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American consumers turned sharply more pessimistic about the economy at the start of 2026, sending one of the country’s most closely watched sentiment gauges to its weakest level in nearly 12 years. The drop was not just noticeable. It was severe enough to push confidence below even the worst readings seen during the pandemic era,…
Boeing returned to profit in the fourth quarter for the first time in six quarters, a notable milestone for a company that has spent years battling safety failures, production disruptions, labor turmoil, and investor skepticism. The turnaround was helped by a clear recovery in aircraft deliveries, which pushed quarterly revenue sharply higher and gave Boeing…
Gold crossed $5,000 per ounce for the first time and kept climbing, a milestone that turned a strong rally into a market-defining move. What made the surge stand out was not just the number itself, but the speed and conviction behind it. Prices did not briefly touch the level and fade. They powered through it…
For many households, the end of 2025 did not feel like a return to financial normal. Inflation had cooled from its earlier peak, but the prices Americans paid for groceries, meals out, housing, and other basics were still well above where they had been just a few years earlier. That left a wide gap between…
Canada’s new grocery fairness code is now officially in force, arriving at a moment when food prices remain a source of daily stress for households. The code is designed to make dealings between major grocery chains and the companies that supply them more predictable, more transparent, and less prone to sudden fees or one-sided contract…
SpaceX appears to be moving closer to one of the most anticipated public offerings in years, with four of Wall Street’s biggest banks now in the frame for senior roles on a potential 2026 IPO. The company has not publicly filed to go public, and the process is still subject to market conditions and internal…
Gold’s rally crossed another psychological threshold this week as the metal surged past $4,900 an ounce, extending a blistering run that has turned bullion into one of the market’s clearest expressions of global unease. For investors who spent much of the past decade hearing that gold was old-fashioned, too slow, or too dependent on fear,…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared deeply skeptical of giving the White House broad power to remove Federal Reserve board members, a signal that could preserve one of the central bank’s most important institutional protections. Over roughly two hours of argument in Trump v. Cook, justices across the bench pressed the administration on a basic…
Amazon has cut about 16,000 corporate jobs in what amounts to the biggest layoff round in the company’s history, deepening a restructuring push that had already eliminated roughly 14,000 similar roles just three months earlier. The latest move brings Amazon’s total corporate reductions since October to about 30,000, a sharp rollback for a company that…
Twenty-one states raised their minimum wages on January 1, 2026, with Washington state claiming the highest statewide rate in the country at $17.13 per hour. The wave of increases, driven largely by automatic cost-of-living adjustments written into state law, reflects a growing reliance on inflation-indexed formulas that tie wage floors to federal price data. For…