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April 2026

“Resilient” US Manufacturing Sector Surges In Face Of War, Prices Paid Up

“Resilient” US Manufacturing Sector Surges In Face Of War, Prices Paid Up Amid the fog of war and fading ‘hard’ data, the final March S&P Global Manufacturing PMI printed 52.3 (a small drop from the flash 52.4 print), higher than the 51.8 print for February. “Faster growth of output in March points to encouraging resilience […]

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Edge AI for IoT: Use Cases, Benefits and Deployment Challenges

Edge AI is emerging as a critical enabler for next-generation IoT systems, allowing data processing and decision-making to occur closer to where data is generated. As connected devices proliferate across industries, the limitations of centralized cloud processing—particularly in terms of latency, bandwidth, and privacy—are becoming increasingly evident. By integrating artificial intelligence directly into edge devices

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FitLife Brands, Inc. (FTLF) Reports Q4 Earnings

FTLF|EPS $0.16|Rev $25.9M|Net Income $1.6M FitLife Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTLF) reported mixed fourth-quarter results, with revenue surging but profit declining from the prior year. The nutritional supplements company posted diluted EPS of $0.16 for Q4 2025, down 23.8% from $0.21 in the year-ago period, while net income totaled $1.6M for the quarter. Revenue totaled $25.9M

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Trump Drops By Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Birthright Citizenship Order

Trump Drops By Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Birthright Citizenship Order Update (0950ET): President Trump dropped by the Supreme Court on Wednesday for oral arguments in the high-profile Trump v. Barbara challenging his executive order restricting birthright citizenship – making him the first sitting US president to attend Supreme Court oral arguments.  BREAKING President Trump has just arrived at the

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Palantir Develops IRS Tool To Flag “Highest Value” Audits, Are Crypto Bros Next?

Palantir Develops IRS Tool To Flag “Highest Value” Audits, Are Crypto Bros Next? Crypto bros and those of you with ‘creative’ accountants, heads up – the IRS is beefing up its ability to flag accounts for audits. Not only is this the first year that major US-based custodial crypto brokers are reporting gross proceeds to

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MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSM) Reports Q2 Earnings

MSM|EPS $0.82|Rev $917.8M|Net Income $45.8M MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. reported Q2 2026 adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.82 as the industrial distributor posted modest growth amid mixed demand for metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations products. Revenue totaled $917.8M for the quarter, up 2.9% from the $891.7M recorded in Q2 2025. Bottom-line profit

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Conagra Brands (CAG) Q3 FY26 adj. earnings drop on lower sales, miss estimates

Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), a leading consumer packaged food company, reported lower sales and adjusted earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2026. The top line exceeded analysts’ expectations, while earnings missed. Net sales decreased 1.9% from last year to $2.79 billion in the third quarter, but came in slightly above expectations. Organic net

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The Barbell Economy: Why The Middle Is Vanishing

The Barbell Economy: Why The Middle Is Vanishing Authored by Tamuz Itai via The Epoch Times, There’s a pattern quietly reshaping daily life, work, and society itself. Economists now call it the “barbell economy.” Value, growth, and opportunity concentrate at the two extremes—ultra-cheap utility on one end, premium experience and status on the other—while the

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Lamb Weston (LW) Q3 2026 Earnings: Key financials and quarterly highlights

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LW) reported its third quarter 2026 earnings results today. Net sales increased 3% year-over-year to $1.56 billion. Net sales at constant currency was essentially flat. GAAP net income decreased 63% to $54 million, or $0.39 per share, compared to last year. Adjusted EPS fell 37% to $0.72. Net sales for

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Equitable Growth event covers tariffs, tariff uncertainties, and the limits of U.S. trade policy

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth recently hosted a webinar examining the economic, fiscal, and labor‑market effects of evolving U.S. tariff laws and regulations, particularly in the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. While those tariffs were struck down, uncertainty remains as the

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