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06.02.2023

Plus: Amazon shares rise on Bloomberg report the company might offer low-cost mobile service to Prime subscribers. Lululemon shares snap losing streak after the company raises its sales-growth forecast in China. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. ...

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06.02.2023 Dow Soars 700 Points on Strong Jobs Report Plus: Amazon shares rise on Bloomberg report the company might offer low-cost mobile service to Prime subscribers. Lululemon shares snap losing streak after the company raises its sales-growth forecast in China. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
06.02.2023 Strong May Hiring Numbers Point to Labor Market Resilience Plus: Three companies with ties to former chemical maker Dupont have agreed to pay $1.185 billion in a landmark environmental fight. And Twitter’s top content moderation and safety executive resigns. Charlotte Gartenberg hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
06.02.2023 Senate Passes Debt-Ceiling Bill, Averting a Default The U.S. is ready to begin talks with Russia on steps to limit nuclear arms after a treaty expires in 2026. A government audit found the top U.S. auto-safety regulator failed to complete defect probes in a timely manner. Keith ...
06.01.2023 U.S. Stocks Rise After House OKs Debt-Ceiling Bill Plus: Dollar General warns of lower sales and profits. Record futures prices for live cattle could mean higher beef prices at the supermarket. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
06.01.2023 NATO Faces Pressure to Clear Membership for Ukraine Plus: Macy’s cuts full-year forecast as retail spending slows. More than 40% of Spirit Airlines were delayed today after the airline experienced a technical issue. Ariana Aspuru reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
06.01.2023 U.S. House Approves Debt-Ceiling Deal, Which Now Heads to Senate Exxon and Chevron shareholders strike down proposed climate measures. Two Federal Reserve officials highlight their preference to skip an interest-rate hike at the June policy meeting. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.31.2023 Weak China Economic Data Push U.S. Stocks Lower Plus: Nvidia shares fall after several days of strong gains. The U.S. sold a record amount of crude and refined products per day to foreign buyers in March. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.31.2023 Former JPMorgan Exec Says Jamie Dimon Discussed Epstein’s Accounts Plus: U.S. job openings rose in April, reversing three months of decline. India’s GDP grows 6.1% amid strong domestic demand. Alex Ossola reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.31.2023 Debt-Ceiling Bill Moves Toward a Final U.S. House Vote China’s economic recovery shows further signs of slowing. A U.S. judge rules that relatives of people who died in a Boeing 737 MAX crash can seek compensation for victims’ pain and suffering. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad ...
05.30.2023 U.S. Stocks Mixed as Investors Await Debt-Ceiling Bill Passage Also: Nvidia shares closed up roughly 3%. Goldman Sachs fell roughly 0.4% following a WSJ report that the bank is planning more layoffs due to reduced deal-making activity. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.30.2023 Hundreds of Tech Executives Say AI Is as Dangerous as Nuclear War The U.S. Navy steps up patrols in the Persian Gulf. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is expected to report to prison. And home prices rose for the second month in a row. Danny Lewis reports. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
05.30.2023 Biden, McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Deal Heads to the House Drones hit residential areas in Moscow for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine began. China dismisses a U.S. request for a meeting of the two countries’ defense chiefs. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
05.26.2023 U.S. Stocks Finish Higher as Debt-Ceiling Deal Draws Closer Nasdaq notches fifth straight week of gains. Nvidia shares extend Thursday’s rally. Ford shares rise on news of electric-vehicle charging partnership with Tesla. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.26.2023 U.S. Consumer Spending Jumped, Inflation Increased in April The Commerce Department releases fresh data on April’s consumer spending and inflation numbers. Plus: Sweden’s NATO membership hinges on extraditing unknown people. And a prisoner swap between Belgium and Iran grants the release of an Iranian diplomat convicted of terrorism. ...
05.26.2023 White House, Republicans Draw Closer to Debt-Ceiling Deal Businesses seek looser limits on federal cash for the chip industry, warning that the regulations would undermine America’s effort to revive the sector. The SEC’s largest-ever whistleblower award went to a tipster on Ericsson. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about ...
