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U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards reporters from Marine One at at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images President Donald Trump and one of his top economic advisors stoked baseless conspiracies about federal jobs data Monday, suggesting without evidence that Friday’s weaker-than-expected jobs report…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 30, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stocks climbed Monday as investors clawed back the steep losses seen in the previous session that were sparked by concerns over the economy and a new round of tariffs from…
Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. CNBC Berkshire Hathaway shares dipped after Warren Buffett’s conglomerate reported a small decline in operating earnings, while continuing a stock-selling spree and a buyback halt. The Omaha-based giant saw operating earnings including those from its insurance and railroad businesses…
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The European Union announced Monday that it is suspending for six months its planned countermeasures against the United States’ tariffs, which which were set to take effect this week. “On 27…
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on August 3, 2025 as returns to the White House from his Bedminster residence, where he spent the weekend. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump plans over the next several days to name replacements for two…
With roughly two-thirds of the earnings season behind us, one thing is clear: Growth numbers would not look as good as they do without the “Magnificent Seven.” Goldman Sachs chief U.S. equity strategist David Kostin found that the group’s year-over-year earnings growth in the second quarter is running at 26%. That figure incorporates estimates for…
Today, after a year-long pause, interest resumed on student loans enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. Launched by the Biden administration in 2023, SAVE was intended to give borrowers an affordable path to repaying student loans. But it’s been in limbo since last summer, when federal courts blocked it in response to…
Workers picket outside the Boeing Defense, Space & Security facility in Berkeley, Missouri, US, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Neeta Satam | Bloomberg | Getty Images Some 3,200 Boeing defense unit workers went on strike for the first time in almost three decades early Monday after turning down a contract offer with the company. Boeing…
A Nike (L) and Decker’s Hoka store. Reuters | Getty Images Deckers’ rally after its recent quarterly earnings release was short-lived. As of this writing, Decker is only about 5% above its 52-week lows. This is not a particularly compelling price action unless the stock manages to begin to rebound from these lows – a…
