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Exclusive: Trump’s tariff deal ‘quietly’ added 10% raise which nobody is complaining about anymore, says his former commerce secretary 

"When you think about it, in the normal course, getting quietly to do a 10% tariff on everything from everywhere was a huge achievement," Secretary...

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Trump’s hand against Beijing is getting weaker as Chinese exports to the U.S. tank 34% year over year

Trump’s leverage over Beijing may be disappearing as China diversifies its export market.

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Jamie Dimon says inflation will go up and employment will shift down as economy ‘deteriorates’ amid shifting ‘tectonic plates’

Jamie Dimon says there's no point looking at consumer sentiment for a hint on the economy, analysts will have to wait for the real data to trickle...

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Elon Musk offers rare mea culpa over Trump tweets: ‘They went too far’ 

Musk said he "regrets" some of the statements he made about President Trump in recent weeks.

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SINKs need to earn at least $81,000 to live comfortably in America’s cheapest state—the most expensive require an $120,000 salary 

Hawaii is the state where single adults need to earn the most to feel financially comfortable, while West Virginia is the most affordable.

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JD Vance says the ‘blood feud’ between Trump and Musk is ‘not going to be good for Elon’ but admits he ‘suffered a lot’ for the White House 

"The president doesn't think that he needs to be in a blood feud with Elon Musk, and I actually think if Elon chilled out a little bit, everything...

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JPMorgan has had enough of grads accepting future-dated roles elsewhere—and anyone caught will now be fired

Jamie Dimon said graduates accepting future roles in PE is unethical, and a matter of months later JPMorgan is cracking down on the trend.

06.06.2025 7

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Amazon Prime’s VP knows you’re sharing accounts—but for now he’s holding off a Netflix-style crackdown

Amazon Prime's vice president Jamil Ghani told Fortune in an exclusive interview: "Our membership is different to a lot of others in that it is...

06.06.2025 4

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‘Kill Bill’: Elon Musk urges Americans to rebel against president’s policy, but White House says his ‘debt slavery’ claims are a hoax

The White House said claims that the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' will increase national debt are a "hoax."

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Musk is on a national debt crusade after slamming Trump’s spending bill: Dimon, Powell, Dalio, and Buffett have all echoed the Tesla CEO’s concerns

Jamie Dimon, Warren Buffett, Ray Dalio, Jerome Powell—and now Elon Musk, are all sounding the alarm on America's national debt.

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Billionaire YouTuber MrBeast says he actually has ‘very little money’ and is borrowing cash from his mom to pay for his wedding 

"A decade ago before I blew up everyone in my life told me I was too obsessed and constantly told I’d never make it," Jimmy Donaldson wrote on X.

03.06.2025 4

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America’s prized ‘exceptionalism’ is the collateral damage of Trump’s tariff war, says Deutsche Bank

"The structural foundations of U.S. exceptionalism—particularly the ability to finance itself cheaply via the dollar’s reserve status—have begun...

03.06.2025 4

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Laurene Powell Jobs has the inside track on friend Jony Ive’s collaboration with OpenAI—but still wants to see Apple succeed 

Ive says a driver for the io-OpenAI design is the fact that "humanity deserves better" than an "uneasy" relationship with technology.

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Jamie Dimon is more worried about America’s ‘enemy within’ than China: ‘We have to get our act together and we have to do it very quickly’

"Warren Buffett would tell you we're enormously resilient and I agree with that," Dimon said. But "this time is different, this time we have to get...

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Trump will get ‘punched in the face’ by markets if his spending bill passes without a plan for national debt and tariffs, says Wharton professor

Republicans argue that growth is the best way to rebalance America’s books, but economists fear that tax cuts may be the final nail in the coffin...

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Hormel Foods says consumers are ‘strained’ as they trade down or hunt for value, but maintains outlook for the year

On an earnings call this week Hormel Foods said consumers are feeling strained, but are adjusting their spending habits for maximum value which may...

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Caution and clarity are the two takeaways from Fed’s notes—but Powell may get ‘stuck’ in limbo

The FOMC’s latest meeting notes reveal a committee in stasis as it waits for the real impact of Trump’s tariff regime.

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Elon Musk’s xAI is coming to your Telegram chats as Grok strikes $300 million cash deal

The transaction grants xAI access to Telegram’s user base, which Pavel Durov estimates exceeds one billion people.

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Court blocking Trump tariffs torpedoes his negotiating tactic, but it’s ‘hardly the end of this story’

"We haven’t heard directly from President Trump on the matter yet, so it’s unclear how the administration might respond going forward," one...

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Elon Musk says he’s ‘disappointed’ in Trump’s new spending bill because it ‘undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing’

Musk says he is "disappointed" by Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," claiming it will undo all of the cost-cutting efficiencies brought in by DOGE.

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Jamie Dimon warned Trump’s agenda would push U.S. allies toward China—Greenland already says it may ‘look elsewhere’ for mining investment

JPMorgan Chase boss warned Trump’s foreign agenda may push America's allies away—and Greenland has hinted this may already be the case.

27.05.2025 7

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Trump blasts out bevy of threats against Apple and the EU, saying imported iPhones face a 25% hike

Writing on Truth Social, President Trump put pressure on both Apple and the EU to get behind his 'America First' policy.

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‘Heavy is the head that wears the crown’: Jamie Dimon says these are the two things that will change for whoever becomes JPMorgan CEO

Four candidates have emerged as potential successors for JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, and he says the next boss of the banking giant can expect two major...

23.05.2025 10

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Jamie Dimon backs Fed’s ‘wait-and-see’ rate cut strategy despite Trump’s criticism of ‘Too Late Powell’

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has come to the defence of Fed chairman Jerome Powell, saying his cautious approach is appropriate.

