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UnitedHealth beat Q1 expectations and raised its 2026 profit outlook

The company now expects full-year adjusted earnings of more than $18.25 per share, up from a prior forecast of more than $17.75

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GE Aerospace raised its 2026 profit outlook but warned oil prices could weigh on airlines

The jet engine maker posted Q1 adjusted EPS of $1.86, beating analyst estimates, as orders jumped 87% year over year

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Amazon is investing up to $25 billion more in Anthropic in expanded cloud deal

Anthropic also committed to spending more than $100 billion on AWS technologies over the next 10 years, including custom AI chips

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The 5 best — and worst — car brands, according to Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports ranked automakers on road performance, reliability, safety, and owner satisfaction — here's who came out on top and who fell short

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Ben Kesslen

The most popular used cars, according to Consumer Reports

These 10 used vehicles are the ones Consumer Reports readers are most interested in

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Ben Kesslen

6 mistakes you’re probably making when trying to save money (and how to fix them), according to Reader’s Digest

Discover six habits people do that could be quietly holding your finances back, and how to fix them

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Haley Chamberlain

Employees can handle the truth

Oracle’s mass layoffs sparked conversation about how companies deliver bad news—and why honest communication matters more than perfect messaging

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Matthew Fray

New York City's best pet-friendly hotels in 2026: The Whitby and Soho Grand lead Michelin Guide rankings

From private dog parks to gourmet canine menus, these NYC hotels truly roll out the red carpet for four-legged guests

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Ambia staley

AI is making workers more productive. Their paychecks aren't keeping up

Economists and labor researchers are increasingly asking why the gains from AI-driven productivity aren't flowing to workers

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Quartz Staff

'White-collar' is too blurry a category to measure AI's toll on workers

The term lumps together workers with vastly different AI exposure — and that makes the crisis harder to see in the data

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Quartz Staff

AI isn't replacing workers. It's redirecting the money that used to pay them

Corporate capital is flowing into data centers, not headcount, and companies are saying so in their own earnings calls

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Quartz Staff

The white-collar jobs most at risk from AI

Research maps which roles face the sharpest exposure — and the results don't always follow conventional assumptions

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Walmart's biggest store overhaul: 650 remodels and 20 new locations in 2026

The effort focuses on Walmart store remodels with wider aisles, improved lighting, and enhanced pickup, delivery, and express options

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Quartz Staff

Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil down to $90 and stocks up

U.S. crude for May delivery dropped about 10% to $84.64, and Brent crude fell nearly 9% to $82.25, while U.S. stock futures advanced

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Anthropic's CEO heads to the White House to ease tensions with the Pentagon

The Pentagon labeled Anthropic a “supply-chain risk,” prompting a lawsuit and mixed court rulings, including one blocking restrictions on Claude AI

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Amazon squeezed Levi's and other brands to hike prices on rival sites, California AG says

Newly unsealed court filings detail alleged price-fixing coordination between Amazon and vendors to raise consumer prices on competing platforms

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Ambia staley

White-collar payrolls have now contracted for 31 straight months. Here's what the data shows

The headline unemployment rate masks a contraction in professional employment that is without precedent outside of a recession

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Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and be replaced by hardware chief John Ternus

Cook joined Apple in 1998 and became CEO in 2011, succeeding Steve Jobs. He led the tech giant to a $4 trillion market cap

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Ambia staley

Every automation wave in history created more jobs than it destroyed. Will AI be different?

The pattern has held for mechanized farms, electrified factories, and computerized offices. AI tests its core assumption in new ways

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Quartz Staff

The AI shrinkflation of white-collar jobs: More work, same pay, fewer perks

Benefits are shrinking, flexible spending accounts are vanishing, and wellness programs are disappearing. But none of it shows up in wage data

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Quartz Staff

AI capital expenditures are booming. Jobs aren't. Here's why

Hundreds of billions in corporate spending are flowing into data centers, not payrolls, breaking a decades-old link between investment and hiring

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Quartz Staff

8 states where building wealth is easier than the rest

No state guarantees riches, but these 8 offer the high-paying jobs, strong incomes, and economic conditions that tip the odds in your favor

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Haley Chamberlain

The Fed must 'stay in its lane' to protect independence, Trump's nominee will tell Congress

Kevin Warsh, set to face the Senate Banking Committee, says monetary policy independence is "essential" but has limits

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Cris tolomia

Proofpoint CEO Sumit Dhawan talks importance of guardrails at RSA conference

Proofpoint chief executive officer Sumit Dhawan talks about the importance of guardrails at RSA conference

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Nyse

Tornado damaged Rivian's Illinois factory weeks before R2 SUV launch

An EF-1 tornado hit a building used for R2 parts storage and logistics, though Rivian said no injuries were reported

