The problem with all those personality tests

Corporate personality tests don’t measure what they claim to measure — even as the corporate appetite for them remains voracious

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Wall Street braces for a big downgrade in jobs numbers. Here's what to expect

Wall Street eyes a Fed rate cut with the next job number revisions as workers clings to jobs amid cratering confidence

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The economy is flashing warning signs from both jobs and inflation

As job growth stalls and prices rise, stagflation looms, leaving the Federal Reserve in a tricky position

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Wall Street cheers and workers fear as layoffs overshadow earnings

Big tech companies are richer than ever and Wall Street is happy. But they're still laying off thousands of workers

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Salesforce beats on earnings. But the stock slumps anyway as its AI story gets shakier

Salesforce posted a solid quarter, but Wall Street remains hooked on megacap growth stories for tech stocks

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How Warren Buffett pioneered the modern fan economy

The Oracle of Omaha, who turns 95 today, mastered superfan selling strategies decades before TikTok, Instagram, or Patreon

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Trump’s firing letters usually read like purges. The Lisa Cook letter feels different

The president has axed dozens of officials with vague emails. His letter to Fed Governor Lisa Cook reads more like a legal brief

26.08.2025 3

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Trump tries to fire a Fed governor — and sends the markets scrambling for cover

Gold surged as investors sought shelter. Treasury yields climbed as bond investors grew jittery about the Fed's independence, while the dollar fell

26.08.2025 1

Catherine Baab

Jerome Powell's pivot will test the tech stock rally

Will easier money become fuel for another leg of Big Tech’s historic surge? Or is it the signal that tech has peaked?

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The new office spouse is AI

An AI "office spouse" won't spread gossip or misremember a conversation, and it will never file an HR complaint. Here's why managers should care

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Retailers face a giant tariff test this week

Walmart, Target, and Home Depot report earnings this week, offering a look at how Trump’s trade wars are affecting prices and shoppers

18.08.2025 10

Catherine Baab

Cisco, Deere & Co, and fresh CPI numbers: Stocks and data to watch this week

All eyes on inflation data this week, plus a few major company reports to keep headlines popping

08.08.2025 10

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The next phase of Trump’s trade war has officially begun

For countries with a trade deficit against the U.S., a baseline 15% tariff is now in force. The average tariff will hit 18%, the highest since 1933

07.08.2025 3

Catherine Baab

Tariffs tank Toyota profits

The world’s biggest automaker took a $2.9 billion hit last quarter and slashed its full-year forecast. The trade war may just be getting started

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Inside America's protein obsession

Protein is saturating diets and American life, becoming at once a marketing pitch, a moral good, and a multibillion-dollar industry

07.08.2025 10

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Disney's cash machine just roared to life

A 53% jump in free cash flow, billion‑dollar box office hits, and blockbuster sports deals in its earnings report put the Magic Kingdom on offense

06.08.2025 3

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Markets face fresh uncertainty after a $1 trillion wipeout

Experts warn that Trump's firing of a top economic data official undermines trust in U.S. markets and could hurt long-term investment

04.08.2025 3

Catherine Baab

McDonald's, Disney, Palantir: Stocks to watch this week

Disney, McDonald’s, Palantir, and a wave of pharmaceutical giants are set to report earnings — all against the backdrop of ever-volatile geopolitics

03.08.2025 10

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Mastercard's quarter proves the cashless revolution isn't over yet

With $2.7 trillion in gross dollar volume and double-digit transaction growth, the payments giant proves the move away from cash is far from over

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The Fed is set to hold its ground, but politics loom large

No rate cut is expected today, but tariffs, inflation risks, and political pressure are clouding the path ahead

30.07.2025 5

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UPS is pivoting from high-volume to high-margin. It's risky

UPS is ditching low-profit Amazon deliveries, closing 73 facilities, and axing thousands of jobs — all in a bid to keep profits aloft

29.07.2025 5

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Boeing reports rising deliveries. Is the turnaround finally turning?

Boeing narrowed losses and boosted deliveries in the second quarter. But heavy debt, thin margins, and lingering safety baggage show the climb isn’t...

