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After repeatedly churning out disappointing economic data, banks are slashing China's growth outlook for 2023.

Banks bear down on China’s growth but this bull is bucking the doom and gloom

Environmental, social and corporate governance is a political hot potato and it's losing steam. Here are 5 blows to ESG in Five For Friday.

S&P drops ratings after Musk complains. Here are 5 recent blows to ESG.

With the Bud Light boycott, it was clear Coors Light and Miller Lite would benefit. But before long, Mexican lager Modelo Especial was on everyone's lips.

How Mexican beer Modelo Especial shot to the top thanks to Bud Light boycott

According to a former Anheuser-Busch executive, there are two reasons why the boycott against Bud Light has been so impactful.

They said boycotts rarely work. This is why Bud Light is different.

Customers are suing Taco Bell for selling less-than-beefy menu items compared with its ads. These 5 companies also faced false advertising claims.

Taco Bell sued for beefy false advertising, 5 companies settled suits

The "Barbenheimer" phenomenon that took movie theaters by storm this summer isn't enough to divert the storm cloud brewing from strikes.

‘Barbenheimer’ is a billion-dollar blast for box office but strikes loom large

Hype is growing the Fed will achieve the rare soft landing, where it drives down inflation without triggering a recession. But is it too good to be true?

Beware consensus over Fed nailing soft landing, former Fed adviser says

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The threat of a UPS worker strike highlights how few players there are in the shipping industry. Four companies control 98% of the market.

UPS strike ‘catastrophe’ avoided but threat spotlights issues with US shipping

Whatever happened to that recession? Consumer confidence is soaring as the Fed prepares to hike its interest rate again.

Fed set to hike rate again as consumer confidence in economy hits 2-year high

Amid Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's trip to China, here's how U.S.-China tensions are affecting business in this week's Five For Friday.

Janet Yellen in China as countries clash over trade, chips and espionage

Forget the cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Zuck is stepping into the ring with Twitter instead, Threads in hand.

Meta’s Threads threatens Twitter’s turf with 30 million signups and no ads, yet

The SCOTUS ruled Biden overstepped his authority in canceling student loan debt. Here's what borrowers need to know as repayment resumes.

3 things to know now that Supreme Court blocked Biden’s student loan cancellation

AI has been all the rage since ChatGPT went mainstream. Here are 5 companies that are using the technology in this week's Five For Friday.

How 5 companies are already using AI, from Mercedes to Wendy’s

With the end of the work-from-home era, here are some of the coolest offices on the planet in this week’s Five For Friday.

From nuclear bunkers to pirate ships: 5 coolest offices on the planet

Consumer price inflation saw a big slowdown in May thanks to stable food prices and dropping energy prices, but core inflation stayed hot.

Significant slowdown: May consumer price inflation at 4% but core stays hot

Apple has entered the AR/VR chat with its $3,499 Apple Vision Pro headset. Here are Apple’s biggest innovations in history in Five For Friday.

Apple Vision Pro is here. Here are Apple’s top 5 life-changing innovations.

In a shocking score for MLS, superstar Lionel Messi reportedly turned down $1.5B from Saudi Arabia's oil coffers to play for Inter Miami.

The ‘fancy financing’ used to draw Lionel Messi to Miami over Saudi’s $1.5B offer

The U.S. economy added 390,000 jobs in May, smashing estimates of 190,000, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7%.

US adds 339,000 jobs in May, smashing estimates, while unemployment rises

Adidas is selling Yeezy sneakers again after a public breakup with Kanye West. Here are the brands that made a comeback in Five For Friday.

Adidas Yeezy sneakers are back. These 5 brands also made comebacks.

McCarthy didn't get steep spending cuts. President Biden didn't get a clean debt ceiling hike. Here's why both still won, according to a GOP economist.

Who wins debt ceiling deal, Biden or McCarthy? Fmr. Trump adviser says both

President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy announced Saturday they have a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default.

Biden, McCarthy strike deal to avoid default. Now it’s up to Congress.

An AI-generated image of an explosion near the Pentagon moved the stock market. It's not the first time fake news caused real financial hits.

5 fake news reports that caused real dips in the stock market

Fitch Ratings turned negative on the U.S.'s AAA credit rating as it gets closer to debt default. Here's how a credit downgrade played out in 2011.

US risks credit downgrade ahead of debt default. Here’s what happened last time.

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