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Powell says U.S. economy growing at solid pace despite Iran war
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told a packed audience at Harvard University on March 28, 2026, that the American economy continues to grow at a...
Pentagon official: Iran war has cost the U.S. $25B so far
The U.S. war with Iran has already burned through $25 billion in taxpayer money, a senior Pentagon official told the House Armed Services Committee on...
FedEx, UPS pledge to pass along tariff refunds—up to $5B
Thousands of businesses that paid tariffs on goods shipped through FedEx and UPS could soon see money coming back. Both carriers have pledged to pass...
Visa profit rises as payment volumes climb on steady consumer spending
Visa Inc. reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $6.0 billion, fueled by a 9% rise in payment volumes and a 12% jump in cross-border transactions,...
BP profit more than doubles as oil trading gains on Iran war volatility
BP earned $3.842 billion in the first quarter of 2026, more than double the year-ago figure, after its oil trading desks turned the chaos around...
Oracle and CoreWeave slide as OpenAI growth worries hit AI stocks
Oracle and CoreWeave both saw their shares drop in late April 2026, punished by investors who looked past headline-grabbing deals and focused instead on a...
Foreign automakers warn cheap models may exit U.S. without deal
A new Nissan Versa starts at roughly $17,000, making it one of the last new cars in America that a buyer earning the median income...
Rare Earths Americas starts IPO roadshow, seeks $368M valuation
When Beijing restricted exports of gallium, germanium, and other critical minerals in mid-2025, procurement officers at defense contractors and EV makers faced a blunt question:...
Hotter inflation outlook clouds Fed rate-cut path for 2026
Federal Reserve officials walked into their March 18 meeting expecting to debate the timing of rate cuts. They walked out having raised their inflation forecasts...
GM eyes $500M tariff refund after Supreme Court ruling, tops EPS
General Motors told investors in its first-quarter 2026 earnings report that it expects to collect roughly $500 million from the federal government, money the automaker...
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...