Business Update

Already having faced an energy crisis five years ago, more European consumers believe they are “one Trump-ignited war away” from crushing costs. Source link

A panel of federal judges blocked President Trump from imposing the tariff on most imports. Source link

Stock investors are betting that companies will make enormous profits, despite the war. But investors in bonds, including U.S. Treasuries, have other concerns. Source link

The debt is outgrowing the size of America’s economy. The president’s policies could accelerate the country’s fiscal headaches, experts say, unless policymakers intervene. Source link

After a crush of promises in 2016 that autonomous cars would soon rule the road, companies whose tech underpinned them have shifted to other industries, like managing shipyards and city traffic. Source link

The platform for betting on sports, politics, the weather and more has raised $1 billion and sees big financial firms as a key source of growth. Source link

The oil giant’s earnings in the first three months of the year were more than double the previous quarter’s and followed similarly strong results of European rivals. Source link

The popular prediction market platform has just raised a new funding round that values it at $22 billion, double what it was worth in December. Source link

Fallout from the war in Iran didn’t dampen quarterly results at McDonald’s, Burger King and Taco Bell. Source link

The Ministry of Awe, a new immersive experience in a former bank in Philadelphia, aims to help locate the wondrous in the everyday. Source link