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Elon Musk and members of his DOGE team discuss efforts to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse from government and address their critics and more.
Elon Musk and members of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) discussed efforts by bad actors to defraud Social Security in an interview on Thursday.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) backslid over 700 points on Friday,
U.S. stocks are tumbling following discouraging updates on inflation and how much U.S. households may be willing to spend.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Another wipeout is slamming Wall Street Friday as worries build about a potentially toxic mix of worsening inflation and a U.S. economy slowing because of households afraid to spend due to the global trade war.
The S&P 500 was down 2 percent in afternoon trading and on track for one of its worst days of the last two years.
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The stock market has had a bumpy start to 2025, with major indexes such as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite falling into correction territory and several recent market darlings seeing major declines.
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Christmas comes early to Yiwu, a bustling entrepôt just a couple hours by train from China’s coastal megacity of Shanghai.
This city of two million reputedly produces nearly two-thirds of all the Christmas decorations purchased worldwide. On Sunday, traders of every nationality were already scouring its labyrinthine International Trade City,
» Read more about: Viewing Trump’s Trade War From the World’s Shopping Mall in China »
Americans hoping for some relief on inflation suffered a setback in February, as new data showed underlying price pressures intensifying even before the latest escalation in President Trump’s trade war and consumers pulled back on spending.
The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, after stripping out volatile food and energy items,
» Read more about: Inflation Remained Sticky Ahead of Trump’s Escalating Trade War »
Nvidia’s (NVDA) stock presents a “particularly attractive opportunity” due to its “compelling valuation,” according to a top analyst at Bank of America Securities. Five-star analyst Vivek Arya reaffirmed his bullish view on NVDA stock, despite uncertainties related to the ongoing trade tensions and the potential for further ban on Nvidia’s chip exports.