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Meta Platforms on Thursday settled the first case set for trial seeking to make social media companies cover the costs that school districts say they have incurred to combat ‌a mental health crisis allegedly fueled by platforms. The agreement fully resolves a lawsuit brought by Breathitt County School District ‌in eastern Kentucky, following earlier settlements by co-defendants Alphabet's YouTube, Snap and TikTok. The case had been scheduled for a June 15 trial in federal court ​in Oakland, California.

Kevin Warsh takes over as Fed Chair on Friday, May 22, inheriting an inflation problem that none of his predecessors faced. For four decades, falling semiconductor prices quietly held down U.S. inflation. That tailwind has reversed, and the AI infrastructure boom is the reason. Headline Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation ran at 4% in March, ... Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Has a New Inflation Nightmare: AI Is Skyrocketing Prices

RVP's first-quarter 2026 sales decline as mix shifts and tariffs pressure pricing, prompting cost cuts and a push to expand domestic production.

(Bloomberg) -- Beneath the surface of a stock market sitting at record highs, signs of trepidation are building.Most Read from BloombergSpot the Difference: Putin Gets Trump Treatment From Xi in ChinaModi’s Toffee Gift to Meloni Ignites Rally in Wrong Indian StockIran Says the US’s Latest Proposal Has ‘Narrowed the Gaps’Goldman CEO Slides Into Musk’s DMs During Bid to Lead SpaceX IPOStocks Rise and Oil Falls on US-Iran Deal Hopes: Markets WrapWorries about resilient inflation, bond market volati

For much of the past two years, Wall Street treated long-run inflation expectations as the boring part of the macro story. Short-run prints whipped around. The five-year horizon stayed anchored. That assumption broke this month. The Cleveland Fed just published its highest five-year inflation expectation in 19 years, a reading that sits above the levels ... Fed’s Long-Term Inflation Forecast Hits 19-Year High

Freddie Mac’s weekly 30-year fixed mortgage rate average rose 0.15 percentage point to 6.51%, the biggest weekly gain since late March and the highest rate since the week of August 28, 2025. Geopolitical uncertainty and concerns about inflation are among the factors dragging Treasury yields higher—and, by extension, mortgage rates. The iShares U.S. Home Construction exchange-traded fund, which tracks home builders, was down about 1.3%, while the 10-year Treasury yield, which informs the direction of mortgage rates, was 0.028 percentage point higher, to 4.620%.

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order directing the Federal Reserve to review granting crypto f...

Lowe's (LOW) faces risks to 2026 numbers amid rising rates, consumer pressure, and cost inflation, R

Walmart said higher petrol prices were leading stressed consumers to ration purchases at the pump and warned of inflation in its store aisles...

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling on 20 May 2026, supporting a lower court decision that struck out the qui tam case brought by relators Mike Henig and Henig Furs under the False Claims Act.

JPMorgan CEO cites inflation, deficits, and refinancing risks as Treasury yields hit multi-year highs.

America’s central bank is proposing to give cryptocurrency firms access to limited master accounts that are t...

(Bloomberg) -- The S&P 500 Index has had a fitful 2026 as it aims for a fourth-straight year of double-digit percentage gains, something it hasn’t done since the 1990s, while contending with risks from the war in Iran and rising inflation. Most Read from BloombergSpot the Difference: Putin Gets Trump Treatment From Xi in ChinaModi’s Toffee Gift to Meloni Ignites Rally in Wrong Indian StockIran Threatens to Retaliate Beyond Middle East If US AttacksGoldman CEO Slides Into Musk’s DMs During Bid to

Treasury yields give back some of their overnight increases as markets wait for a U.S.-Iran peace deal while U.S. indicators support the Fed's wait-and-see approach. Weekly requests for unemployment benefits decline to 209,000 from an upwardly revised 212,000, versus WSJ consensus of 210,000.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) keeps rising more and more, no matter how “bad” the news gets. Since Election Day 2024, the index is up 30%, a run that has absorbed a shooting war with Iran, a tariff regime that rewrites itself by tweet, and an inflation print that refuses to behave. The ... The “Don’t Fight Trump” Trade Is Working: S&P 500 Ignores Everything and Keeps Surging

