Monday Pre-Market As Trump Imposes Tariffs On Imports From China, Mexico, And Canada
• Palantir Technologies Plunges Overnight On Robinhood: Trump Tariff Impact Or Investor Jitters?
• DeepSeek Impact Makes OpenAI Rethink Open Source — Sam Altman Hints At Major Changes In Model Development
• Apple Watch Faces Are A Mess — Series 10’s Biggest Feature Is Limited To Just Four Faces, Frustrating Users
• Nvidia Supplier TSMC’s Shares Plunge Over 6% In Taiwan As AI Selloff Intensifies Amid DeepSeek Impact
• OpenAI’s ‘Deep Research’ Promises AI-Powered Analysis — Here’s What It Can (And Can’t) Do

Electric Vehicle

• Elon Musk’s Tesla Could Import Model Y Into Canada Via Berlin As Trudeau, Trump Amp Up The Trade War With Tariffs And Counter Tariffs, Says Researcher
• Tesla Rival BYD Marks 47.5% Growth In January Passenger Vehicle Sales Driven By Popularity Of Plug-In Hybrid EVs
• Tesla Rival Xpeng Outpaces Li Auto, Nio In January Despite Sales Dip From December
• Gary Black Warns Tesla’s 18% Export Volume At Risk Amid Trump Tariffs: ‘Full-Scale Retaliatory Trade War’ Possible

Consumer

• Recreational Products Maker Johnson Outdoors Posts 22% Sales Decline In Q1, Fishing & Camping Take A Hit Amid Market Woes
• Jeep Maker Stellantis Unveils Organizational Overhaul; Stock Dips

Communication

• TikTok Ban Exposes ‘Techno-Feudal’ Power: Influencers With Massive Following Should Be Able To Carry Followers Across Platforms, Says Economist

Industrial

• Owens & Minor Stock Dips On Mixed Q4 Preliminary Results & $310 Million Apria Goodwill Charge: Details
• Stratasys Reports Strong Preliminary Q4 Numbers, Secures Major Investment From Fortissimo Capital
• Triumph Group Agrees To Go Private In $3 Billion Acquisition Deal; Stock Jumps
• After Stranding 2 Astronauts At ISS For Months, Boeing Replaces The Head Of Its Starliner Program

Financial

• Billionaire Ray Dalio Raises Valuation Concerns As DeepSeek’s New Model Hits Nvidia Stock: ‘A Great Company That Gets Expensive Is Much Worse Than A Bad Company That’s Really Cheap’

General

• Nobel Prize Winner Predicts Bitcoin’s Value Will Plummet To Zero In Next 10 Years—’Father Of Modern Finance’ Says Crypto Antithesis Of Monetary Theory

Energy

• Miners Plead For Collaboration As Trade Wars Threaten Critical Mineral Supply Chains

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