05.25.2023 Nvidia Up 24% As U.S. Stocks Finish Mixed Chip maker Nvidia’s market cap approached $1 trillion as the company forecast sales well ahead of expectations. Mortgage rates hit their highest level since mid-March. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.25.2023 Dish Network in Talks to Sell Wireless Plans Through Amazon Plus: Supreme Court limits EPA's authority over wetlands. TikTok is testing its own AI chatbot called Tako. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.25.2023 Fitch Considers U.S. Credit-Rating Downgrade as Debt Talks Drag On Elon Musk’s Twitter event with Ron DeSantis was hit by technical glitches. The founder of the right-wing militia Oath Keepers is scheduled to be sentenced for seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Keith Collins hosts. ...
05.24.2023 Stocks Fall Again Amid Fears of U.S. Debt Default The Federal Reserve’s May meeting minutes show officials were divided over the path of interest rates. Kohl’s shares jump on better-than-expected profit. Nvidia projects higher sales as AI demand kicks in. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
05.24.2023 Citigroup Ends Sale Talks for Banamex, Will Pursue IPO Plus: Target will stop selling some Pride Month apparel. Florida governor Ron DeSantis files paperwork to run for president. Alex Ossola hosts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.24.2023 South Carolina Senate Passes 6-week Abortion Ban PacWest is selling its real-estate lending arm, Civic Financial Services. And, baby formula makers face fresh scrutiny by the Federal Trade Commission. Kate Bullivant hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.23.2023 U.S. Stocks Fall as Investors Await Debt-Ceiling Resolution Also: Choice Hotels shares fell 4% on a WSJ report that it’s interested in buying Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Wyndham shares rose 5.1%. Yelp shares rose 5.7% after an activist investor called on the company to explore options including a ...
05.23.2023 Apple Strikes Multiyear, Multibillion-Dollar Deal With Broadcom Plus: A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers propose sweeping immigration reforms. And Panera Brands announces a new CEO as it prepares to go public. Danny Lewis reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.23.2023 Biden, McCarthy Fail to Reach Debt-Ceiling Deal After ‘Productive’ Meeting Russian forces respond to a cross-border incursion by Ukrainian-backed fighters. JPMorgan makes a large bet on carbon removal. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.22.2023 U.S. Stocks End Mixed As Debt-Ceiling Talks Resume Plus: Micron Technology shares fell 2.9% after China said its products post a national-security risk. PacWest shares rose about 21% after saying it plans to sell a $2.6 billion property-loan portfolio. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
05.22.2023 Tim Scott Bets Personal Story Will Boost Long-Shot 2024 White House Bid Plus: Chevron doubles down on shale with $6.3 billion deal to acquire PDC Energy, which holds stakes in Texas and Colorado. Facebook parent Meta says it will appeal the record $1.3 billion fine imposed by the European Union over data ...
05.22.2023 Facebook Owner Meta Fined $1.3 Billion Over Data Transfers to U.S. President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plan to meet today to discuss the debt ceiling. Micron shares fall after China bans the U.S. chip maker from supplying major Chinese companies. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
05.19.2023 U.S. Stocks Decline As Debt-Ceiling Talks Stall Also: JPMorgan Chase shares fell 0.2% after CEO James Gorman announced he’s leaving the top post. Foot Locker shares fell more than 27% after reporting lower-than-expected earnings and recent slowing sales. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
05.19.2023 Dozens of Car Models Tied to Potentially Explosive Air-Bag Part, WSJ Finds G-7 leaders plan to counter China’s economic clout. And, Morgan Stanley’s CEO announces he is stepping down in the next 12 months. Charlotte Gartenberg hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.19.2023 Ukraine’s Zelensky Expected to Travel to Japan for G-7 Summit Apple, wary of leaks, is restricting employee use of ChatGPT and other external AI tools. TikTok creators sue Montana over the state’s ban of the social-media app. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.18.2023 U.S. Stocks Rise; Debt-Ceiling Vote Could Happen Next Week Also: Walmart shares rose more than 1.25% after reporting higher quarterly sales. Palantir Technologies shares rose 14.5% after Cathie Wood’s ARKK fund disclosed a roughly $9 million purchase of the company. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
05.18.2023 Antiabortion Group Used Phone Data to Target Ads to Planned Parenthood Visitors ESPN plans to sell its channel as a subscription-streaming service. And April home prices posted the largest annual drop in more than 11 years. Ariana Aspuru reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.18.2023 Eight-Year-Old Girl Dies in U.S. Border Patrol Custody Deutsche Bank agrees to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit from accusers of Jeffrey Epstein. Montana’s governor signs the nation’s first statewide TikTok ban into law. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.17.2023 U.S. Stocks Climb on Debt-Ceiling Talks Optimism Also: Tesla shares rose 4.4-percent. Earnings exceeded Wall Street estimates, but Target said quarterly sales suffered. Western Alliance rose 10.2% after saying deposits have grown by more than $2 billion so far this quarter. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about ...
