Wells Fargo, $WFC, has suspended all travel to China
77% of U.S. adults say they are not completely financially secure, up from 75% in 2024 and 72% in 2023, per Bankrate.
A $100,000 salary in January 2020 has the same buying power as $124,353 in April 2025, per Bankrate.
Corono has said that beer sales have continued to decrease, per BI.

Two pro-Israel groups have been barred from attending events organised by Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) Scotland.
Last year, the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) and the Scottish Palestinian Society (SPS) both urged SUTR to ban Glasgow Friends of Israel (GFI) from marches as the presence of the organisation had led to a growing number of pro-Palestine organisations dropping out.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25321638.pro-israel-groups-banned-stand-racism-events-scotland/
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Pope Leo XIV on Thursday renewed his call for “an immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip and expressed his “profound hope” for “dialogue, reconciliation and lasting peace in the region,” following an Israeli attack on a Catholic church sheltering civilians.
The appeal came in a telegram signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin after the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza was hit during an Israeli military raid.
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Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan, $JPM: "I think there is complacency in the market.”
The median retirement savings for households aged 65-74 is $200,000, per Investopedia

Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots and United Australia parties hit with data breach | Australia news
The political parties run by Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer have been hit with a ransomware attack, with…
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A mild morning.
"Gen Z is right about the job hunt—it really is worse than it was for millennials," per FORTUNE
"Elon Musk promises Tesla, $TSLA, shareholders a vote over buying equity in his Grok startup: ‘If it was up to me, Tesla would have invested in xAI long ago’," per FORTUNE
“We consider the removal of Chair Powell as one of the largest underpriced event risks," Deutsche Bank has said.
Americans need to make six figures in order to afford a median-priced home, which is currently more than $422,000, per NAR
Jim Cramer says firing Fed Chair Powell can only hurt Trump
Japan’s exports fall for second straight month with no U.S. trade deal in sight, raising recession fears, per CNBC
The United States is very close to a trade deal with India, while an agreement could possibly be reached with Europe as well, but it is too soon to say whether a deal can be agreed with Canada, Trump has said.
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