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Domino’s partners with DoorDash to lure customers

Being listed on the DoorDash app means it will be easier for Domino’s to reach new customers accustomed to ordering through the DoorDash app, and Chief Executive Officer Joe Jordan said in a prepared statement the company expects to gain new customers particularly in rural and suburban areas. Read more

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Newsmax surges another 180% a day after stunning debut

The stock has been popular with retail investors, remaining the top trending ticker on retail investor-focused social media stocktwits.com since its debut, which traders said parallels the pattern of other hotly-traded retail favorites, known as meme stocks. Read more

Trump set to impose new tariffs as world braces for trade war

Trump has for weeks trumpeted April 2 as a “Liberation Day” that will see dramatic new duties that could upend the global trade system, with a White House Rose Garden announcement scheduled for 4 p.m. Eastern Time (10 a.m. Hawaii time). Read more

Tariff woes depress U.S. manufacturing, erode labor demand

Manufacturing started turning around at the beginning of the year after a lengthy recession triggered by the U.S. central bank’s aggressive interest rate hikes in 2022 and 2023 to tame inflation. But the nascent recovery appears to have been snuffed out by Trump’s tariffs. Read more

Trump begins mass layoffs at FDA, CDC, other health agencies

The cuts, which affect several high-profile agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services, including the FDA, CDC and the National Institutes of Health, are part of a broad plan by President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk to shrink the federal government and slash spending. Read more

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