05.17.2023 Death Rates Rise Among Young Americans Plus: Ecuador’s president dissolves the national legislature. And the ex-CEO of First Republic Bank testifies before Congress. Alex Ossola reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.17.2023 Democrats Plan Discharge Petition, Aiming to Force Debt-Ceiling Vote Lawmakers in North Carolina ban most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. And, Elon Musk teases two new Tesla models while forecasting near-term economic challenges. Kate Bullivant hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.16.2023 U.S. Stocks Fall; Amgen Shares Fall 2.4% Also: Shares of Google parent Alphabet rose 2.6% after the company revealed billionaire Bill Ackman’s hedge fund built a $1 billion stake. Home Depot shares fell 2.2% after the company warned annual sales will decline for the first time since ...
05.16.2023 Former SVB and Signature Bank Executives Appear Before Senate Committee The executives speak publicly for the first time since the two banks failed. Plus: The FTC moves to block a major pharmaceutical company merger. And U.S. retail sales were up in April. Danny Lewis reports. Learn more about your ad ...
05.16.2023 China’s Youth Unemployment Tops 20% Amid Signs of Stalling Recovery President Biden and top lawmakers are expected to meet to discuss the debt ceiling Tuesday. Wells Fargo agrees to pay shareholders $1 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.15.2023 U.S. Stocks Post Small Gains as Debt-Ceiling Talks Continue Also: The European Union’s Antitrust Commission has approved Microsoft’s $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Pipeline operator Oneok said it has agreed to buy rival Magellan Midstream Partners for $14 billion. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
05.15.2023 EU Approves Microsoft’s $75 Billion Activision Blizzard Deal Plus: Exxon Mobil reaches settlement with Indonesian villagers over alleged human-rights abuses. Ukrainian president meets with Britain’s prime minister. Turkish election moves to a runoff later this month. Pierre Bienaimé reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.15.2023 China Sentences a U.S. Citizen to Life in Prison for Espionage Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main opponent appear headed for a runoff election later this month. Vice Media files for bankruptcy and says a creditor group has agreed to buy the company. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about ...
05.12.2023 Consumer Sentiment Sours, Sending U.S. Stocks Lower Major stock indexes log weekly losses. Tesla to fix brake software in more than 1.1 million cars in China. Regional bank PacWest gives up early gains to close lower. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.12.2023 Elon Musk Says NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino Is Twitter’s New CEO Plus: Netflix plans to cut $300 million in spending. The Congressional Budget Office warns that the U.S. could breach the debt ceiling in the first two weeks of June unless Congress overcomes a stalemate to increase it. Charlotte Gartenberg hosts. ...
05.12.2023 NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino Is in Talks to Become Twitter CEO A meeting between President Biden and congressional leaders about the debt ceiling is postponed to next week. Federal Reserve governor Michelle Bowman signals support for further interest-rate increases. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.11.2023 Dow Falls More Than 200 Points; Disney Shares Down 8.7% Also: PacWest shares fell more than 22% after reporting it lost 9.5% of total deposits last week. Peloton shares fell nearly 9% as the company announces it’s recalling 2.2 million exercise bikes. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad ...
05.11.2023 Treasury Secretary Doubts White House Can Dodge Default Without Congress The Treasury Secretary says legislation is the best path forward. Plus, the clearinghouse that processes U.S. trades is accused of leaking sensitive information. And Japanese tech investor SoftBank reports a $7.2 billion net loss as it turns to AI investments. ...
05.11.2023 China’s Consumer Inflation Slows to Lowest Level in Two Years The Biden administration is targeting power-plant emissions in a new climate initiative. A U.S. survey finds workers are happier than they have been in decades. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
05.10.2023 U.S. Stocks Finish Mixed; Disney Reports Lower Streaming Losses Plus: Toyota shares rose nearly 2% after saying it plans to invest more than $7 billion in EVs by 2030. Airbnb shares fell nearly 11% as customers reserved fewer-than-expected stays. J.R. Whalen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
05.10.2023 Inflation Cooled Slightly in April Plus: Representative Geroge Santos is placed in federal custody, and Ukraine regains ground in Bakhmut. Alex Ossola reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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