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

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
May 01, 2025 6:58 am - McDonald’s store traffic fell unexpectedly in the first quarter as economic uncertainty weighed on diners.
From Tokyo to Turin, Trump’s policies loom over May Day marches

By THOMAS ADAMSON and YURI KAGEYAMA
May 01, 2025 6:55 am - From Tokyo to Turin, Taipei to Paris, tens of thousands marched in May Day rallies that spotlighted growing anger over U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff agenda and fears of global economic turmoil. In France, union leaders condemned the “Trumpization” of world politics. In Italy, protesters paraded a puppet of the American president through the streets of Turin. And in Germany, unionists warned that extended workdays and anti-immigrant rhetoric were eroding hard-won labor protections.
Trump urges patience, blames Biden after weak economic news

By Matt Viser
Apr 30, 2025 1:01 pm - President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday morning at increasingly dim economic forecasts that have cast his policies in a harsh light and clouded what he has hoped would be a valedictory marker of his 100 days in office.
Wall Street storms back from early losses, echoing its manic moves through a historic April

By STAN CHOE
Apr 30, 2025 8:55 am - U.S. stocks began Wednesday with a thud after a report suggested the U.S. economy may have shrunk at the start of the year. But the big losses soon eased in the latest sharp swings to hit Wall Street amid uncertainty about what President Donald Trump’s trade war will do to the economy.
U.S. economy shrinks 0.3% in first quarter as Trump trade wars disrupt business

By PAUL WISEMAN
Apr 30, 2025 7:56 am - The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.3% annual pace from January through March, first drop in three years. It was slowed by a surge in imports as companies in the United States tried to bring in foreign goods before President Donald Trump imposed massive tariffs.
US consumer confidence plummets to COVID-era low as trade war stokes anxiety

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Apr 29, 2025 2:58 pm - Americans’ confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as anxiety over the impact of tariffs takes a heavy toll.
Trump marks his first 100 days in office in campaign mode, focused on grudges and grievances

By WILL WEISSERT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Apr 29, 2025 8:29 am - President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to mark the first 100 days of his second term, staging his largest public event since returning to the White House in a state that has been especially rocked by his steep trade tariffs and combative attitude toward Canada.
’Nowhere to turn’: Small businesses dependent on imports from China are feeling more desperate

By MAE ANDERSON
Apr 29, 2025 8:05 am - Major orders canceled. Containers of products left stranded overseas. No roadmap for what comes next.
With China and the U.S. at intense economic odds, other nations are being forced to choose sides

By DIDI TANG and ZEKE MILLER
Apr 28, 2025 2:26 pm - As U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war locks the world’s two largest economies on a collision course, America’s unnerved allies and partners are cozying up with China to hedge their bets.
The workers who feel left behind by return-to-office policies

By Danielle Abril
Apr 26, 2025 2:22 pm - Anxiety is rising for some of the millions of people who identify as neurodivergent — those whose brains function differently, such as with ADHD, autism or dyslexia. More companies are requiring workers to return to an office five days a week. Advocates say it’s particularly difficult for neurodivergent people to get flexible work due to the new movement to cut programs that sometimes help them.

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