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  Stocks tumble as Walmart sales growth forecast disappoints

  Stocks tumbled from all-time highs Thursday in the wake of Walmart projecting a lower-than-expected sales outlook.
  
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  Walmart’s Gloomy Sales Forecast Shows Customers Are Still Feeling the Inflation Squeeze

  The company’s earnings forecast for the fiscal year fell below analysts’ expectations.
  
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• Home Depot earnings beat Wall Street estimates, as retailer breaks comparable sales losing streak

  Home Depot narrowly beat fourth-quarter earnings estimates, but it gave lackluster sales guidance as high interest rates and home prices pose challenges.
  
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  Remains of U.K. man missing for more than 2 years found in Georgia woods, FBI says

  The remains of a United Kingdom man missing for nearly two-and-a-half years have been found in a privately owned wooded area near Kingsland, Georgia, the FBI said.
  
  NBC News - 1d

• Earnings estimates are flatlining. This strategist says stop buying stocks.

  Truist Advisory Services cut its view on equities to neutral, saying the risk/reward backdrop is looking more mixed.
  
  MarketWatch - 20h

• Here’s why more than $1 billion in sales was not enough for Grocery Outlet

  Grocery Outlet Holding Co.’s sales topped $1 billion in the fourth quarter, slightly above Wall Street expectations, but weaker quarterly profits and 2025 guidance dragged the stock down more than ...
  
  MarketWatch - 5h

• Videogame giants are spending more money but losing players — and profits

  Sony, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft reflect an industrywide misunderstanding (or perhaps disregard) of what gamers value.
  
  MarketWatch - 3d
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  U.K. to Raise Defense Spending to 2.5% of G.D.P. by 2027, Starmer Says

  Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is set to meet with President Trump on Thursday, said he would increase British spending on defense to 2.5 percent of G.D.P. by 2027.
  
  The New York Times - 14h
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  ‘No more excuses’: Europe under pressure on defence spending three years after Russian invasion

  Continent is being told to take more responsibility for its own defence in light of US president’s overtures to Putin. A few days after Vladimir Putin sent Russia’s invading forces into Ukraine in ...
  
  The Guardian - 2d

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  One analyst says the new growth goals seem achievable. Another worries competition from Apple Pay might get in the way.
  
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• Generation X is ready for senior living. Here’s what they want.

  Retirement communities are courting members of Gen X, who will outnumber baby boomers in 2028.
  
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• AMC’s stock climbs as improving box office boosts Q4 revenue, while CEO slams ‘crackpot conspiracy theorists’

  AMC Entertainment Holdings shares rose in extended trading Tuesday after the movie-theater chain and original meme stock reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue, lifted by an improving ...
  
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• Lucid aims to double EV production this year, stock rallies nearly 10%

  Shares of Lucid Group Inc. shot up in after-hours trading Tuesday after the luxury EV maker narrowed its quarterly loss and announced a CEO change.
  
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• Boeing’s Stephanie Pope, once on CEO shortlist, is out as COO

  Boeing Co. said late Tuesday that Stephanie Pope, once on a short list to become the aerospace and defense giant’s chief executive, is no longer its chief operating officer.
  
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• World's largest brewer AB InBev posts fourth-quarter revenue beat even as volumes slide

  The drinks maker, whose brands include Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois, reported an 3.4% increase in fourth-quarter revenue to $14.84 billion.
  
  CNBC - 15m

• 'The knowledge economy is on the way out.' These are the skills workers will need in the age of AI, says LinkedIn

  Skills such as creativity, curiosity, courage, compassion and communication will be key as AI continues to disrupt workforces, said LinkedIn's Aneesh Raman.
  
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• The record-breaking run of 'Ne Zha 2' may seem like a surprise. It shouldn't

  For someone who's lived in China since before the pandemic, the success of the animated film "Ne Zha 2" marks more of an industry milestone than a surprise.
  
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  Reeves’ private share trading plan criticised by executives

  Venture capitalists question who would use system designed to arrest slide of UK capital markets
  
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• Singapore alternative meat startups target resurgence after sector setbacks

  To Singapore shoppers, plant-protein patties probably only exist in recent memory – of seeing them on promotion in grocers and eateries in the early 2020s.
  
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