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Oil Drops on Hopes of U.S.-Iran Deal
Stock indexes close at record highs after posting modest gains. Plus: Memory-chip maker Micron gains, while other tech stocks, including Nvidia, AMD a...
Lululemon Is Making Peace With Its Founder
Plus: Robinhood adds a new feature to let customers use AI to trade. And a major shareholder of Universal Music Group slams the $65 billion bid from B...
Paxton Wins Texas GOP Primary After Trump Endorsement
Plus: The Trump administration plans to deploy U.S. public health officers to Kenya for a potential Ebola quarantine facility for Americans. And memor...
Tech Stocks Rally, Pushing Micron to $1 Trillion Market Cap
Oil rises after a fresh round of strikes in Iran. Plus: Ferrari shares slump as the automaker debuts its first ever electric vehicle. Alexis Green hos...
U.S. Strikes Iranian Targets in Renewed Fighting
Plus: China’s Huawei says it can match cutting-edge Intel semiconductors by 2031 without equipment the U.S. has blocked it from accessing. And Eli Lil...
Investors’ AI Enthusiasm Powers S&P to Longest Weekly Winning Streak Since 2023
Investors remain optimistic despite an uncertain backdrop in the Middle East. Plus: Shares of quantum-computing companies climb further after the Comm...
Kevin Warsh Sworn In as Fed Chair
Plus: A closely watched measure of consumer sentiment fell to a new low this month. And celebrity makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury has played a key rol...
Weight-Loss Drugs Show Surprising Ability to Stall Cancer
Plus: GOP lawmakers pull a vote to limit President Trump’s Iran war powers. And SpaceX postpones the launch of its new Starship rocket. Daniel Bach ho...
Dow Hits Record High Amid Hopes of Mideast Peace Progress
Plus: Nvidia stock slips despite beating analysts' expectations. And Spotify soars as the music streamer announces a new AI tool that lets users cover...
Walmart Sales Rise, Helping Offset Higher Fuel Costs
Plus: The Trump administration will award $2 billion in grants to quantum computing firms. And, apartment owners AvalonBay and Equity Residential agre...
Anthropic’s Explosive Growth Pushes It Into the Black
Plus: Tesla announces the rollout of fully self-driving tech in China. And as the Iran war begins to weigh on global growth, economists fear the slowd...
Nvidia Beats Estimates With Record First Quarter Sales
Plus: SpaceX files its long-anticipated IPO as investors prepare for what could be the largest debut on record. And AMC Entertainment stock soars afte...
OpenAI Is Preparing to File for IPO Soon
Plus: Target posts its strongest sales in years. And Meta begins laying off thousands of employees. Alexis Moore hosts.
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Massie Loses GOP Primary After Trump Attacks
Plus: A global selloff in bonds starts to bring down stock markets. And the world’s largest memory chip maker, Samsung, faces a strike. Daniel Bach ho...
Bond Selloff Deepens on Inflation Fears
Plus: U.S. stocks retreat after reaching record highs last week. And CoreWeave shares drop after reports that Alphabet and Blackstone plan to create a...
Home Depot Posts Lower Profit as Homeowners Hold Off on Big Projects
Plus: United Airlines says it expects 53 million travelers this summer—about 3 million more than last year. And Spanish police have arrested Jonathan...
Oil Prices Slip on Prospect of Iran Peace Deal
Plus: Google and Blackstone are planning to launch an AI cloud company. And the Long Island Rail strike is called off. Daniel Bach hosts.
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Tech Declines Drive Nasdaq, S&P Lower
Plus: As the war in Iran enters its 80th day, investors worry about its threat to the global economy. And Dominion Energy shares jump on news of a pos...
NextEra to Buy Dominion Energy, Making East Coast Utilities Titan
Plus: President Trump drops a lawsuit against the IRS as the Justice Department announces a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who claim the DOJ v...
Long Island Rail Strike Hits Commuters
Plus: The U.S. and China have agreed to establish bilateral boards of trade and investment. And coal is making a comeback as the Iran war continues to...
