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A U.S. appeals court let more than 3,000 federal cases move forward and refused to delay a multistate trial.

A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet's Google, ByteDance's TikTok, and other social media companies over claims they designed their products to be addictive to young ‌users. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ bid to reverse a lower court’s ruling forcing them to ‌face some 2,400 lawsuits over the claims filed in federal court. The companies, which also include Snap Inc's Snapchat, had argued that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 -  which ​shields them from lawsuits over content posted by their users - also shields them from allegations that they failed to warn the public about the addictive nature of their platforms.

Chip stocks have taken it on the chin lately, but worries about the AI trade don’t have to bring down the entire market. The S&P 500’s information technology and communications sectors fell 15% from June 1 through July 29, when the Federal Reserve announced it was holding the fed-funds rate steady, strategist Jim Paulsen wrote Monday on Substack. The overall S&P 500 ended up down less than 4%.

The telehealth provider shared patient health information with Snap and Meta, a federal complaint says.

The latest oil spike was sending the Dow tumbling, but the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision and a gauntlet of earnings loom. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 700 points, or 1.3%. The S&P 500 was down 0.

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Markets face the week's most consequential moment Wednesday at 2:00pm when the Federal Reserve announces its rate decision and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh holds his first post-decision press conference, setting policy direction.

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Meta Platforms (NasdaqGS:META) has been hit with a federal lawsuit filed by employees over AI-assisted layoffs. The suit alleges that Meta's use of AI in personnel decisions discriminated against protected groups, including workers with disabilities and pregnant employees. Plaintiffs are seeking to halt further layoffs and are calling for an independent audit of Meta's AI systems used in workforce management. Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other...

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Meta has hired the founding team of security startup Virtue AI to protect its upcoming autonomous software agents amid growing federal oversight.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal derivatives regulator, filed a lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Kentucky on June 23, 2026, making it the ninth state the agency has sued in an accelerating battle over who gets to regulate prediction markets in the United States. Kentucky had moved the ...

Alphabet to replace Verizon in Dow reshuffle, FedEx boosted by higher shipping rates, Cerebras beats expectations, and more news to start your day.

US futures were pointing higher at the start of the week as investors return from the Juneteenth holiday weekend, with technology stocks expected to lead gains despite lingering uncertainty over the Middle East and the prospect of further Federal Reserve tightening. Dow Jones futures were up...

Nasdaq, S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices all ended the week ending June 5, lower.

Earlier this week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called for federal investigations into the environmental impact of data center construction after residents near Meta Platforms, Inc.'s Georgia facility reported discolored well water, declining water pressure and appliance damage. AOC Raises Concerns...

AI companies are boosting the U.S. economy, but it doesn’t tell the full story about inflation, wages, and the labor market.

The stock market has been on a tear during President Donald Trump’s second term. Since Jan. 20, 2025, the S&P 500 has climbed 23.4%. More stunningly, it has surged 48.5% since the April 8, 2025 tariff panic low, as investors decided the White House’s trade fights were survivable and artificial intelligence spending was unstoppable. That ... Uh-Oh! President Trump’s Landmark Tax Cuts Bill Could Be What Kills the Trump Bull Market

The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3%. Nike will reduce its workforce by roughly 1,400 workers, or about 2%, mostly in its tech department, as it simplifies global operations. Inflation and economic uncertainty linked to the Iran conflict is giving some chief executives and tech leaders reason to pull back or pause their IT hiring, said Janco Chief Executive Victor Janulaitis.

The narrative about the state of the labor market — whether it remains in stasis or is beginning to heat up — will be shaped this week by a series of data drops.