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General Motors trims 2025 guidance, anticipating potential $5 billion tariff impact

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General Motors is lowering its profit expectations for the year as the carmaker braces for the potential impact from auto tariffs being rolled out by the U.S. GM announced early this week that it was reassessing its expectations for 2025 due to tariffs. The company said at the time that its initial full-year financial outlook […]

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McDonald's store traffic falls unexpectedly as diners grow uneasy about economy

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McDonald’s store traffic fell unexpectedly in the first quarter as economic uncertainty weighed on diners. The burger giant’s same-store sales, or sales at locations open at least a year, fell 1% globally in the January-March period. Without the impact of the extra leap year day in 2024, same-store sales were flat, the company said. Wall

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Tariffs, oil prices and other uncertainties weighing down Mideast economies, IMF says

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Countries across the Middle East and North Africa face significant challenges to economic growth as the region faces economic uncertainty due to tariff measures, lower-than-recent oil prices and cuts to financial aid, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. The IMF’s regional outlook report for the MENA region said Brent crude

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From Tokyo to Los Angeles, workers observe May Day with marches and demonstrations

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TOKYO — Shouting “banzai!” or “live long,” thousands of people marched in Tokyo streets to the banging of traditional drums Thursday as Japan kicked off celebrations to mark May Day. The holiday, also known as International Workers’ Day or Labor Day, marks the struggles and achievements of workers and the labor movement. Thousands of people

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Asian shares rise in subdued holiday trading, as US futures jump

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TOKYO — Asian shares advanced Thursday, with many markets in the region closed for Labor Day holidays, after U.S. stocks stormed back from steep early losses to a seventh straight day of gains. Uncertainty about what President Donald Trump’s trade war will do to the U.S. economy remains a key focus for investors. Japan’s benchmark

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Activists to rally worldwide on May Day, with US protests targeting Trump policies

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CHICAGO — From worker rights rallies to marches for social justice, activists around the globe will kick off May Day demonstrations on Thursday. In some countries, it’s a public holiday honoring labor, but activists planning marches in the United States say much of their message is about fighting back against President Donald Trump’s policies targeting

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Cheap parcels from China will no longer be duty-free. Here's what it means for buyers and sellers

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NEW YORK — Consumers can expect higher prices and delivery delays when the Trump administration ends a duty-free exemption on low-value imports from China Friday. The expiration of the so-called de minimis rule that has allowed as many as 4 million low-value parcels to come into the U.S. every day — mostly from China —

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