UnitedHealth Group is reporting a potentially major hack; GM Q1 revenues rise 7.6%; PepsiCo sales rise 2% amid more price hikes; Tesla investors await details on future plans.

Business leaders say profit margins rise

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Stocks rise; input cost pressure eases, boosting profits; Verizon revenue ticks up; major tech companies report earnings this week.

Biden administration distributes $7 billion for solar power access

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The money is aimed at low-income and disadvantaged communities, the White House said; Senate to take up Ukraine, Israel aid bill; Boeing, PepsiCo, General Motors and other big names to release quarterly earnings this week; UBS predicts slowing

Fed leaders echo calls for caution

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Stocks close mixed; Chicago Fed president says inflation progress has stalled; American Express profits rise; Netflix to stop reporting quarterly membership numbers.

EPA designates forever chemicals as hazardous

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The designation applies to chemicals long used in consumer goods; Israel’s credit rating gets a downgrade from S&P; France requires shrinkflation warnings; American Express profits jump on more consumer spending.

Existing home sales decline in March

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Stocks close mixed; housing inventory rises; leading economic indicators index falls; initial jobless claims unchanged.

Biggest U.S. homebuilder is doing brisk business

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D.R. Horton increased quarterly profit by 27%; TSMC forecasts sales increase of up to 30% on A.I. chip demand; initial jobless claims remain at a low of 212,000; U.S. investigating China’s shipbuilding industry over potential unfair subsidies.

Fed survey finds modest economic expansion

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Stocks close down; employment rises modestly; price increases in line with previous surveys; car insurance jumps over the last year.

Biden wants to triple tariffs on Chinese steel, aluminum

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White House says China is flooding U.S. with artificially cheap steel, aluminum; United Airlines Q1 losses less than feared; Tesla wants shareholders to reinstate Musk’s $56 billion pay package; Transportation Department to partner with states

Powell says recent data reduces confidence in inflation progress

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Stocks close mixed; Powell says it’ll take longer than expected to be confident that inflation is moving down; housing starts fall; industrial production rises.

A strong U.S. economy expected to pull up the rest of the globe

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IMF improves global economic growth forecast to 3.2%; new housing construction plummets in March; UnitedHealth beats earnings forecasts despite ransomware attack; Bank of America’s profit falls amid high interest rates.

Retail sales rise in March

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Stocks close down; retail sales rise 0.7% from February; homebuilder confidence flat in April; investment banking revenue pushes up Goldman Sachs earnings.

Americans keep spending, despite higher prices

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Retail sales increased 0.7% in March, Commerce Department says; FBI boards cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge; Goldman Sachs quarterly profits soar amid more deal making; global smartphone sales rise nearly 8%.

JPMorgan Chase profits rise 6%

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Stocks fall; JP Morgan CEO cites economic uncertainty; consumer confidence holds steady; import prices rise in March.

Big financial institutions report mixed quarterly results

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Profits rose 6% at JPMorgan Chase; BlackRock profits soar 36%; Citigroup, Wells Fargo profits decline; S&P 500 quarterly earnings expected to be up 5%.

Services costs push up Producer Price Index

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Stocks close higher; cost of financial services, equipment wholesaling and other services rise; mortgage rates near 7%; initial jobless claims fall.

Quarterly earnings season kicks off with some positive reports

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Delta Air Lines reported strong sales and summer demand; Constellation Brands reported strong beer sales; CarMax struggled amid high prices and interest rates; initial jobless claims declined to 211,000 last week; ECB maintains record high inte

Inflation was up, sending stocks down

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The annual rate of CPI inflation ticked up in March; Accounting giant KPMG fined $25 million in exam-cheating scandal; Trump Organization’s former CFO gets 5 months jail sentence for perjury.

Two years left to “save the world,” U.N. climate chief warns

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The U.N.’s Simon Stiell is calling for changes in global finance to help fund climate change response; inflation increased to 3.5% in March, the Labor Department says; starting today, broadband providers must provide price labels; Google, Intel

A mixed day on Wall Street

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Small business optimism falls; gold hits a new record; EPA tightens rules for chemical plants.

Small business owners are in a sour mood

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Small business hiring plans are at the lowest levels since May 2020, NFIB finds; Norfolk Southern agrees to $600 million settlement for East Palestine derailment; EPA issues tougher chemical plant emissions rule; European countries along North

Eclipse boosts tourism along path

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A muted day on Wall Street; consumers’ inflation expectations are stable; Biden Administration to provide more student loan relief.

The solar eclipse economy is outshining Aprils past

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A slow period for tourism has gotten an eclipse boost; salvage crews begin removing containers off ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge; Biden administration is canceling accrued interest on student loan debt; Commerce Department to provide

Economy adds 303,000 jobs in March

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Stocks close higher; average pay continues to outpace inflation; unemployment rate ticks down; consumer credit rises.

The economy added a lot more new jobs than expected last month

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Private and public employers added 303,000 jobs in March; average wages increased 0.3% between February and March; engineers expect to increase vessel access to Baltimore’s port by the end of the month; Yellen, in China visit, points to manufac