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NYSE's Eric Criscuolo on market reaction to Strait of Hormuz 'completely open'

NYSE's Eric Criscuolo explores the market reaction to Strait of Hormuz being declared 'completely open'

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Nyse

CEO Kara Sprague explains ‘New HackerOne’ at RSA conference

Chief Executive Officer Kara Sprague explains agentic AI system of ‘New HackerOne’ at RSA conference

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Nyse

Chief market strategist Jay Woods examines what drove S&P 500 to new record

Freedom Capital Markets' chief market strategist Jay Woods examines what drove S&P 500 to new record

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Nyse

PICI CEO Karen Knudsen discusses partnership to accelerate cancer prevention

PICI's chief executive officer Karen Knudsen discusses the partnership to accelerate cancer prevention

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Nyse

Adobe is unveiling an AI agent to automate marketing workflows for businesses

The new CX Enterprise Coworker tool is designed to monitor signals, recommend actions, and execute campaigns across channels in real time

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Colleen cabili

AEVEX CEO Roger Wells explains why now was right time to take company public

AEVEX chief executive officer Roger Wells explains why now was the right time to take the company public

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Nyse

OpenAI launches GPT-Rosalind, an AI model built for drug discovery and life sciences

Named after scientist Rosalind Franklin, the model is available in research preview to select enterprise partners including Amgen and Moderna

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S&P 500 closes above 7,000 for the first time, wiping out all Iran war losses

The index surpassed its January record after 11 sessions of near-uninterrupted gains, with the Nasdaq also hitting all-time highs — even as fuel...

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Honeywell is selling its barcode scanner business to Brady for $1.4 billion

The all-cash deal for Honeywell's Productivity Solutions and Services unit is expected to close in the second half of 2026

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Colleen cabili

Jersey Mike's has filed confidentially with the SEC for an IPO

The Blackstone-backed sandwich chain is targeting a valuation of at least $12 billion and hopes to list as soon as the third quarter

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Cris tolomia

Buc-ee's is closing a 26-year-old Texas location that will become a 7-Eleven

The Port Lavaca store, one of Buc-ee's older small-format locations, will reopen as 7-Eleven with a Laredo Taco Company

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Colleen cabili

Mercedes-Benz debuts its first all-electric C-Class sedan with nearly 400 miles of range

The C400 4Matic debuts with 482 hp, a 94.5-kWh battery, and about 400 miles of range on the European testing cycle

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Cris tolomia

QXO is buying building products installer TopBuild for $17 billion

The deal would make QXO the second-largest publicly traded building products distributor in North America, with over $18 billion in combined revenue

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Colleen cabili

QVC Group filed for bankruptcy to cut its $6.6 billion debt by 80%

The home shopping giant, parent of QVC and HSN, entered Chapter 11 to slash its debt load to $1.3 billion — and aims to emerge from restructuring...

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Canva is replacing templates with AI — and betting its future on the switch

The $42 billion design platform rebuilt itself around AI agents that respond to natural language, putting it in direct competition with Microsoft and...

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Eli Lilly is buying cancer biotech Kelonia Therapeutics for more than $2 billion

The deal expands Lilly's in vivo CAR-T cancer therapy pipeline, anchored by a multiple myeloma drug that showed early clinical results

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Colleen cabili

American Airlines stock sinks after it says a United merger isn't happening

The Fort Worth-based carrier called a potential combination with United "negative for competition and for consumers"

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AST SpaceMobile shares sink after Blue Origin rocket strands satellite in wrong orbit

AST SpaceMobile stock fell almost 12% after the BlueBird 7 satellite was stranded too low to operate and had to be de-orbited

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3 OpenAI executives are leaving as the company shuts down side projects

Kevin Weil, Bill Peebles, and Srinivas Narayanan are all leaving as OpenAI folds their teams into core operations

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AI coding startup Cursor is seeking $2 billion at a $50 billion valuation

Andreessen Horowitz is set to co-lead the round, with Nvidia and Thrive Capital also expected to participate

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U.S. opens $166 billion tariff refund portal, but businesses face a lengthy wait

CBP began accepting refund claims Monday, but approved payments won't arrive for 60 to 90 days — and that's if submissions clear a complex review

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Oil climbs 6% as U.S.-Iran tensions flare over Hormuz, stocks fall

Dow futures dropped about 300 points Monday after the U.S. seized an Iranian cargo ship and Iran restricted Strait of Hormuz traffic again

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Meta is cutting roughly 8,000 workers starting May 20, with more layoffs to follow

The cuts represent about 10% of Meta's workforce and mark the first phase of a broader restructuring tied to massive AI spending

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Cris tolomia

The 8 best places in the world to travel solo

From vibrant cities to remote landscapes, these destinations offer the freedom, safety, and culture that solo travelers crave

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Haley Chamberlain