The Business News Headlines 14 May 2026

Investors today put a bunch of issues in the rearview mirror and U.S. market soared and set records. We'll start with that story this evening. This is the Business News Headlines for Thursday the 14th day of May, thank you for being with us. In other news, retail sales slipped in April and we’ll share what happened. Remember when we were warned that AI would take jobs away from folks…we have an update. The EPA wants to allow polluted water from coal fired power plants to be discharged into rivers and streams. Honda records a huge loss and we’ll share why. We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and jobless claims rose last week and we will share the details.

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