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Business news • Apr 16

Amid wellness craze, FDA weighs lifting peptide restrictions

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a self-professed “big fan” of peptides. They have grown in popularity for wellness and antiaging, but many remain...

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Business news • Apr 16

China’s Economy Leans on Infrastructure as Consumers Pull Back

Strong investments in rail lines and other infrastructure offset weak consumer spending and a shrinking trade surplus as the Chinese economy continued to...

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Business news • Apr 16

China's hits economic growth target despite Iran war disruption

China's economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year, even as countries around the world feel the impact of the US-Israel war...

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Business news • Apr 16

China's economy grows at 5% in first quarter, shrugging off initial impact of Iran war

China's economy accelerated in the first quarter of this year, expanding 5% from a year earlier as it largely shrugged off impacts from the Iran war so far.

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Business news • Apr 16

VIEW China's first-quarter growth beats forecast despite Iran war risks

China's economy expanded 5% in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, according to official data on Thursday, surpassing analysts' expectations as...

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Business news • Apr 16

China’s Growth Accelerated in First Quarter

The economy grew 5.0% in the first quarter from a year earlier.

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Business news • Apr 16

China economic growth accelerates to 5% in first quarter, beating expectations, on robust exports

Beijing had lowered its growth target this year to a range of 4.5% to 5%, the least ambitious goal on record going back to the early 1990s.

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Business news • Apr 16

Trump threatens to fire Fed chair Powell if he doesn't leave in May

US President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he does not step aside at the end of his term in May.

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Business news • Apr 16

Stock Market News, April 15, 2026: S&P Hits 7000, Closing at First Record Since January

Surging tech stocks carried the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite to new records on Wednesday, a milestone in major indexes' rebound from war-fueled losses.

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Business news • Apr 16

Oil prices rise on doubts US-Iran peace talks will ease Hormuz disruption

NEW YORK, April 16 (Reuters) - Oil ​prices rose on Thursday on skepticism that forthcoming peace talks between the U.S. and Iran would be able to ‌resolve...

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Business news • Apr 16

FDA to weigh easing limits on unproven peptides favored by RFK Jr. and MAHA supporters

The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting this summer to consider easing restrictions on more than a half dozen peptide injections, a group of...

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Business news • Apr 16

Sneaker Company Allbirds Plans to Pivot to A.I. Yes, A.I.

After selling its business for $39 million last month, the company said it planned to buy powerful computer chips and rebrand itself NewBird AI.

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Business news • Apr 16

How Anthropic Learned Mythos Was Too Dangerous for the Wild

The AI company's own experts warned Mythos could hack the systems beneath most modern computing. Banks and government agencies are racing to gauge the...

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Business news • Apr 16

The AI Cyber Threat Is Here. This Is What You Can Do.

Anthropic's new AI can break into almost any computer system on Earth. A technology researcher who endured a state-sponsored cyberattack explains what comes...

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Business news • Apr 15

Open your own doors? NYC building workers vote to authorize strike.

Some 34000 doormen, concierges, building cleaners and other workers could walk off the job Tuesday morning.

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Business news • Apr 15

Shares in Allbirds surge after maker of wool sneakers announces pivot to AI

Rebrand as NewBird AI sent shares up 582% in bizarre and rapid turnaround for firm that had fallen on hard times.

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Business news • Apr 15

Sazerac bids $15 billion for Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman, source says

U.S. spirits group Sazerac has offered to ‌buy Brown-Forman for about $15 billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, complicating Pernod...

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Business news • Apr 15

First Look At What A Night Stalker MV-75 Cheyenne Will Look Like

The U.S. Army has given us our first glimpse at what the new MV-75A Cheyenne II tiltrotor will look like in its special operations configuration.

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Business news • Apr 15

Trump threatens to fire Powell, won’t halt probe of Fed renovations

President Trump threatened Wednesday to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell if he doesn't step down from the Fed in the coming weeks.

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Business news • Apr 15

Spirit Airlines could liquidate as early as this week, sources say

The carrier is facing the added challenge of a spike in the price of fuel. Fuel is airlines' biggest expense after labor.

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