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The European Union's industry chief vowed Wednesday to allow "flexibility" for the region's struggling auto sector, fuelling hopes the bloc could soften a planned 2035 ban on combustion-engine vehicle sales.

Counterpoint also noted that Apple has “benefitted from lower-than-expected” impacts from U.S. tariffs and a softening of geopolitical tensions.

The dirtiest laundry isn’t aired, and even at nine hours, it clips along so swiftly that the hardest times feel softened.

Over the past decade, that attitude has softened.

Discount retailers have been enjoying a wave of bargain hunting by shoppers — and not just those in the lower-income cohort who have been pressured by stubborn inflation and a softening labor market.