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‘Nowhere To Turn’

NEW YORK (AP) — Major orders canceled. Containers of products left stranded overseas. No roadmap for what comes next. The Trump administration raised tariffs on goods from China to 145% in early April. Since then, small business owners who depend on imports from China to survive have ...

McDonald’s Store Traffic Falls Unexpectedly

McDonald’s store traffic fell further than expected in the first quarter as economic uncertainty weighed on diners. The trouble was particularly acute in the U.S., where same-store sales — or sales at locations open at least a year — slumped 3.6%. That was the biggest U.S. decline ...

CVS Health Rides Improving Medicare Business In First Quarter

CVS Health hiked its 2025 forecast above Wall Street’s expectations after improving Medicare benefits contributed to a better-than-expected first quarter. The health care giant said Thursday that it also got a boost from better star ratings for its Medicare Advantage plans, which are ...

Amazon Posts Solid 1st Quarter Earnings Growth, But Outlook Is Tempered By Tariff Uncertainty

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon posted higher first-quarter profit and sales that beat analysts’ projections, underscoring the online behemoth’s hold on shoppers looking for low prices and a wide selection in an uncertain economy. The Seattle-based company also reported strong sales growth for its prominent cloud computing arm Amazon Web Services, it said after the market closed Thursday. However, uncertainty about President Donald Trump’s tariffs and consumer spending clouded Amazon’s outlook. Trump’s erratic trade policies — including 145% tariffs on China — have paralyzed ...

Efforts Recognized

Britnie Barmore, Joan Scalise and Nancy Scott were honored with The Resource Center’s top staff awards for 2024. Barmore, who has worked for TRC since 2014, received the Norma J. Smith Award for excellence in providing direct supports to people with intellectual and developmental ...