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Investors are behaving more ’emotionally’ now than they were during COVID or the financial crisis, says Goldman Sachs strategist

Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani advised investors against mixing their political inclinations with their portfolios.

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World Economic Forum says it will take 100 years to achieve global gender parity—investment titan Lubna Olayan says we ‘cannot afford’ to wait that long

Lubna Olayan, an investment titan in Saudi Arabia, says research which shows it will take 100 years to achieve gender parity on a global scale must be...

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‘Addictive’ tariffs are here to stay, warns Wharton professor, even if Democrats win the next election

"Democrats will be addicted to [tariffs] as Republicans—or are as likely to be," Professor Joao Gomes said.

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Don’t be fooled by deescalation, says UBS, Trump’s ‘surgical increases’ on specific sectors are yet to come 

UBS's chief investment officer, Mark Haefele, wrote the White House may still make some cutting moves.

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Starbucks in South Korea is banning customers from using the names of presidential candidates for their orders

South Korea is holding snap presidential elections on June 3, to decide who will replace impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol.

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PlayStation owner Sony forecasts a $680 million hit to profits next year due to Trump’s tariffs

Sony reported a record $7.7 billion profit for its 2024-2025 fiscal year, but said it was monitoring how U.S. tariffs might affects businesses like...

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Trump calls on ‘Too Late Powell’ to cut interest rates after benign inflation report—but impact of tariffs is yet to hit

April's inflation report will be welcome news to the FOMC—but that doesn't mean the Powell-led group will cut interest rates.

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Ken Griffin says Trump won the election by promising lower inflation—so he needs to think ‘long and hard’ about how to protect Americans’ standard of living

Citadel founder Ken Griffin added that Americans may not even want the jobs that rebalancing the trade deficit may open up.

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Jerome Powell may finally grant Trump his interest rate wish thanks to China deal

President Trump's wish for a rate cut may be looking more realistic as economic uncertainty clears—but it still won't be happening any time soon.

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Bill Gates says businesses need to understand the politics for the next 20 years, not just the next two days

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said AI is already reshaping the job sector and Trump's tariff uncertainty is adding further fuel to the fire.

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U.S.-China deal signals Trump’s team wants de-escalation, leaving analysts wondering if this is a clean-up operation or longer term strategy

Markets are rallying this morning following Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's announcement that China and the U.S. would both be dropping their...

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It’s the norm for the Fed chairman and U.S. president to have a meeting—Powell says he’s never asked for a sit-down and ‘never will’

Jerome Powell has fought hard to keep the Fed out of political narratives, and said he would never request a meeting with President Trump.

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LVMH’s U.S. CEO is glad ‘pretty annoying’ quiet luxury trend has died

Anish Melwani, US CEO for LVMH which owns Dior, Fendi, and Tiffany, is glad 'quiet luxury' is over.

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Every young worker can have an ‘infinitely patient, senior’ leader sitting beside them courtesy of AGI, says AI boss

Jason Warner, co-founder and CEO of poolside, said young workers have plenty to be optimistic about thanks to AGI.

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Jamie Dimon says AI will mean people live to 100: It’s possible, says genetic testing CEO, but relies on these three factors 

Jamie Dimon says the next generation will live to 100, GeneDx CEO Katherine Stueland says three factors are needed to achieve this.

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The Fed will likely keep interest rates on hold today so markets will be watching for Trump’s reaction

If markets are hoping for some hints from Jerome Powell, the Fed chairman might disappoint.

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As the Fed tries to stay firmly out of the limelight, markets are buckling up for another Trump tirade 

If markets are hoping for some hints from Jerome Powell, the Fed chairman might disappoint.

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Lutnick: ‘I have a deal done, done, done, done’ as China, Japan and India warm to trade talks

Green shoots are at last appearing in trade negotiations between the U.S. and major economic partners, after a frosty reception showed no signs of...

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U.S. signs new mineral deal with Ukraine: ‘It is about investments, investments, and investments’

Ukraine and the U.S. have signed a historic minerals deal, giving America access and investment opportunities in the Eastern European country’s...

01.05.2025 2

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Mark Zuckerberg says college isn’t preparing students for today’s job market—this and the debt burden will create a ‘reckoning’ for higher education

Mark Zuckerberg, who notoriously dropped out of Harvard, said college may prove more beneficial from a social standpoint as opposed to career.

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These former six-figure earners got trapped in jobs because of luxury ‘lifestyle creep’—they sacrificed it all and went in search of financial freedom

In an inflationary environment it's only going to get easier to fall foul of lifestyle creep. These six-figure earners share what it was like to give...

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Nobel-winning economist warns Trump’s tariff walk back makes them ‘worse’ than they were in the first place

Economist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman says Trump's tariff pause is only making life harder for investors.

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Trump’s ‘art of the retreat’ may signal he’s setting Powell up to take the fall for economic turmoil  

Trump’s tactical retreat on key points like Fed Chair Powell and trade negotiations with China signals a change within the White House—potentially...

24.04.2025 9

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Trump had a ‘test case’ for trade negotiations with Japan. The failure to reach a deal now has analysts wondering if any will be signed

Trump’s team had hoped for some quick wins when it came to tariff negotiations. That’s looking increasingly unlikely.

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Your pantry can reveal your age, social circle, and even how confident you might be feeling about the economy

It turns out taking a peek in your pantry can say a lot about you.

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The White House pressed for fast negotiations with its shock and awe tariffs. Now it can’t drum up enough interest from a ‘first mover’

The rhetoric out of Trump's cabinet on tariffs is changing, with Scott Bessent pushing for a "first mover" to sign on the dotted line for a deal with...

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