29.07.2025 5

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The U.S. and Europe reach a trade deal. The market shrugs

The relatively muted moves suggest markets may have already priced in much of the upside. The most action came in currency markets

28.07.2025 10

Catherine Baab

Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and the Fed: What to watch in the markets this week

The earnings stampede becomes a full-blown deluge this week, with hundreds of companies set to report, including dozens of heavyweights

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The paradox eating AI's profits

AI startups promise sky-high margins. But a 160-year-old concept known as the Jevons Paradox may be dragging them back to Earth

25.07.2025 4

Catherine Baab

The toys might suck this Christmas — and batteries won’t be included

Toymakers are stripping out batteries, accessories, and features as Trump’s trade war drives up costs ahead of the holiday season

24.07.2025 4

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American Airlines says it might lose money this quarter despite record revenue

The forecast suggests cracks could be forming in the consumer travel boom that has buoyed other airlines in recent months

24.07.2025 4

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The trade war is real now

New earnings by Hasbro and GM show that tariffs aren't just political abstractions anymore. They're reshaping the businesses of legacy consumer brands

23.07.2025 2

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GM lost $1 billion from Trump's tariffs. The damage may only be starting

The automaker expects the impact of tariffs to become more pronounced in the next quarter — totaling $4 to $5 billion for the full calendar year

22.07.2025 20

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'If they want war, they will get war': Europe vows response as Trump escalates tariff threats

European officials are drafting retaliation plans that go beyond tit-for-tat tariffs, including new digital service taxes and procurement restrictions

21.07.2025 10

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Google, Tesla, GM, and more: What to watch in the markets during a blockbuster earnings week

Hundreds of companies are set to report earnings, including Google parent Alphabet, Tesla, GM, Intel, and Coca-Cola

20.07.2025 10

Catherine Baab

It's the end of the internet as we know it

The AI era means the internet is splitting in two: one for people, another for the bots

19.07.2025 20

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Wall Street begs Trump: Please don't break the Fed

The president's trial balloon about firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell sent bond traders scrambling and prompted warnings from big bank CEOs

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Wall Street is winning the trade war

The unpredictability of Trump-era trade policy has created a kind of dream environment for trading desks

17.07.2025 5

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Goldman Sachs earnings show big banks are booming on market chaos

Wall Street trading desks have benefitted from the market volatility that followed Trump’s sweeping tariffs announcement, and the threats and...

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The surprising $52 billion blip in BlackRock’s solid quarter

The asset manager reported rising revenue and record assets under management, but one massive withdrawal is too big to ignore

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What JPMorgan earnings say about the economy right now

Markets are humming and upper-income consumers feel safe. But JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says we're not out of the woods

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China's exports are booming despite Trump's tariffs. What's behind the numbers

If Trump’s goal was to isolate and weaken China, the latest export numbers suggest the opposite may be happening

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Catherine Baab

Netflix, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Pepsi: Stocks to watch this week

Big banks kick off the second quarter with a slew of earnings reports and market commentary from CEOs. Netflix and Pepsi will also announce results

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Delta brings back its forecast — and maybe a little economic confidence with it

From “best year ever” to cautious clarity, Delta becomes one of the first major companies to bring back earnings guidance. Will others follow?

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Bank CEOs are about to tell us what they really think of Trump’s tariff chaos

The tone of big bank earnings calls will likely reveal more about the economy than any single earnings number

10.07.2025 6

Catherine Baab

Biotech startups are facing a new threat

Cuts in federal funding and upheaval at the FDA under Trump have funders keeping their wallets closed — and executives "sounding the alarm"

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Catherine Baab

July 9 was the deadline. So where are the trade deals?

The White House promised 90 trade agreements by July 9. So far: two partial deals, 14 letters, and a new deadline Trump claims “has not changed.”

09.07.2025 20

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Why is Trump targeting Cambodia and Tunisia first? The quiet logic behind loud trade threats

Why the first wave of new tariff letters targets a mix of allies, low-volume trade partners, and BRICS-adjacent economies

08.07.2025 10

Catherine Baab

Tariff chaos escalates as Trump threatens BRICS and misses his own deadline

Trump escalates tariff rhetoric again, but the economy is flashing warning signs — and the promised deals remain almost entirely undelivered.

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Catherine Baab

'There's a knife at my throat'. A tax code time bomb hammered small businesses

Some businesses were wiped out by a quiet change in the tax code that helped fuel mass layoffs. A fix from Washington is coming too late

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Catherine Baab

A hidden time bomb in the tax code fueled mass tech layoffs. Here’s how it works

Understanding the Trump-era tax tweak that quietly turned research and development into a liability — and rewrote the economics of tech employment

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Trump's trade deadline and Delta earnings: What to watch in the stock market this week

Here's what to watch in a week freighted with political and market news, from the trade deadline to Delta results

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The flashing warning signs in the June jobs report

A modest gain beat Wall Street expectations. But flatlining demand for white-collar workers and more troublesome signs come as Trump attacks Fed Chair...

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Let's talk about AI cheating

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