Timef 02/04/2026

The Trump administration will draw down 700 law enforcement officers from Minnesota on Wednesday, border czar Tom Homan said.

The mega store's surge was fueled by booming e-commerce sales and higher-income shoppers.

Alexa+ launched last year in an "early access" preview, meaning consumers had to join a waitlist or buy a new device to use the service.

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The layoffs are slated to shrink the newsroom by hundreds of journalists, cutting into The Post’s local, international and sports coverage.

The U.S. labor market barely budged in January, with hiring below even muted expectations.

New tools by artificial intelligence companies like Anthropic have reignited worries that businesses will pare down their subscriptions to software services.

The once high-flying Danish drugmaker has struggled to fend off rivals in the weight-loss industry and faces lower prices for its medicines under a deal with President Trump.

The year-old company, founded by veterans of the autonomous vehicle business Waymo, is seeking to automate excavators and other building equipment.

Eli Lilly's fourth-quarter earnings come as it tries to maintain its advantage over Novo Nordisk in the GLP-1 market.

The company reported total revenue of $802.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, up 10.4 percent from a year earlier.

Uber said revenue in its food delivery business increased 30%, beating analysts' estimates.

The chipmaker's stock has surged over the past year amid the AI boom

Gold and silver climb with further gains seen determined by rate expectations

The Panama Canal has been thrust into the middle of a power struggle between the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies.

Euro zone inflation cooled to 1.7% in January, flash data from statistics agency Eurostat showed Wednesday.

Analysts are skeptical that India will stop buying Russian oil completely.

In a country roiled by political upheaval recently, retiring the longtime currency, the lev, prompted some concern about inflation but little other angst.

The league is so important to the business of media companies that they are likely to have little choice but to agree to renegotiations.

Concerns about defaults, particularly among software companies, have spooked investors in the private credit firms that lend to them.

Couples have three days to celebrate togetherness this year, and resorts and hotels are going all out on the feel-good front.

Shares of Chinese solar panel makers surged after a team of staff sent by Elon Musk had reportedly visited several photovoltaic suppliers in China.

When President Trump said he wanted to drive housing prices up, not down, he was speaking to a conundrum that has flummoxed policymakers for decades.

Bipartisan Senate and House packages, aimed at rewarding new construction and eliminating red tape, could bring significant changes to federal housing laws.

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The legislation will impose new restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers, giant companies like CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts that oversee prescription drug benefits.

Venezuela assured Beijing that its oil pricing will not be dictated by the U.S. and that Chinese investment in the South American country will remain secure.

Just as Novo Nordisk showed signs of a recovery, another cold shower hit investors as the drugmaker surprise prereleased its 2026 forecast late Tuesday, sending shares tumbling. 

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday that there's "no drama involved" between the company and OpenAI. "Everything's on track," he added.

With Shell’s results on the horizon, questions remain over the pace of earnings growth in years to come — despite evidence that it is one of the best-run companies in its sector.

While U.S.-China AI competition has focused on intelligence, businesses in China have a different benchmark for choosing AI tools.

UBS reported its fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday.

Wall Street's fears around artificial intelligence-driven disruption affecting software companies have made their way into Asia.

Experts are reaching to divine the president’s approach to global policy and economics, with one theory seeing antecedents in centuries-old dynastic rule.

Nintendo fell over 10% in Asia trade as the gaming giant faces headwinds from an unprecedented memory shortage. 

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready lashed out at staffers who created an internal tool to track layoffs at the company, and fired those involved.

Elon Musk is now overseeing two companies worth over $1 trillion, at least on paper.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday that there's "no drama involved" between the company and OpenAI. "Everything's on track," he added.

The deal pegs the enterprise value at S$13.8 billion.

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran has stepped down from his position as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, CNBC has confirmed.

Asia-Pacific markets looked set to fall, tracking Wall Street losses as a sell-off in U.S. technology stocks weighed on sentiment.

A weaker crude price environment has ramped up the pressure on Big Oil’s commitment to allocating cash to shareholders.

Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft's commercial business, wants to reduce the customer feedback loop as the company sells artificial intelligence services.

Senators asked Ted Sarandos about whether the acquisition would raise prices, squeeze talent and degrade the moviegoing experience.

Mr. Miran had taken a leave of absence from advising the president after adding a role at the Federal Reserve, drawing criticism from Democrats.

While a building boom is good for the economy, it presents challenges, with construction costs in Singapore consistently ranked among the highest in the world.

Analysts said back-to-back trade deals with the U.S. and EU could lift pharma, manufacturing and IT stocks.

The show on Sunday drew about 14.4 million people. It is the second consecutive year that the awards ceremony attracted a smaller audience.

Tyson Foods said its beef business could lose up to $500 million this year as the supply of cattle hits a 75-year low.

She fished off the New England coast for more than 80 years, and intended to continue until she died. “It’s not hard work for me,” she said at 101.

Bitcoin fell below $73,000 on Tuesday as investors sold the asset to hedge against heightened geopolitical and economic uncertainties.

Advanced Micro Devices reported fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday that topped expectations and provided a stronger-than-expected forecast.

The company’s rapid e-commerce growth and push into automation and artificial intelligence propelled its stock into the trillion-dollar club.

Shares of stocks with significant private credit market exposure were diving on fears about exposure to the industries being disrupted by artificial intelligence, including software.

Apple is introducing agentic coding to Xcode, jumping into one of the biggest trends in technology.

General Motors already invested. Now, you have a limited window to join before the next share price increase.

Nvidia and AMD are leaders in the GPUs, which power large language models and have skyrocketed in demand with the data center buildout.

The U.S. Central Command said the drone approached the USS Abraham Lincoln with "unclear intent."

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the chipmaker's plan to invest in OpenAI remains "on track."

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The N.F.L. claims Guardian Caps reduce the risk of concussions. The company that makes them says, “It has nothing to do with concussions.”

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The company is banking on its Wegovy pill and next-generation weight loss injectable CagriSema to recapture share of the key U.S. market. 

The company wants to win back price-strapped chip consumers after years of raising prices.

Crypto keeps talking about mainstream adoption, but the entire industry is still built on a brittle function and all the vulnerabilities that come with it.

A group of cryptocurrency investors backing a memecoin hopes the statue will soon be installed at one of Mr. Trump’s golf courses in Florida.

Jeffrey Epstein wanted most of his money to go to his girlfriend, a native of Belarus. Mr. Epstein’s brother and a Harvard math professor were also named beneficiaries.

The stockpile is the latest move by the Trump administration to build a Western supply chain to counter China's dominance in critical minerals.

The move followed a yearlong investigation into X and escalated a wider standoff between European officials and American tech companies over the regulation of social media.

President Trump says India will stop buying sanctioned Russian oil as part of trade deal, but data shows shadow fleet vessels unloading the crude at its ports.

D'Amaro's appointment to the top job once again brings to the fore Disney's storied history in park-going at a time of massive growth for the division.

Ms. Tanner was previously an executive at CBS News and serves on the board of Audacy, a major U.S. broadcaster and podcast producer.

Josh D'Amaro, who has overseen Disney's booming theme parks division since 2020, will step into the role on March 18.

Ms. Tanner was previously an executive at CBS News and serves on the board of Audacity, a major U.S. broadcaster and podcast producer.

One thing is certain: AI will absolutely transform work. But how it plays out depends on not only how workers to adapt, but the willingness of organizations to help them along.

The record-setting deal will be the largest merger of all time and is valued at $1.25 trillion

The deal creates the most valuable private company in the world.

While rising costs are squeezing Pandora's margins from one side, a deteriorating macroeconomic backdrop is hitting it from the other.