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Markets

Coca-Cola Sees Glass Half Full Even as Trade War Drains Fizz From Pop Sales

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Coca-Cola was one of several companies whose earnings last week flashed positive signs, despite the hail of uncertainty around tariffs.

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Media & Entertainment

Advertising Industry Sweats a Recession-Spurred Pullback

The warnings come as the industry adapts to seismic shifts in technology — which means it may just have some new tricks up its sleeve.

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International Economics

China Trumpets Trade War Mettle With Strategic Mineral Advantage

China is a top global producer of 30 of the 50 minerals the US considers critical, and is sources more than half of the US annual supply.

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Banking

Consumer Spending Buoyant in Run-up to Tariffs, Big Banks Say

Banks pocketed huge sums in the first quarter from equities because the “increased market volatility” triggered a rush on transactions.

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Technology

Grand Theft Auto VI Delay Steals the Thrills From Video Game Industry

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The delay of Grand Theft Auto VI’s release threw a multibillion dollar wrench in forecasted revenues for a gaming industry in need of a hit.

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Industrials

Manufacturing Discontent: Can Tariffs Spur Domestic Reindustrialization?

As a share of US GDP, the manufacturing sector has decreased from a nearly 25% peak in the 1950s to about 11% today.

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Consumer

Walmart, Uniqlo Join Retailers Touting Ways to Navigate Trade War

A handful of retail executives hinted this week that they are eyeing some strategic advantages and opportunities amid the trade war.

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Industrials

Amazon’s Internet Satellite Venture Achieves Liftoff in Challenge to Musk’s Starlink

While Kuiper won’t generate revenue for a while, Amazon is still using its enormous influence to position itself for some corporate Star Wars.

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Enterprise AI

Battlefield AI Grapples With Risk-Tolerance Minefield

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Future battlefields will be shaped by AI weapons that defense firms and Big Tech are vying to build for the military. Guardrails are lagging.

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Consumer

Economic Anxiety Leaves McDonald’s Digesting Biggest Sales Drop in Five Years

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Fast-food chain McDonald’s, an economic indicator because of its mammoth global presence, posted its worst earnings report since 2020.

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