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Energy inflation has been more persistent than expected: Fed’s Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, speaks during the 29th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on May 6, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty…
Dell wins a $9.7 billion Pentagon software deal after cozying to Trump
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 5, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesThe Department of Defense on Wednesday announced a five-year, roughly $9.7…
Google employee polymarket insider trading
Signage at the Situation Room by Polymarket pop-up bar in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 20, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFederal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud on Wednesday, alleging that he made…
Trump-IRS case should be reopened so court can probe fraud: Ex-judges
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters before boarding Air Force One on May 20, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Trump is traveling to Connecticut to deliver the commencement address at the United States Coast Guard Academy.…
Salesforce (CRM) Q1 earnings report 2027
Salesforce reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, but the cloud software vendor issued full-year guidance that was slightly below Wall Street expectations. The stock was little changed in extended trading. Here's…
White House eyes CFTC proposal for regulating prediction markets
A proposal for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to regulate prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket is under review by the White House, a filing from Tuesday shows.Details of the proposal, which are being reviewed by the…
Snowflake soars 34% on earnings beat, will spend $6B on Amazon cloud
Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake, poses in front of the company signage outside of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 30, 2025.NYSEAmazon said Wednesday that its cloud division has landed a $6 billion spending commitment from…
What Stephen Miller gets wrong about debt and immigration
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks with members of the press outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Aug. 29, 2025.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesThe U.S. national debt grew past 100%…
UK household energy bills to jump 13% amid Iran war energy shock
Natural gas burners on a gas stove.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesSupply constraints sparked by the Iran war will drive household energy costs in the U.K. to their highest level in two years over the summer, the country's energy…
Piper Sandler says Strait of Hormuz to remain closed for months and oil to
Piper Sandler isn't buying the talk that an Iran deal is nearing, telling clients that the Strait of Hormuz will largely stay closed and oil will hit new highs."We think the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed for months yet, meaning…