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Crypto downturn is forcing some traders to cut grocery and daily spend
By the time Bitcoin crested above $100,000 in late 2024, a 23-year-old warehouse worker posting on Reddit’s r/CryptoCurrency forum said he was routing half of...
Southwest extends flight schedule and joins IATA schedule data program
Southwest Airlines quietly did two things in late April 2026 that, taken together, signal the carrier is rethinking how the rest of the travel industry...
Fed expected to hold rates as Powell nears a potential final stretch
Jerome Powell will sit at the head of the Federal Reserve’s boardroom table on April 29 knowing two things with near certainty: interest rates are...
Schwab warns the $39T U.S. debt is reshaping bonds investors buy
In early 2026, the U.S. national debt crossed $39 trillion. The Treasury Department’s Debt to the Penny tracker logged the milestone without fanfare, but Schwab’s...
European stocks end lower after report of an Iran peace proposal
LONDON — European stocks dropped on Friday as a reported Iranian peace proposal stirred a brief flash of optimism before traders concluded the offer was...
Aging workers, not AI, are reshaping the U.S. job market and hiring needs
Aging workers, not AI, are reshaping the U.S. job market and hiring needs When a machining company outside Dayton, Ohio, loses a 62-year-old tool-and-die maker...
Alphabet options imply a sharp post-earnings move for Google’s parent
Alphabet Inc. is days away from reporting first-quarter 2026 earnings, and the options market is already placing an unusually large bet on volatility. Straddle pricing...
Khaby Lame’s $975M deal hype fades after linked stock plunges 90%
When Rich Sparkle Holdings Ltd announced it was acquiring TikTok megastar Khaby Lame’s core company for $975 million in stock, the deal looked like a...
Amazon ramps up AI spending as investors weigh the long-term payoff
Amazon spent roughly $83 billion on capital expenditures in fiscal 2025, according to its annual report filed with the SEC. That is more than the...
Kalshi, Polymarket target insider trading as Robin Hanson pushes back
On April 23, 2026, federal prosecutors and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed parallel cases against a single trader in Manhattan, marking the first time...
Boomers hold nearly 1/3 of U.S. wealth, widening the generational gap
A generation that no longer makes up the largest share of the U.S. population still controls the largest share of its wealth. Americans born between...
Nvidia trades at about half AMD’s P/E as investors debate growth outlook
Nvidia Corp. earned more than $70 billion in data center revenue last fiscal year and posted GAAP net income north of $55 billion, yet the...
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon warns markets are complacent as inflation risks linger
Jamie Dimon has never been one to whisper when he thinks Wall Street is getting it wrong. In his annual letter to JPMorgan Chase shareholders,...
Amazon to shutter Homestead, FL, warehouse for 2 years; 600+ affected
More than 600 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Homestead, Florida, will be out of a job when the facility shuts down on July 2,...
U.S. companies post broad profit surge beyond tech and Wall Street
The companies that built America’s profit recovery were supposed to be familiar names: chipmakers riding the artificial-intelligence wave, megabanks harvesting trading fees, a handful of...
Saxo Bank warns gold’s rally may be shaky despite fresh price gains
Gold punched above $3,300 an ounce in April 2026, extending a rally that has made it one of the best-performing major assets of the past...
Morgan Stanley cuts Oracle target to $207, keeps equal-weight rating
Morgan Stanley lowered its price target on Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) to $207 from $215 in May 2026, keeping its equal-weight rating on the stock....
Intel jumps 23% to a record after upbeat sales forecast lifts shares
Intel shares surged 23% in a single trading session on April 24, 2026, closing at a record high after the chipmaker delivered quarterly results and...
Buffett explains Berkshire’s cash pile and warns on trend chasing
Warren Buffett spent six decades teaching investors that the hardest thing in markets is doing nothing. In his final shareholder letter before handing the CEO...
JPMorgan adds 400 Charlotte jobs with new 145,000-sq.-ft. SouthPark office
JPMorgan Chase is planting another flag in Charlotte. The nation’s largest bank by assets has leased 145,000 square feet of office space in SouthPark, a...