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‘No one is exempt’: How tariffs could impact sales of new vehicles
Hyundai vehicles on display at the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — This weekend, consumers and auto enthusiasts will poke, [Read More…]

Google is monopolist in online advertising tech, judge rules
Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Alphabet’s Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, according to a federal judge. Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of [Read More…]

Trump says he’s eager for Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s ‘termination’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday sharply criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, urging the central bank to lower interest rates and saying Powell’s “termination cannot come soon enough.” It was not [Read More…]

‘I’m in ruins,’ teary Mike Lindell tells judge in Smartmatic sanctions hearing
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Election denier and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell continues to refuse to pay more than $50,000 in sanctions he has been ordered to pay to voting software company Smartmatic over “frivolous” [Read More…]

Fed Chair Powell sounds alarm on tariffs, sending stocks lower
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he expects President Donald Trump’s tariffs policy to cause higher inflation and slower economic growth, complicating potential central bank efforts to ease [Read More…]

US stocks close down slightly amid tariff uncertainty
manusapon kasosod/Getty (NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks closed down slightly on Tuesday as investors weathered ongoing uncertainty about President Donald Trump’s tariff plans. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked down 156 points, or 0.3%, at [Read More…]

US stocks little changed amid tariff uncertainty
manusapon kasosod/Getty (NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks were little changed in early trading on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump signaled a willingness to ease some tariffs but also impose new ones. The Dow [Read More…]

Meta claims it has ‘no monopoly’ as landmark antitrust trial gets underway
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawyers for Meta told a federal judge on Monday that the social media company founded by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is not a monopoly, countering a landmark lawsuit brought against it [Read More…]

Global stock markets up amid Trump tariffs exemptions for electronics
manusapon kasosod/Getty (NEW YORK) — Major stock markets in Asia and Europe rose in Monday trading following the U.S. announcement that key consumer electronics would be temporarily exempted from President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs. Hong [Read More…]

US stocks climb, shrugging off China trade war and consumer fears
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks climbed on Friday, shrugging off new Chinese tariffs on American goods that intensified a trade war between the two largest economies in the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped [Read More…]

Baristas, chocolatiers caught in trade war cross fire
Marcus Wells, a barista at Float Coffee in Hollywood, Calif., speaks, April 8, 2025, about the impact the global tariff war will have on his business. KABC (NEW YORK) — Americans’ love affair with coffee [Read More…]

Stocks wobble as new Chinese tariffs on US goods intensify trade war
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks seesawed between gains and losses in early trading on Friday as new Chinese tariffs on American goods intensified a trade war between the two largest economies [Read More…]

Trump’s tariffs still risk inflation and recession as China trade war looms, experts say
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s decision to pause so-called “reciprocal tariffs” for most countries triggered a historic stock market rally on Wednesday, but the levies that remain in place are still expected [Read More…]

Inflation cooled but egg prices soared in March, before Trump’s tariff escalation
Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consumer prices rose 2.4% in March compared to a year ago, marking a cooldown during a period that preceded the recession warnings and market turmoil following President Donald Trump’s [Read More…]

US stocks surge as Trump announces 90-day pause on some tariffs
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks surged on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause in some tariffs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 2,370 points, or 6.3%, while [Read More…]

Uncertainty looms over US housing market in wake of Trump tariffs
ABC News (RALEIGH, N.C.) — In the Research Triangle area in and around Raleigh, North Carolina, home sales and construction development are booming as thousands flock to the area in search of affordable homes close [Read More…]

Billionaire Trump backer Bill Ackman issues dire warning over tariffs
Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hedge fund honcho Bill Ackman has joined a growing list of President Donald Trump’s billionaire backers calling for the White House to slam the brakes on [Read More…]

US stocks climb, defying fears of escalating global trade war
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images (NEW YORK) –U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday, marking the latest swing in volatile trading and defying fears of a global trade war as China and the European Union slapped retaliatory [Read More…]

Stock markets slide as Trump’s new China tariffs go into effect
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images (TAIWAN) — Asian stocks plunged during Wednesday’s trading session after President Donald Trump’s latest batch of sanctions on China came into force, helping wipe off Tuesday’s limited gains and compounding [Read More…]

Trump moves full steam ahead on politically risky tariffs despite market tumult
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After days of market tumult, President Donald Trump on Wednesday makes good on his long-sought goal of imposing aggressive tariffs against dozens of U.S. trading partners. But his gamble comes [Read More…]