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Empty shelves, for-lease signs and job layoffs point to recession by summer

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Stop the trade flow and you stop the economy — as Americans are about to learn.

Burger King parent saw slower start to the year as revenue and earnings miss marks

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Restaurant Brands is the latest fast-food giant to cite weak first quarter demand.

Markets are resilient — but this bank says it could fall apart quickly. ‘Fundamentals remain dire.’

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HSBC is warning clients that the odds are stacked against resilience for markets staying intact.

Molson Coors says less beer is being drunk due to worries about tariffs and the economy

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Stocks drops after beer brewer’s biggest earnings miss in four years and a lowered full-year outlook as consumer confidence falls as the economy slows.

Bank of England lowers rates in unusual three-way split

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The Bank of England on Thursday lowered its interest rates for the second time this year as the U.K. central bank responds to cooling inflation and signs of a slowing economy.

My second wife says her 2 kids should inherit our estate, but I also have 2 kids. Is that fair?

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“I will leave the $1 million inheritance I received from my parents to my biological daughters.”

Global growth bellwethers Maersk and Toyota lower guidance on tariff impact

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Danish shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk and Japanese auto giant Toyota each sounded the alarm on tariffs on Thursday as both lowered their guidance.

Suze Orman says retirees should have a 5-year ‘just-in-case’ fund. Is this true?

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“I had people coming unglued on me when I suggested retirees should have three to five years of savings.”

‘We live modestly’: My wife and I have $900K in stocks and $380K in savings and CDs. Are we holding too much cash?

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“My investment adviser says we have too much invested in cash instruments.”

All about the Connecticut home where singer Michael Bolton has been recovering from brain cancer

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Michael Bolton has opened up about the ways he relied on his family at his Connecticut residence during his aggressive brain cancer treatment.

Why Nvidia investors are cheering Trump’s likely dismantling of Biden’s AI chip rules

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The policy change could make it easier for AI chip companies to sell into the Middle East.

Costco managed another month of sales growth in April. But it marks a slowdown from March.

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Retailer’s latest report comes as Wall Street looks for signs of tariff impact.

AppLovin shows a different story than other ad-tech names, and the stock rallies

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At least for AppLovin, ad-tech concerns seemed to fade.

Carvana sets a high bar for itself. Wall Street has its doubts.

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Carvana Co. late Wednesday set an ambitious long-term goal for itself and reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations, and the stock rallied despite economic uncertainty and demand concerns.

AMC’s revenue slides amid weakest first-quarter box office since 1996

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Movie-theater chain and original meme stock AMC Entertainment beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in its first-quarter earnings results Wednesday, despite a weak box-office environment in the first three months of the year.

Dutch Bros’ earnings results show not everything is terrible for coffee chains

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Shares of Dutch Bros Inc. were flat after hours on Wednesday after the drive-through coffee chain expressed greater optimism over its sales this year, citing “continued momentum,” even as its older and much bigger rival, Starbucks Corp., tries to turn itself around.

Bank of England decision on Thursday will be at 12:02 p.m. local time instead of 12 p.m., due to VE Day’s two minutes of silence

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No, Donald Trump: This is your stock market, not Joe Biden’s

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This is Trump’s economy, too. He needs to own it.

Meta’s blowout earnings show why investors shouldn’t sweat a boost to AI spending

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Meta raised its capital-expenditure forecast, but it’s also posting strong enough revenue growth to support that spending.

Market volatility fuels record revenue for Schwab, and stock surges

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Broker says higher trading volumes have continued in early April

Social Security field offices are about to be flooded, thanks to one new change happening amid workforce cuts

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A change made by the Social Security Administration could see its field offices flooded with an estimated 60,000 to 75,000 additional people per week, according to Rep. Gerald Connolly, a Virginia Democrat.

Americans are ‘doom buying’ coffee, olive oil and soap. What’s the one thing I should stockpile to avoid tariff price hikes?

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Some purchases have echoes of the early days of the pandemic.

How the ‘trade of the year’ became a nightmare for investors after Trump’s tariffs

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Here is what’s at stake as a lesser-known “basis trade” came undone this week, just before President Trump’s mini-pivot on tariffs.

MBA programs are broken. Here’s how America can still create strong leaders.

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It’s up to companies to recruit and retain talented managers and researchers

College basketball is such big business that general managers are in high demand. A look inside this hot new job.

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Adrian Wojnarowski and other new GMs tell MarketWatch about the business of dealing with NIL and the transfer portal in recruiting rising stars

Why Intel’s stock is falling on the latest twist in the China tariff saga

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Texas Instruments’ stock is also tumbling as investors worry about the company’s domestic manufacturing footprint in light of China’s tariffs against the U.S.

