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Walmart Crashes Most Since 2022 After Huge Comp Store Sales Miss
Walmart Crashes Most Since 2022 After Huge Comp Store Sales Miss
Walmart is tumbling after posting disappointing guidance while quarterly sales fell short of expectations, a rare miss for the world's largest bricks and mortar retailer, that is stoking concerns about the leading big-box retailer decelerating alongside a slow-growing US economy.
Comp store sales at US stores open at least a year, excluding fuel, rose 2.6% in the second quarter, far below the lowest analyst estimate compiled by Bloomberg.
That growth rate, which reflected "125 bps headwind from pharmacy deflation and brand-to-generic...
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Jun 12, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Public Schools Are In A Downward Spiral
Public Schools Are In A Downward Spiral
Authored by Larry Sand via Heartland.org,
After decades of steady growth, attendance in U.S. K-12 public schools has shifted drastically. Over the past five years, registration has fallen by 2.3 percent, or 1.18 million students, and schools show no signs of rebounding. Lower birth rates are the primary driver of the downturn. The number of births has decreased steadily in recent years, with 690,000 fewer children born in 2024 than in 2007.
California lost nearly 75,000 K-12 students as of the 2025-26 school year, a slide more than twice as steep...
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May 5, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Job Openings Drop But More Than Offset By Record Surge In Hiring
Job Openings Drop But More Than Offset By Record Surge In Hiring
Two months ago, the BLS reported that January job openings unexpectedly soared by 400K, the biggest increase since November 2024, to 6.946MM, the highest since last October. Then, one month later it turned out the jump was even higher than that when the BLS published the February JOLTS print, when we learned that the January job print was revised massively higher by another 300K to 7.240MM from 6.946MM, a surge of 690K and the biggest since 2022; February job...
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May 18, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Trump: Holding Off 'Planned' Attack On Iran At Request Of Gulf Allies, 'Deal Will Be Made'
Trump: Holding Off 'Planned' Attack On Iran At Request Of Gulf Allies, 'Deal Will Be Made'
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Trump says holding off on 'planned' Tuesday attack upon request of Gulf states.
US denies earlier Tasnim report of agreeing to lift oil sanctions during talks; Trump tells NYP 'not open' to Iran concessions.
Trump calls for Iran's total military surrender in Monday morning Truth Social post.
Oil rebounds on Tasnim reporting Iranian denial: Tehran "under no circumstances" will negotiate nuclear issue as part of an end to the war.
A flurry of (the somewhat typically-timed) Monday opener...
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