Matty Merritt

1 week ago | morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt

The fridge poetry industry will probably weather the storm, but everything else that deals with rare earth metals and magnets is about to feel China’s export freeze. After weeks of the US and China ratcheting up their trade war, China threw its most painful punch this week and started halting shipments of rare earths, according to the New York Times. What is a rare earth metal?

1 week ago | morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said the US may already be in a recession. JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon believes the economy is facing “considerable turbulence.” And famous investor Cathie Wood forecasts negative GDP growth for Q1 and Q2. They must have just left the salon. Young women are skipping hair appointments and opting for cheaper hairstyles, according to salon owners and hairstylists.

1 week ago | morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt

For decades, Hostess clung to its wholesome, after-school-snack image. But the 106-year-old brand is finally growing up. The treat-maker kicked off its latest marketing campaign this week: parking a food truck in front of dispensaries and handing out free goodies. The Wienermobile knockoff is called the Munchie Mobile, and it will be dispersing snack cakes and Twinkies at various stops along the East Coast through the infamous weed holiday 4/20. What’s with the edgy pivot?

1 week ago | morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt

It’s the most high-profile divorce in the business world since Bill and Melinda called it quits. This week, following decades of a tense but mutually beneficial trade relationship, the US essentially invited all of the pair’s mutual friends over and changed the locks before China got home from work. On Wednesday, President Trump issued a 90-day pause on his reciprocal tariffs for every country except China, after Beijing failed to budge on its retaliatory tax on the US.

1 week ago | morningbrew.com | Matty Merritt

The latest threat to your moviegoing experience is not the suspicious snack counter attendant eyeing the obviously sandwich-shaped bulge in your coat: It’s a horde of teens. Audiences around the globe have been going wild during screenings of A Minecraft Movie, getting especially rowdy during the “chicken jockey” scene and going viral on TikTok. TikTok videos have been popping up of young viewers in theaters riding on each other’s shoulders during a scene where a zombie character rides a chicken.