Walmart expands employee discount on groceries

Groceries are seen at a Walmart supermarket in Houston, Texas, on May 15, 2025. Ronaldo Schemidt | AFP | Getty Images As tariffs spark worries of higher prices, Walmart is dangling more discounts for its own employees. The largest private U.S. employer said Wednesday that it will offer a 10% employee discount on nearly all…

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ADIDAS (ADS) earnings Q2 2025

Adidas shoes are displayed at a DSW store on January 31, 2024 in Novato, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of Adidas fell Wednesday after the German sportswear giant flagged a double-digit million euro hit from U.S. tariffs in the second quarter and warned that current import levies will push up the cost of its…

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America risks global credibility from human rights, immigration policy inconsistencies

Recently releasedUS State Department Human Rights ReportPassImportant disputedLength notable cuts and coverage release, release delay, and alleged bias, especially on countries like countriesHungary,BrazilAndSouth Africa, Migration is uniformly disconnected between policy and Report Inadvertently reporting of countries such as Haiti, Ukraine and Afghanistan and inadvertent countries such as Al Salvador. Each case highlights this disturbed incompatibility,…

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Hassett says Fed independence is ‘really important’ and chair candidates shouldn’t be disqualified for being Trump’s friend

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, one of the finalists for the Federal Reserve chair job, showed support Tuesday for central bank independence. With President Donald Trump apparently in the final days of picking a successor to Jerome Powell at the Fed, Hassett declined in a CNBC interview to directly address his own candidacy but…

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