The flash US PMIs for April are released today and will give the first concrete indication of how far upheaval in the markets has damaged sentiment...

"Today's decisions send a strong and clear message." 

"...streamline management and rebuild an engineering-driven culture."

"The tuning down of the rhetoric on China is clearly a relief"

...will prioritize its national interests over commitments to the OPEC+ alliance

One of the agencies, the secretary of state said, ‘facilitated mass migration around the world, including the invasion on our southern border.’

"These poisonous compounds offer no nutritional benefit and pose real, measurable dangers"

“It will be much worse in 2026 because the cycles in 1928 and 1929 are in the same position as 2025 and 2026...”

The Supreme Court earlier this month blocked a previous order issued by the same judge that reinstated laid-off employees.

...but confidence about business conditions in the year ahead has meanwhile deteriorated sharply, worsening among manufacturers and service providers alike,

Damage control intensifies...

The pivot would be welcome and maybe the self-imposed de-escalation in tariffs is a step in that direction.

While there was nothing actually new in the WSJ reports, they validated the good news that had pushed stocks up sharply higher overnight, and the result was further gains this morning.

...rates have soared since.

...the maturing asset has become “less Nasdaq - more gold” in the past two weeks,

...fourth straight week of US crude inventory builds.

The lie is so off the chart it’s just confusing...

Sam Altman, an early investor in Oklo since 2015, will be replaced on the board immediately by CEO and co-founder Jacob DeWitte.

Yesterday Zelensky appeared to reject the Crimea recognition part of the White House plan...

Zelensky government hits back, saying it's "ready to negotiate, but not to surrender."