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Silver price drops after Trump makes stunning claim about Iran

Gold got the headlines. Silver got hit harder. Spot silver fell approximately 5% to around $71.26 per ounce on April 2 after President Donald Trumps prime-time address on April 1 pledged to escalate military operations against Iran. Spot silver was also seen around $71.52 in early trading. Gold ...

Palantir CEO makes blunt AI claim and investors should care

Palantir CEO Alex Karp is no stranger to attracting attention. His latest comments are no exception. Karp said there are basically two kinds of people who can feel safe in the AI era. No prizes for guessing. According to the billionaire tech leader, those with vocational training and people who are ...

Popular strategist has blunt US recession message

While much of Wall Street has spent 2026 debating how bad things could get, at least one prominent strategist thinks the question itself is wrong. Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at Carson Group, said in an April 2 interview on CNBCs Power Lunch that the U.S. economy is not heading into a ...

Vanguard links $12.5 billion to scams that build trust, then steal

Someone calls you out of the blue, says your computer has been hacked, and tells you federal agents are already on the case. Your heart rate spikes because this person sounds official, knowledgeable, and genuinely concerned about your financial safety.  You follow their instructions because ...

Starbucks rolls out new incentives to improve service

Two years into a turnaround that has reshaped everything from cup messages to café layouts, Starbucks is now turning its attention to the people making the drinks. As a way to incentivize employees and improve service for customers, Starbucks is expanding opportunities for customers to tip and ...

Persian Gulf crisis claims a corporate victim as gold stock resets plans

Miners mine. They punch or scrape holes in the earth and pull out ores that, ultimately, get turned into something else. Like gold. Or copper or aluminum, processed from bauxite. Mining is also a messy business, usually done in remote, difficult environments. And it usually leaves tons of material, ...

Once-booming cookie chain closes all stores after Chapter 11 filing

Building a business around a single indulgent product has always been a challenge, but it has gotten harder since the introduction of GLP-1 drugs. "More than 1 in 10 Americans have used a GLP-1 drug for weight loss, a new survey by the RAND research group reveals. About 12% say they’ve tried GLP-1 ...