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Welcome back to the weekly Scoops Spotlight, where we’ll serve up a little summary of the week with the company scoops that got the most community reactions.
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🌎 The Big Picture
The market climbed this week as investors continued hoping that tariffs are only a short-term problem. First-quarter financial reports from America's biggest businesses continue to exceed expectations, providing a reminder that the economy was on a solid trajectory before the tariff and trade war escalation.
More legal challenges to the White House's authority to impose tariffs offer glimmers of hope that the entire tariff suite would be repealed.
The White House continues to retreat and soften its aggressive rhetoric toward China and other trade partners while promising that trade deals will materialize within weeks.
All of this has investors starting to see more light at the end of the tunnel, but it’s a fragile calm.
Layoffs have stayed low, and some retirees saw their Social Security checks increase this week, giving many households more breathing room.
But trade uncertainty, inflation fears, and rising borrowing costs are all making businesses more cautious, stalling the housing market, and straining budgets.
How are you feeling about the economy? |
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🏭 The Companies Everyone’s Talking About
 Netflix Inc 👍 63% 👥 56% | 🌏 51% | 💰 55% | Ad Revenue Netflix is seeing its bets on new strategies pay off, with revenue jumping 13% as more people subscribe and its advertising business gains traction. A recent price increase for its various plans also helped boost revenue. The streaming giant is focused on boosting its advertising capabilities, having launched its ad technology platform to offer better options for advertisers. |
 American Airlines Group 👍 36% 👥 51% | 🌏 47% | 💰 49% | Losing Altitude American Airlines reported a first-quarter loss of $473 million, citing economic uncertainty and weaker US leisure travel bookings. It didn't even offer 2025 financial projections. The airline's loss was wider than the $312 million loss it posted a year earlier, reporting revenue of only $12.55 billion, nearly unchanged from last year. |
 Southwest Airlines Co 👍 37% 👥 46% | 🌏 49% | 💰 51% | Fewer Flights Southwest Airlines is reducing its flight capacity for the rest of the year due to weaker travel demand and general economic uncertainty. The airline has taken several steps to protect its profit margins as travel demand slows, including introducing basic economy and ending its trademark bags-fly-free benefits next month. |
 Tyson Foods, Inc 👍 50% 👥 51% | 🌏 46% | 💰 53% | Pork Price Fixing Tyson Foods and two other pork processors have agreed to pay $64 million to resolve a lawsuit claiming they conspired to fix prices for food services providers, with total settlements in the case now exceeding $180 million. This settlement is part of a broader set of cases accusing meat producers of fixing prices in their markets, which has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements, though the company denied any wrongdoing. |
 Eli Lilly and Co 👍 57% 👥 51% | 🌏 49% | 💰 53% | Stopping Fakes Eli Lilly is suing four telehealth sites for selling compounded versions of its weight loss drug Zepbound and diabetes treatment Mounjaro, claiming they deceive consumers and turn them away from its medicines. The lawsuits are part of Lilly's efforts to crack down on the booming industry of copycat drugs, which has grown amid shortages of popular treatments like Zepbound and Novo Nordisk's Wegovy. |
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❔ The Big Question of the Week
Do you think wages should grow in tandem with profits? |
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