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S&P Global’s flash PMI reading hits 26-month high; TikTok strikes back at U.S. divestiture law; China asks Visa, Mastercard to lower fees; campaign donations poured into presidential race in May.

Markets close mixed; New housing construction drops to the lowest level since 2020; TikTok argues against a ban in court; Car dealerships grapple with a software outage.

The chipmaker’s market value surpasses Microsoft’s; Russia’s Putin signs trade deals with Vietnam; Supreme Court upholds tax on foreign investments; OpenAI founder Sutskever starts new A.I. company, promising safety focus.

Stock markets rise; manufacturing output goes up; EV startup Fisker goes bankrupt; Nvidia becomes world’s most valuable company.

The Commerce Department says retail sales last month rose just a tenth of a percent last month; New York Fed Chair John Williams says the economy is moving in the right direction; another whistleblower for Boeing; a new poll shows about half of Americans say it’s extremely or very important for the government to provide debt relief for medical bills.

Stocks climb to new heights; The Justice Department sues Adobe; China launches a retaliatory investigation into European pork imports; Ultium workers ratify a new contract..