President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the US Steel-Irvin Works on May 30, 2025 in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen | Getty ImagesThe European Union on Saturday criticized President Donald Trump’s move to double tariffs on steel imports, warning that it “undermines” efforts to reach a “negotiated solution” in the ongoing trade war.”We strongly regret the announced increase of U.S. tariffs on steel imports from 25% to 50%,” an EU spokesperson said in a statement to NBC News.”This decision adds further uncertainty to the global economy and increases costs for consumers and businesses on both sides…
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A person picks out clothing in a store as retailers compete to attract shoppers and try to maintain margins on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, at Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in Central Valley, New York, U.S. November 24, 2023. Vincent Alban | ReutersConsumers who hoped tariffs would not hit their wallets keep getting bad news.As they reported earnings in recent weeks, multiple major retailers said they have already raised some prices or plan to hike them in the coming weeks to offset the duties. They include major grocers and consumer goods sellers Costco, Best Buy,…
Parenting advice has gotten really complicated. There’s something new every day, and it’s filled with contradictions. Every time you think you understand something, it changes. All of this is a huge source of anxiety for many parents.As a psychiatrist on the front lines of healthy youth development, I’ve worked with over 3,000 young adults. And as a mom of three kids, I’ve spent two decades on both sides of the journey through parenthood.But parenting doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are five simple rules to help you navigate the way-too-much-counterproductive-information age.1. Follow your instincts, not the influencersEvolution didn’t prepare you…
There’s a slew of stocks that have a lot more room to run, according to Morgan Stanley. The firm says overweight-rated companies like Nvidia have plenty of upside and remain top picks in June. Others include: Nubank , Sallie Mae , Seagate and Coupang. Seagate The tech data storage company is just too attractive to ignore, analyst Erik Woodring, wrote following Seagate’s analyst day in late May. “The inflection in compute will drive exponential growth in storage demand, and we see STX as a still underappreciated play on this theme at just 7.5x our peak EPS,” he wrote. And there’s…
Logo with QR code for Fantuan Asian food delivery service in the Silicon Valley, Mountain View, California, January 3, 2021. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesNEW YORK – When Kelly Wu feels sick and wants a delivery of congee, the Chinese porridge she grew up eating, she opts for a platform many may not have heard of.The New York City resident doesn’t open apps from multi-billion dollar companies like Uber Eats or DoorDash. Instead, the 22-year-old pulls up Fantuan, a growing Vancouver-based startup that focuses specifically on the ecosystem surrounding Asian cuisines.”I feel like it’s just the equivalent…
A few stocks, including a handful of semiconductor giants, could take a hit after riding the market’s rebound in May. The market closed out a big winning month with the S & P 500 climbed more than 6%, its largest monthly advance since late 2023 and leaving the benchmark little changed on the year. The Nasdaq Composite surged 9.6% this month, while the 30-stock Dow rose nearly 4%. Much of the gain was powered by a softening in the trade war after the U.S. and China agreed to temporarily step back from the brink and a trade deal between the…
Students that copy and paste ChatGPT answers into their assignments, with little thinking involved, are doing themselves a disservice — especially because artificial intelligence really can help students become better learners, according to psychologist and author Angela Duckworth.Instead of distrusting AI, show kids how to properly use it, Duckworth advised in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education commencement ceremony on May 17. Teachers and parents alike can show them how to use the technology’s full potential by asking AI models follow-up questions, so they can learn — in detail — how chatbots came to their conclusions, she…
U.S. military personnel escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, in this handout image obtained March 31, 2025.Secretaria De Prensa De La Presidencia| Via ReutersA federal judge prevented the Trump administration from invalidating work permits and other documents granting lawful status to about 5,000 Venezuelans, a subset of the nearly 350,000 whose temporary legal protections the U.S. Supreme Court last week allowed…
Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash Inc., smiles during the Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 22, 2019.Martina Albertazzi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDuring the depths of the Covid pandemic, with restaurants around the country facing an existential crisis, DoorDash CEO Tony Xu had an unconventional proposal. He wanted to cut commissions.Chief Business Officer Keith Yandell worried that such a move would result in a massive hit to profits ahead of the company’s planned IPO. But Xu made a persuasive case.”If restaurants don’t thrive, we cannot,” Yandell told CNBC in a recent interview,…
A picture taken on November 10, 2019, shows an Iranian flag in Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, during an official ceremony to kick-start works on a second reactor at the facility.ATTA KENARE | AFP via Getty ImagesIran carried out secret nuclear activities with material not declared to the U.N. nuclear watchdog at three locations that have long been under investigation, the watchdog said in a wide-ranging, confidential report to member states seen by Reuters.The findings in the “comprehensive” International Atomic Energy Agency report requested by the agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors in November pave the way for a push by…