30-Year Bond Yield Hits Highest Level Since 2007
Plus: Bond yields interrupt a rally in tech stocks. And oil rises after conflicting messages from President Trump on the Strait of Hormuz. Alexis Gree...
British Borrowing Costs Soar as Starmer Fights to Keep His Job
Plus: Starbucks cuts more corporate jobs and offices. And Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has taken a new stake in Microsoft. Anthony Bansie hosts.
Trump Heads Home Following High-Stakes Xi Summit
Plus: The Supreme Court preserves widespread access to abortion pills. And the head of the CIA visits Havana. Luke Vargas hosts.
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Dow Tops 50000 as Investors Stay Focused on AI
Plus: Cerebras stock soars nearly 70% in the biggest IPO of the year. And oil prices edge slightly higher after a day of high-stakes meetings in Beiji...
Honda Sees Its First Annual Loss After Dropping U.S. EV Plans
Plus: The online brokerage Interactive Brokers expands its prediction-markets offerings. And British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing growing pre...
Xi’s Taiwan Warning Highlights Summit Tensions
Plus: The Pentagon abruptly cancels a deployment to Poland. And stock markets gain as chipmaker Cerebras Systems becomes the largest U.S. IPO so far t...
Nasdaq Hits New High After Chip Stocks Rebound
Plus: Rising wholesale prices are raising alarms on inflation. And Walmart stock rises after announcing layoffs. Alexis Green hosts.
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U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Fall to Near Prepandemic Levels
Plus: Vice President JD Vance threatens states’ Medicaid funding if they don’t address fraud. McDonald’s strikes its first naming-rights deal for a pr...
Trump Heads to Beijing With U.S. Tech Entourage
Plus: Iran expands its definition of the Strait of Hormuz, signaling Tehran’s intent to widen its grip on the crucial waterway. And Jack Daniel’s pare...
Supreme Court Backs Alabama’s Move to Redraw Majority Black District
Plus: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s personal investments are coming under scrutiny from Republicans ahead of a planned IPO. And a U.K. political crisis hits...
Stocks Edge Higher Amid Chip-Stock Frenzy
Plus: Oil rises as diplomacy efforts stall in the Middle East. And Moderna shares dropped amid news the company is researching vaccines to protect aga...
FCC Is Trying to Censor Disney, Agency Commissioner Says
Plus: Home sales were flat last month, a blow to the housing industry. And a measure of the labor market rose in April. Alex Ossola hosts.
Trade Court Rules Against New Trump Tariffs
Plus: President Trump is downplaying Thursday’s exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran in the Persian Gulf. And more airlines are reporting hits t...
Trump Advisers Concerned About Rising Fuel Prices
Plus: Washington and Beijing are considering guardrails around AI as competition threatens to become the arms race of the digital era. And Arm Holding...
Chips Stocks Soar on Record Day for Stocks
Optimism over AI helped fuel the rally. Plus: Uber shares rise after an increase in revenue and bookings.
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Intel Leads Indexes to New Records
The chipmaker’s stock soared after reports it might build chips for Apple in the U.S. Plus: Anheuser-Busch shares rose after reporting a growth in sal...
Pentagon Says Iran’s Military Actions ‘Below the Threshold’ for Restarting War
Plus: Coinbase is cutting about 14% of its workforce. And sales of new single-family homes rose in March. Anthony Bansie hosts.
GameStop Wants eBay. It’s Offering $56 Billion to Get It.
Plus: A Journal investigation finds prediction market bets offer worse odds than Vegas Slots. And, President Trump announces a new plan for opening th...
Investors Begin May Upbeat
Plus: Oil giants weigh a return to Venezuela. And, President Trump says he’s giving the Scotch industry a break after a royal intervention. Luke Varga...
Oil Prices Jump to New War-time High
Plus: The conflict in the Middle East deals a blow to Europe’s hopes for an economic revival. And, the White House opposes Anthropic’s plan to expand...