Full-year net sales reach $1.636 billion, while gross margin contracts on tariff pressures

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A federal employee retiring at 62 after 30 years of service with a “high-3” salary average of $90,000 would receive an estimated FERS basic pension benefit of roughly $29,700 annually, based on the standard formula: 1.1% × 30 years × $90,000. For private-sector workers without access to a defined-benefit pension, that figure provides a useful ... You Do Not Need 30 Years of Federal Service to Build a Pension. Here Is the $495,000 Dividend Portfolio That Pays Like One

Higher interest rates could trigger a recession, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has warned, as the market frets that a flare-up in inflation will bolster the case for central banks to tighten monetary policy. Dimon also discussed JPMorgan’s artificial-intelligence strategy in the interview in Shanghai, saying that the company was using the technology for risk, fraud, marketing, design, and several other functions. “It’s the tip of the iceberg, it’s moving very quickly,” Dimon added, predicting that JPMorgan would hire more AI talent and fewer bankers in certain categories.

Despite outperforming the broader market over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a cautiously optimistic outlook on FedEx’s long-term growth potential.

The Federal Reserve and banking regulations can have big impacts on profitability for these banking giants.

The smart money read on Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) following the $110 million lending and hiring discrimination settlement approved by a federal judge is clearly constructive. Sell-side analysts carry a buy-skewed consensus and a 12-month price target well above where shares trade today, while insiders have been net buyers into the settlement window. The Hard ... Wall Street’s Verdict on Wells Fargo After the $110 Million Discrimination Settlement

Walmart delivered another quarter of impressive sales as speedy deliveries and low prices served as a magnet for shoppers across the income spectrum. Walmart has resonated with many Americans who are increasingly careful about where they spend their money as inflation has taken a bigger bite out of paychecks, particularly since the start of the Iran war in late February. Traffic at Walmart can be a barometer of consumer spending given its vast customer base.

Fed meeting minutes show officials won’t rule out rate hikes, Target’s turnaround is underway, OpenAI prepping IPO filing, and more news to start your day.

SpaceX’s S-1 just handed legacy defense investors a number they cannot ignore. And you can bet they won’t. In 2025, roughly one-fifth of SpaceX revenue came from U.S. federal agencies, primarily NASA, the Department of War, the General Services Administration, and certain Intelligence Community agencies, focused on launch services, spacecraft development, satellite deployment, and artificial ... One-Fifth of SpaceX Revenue Comes From Uncle Sam: The Defense Contractors That Should Worry

Something far more sinister looms large and will immediately test the new head of the Federal Reserve.

Wednesday brought a bevy of tech news, from the posting of SpaceX's IPO filing to updates on Nvidia, Anthropic and OpenAI. For the rest of the week, focus turns to the American consumer with Walmart earnings and Friday's swearing in of Kevin Warsh as the new Federal Reserve chair.

Kevin Foley, Co-Head of Global Investment Banking at JPMorgan, says deal-making activity remains strong globally despite the higher rates environment and inflationary pressures. He expects IPO activity to grow significantly in Hong Kong and mainland China, particularly in the AI and healthcare sectors. He spoke exclusively with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin on the sidelines of the JPMorgan Global China Summit.

e.l.f. Beauty Inc (ELF) reports a robust 35% increase in Q4 net sales, driven by strategic acquisitions and international expansion, despite facing tariff pressures and slower innovation.

U.S. energy storage developers installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours of new capacity in the first quarter of 2026, marking a record ‌high for the quarter, an industry report showed on Thursday. Energy storage ‌capacity grew 32% in the quarter from a year ago despite federal actions the industry ​says are slowing clean energy development, the report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence said. The SEIA said the demand is being driven by data centers, volatile electricity prices and disruptions to global gas and gas ‌turbine supplies.