Trump’s tariffs, Walmart’s DEI rollback, and Elon Musk’s Nvidia chips: Business news roundup

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Walmart (WMT) is joining a slew of other major corporations — including automakers Toyota Motor (TM) and Ford Motor Co. (F) — in rolling back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives after facing potential conservative boycotts.

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For many of America’s top business and finance leaders, backing Trump in his quest to return to the White House was a straightforward financial investment that in some cases is already paying off handsomely. It’s not unusual for presidents to hand out diplomatic posts to — and make policy to benefit — their supporters. What happens next could be at another level.

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President-elect Donald Trump

President-elect Donald Trump
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President-elect Donald Trump appears to be making good on at least one of his campaign promises: slapping tariffs on imports from the United States’ biggest trade partners.

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A Spirit Airlines plane
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Spirit Airlines has just given the world a peek into how bad things got at the end before it filed for bankruptcy.

After formally declaring that it would not be able to file its third-quarter earnings report on time, the company finally filed the document Monday. There are no surprises in it. As had been the case for every quarter for the last three years, Spirit presented a loss: $308 million against $1.2 billion in revenue.

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A Jersey Mike’s Subs shop on April 05, 2024 in Petaluma, California.

A Jersey Mike’s Subs shop on April 05, 2024 in Petaluma, California.
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Frozen food section of a supermarket.

Frozen food section of a supermarket.
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A listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products has left one infant dead and least 11 people sick, federal regulators are reporting.

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Elon Musk on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, D.C.
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Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s aggressive pursuit of artificial intelligence chips for his supercomputer has pushed Nvidia (NVDA) to its production limits.

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