In 2009, Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke went viral after telling Yahoo Sports he was boycotting Chipotle’s guacamole.“I mean, $1.50 is already pretty darn high. So they changed it to $1.80, and I’ll never again get guacamole,” Greinke said. “It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win.”Fifteen years later, a (small) side of Chipotle’s guacamole is $2.65, and Greinke’s thoughts remain a common sentiment among MLB players.“Greinke was on a kick for a while,” said Reds pitcher Scott Barlow, a former Greinke teammate. “It’s the principle.”So what else are MLB players cheap about?…
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A clear split of winners and losers among Europe’s prized high-end luxury brands could emerge after President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs were seen blowing a hole in lucrative U.S. sales, analysts warned. The U.S. has been a major growth driver for many luxury brands in recent quarters, as firms have shifted their focus to well-heeled American consumers amid waning Chinese sales. But fresh duties of 10%, 20% and 31% on imported goods from the U.K., Europe and Switzerland, respectively, could dent that demand as designer goods — typically dependent on European and Asian production — pass on added costs to…
As the market sells off for a second day on the heels of President Donald Trump’s new tariff regime, Ritholtz Wealth Management’s Josh Brown is making moves on some stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 1,000 points for a second day Friday, falling more than 4%, while the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite each moved more than 5% lower. This follows Trump announcing a “reciprocal tariff” policy Wednesday, imposing a 10% baseline tariff as well as stiffer rates on countries like China and Vietnam . Amid that volatility, Brown has bought shares of mortgage…
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced a new round of global tariffs, instituting a minimum 10% levy on goods imported from countries around the world, which he said he hopes will strengthen the U.S. economy and remedy what he calls “unfair trade practices.”In his remarks on Wednesday, Trump said the Great Depression “would have never happened” if the U.S. maintained a strong tariff policy at the time. The government later “tried to bring back tariffs to save our country, but it was gone,” he added.However, those statements are untrue, said Dean Baker, senior economist and co-founder of the Center for…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event announcing new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 2, 2025.Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump announced an aggressive, far-reaching “reciprocal tariff” policy this week, leaving many economists and U.S. trade partners to question how the White House calculated its rates.Trump’s plan established a 10% baseline tariff on almost every country, though many nations such as China, Vietnam and Taiwan are subject to much steeper rates. At a ceremony in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, Trump held up a poster board that outlined the tariffs that it claims are “charged”…
It is not often these days that Sean Payton is the youngest guy in a room. He has been a head coach in the NFL for nearly two decades and first entered the NFL as an assistant with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1997. Players he once coached, like Dan Campbell and Aaron Glenn, are now piloting their own NFL teams.So, yes, the 61-year-old coach of the Denver Broncos is reveling a bit in his current status as the junior statesman in his own division.“I’m the youngest!” Payton, who is six days younger than Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh,…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Russia is running out of time to convince the Trump administration that it is serious about striking a peace deal with Ukraine and not just playing for time.Speaking in Brussels after a two-day gathering of NATO ministers, Mr. Rubio said that the United States was losing patience with “talks about talks” and hinted that Russia was in danger of facing more American sanctions.“We will know soon enough, in a matter of weeks, not months, whether Russia is serious about peace or not,” he told reporters. Members of Congress, he added, are…
Warren Buffett went on the record Friday to deny social media posts after President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social a fan video that claimed the president is tanking the stock market on purpose with the endorsement of the legendary investor.Trump on Friday shared an outlandish social media video that defends his recent policy decisions by arguing he is deliberately taking down the market as a strategic play to force lower interest and mortgage rates. “Trump is crashing the stock market by 20% this month, but he’s doing it on purpose,” alleged the video, which Trump posted on his Truth Social account.The…
Evercore ISI thinks China’s prompt response to U.S. tariffs had one objective: put more pressure on the U.S. equity market. “It has become a full-on tariff war between the U.S. and China with Beijing, to our surprise … Beijing pulled the trigger earlier since it used to announce responses on the effective dates of U.S. tariffs. Not all makes sense,” Neo Wang, the firm’s China strategist, wrote in a Friday note to clients. “This earlier-than-expected announcement looks on purpose to inflict further damage on U.S. stock market while China is on holiday Friday and market closed.” U.S. stocks sold off…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Bank stocks — Major banks declined on Friday, as President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies increasingly raised fears of a U.S. economic pullback. Shares of Goldman Sachs , Citigroup , Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo tumbled about 8%. JPMorgan dropped 7%. Tesla , Palantir Technologies — Top picks among retail investors were not able to buck Friday’s sell-off. Electric vehicle maker Tesla dropped around 10%, while defense technology stock Palantir tumbled 12%. Property stocks — Real estate stocks Prologis and Simon Property Group each slipped about 3% on Friday. Property stocks are sensitive to consumers’…
