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How the AI Boom Is Squeezing Apple’s Legendary Profit Margins
31 January 2026 Apple, long seen as the master of supply-chain dominance and pristine profit margins, is facing a structural challenge unlike any before it as the global artificial-intelligence boom reshapes where money flows in the technology industry. For years Apple’s negotiating heft allowed it to demand favourable pricing and priority access from suppliers around the world. Those relationships helped the company deliver products like the iPhone with industry-leading prof
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Historic Selloff Roils Precious Metals as Gold and Silver Tumble Sharply
30 January 2026 Wall Street experienced a shock in late January when precious metals markets saw an extraordinary wave of selling that sent both gold and silver prices plummeting in moves not seen in more than four decades. On January 30, trading floors and electronic screens lit up as investors fled from positions in futures contracts, driving silver down by more than thirty percent in one session and gold significantly lower as well, marking the worst one-day selloffs for b
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U.S. Corporations Slash Jobs in a Post-Pandemic Reset
29 January 2026 Across America, the labor market is undergoing a profound shift as major corporations move to trim workforces that expanded rapidly during the pandemic. In recent years, companies from technology giants to logistics and retail behemoths embraced aggressive hiring to meet booming demand and to cover for unprecedented turnover in the workforce. Now, with economic uncertainty rising, executives are confronting the reality that those staffing levels were often uns
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Tesla Caps a Tumultuous Year With Mixed Fourth-Quarter Results
28 January 2026 Tesla closed out 2025 with financial results that underscored both resilience and mounting challenges as the electric-vehicle maker navigated slower sales, rising competition and a strategic pivot toward autonomous technology and artificial intelligence. The company reported fourth-quarter revenue of approximately $24.9 billion, a slight decline from the same period a year earlier, reflecting broader headwinds in its core automotive business even as some segme
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Trump’s Fed Pick and What It Means for America’s Economy
27 January 2026 Donald TrumpPhotographer: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg President Donald Trump has narrowed his long-anticipated search for the next leader of the Federal Reserve, a process that has captured Wall Street’s attention and stirred debate about central bank independence and the future of U.S. monetary policy. After months of speculation, Mr. Trump announced his intention to nominate Kevin Warsh, a former Federal Reserve governor and seasoned economist, to chair the
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Federal Officials Stand Firm on Minneapolis Shooting Narrative Despite Conflicting Video Evidence
26 January 2026 In Minneapolis this month, a fatal encounter between federal immigration agents and a local man has ignited one of the most intense clashes yet between national authorities and community leaders over law enforcement practices, public trust and political accountability. Federal officials have defended their version of events in the case even as video recordings shared widely on social media appear to cast serious doubt on that narrative, deepening divisions amo
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Inside the Fed Shake-Up Driven by Trump’s Chosen Bank Overseer
25 January 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speak during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo The Federal Reserve, long regarded as a bastion of independent judgment in U.S. economic policy, is experiencing one of its most consequential internal transformations in years under the leadership of a key
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Trump’s Bold Tariff Threat Against Canada Ignites a New Trade Clash
24 January 2026 Trump and Carney pictured in June at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Canada. Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has delivered one of the most assertive trade warnings in recent memory by threatening Canada with an unprecedented 100 percent tariff on all Canadian imports if Ottawa moves forward with a trade agreement involving China. This stark declaration comes as tensions simmer between two long-standing allies over shifting global alliances, economic
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Trump Takes JPMorgan Chase to Court in $5 Billion ‘Debanking’ Battle
23 January 2026 JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 21. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump has escalated his long-running conflict with Wall Street by filing a $5 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive Jamie Dimon, alleging that the nation’s largest bank unlawfully severed his and his businesses’ banking relationships for political reasons. The lawsuit was fil
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Jamie Dimon’s $43 Million Payday and What It Reveals About Wall Street
22 January 2026 Jamie Dimon, the long-tenured chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, once again found himself at the center of attention last month when it was revealed that his total compensation for 2025 reached approximately $43 million, marking a significant increase from the prior year. This eye-catching figure reflects both his personal influence over one of the most powerful financial institutions in the United States and broader trends in executive pay across Wall Street
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Tens of Thousands Join “Free America” Walkout to Protest Trump Policies on Inauguration Anniversary