‘Are we out of our minds?’ My husband and I are in our 70s. Should we use $600K of our savings to buy our dream home?

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“The community has its own gym, tennis courts, restaurants and bars, plus it is a brand-new home.”

These GameStop directors have followed Ryan Cohen’s lead. The stock is rising.

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GameStop directors Alain Attal and Larry Cheng have increased their stakes in the videogame retailer and original meme stock.

Here’s how Apple could prevent iPhone prices from going up due to tariffs

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Morgan Stanley sees room for Apple to expand India production and kill of lower-end storage configurations that are less profitable.

As Trump’s trade war rages, the shipping industry wrestles with uncertainty and the risk of disruption

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The Trump administration’s rapid escalation of tariffs “may be reshaping global trade flows,” says logistics-tech company Descartes.

Trump administration adds immigrants to Social Security dead list to encourage self-deportation

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Immigrant workers put on the list will not be able to legally hold jobs or use financial services

Stress about Social Security and the economy has seniors taking benefits early

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Older Americans are dipping into their savings at a faster rate due to inflation

Trump retreats but still puts U.S. tariff rate at its highest level in a century. Here’s what it means for prices for clothes, food and more.

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One study of the current state of U.S. tariffs and foreign retaliation suggests that Wednesday’s euphoria over President Donald Trump’s partial retreat was overdone.

Nvidia’s stock retreats, but analysts aren’t buying into tariff fears right now

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Shares of Nvidia and other big chip companies pulled back, the day after a historic rally for the sector, as investors got back to playing offense.

‘I’m just being practical’: I’m cashing out and selling all my worldly belongings. Is that wise?

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“I’m not panicking over the turmoil on Wall Street or Trump’s trade war.”

Trump calls for Fed to cut rates as economic effects of tariffs start to kick in

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Hours after the Federal Reserve maintained its guidance for two interest-rate cuts later this year, President Donald Trump weighed in Wednesday night, calling for rate cuts to accompany his new tariffs.

SoftBank expands its AI footprint with $6.5 billion purchase of Ampere Computing

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SoftBank Group Corp. announced late Wednesday it is acquiring semiconductor designer Ampere Computing in a $6.5 billion deal that will expand its investments in AI infrastructure.

Social Security pushes some beneficiaries to online or in-person meetings

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The changes “will result in more headaches and longer wait times to resolve routine customer-service needs,” the AARP cautions.

Some home buyers are hoping for a recession to bring down housing prices. Are they right?

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More than a third of Americans said they want the housing market to crash because they think it would lower home prices and property taxes.

How Trump’s talk with Putin about Ukraine involves this top U.S. industry

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Trump wants Europe to buy more of America’s liquified natural gas. But tariffs get in the way.

Five Below says some prices will rise amid pinch from tariffs. Stock rallies anyway.

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Teen-focused discount retailer Five Below Inc. on Wednesday offered up a mixed full-year forecast, but expectations for the year’s first quarter were a bit more upbeat.

The U.S. has hit a new low in global happiness. Eating alone could be the culprit.

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Roughly 1 in 4 Americans reported eating all of their meals alone the previous day in 2023 — up 53% since 2003.

‘I’m absolutely terrible at managing money’: I’m 35 with zero savings and $8,000 debt. How do I turn my life around?

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“I want to get into a financial position where I’ve got decent retirement savings.”

Why cruise stocks are a buy now, according to this analyst

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Cruise stocks have been falling, but J.P. Morgan says buy because there have been no signs of reduced demand despite all the macro noise.

Tesla sales have ‘significantly underperformed’ in all key regions, analyst says

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Mizuho lowers its price target by 16.5% to reflect all of the EV maker’s current woes.

Netflix has won the streaming wars. Now what?

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Analyst firm MoffettNathanson is raising its price target for Netflix, saying it sees huge upside for the platform’s new advertising model as well as continued profit-margin growth.

Lucid is looking for a new CEO. Why that may be a good thing.

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Change afoot at Lucid might be a chance to play a bigger role in EVs and AI.

Reddit’s stock has soared 170% since the IPO. Here’s why the honeymoon may now be over.

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Reddit’s growth is vulnerable to the whims of search giant Google, according to Redburn Atlantic, which has slapped a sell rating on the stock.

Wells Fargo sees path to growth ahead as another regulatory order is lifted

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Wells Fargo & Co. on Monday said that regulators had terminated a 2021 enforcement order related to loss-mitigation issues in its home-lending business, marking the latest such order to be lifted from the bank.

Pepsi will pay $1.7 billion for a soft-drink company that got its start on ‘Shark Tank’

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Pepsi boosts healthy offerings with Poppi, a maker of prebiotic drinks