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Minnesota shooting suspect was looking for work while doing odd jobs, then emptied a bank account and paid 4 months of rent before the attack

"Hi everyone! I’m looking to get back into the U.S. Food Industry and I'm pretty open to positions," Boelter wrote on LinkedIn last month.

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Do you have buyer’s remorse about your new degree? It’s OK, these CEOs studied subjects that aren’t related to their industries

For those looking to climb the ladder in Corporate America, the path to success doesn't always run through business school.

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Minnesota shooting suspect’s company claims he was ‘involved with security situations’ around the world

According to the website for his company Praetorian Guard Security Services, Boelter is listed as director of security patrols.

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Minnesota shooting adds to string of political violence that has also targeted top companies

The Minnesota shooting comes nearly a year after an assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.

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Energy markets are poised to be the next battlefield in the spiraling Israel-Iran conflict

An Iranian lawmaker said closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint in the global energy trade, was under serious consideration.

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Israel’s attacks on Iran may keep Fed rate cuts on hold, just as inflation was looking better

The 10-year Treasury yield jumped 6.9 basis points on Friday to $4.426, reversing a dip in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.

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Trump’s memo activating the National Guard doesn’t specify L.A. It could apply anywhere and preemptively, legal expert says

“No president has ever federalized the National Guard for purposes of responding to potential future civil unrest anywhere in the country.”

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Dow futures dip as stocks eye record highs ahead of U.S.-China talks and inflation reports

A strong jobs report on Friday added more fuel to a rally that has lifted the S&P 500 to within 2.4% of its all-time high.

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Vanishing immigration is the ‘real story’ for the economy and a bigger supply shock than tariffs, analysts says

A workforce that is growing more slowly doesn't need as much hiring to absorb the additional labor supply.

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National Guard troops are in LA—Here’s what they can and can’t do, for now, as Trump deploys them in response to protests

"All that these troops will be able to do is provide a form of force protection and other logistical support for ICE personnel."

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A hot trend in the housing market is Gen Z buying homes with siblings

BofA found that 22% of Gen Z homeowners bought their home with siblings, surging from 12% in 2024 and just 4% in 2023.

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Trump says his relationship with Musk is over, slamming the door on the once-staunch ally who tried to de-escalate their feud

Trump added that he has "no intention of speaking" to Musk anytime soon, saying "I’m too busy doing other things.”

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AI could unleash ‘deep societal upheavals’ that many elites are ignoring, Palantir CEO Alex Karp warns

"Those of us in tech cannot have a tin year to what is this going to mean for the average person."

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Mark Cuban backs Musk’s poll on a new political party as investors react to tech billionaire’s feud with Trump

Cuban but has flirted with third-party politics, though he has yet to run for office.

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Dow futures dip as Wall Street weighs likelihood of Trump’s latest tariff threat, while U.S. eyes call to resolve China trade snag

The so-called TACO trade will be tested as markets wait to see if Trump will actually follow through with his 50% steel duty or if he will put it on...

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The tide is turning in the housing market as top metro areas see home prices fall ahead of a broader decline later this year

Home-sale prices in 11 of the 50 biggest U.S. metro areas are already falling, according to data from Redfin.

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Forget tacos, can Trump have his tariff cake and eat it too? Wall Street’s biggest bull thinks so

Wells Fargo's Christopher Harvey thinks a 10% tariff could be split evenly between importers, corporations, and consumers.

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The ‘revenge tax’ buried deep in the budget bill could turn a trade war into a ‘capital war,’ analyst says

Section 899 of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" moving through Congress has raised growing alarms on Wall Street.

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Soaring U.S. debt doesn’t just put America at risk. It could trigger contagion across global markets, IIF warns

Borrowing costs in certain countries often move in tandem, meaning volatility in Treasury bonds will create ripples in other debt.

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Jamie Dimon says ‘don’t put a good foot forward, put the truth forward’ and reveals what would get him into public service

"Observe, observe, observe, and have all your people do it," Dimon said. "And it's a never-ending process."

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U.S. trade rep says China still restricts rare earths as Trump accuses Beijing of violating deal 

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said China is "slow rolling their compliance, which is completely unacceptable and has to be addressed."

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Housing may soon flash a recession warning as investment cracks under the weight of high rates

"Housing activity looks set to contract in Q2 after advancing only weakly in Q1."

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Jerome Powell tells Princeton grads not to take universities for granted and that ‘integrity is all we have—guard it carefully’

"Our great universities are the envy of the world and a crucial national asset," Powell said.

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AI is ‘breaking’ entry-level jobs that Gen Z workers need to launch careers, LinkedIn exec warns

"Breaking first is the bottom rung of the career ladder."

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Here’s how the Supreme Court could weaken American exceptionalism in financial markets

"The Court’s order suggests they'll likely support expanded presidential power in upcoming decisions, giving credence & support to the Unitary...

