Stocks sold off on Wednesday after new U.S. economic data as well as comments from the Federal Reserve chief stoked concerns about persistent inflation in the country.
The Dow Jones Industrial Avera… [+2784 chars]

New U.S. economic data as well as comments from the Federal Reserve chief stoked concerns about persistent inflation in the country.

CNBC

Dow falls 500 points on hot inflation reading as Fed keeps rates unchanged: Live updates - CNBC

Available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace. Job gains have remained low, and the unemployment rate has been little changed in recent months. Inflation rema… [+1893 chars]

Available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a solid pace. Job gains have remained low, and the unemployment rate has been little

Federalreserve.gov

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement - Federal Reserve Board (.gov)

Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- Soaring prices for memory chips have made Micron Technology Inc. one of the standout stocks of 2026, and its earnings after the close on Wednesday will give clues on whether… [+5242 chars]

Micron shares have soared 63% to start the year, among the best performers in the S&P 500 Index, after jumping 239% in 2025.  The biggest US maker of memory ...

Yahoo Entertainment

Micron Earnings Face High Expectations as Its Stock Keeps Rising - Yahoo Finance

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One-time pick to lead key statistics body EJ Antoni says inflation was ‘worse than we thought’ even before conflict

Financial Times

Trump ally warns US economy not strong enough to cope with Iran war - Financial Times

Not so long ago, the house that Laurel Moffat owns in Portland, Oregon, would have been illegal.
Moffats 900-square-foot space is part of a duplex, sharing a wall with another home. And the two home… [+44 chars]

Portland legalized fourplexes, tiny houses and backyard homes and then sorted out how to actually get them built.

The Washington Post

Portland has a wonky secret to building cheaper houses. Other cities are copying. - The Washington Post

Nvidia has big praise for OpenClaw. NemoClaw is how Nvidia makes it better.

Mashable

Nvidia NemoClaw: What it is and how to try it - Mashable

As Paramount’s pending takeover of Warner Bros Discovery preoccupies the industry, another seismic development in the media business has finally arrived: Disney‘s CEO transition.
Bob Iger, who retur… [+7548 chars]

As longtime Disney CEO Bob Iger passes the baton to Josh D'Amaro, Iger's future and legacy are still not entirely settled.

Deadline

As Disney’s Bob Iger Passes CEO Baton, His Next Moves Remain In Flux - Deadline

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Washington state legislators just voted overwhelmingly to allow Rivian and Lucid to sell electric vehicles directly to consumers, ending a 12-year arrangement that gave Tesla exclusive… [+5377 chars]

Washington state legislators just voted overwhelmingly to allow Rivian and Lucid to sell electric vehicles directly to consumers, ending a...

Electrek

Washington opens Tesla’s direct EV sales loophole to Rivian and Lucid - Electrek

WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected in February, driven partly by a sharp increase in food costs. 
The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price inde… [+3612 chars]

U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected in February. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits consumers — rose 0.7% from January and 3.4% from February 2025. The year-over-year …

Associated Press

US wholesale prices rose by a surprisingly hot 3.4% last month, the most in a year - AP News

Charles Bennett (left) and Gilles Brassard pose for a photograph next to a cryptography quilt. Credit: Lise Raymond
Gilles Brassard and Charles Bennett have been awarded the A. M. Turing Award for t… [+3336 chars]

Turing Award winners Gilles Brassard and Charles Bennett pioneered ideas that are now foundational to quantum computers and quantum communications.

Nature.com

Major Turing computing award goes to quantum science for first time - Nature

Information in Investors Business Daily is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer, recommendation, solicitation, or rating to buy or sell securities. … [+1064 chars]

SoFi stock rebounded after the company responded to questions raised by short seller Muddy Waters and its CEO bought shares.

Investor's Business Daily

SoFi Fires Back At Short Seller Muddy Waters, CEO Buys Shares - Investor's Business Daily

Google News

USPS wants to raise first-class stamp price to as high as 95 cents - CBS News

Story Highlights<ul><li>Trade Desk stock is down in pre-market hours on Wednesday..</li><li>Analysts are split, with some downgrading the stock while others see the drop as overdone.</li></ul>

Shares of Trade Desk ($TTD) dropped over 5% in Wednesday’s trading, adding to its roughly 7% decline a day earlier after reports that French ad giant Publicis Groupe ($PUBGY) advised

Tipranks.com

Why Trade Desk Stock (TTD) Is Down Today. Is Wall Street Overreacting? - TipRanks

Johnson &amp; Johnson won U.S. approval for a daily psoriasis pill that rivals the benefits of injectable medicines and could roil a multibillion-dollar market.
The drug, Icotyde, is approved for pa… [+963 chars]

Johnson & Johnson won U.S. approval for a daily psoriasis pill that rivals the benefits of injectable medicines and could roil a multibillion-dollar market.

STAT

J&J wins approval for first-of-its-kind psoriasis pill | STAT - statnews.com

Steven Goldstein is based in London and responsible for MarketWatch's coverage of financial markets in Europe, with a particular focus on global macro and commodities. Previously, he was Washington b… [+121 chars]

If betting markets are right, increased volatility is likely to drag the S&P 500 lower, say strategists

MarketWatch

It’s a ‘black swan’ moment in oil but nowhere else. The stock market is at risk of a 20% fall, say these strategists. - MarketWatch

Shortly after Anthropic released its AI model Opus 4.5, CEO Guillermo Rauch held an all-hands meeting in January at his companys headquarters in San Francisco. He started with a set of slides outlini… [+9087 chars]

One of the most popular ways to view the Epstein Files, an interface called Jmail that mimics a Gmail inbox, is hosted on Guillermo Rauch’s $9 billion unicorn Vercel.

Forbes

This Argentine Billionaire’s Startup Vercel Is One Of Claude Code’s Go-To Web Hosting Tools - Forbes

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Donald Trump hates clean energy. 
Obviously, the president hates lots of things: Immigrants, the media, NATO, and sound monetary p… [+10685 chars]

Publicnotice.co

Trump wants to bribe energy companies to kill wind energy - Public Notice | Aaron Rupar

Cyber activity tied to the escalating war between the U.S., Israel and Iran is already underway, and American companies are starting to feel the effects.
Why it matters: Iran is a formidable, often … [+3090 chars]

Iranian state-linked media last week published a list of major U.S. technology companies that could be targets in the war.