US Fed holds interest rates and defends independence
Two Fed officials voted in favour of an interest rate cut – Stephen Miran, who is on leave from his post at the White House where he leads Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, and Christopher Waller, a Trump appointee whose name has been floated as contender to succeed Powell.
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Read MoreSocial Security Makes Big Change That Could Disrupt Service for Millions
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There are millions of Americans today who rely heavily on Social Security to make ends meet. And it’s not just seniors who get benefits from the program. As such, you’d think the Social Security Administration (SSA) would be adding to its staff.
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Read MoreS&P 500 briefly surpasses 7,000, then closes little changed as Fed keeps rates steady: Live updates
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The S&P 500 reached a milestone level on Wednesday,
The AI Infrastructure Stock That's Stealing Market Share in 2026
A niche in high-performance computing gives Oracle a cost advantage.
One of the more surprising moves in the cloud industry has come from Oracle (ORCL 1.20%). The company built its reputation as the leader in relational databases, but it breathed new life into its business when it discovered that its IT infrastructure positioned it to succeed in the cloud business.
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Read MoreIs President Trump good for the US economy?
Radio 4’s Evan Davis and Sarah Montague discuss.
The US economy is booming, with growth last year, despite tariffs, trade wars, a government shut down and the general unpredictability of President Trump.
Sarah Montague and Evan Davis discuss whether President Trump is good for the United States’
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Palantir’s Run Feels Unstoppable, But for How Long?
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR), the data analytics powerhouse, has been one of Wall Street’s most explosive success stories. Since its direct listing in late 2020 at $10 a share, the stock has soared by almost 18-fold gain. Over that same stretch, the S&P 500 hasn’t even doubled.
That kind of outperformance doesn’t happen by accident.
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Is Micron’s AI Gold Rush a Perfect Storm?
Micron Technology soared by more than 42.98% over the last 30 days, a jaw-dropping rally even by tech’s feverish standards. The reason? Artificial intelligence and specifically, the voracious appetite for memory chips powering the world’s new AI data centers.
But beneath the surface of the AI euphoria, do the fundamentals justify the soaring share price?
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Brinker Just Flashed Classic Reversal Signal, Time to Take a Bite?
After weeks of sluggish price action, Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) is starting to show signs that the bulls are back in the kitchen.
On March 25th, EAT delivered a textbook technical setup that a technical trader could only but describe as a “character change.”
The stock filled a prior gap from early March,
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