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S&P 500 companies are generally exceeding analysts’ earnings estimates, but the average beat is the narrowest in roughly four years. Companies are therefore clearing expectations with far less room to spare than in recent reporting periods.
1:00 PMMarketWatch
New disclosures show Apple saved $2.7 billion in taxes by booking profits in Singapore, which has overtaken Ireland as the company's largest tax shelter.
12:00 AMFinancial Times
NAR is offering MLSs optional rules that could give them up to a 50% copyright interest in certain listing content. The framework also includes quarterly registration requirements and allows brokers to opt out.
4:46 PMHousing WireSummary
S&P 500 companies are generally exceeding analysts’ earnings estimates, but the average beat is the narrowest in roughly four years. Companies are therefore clearing expectations with far less room to spare than in recent reporting periods.
The shrinking earnings cushion raises the risk that even modest disappointments will trigger sharper market
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Narrower earnings beats leave stock prices more exposed to disappointing results and weaker corporate performance.
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New disclosures show Apple saved $2.7 billion in taxes by booking profits in Singapore, which has overtaken Ireland as the company's largest tax shelter.
The shift puts Singapore at the center of Apple's tax strategy and shows how multinational
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Apple's tax savings expose the gap between where global profits are generated and where they are taxed.
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NAR is offering MLSs optional rules that could give them up to a 50% copyright interest in certain listing content. The framework also includes quarterly registration requirements and allows brokers to opt out.
The key shift is that MLSs could claim a formal ownership stake in listing data
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The options could reshape who controls, licenses, and monetizes the listing data that powers real estate marketplaces.
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Funeral-home operators are turning their properties into venues for weddings, golf outings and other events as demand for traditional burials declines. The shift reflects a broader effort to keep revenue flowing as families choose less conventional services.
1:00 PMMarketWatch
A survey of 1,006 U.S. workers found that 69% said staying reachable after hours has not helped their careers, while only 8% said it helped them win a promotion. Gen Z reported the least pressure to remain constantly available.
3:00 PMFortune
Manufacturers in Union, South Carolina, report solid demand and continued investment, even as they face higher costs, rapid technological change and uncertain government policy. Their experience offers a ground-level view of economic conditions that broader data may obscure.
8:03 AMBloomberg MarketsSummary
Funeral-home operators are turning their properties into venues for weddings, golf outings and other events as demand for traditional burials declines. The shift reflects a broader effort to keep revenue flowing as families choose less conventional services.
Declining burial demand is forcing funeral homes to treat their real estate as an asset
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A decline in traditional burials is pushing funeral homes into the broader events business to preserve their economics.
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A survey of 1,006 U.S. workers found that 69% said staying reachable after hours has not helped their careers, while only 8% said it helped them win a promotion. Gen Z reported the least pressure to remain constantly available.
After-hours availability delivers little measurable career benefit for most workers, weakening the case for treating
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If availability rarely improves advancement, workers and employers have an incentive to replace performative responsiveness with clearer performance measures.
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Manufacturers in Union, South Carolina, report solid demand and continued investment, even as they face higher costs, rapid technological change and uncertain government policy. Their experience offers a ground-level view of economic conditions that broader data may obscure.
The economy is still generating industrial demand, but businesses are making investment decisions under greater
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Factory activity suggests the economy remains resilient, but rising costs and policy uncertainty could determine how long that resilience lasts.
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