(1) Consumer Confidence. As we’ve long argued, Americans tend to go shopping when they’re happy. They also go shopping when they are depressed—the idea being that even the dourest of consumers will ...

Wednesday’s PMI data highlighted the impact of a Sino-U.S. trade war on Chinese businesses, setting up the economy for a weak start to the second quarter of 2025. The weak data also puts more pressure ...

FTSE 100 top-tenner GSK PLC (LSE:GSK, NYSE:GSK) has also reported earnings ahead of expectations, and kept full year guidance ...

Investing.com-- Most Asian stock markets were little changed on Wednesday, as investors digested a series of key economic indicators, including weak factory activity data from Japan and China, and ...

“We have rolled back last week’s GPT‑4o update in ChatGPT so people are now using an earlier version with more balanced ...

Prices were headed for a steep monthly loss in April as fears of slowing demand and increased supplies battered oil markets ...

CPI grew 2.4% year-on-year in the first quarter, a similar pace seen in the prior quarter, but was just above expectations of ...

Investing.com-- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) (TSMC) said on Tuesday it had broken ground on a third chip ...

The drop in manufacturing activity came as China became embroiled in a bitter trade war with the U.S. through April. Trump ...

Investing.com-- Samsung (LON: 0593xq) Electronics (KS: 005930) on Wednesday reported a slight rise in first-quarter operating ...

Investing.com-- Toyota Motor Corp (TYO: 7203) and Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL )’s Waymo on Wednesday announced a ...

S&P 500 Futures ticked down 0.2% to 5,571.75 points, while Nasdaq 100 Futures fell 0.4% to 19,561.75 points by 20:03 ET ...