AI driven layoffs and immigration crackdowns are hitting the labor market at once. As white- and blue-collar jobs disappear, weakening consumer confidence threatens the spending that underpins the American economy.

Citigroup’s planned divestment of Banamex reveals a stark valuation gap, with offers far below peers. A future IPO may recover value, but weak market depth, regulatory overhang and investor skepticism make the outcome far from certain.

One activist email can now do what used to take a full proxy war: topple a CEO. With record campaigns and the Universal Proxy Card turning every board seat into open combat, corporate governance has become faster, louder, and far more ruthless than ever before.

[This is a test article] As Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, Tim Moore helps set the rules for America’s markets. He is also betting millions that those markets, and the small businesses they support, are about to fail.

[This is a test article] Beijing can move markets with decrees, but it cannot rewrite the fundamentals dragging the economy down.