21 January 2026 Protesters waving upside-down American flags with “Free America” written on them in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Jan. 20, 2026. Getty Images for Women's March On January 20, 2026, communities across the United States united in a powerful display of political dissent as tens of thousands of Americans walked out of schools, workplaces and everyday routines to take part in the nationwide Free America Walkout, a protest movement timed to coincide with the one-year
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Protests Erupt Across America as Tens of Thousands Rally Against Trump’s Immigration Policies
20 January 2026 People hold signs and a U.S. flag during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's policies on the one-year mark into his second term in office in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Arafat Barbakh On January 20, 2026, the United States witnessed a powerful wave of public dissent as thousands of people marched through city streets and university campuses in protest against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. This nationwid
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Trump Slams NYSE Expansion to Dallas as “Unbelievably Bad Thing” for New York
19 January 2026 REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein. President Donald Trump ignited a fresh round of debate among investors, financial leaders and policymakers on January 19, 2026 when he took to social media to condemn the recent expansion of the New York Stock Exchange into Dallas, Texas as, in his words, an “unbelievably bad thing” for New York. Trump’s comments, made on his Truth Social platform, came amid broader discussions about the future of American financial centers, the shift
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U.S. Tariff Threats Over Greenland Stir Markets and Strain Transatlantic Ties
18 January 2026 In mid-January 2026 financial markets around the world found themselves on edge as President Donald Trump escalated a diplomatic and economic confrontation with several of America’s closest allies by threatening to impose new tariffs unless those nations agreed to Washington’s controversial push to secure Greenland. Traders, corporate leaders and political officials watched with growing concern as the fallout from Trump’s remarks rippled through global stock e
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Small Minneapolis Businesses Struggle as ICE Enforcement Drives Customers Away and Corporate Giants Stay Silent
17 January 2026 Federal agents deal with agitators outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 14, 2026. (Jamie Vera/Fox News / Fox News) In the heart of south Minneapolis, along the busy and culturally rich corridor of Lake Street, small business owners are feeling the sting of an unprecedented economic strain brought about by a sweeping federal immigration enforcement crackdown. What began as a surge in Immigration and Customs Enforc
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Small Minneapolis Businesses Are Facing Economic Hardship Amid ICE Enforcement Surge
16 January 2026 In the heart of Minneapolis’s south side, the economic pulse of small, family-run businesses has been deeply disrupted by an ongoing federal immigration enforcement operation that has swept through the area, leaving owners worried about survival and the future of their shops. The crackdown, spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducting frequent raids in predominantly Latino neighborhoods up and down Lake Street and nearby corr
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U.S. Economic Activity Shows Modest Uptick Across Most Regions in Late 2025
15 December 2026 KEVIN LAMARQUE / Credit: REUTERS A snapshot of the U.S. economy in mid-January revealed that business activity has broadened its modest recovery across much of the nation, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book survey of economic conditions compiled from its 12 regional banks. The report, released on January 14 and covering the period through early January, found that overall economic activity increased in most parts of the country in recent wee
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U.S. Investors Brace for Critical Economic Data After a Long Period of Uncertainty
14 January 2026 As the markets prepared to enter the second half of December 2025, traders and investors on Wall Street were fixated on a collection of delayed economic reports that promised to offer long-awaited clarity on the health of the U.S. economy. Economic data releases that had been postponed due to a record 43-day federal government shutdown were finally scheduled for publication, creating a sense of anticipation in financial circles about what the figures might rev
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U.S. Consumer Prices Rise as November’s Distortions Unwind, Reinforcing the Fed’s Current Stance
13 January 2026 As data for December 2025 came into focus, the latest Consumer Price Index figures offered a clearer picture of inflation after months of disruption and uncertainty caused by the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that consumer prices rose by 0.3 percent in December compared with the previous month, a gain that matched economists’ forecasts and underscored the broader view that inflation remained fairly
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U.S. Markets and Banks Wrestle with Trump’s Ambitious Credit Card Rate Cap Proposal
12 January 2026 In early January 2026, U.S. financial markets found themselves grappling with one of the most talked-about regulatory ideas of the moment as President Donald Trump called for a temporary cap on credit card interest rates, stirring both public debate and deep industry concern. The proposal, which would cap rates on revolving credit at 10 percent for one year beginning January 20, captured headlines and immediately raised questions about its feasibility and impl
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