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King Dollar won’t just give up its crown. Rivals have to take it away—but they’re not ready, currency expert says

"Unless that changes, the dollar will remain on a much longer leash than any currency should rightfully have."

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There’s a ‘buyer’s strike’ on U.S. assets as foreign investors can’t stomach huge deficits anymore, analyst warns

"At the core of the problem is that foreign investors are simply no longer willing to finance US twin deficits at current level of prices."

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Snoop Dogg says ‘adversity is like the gym for your soul’ and offers 3 pieces of advice for USC business school grads

"It's always the underdogs who end up running the game. Trust me, that's why I'm running the game."

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Trump threatens Apple with tariffs, but U.S.-made iPhones are still a ‘fairy tale’ and would cost thousands of dollars

“If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S.,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday.

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Bond yields just hit ‘yippy’ levels last seen during the post-Liberation Day meltdown 

The 30-year Treasury yield jumped more than 10 basis points, topping 5%, before easing just below that threshold by midday.

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Dow futures drop 250 points and Treasury yields jump after Moody’s downgrades U.S. debt

Late Friday, Moody's downgraded the U.S. credit rating one notch to Aa1 from AAA, the highest grade.

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Mansion sales are booming as the rich seek shelter from trade war fallout — ‘real estate is safer’

By contrast, the overall housing market has been subdued as high mortgage rates and home prices keep most Americans on the sidelines.

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Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread

“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.”

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Scott Bessent says tariff uncertainty is a tactic — otherwise countries ‘would play us in the negotiations’

"If we were to give too much certainty to the other countries, then they would play us in the negotiations," Bessent told CNN.

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AI chips are the new ‘coin of the realm’ as they grease the wheels of geopolitical negotiations, BofA says

Analysts cited the "Important role played by AI chips as part of geopolitical negotiations around trade/tariffs (GPU as the new 'coin of the realm')."

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‘A big missing part of the story’ — Rust Belt vs. Sun Belt in the battle for U.S. manufacturing jobs

"The Rust Belt’s manufacturing decline isn’t primarily about jobs going to Mexico. It’s about jobs going to Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia and...

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U.S. stocks are nearing record highs again after a furious rally — ‘this market could surprise everyone’

The S&P 500 is 3% below its peak set in mid-February, when Trump launched a global trade war that began with tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

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U.S. debt no longer earns a top grade at any of the major credit rating agencies after Moody’s downgrade

"Successive US administrations and Congress have failed to agree on measures to reverse the trend of large annual fiscal deficits and growing interest...

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The U.S. doesn’t want ‘generalized decoupling’ from China, but a strategic break instead, Treasury secretary says

"But what we do want is a decoupling for strategic necessities, which we were unable to obtain during COVID."

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Dow futures and the dollar surge as Wall Street cheers U.S.-China tariff talks

The U.S.-China tariff negotiations appeared to yield "a broad framework under which the two nations can conduct further talks," an analyst said.

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The most powerful people in the world are bond vigilantes, who ‘boxed in’ Trump, top economist says

"And the traders, of course, trump Trump, and they forced him to back down to market discipline."

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U.S. says deal struck in tariff talks with China will help global trade deficit as White House signals reboot in relations

“It’s important to understand how quickly we were able to come to an agreement, which reflects that perhaps the differences were not as large as...

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Most baby boomers can’t afford assisted living and are weighing on the housing market by staying in their homes, ‘Oracle of Wall Street’ says

"This is one of the problems with the housing inventory. They're staying in their houses longer because they can't afford to move out."

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Gold could soar 80% to $6,000 if there’s even a minuscule shift away from US assets, analysts say

"While hypothetical, this scenario illustrates why we remain structurally bullish gold and think prices have further to run," analysts at JPMorgan...

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First-year baby expenses already top $20,000, and tariffs are adding to the bill as China dominates key imports

Prices for baby strollers and infant car seats are already up by an average of 25% and 20%, respectively.

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Buffett explains why he prefers to invest in stocks instead of real estate

"There’s just so much more opportunity, at least in the United States, that presents itself in the security market than in real estate."

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Stocks may snap longest winning streak in 20 years as futures dip while OPEC+ crushes oil prices

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 193 points, or 0.47%. Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.52%, and Nasdaq futures eased 0.53%.

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Warren Buffett has long warned others against picking stocks, but admits he invests in a ‘very irregular manner’

"Put 10% of the cash in short-term government bonds and 90% in a very low-cost S&P 500 index fund," Buffett wrote in 2013.

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Warren Buffett has this advice for young investors—and it has nothing to do with where they should put their money

"You're going to have your life progress in the general direction of the people that you work with, that you admire, that become your friends." 

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Warren Buffett says Greg Abel should take over as Berkshire Hathaway CEO by year’s end

"I think they'll be unanimously in favor of it, and that would mean that at year-end Greg would be the chief executive officer of Berkshire and I...

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