Costco said Thursday it would return any recovered tariff charges to members through lower prices and better values, even as CEO Ron Vachris warned that the "future impact of tariffs remains extremely fluid."
Why it matters: The warehouse giant is positioning itself as a buffer between trade policy volatility and shoppers' wallets.
America's regional amusement parks aren't having much fun.
Why it matters: Parks like Six Flags and SeaWorld have been staples in the entertainment landscape of middle America for decades — but they're falling behind as patrons turn to a growing universe of alternative entertainment options.
The Trump administration is reportedly weighing rules that would require foreign buyers to obtain licenses from the U.S. government to buy American AI chips.
Why it matters: The AI chips sector has been flourishing as tech companies ramp up their spending on data centers and new AI models, underpinning the broader market.
Why it matters: While the new index from Claude's maker shows "limited evidence" that AI has affected joblessness so far, the effort enters a larger debate among economists over how a possible "AI labor doom and gloom" scenario should be tracked in the first place.
Victoria's Secret is betting that making lingerie "fun" again can reverse years of heavy discounting and sliding sales.
Why it matters: Results released Thursday suggest the company is beginning to rebuild brand relevance and pricing power after a decade marked by an outdated image, cultural backlash and intensifying competition.
Rachael Horwitz has joined fintech company Airwallex as senior vice president, global communications and public affairs.
Why it matters: The global payments company, which is valued at $8 billion, is eyeing a potential IPO and beefing up its communications function in the meantime.
Roughly 1 in 4 corporate affairs and communications leaders say they will dedicate more than 10%of their budget to AI tools, but a majority (88%) aren't prepared to lead the AI transformation for their function, according to a new study by BCG.
Why it matters: Finding the money is just the first of many steps for implementing AI.
Former Pfizer executive Sally Susman has been appointed to the global executive board of FGS Global, Axios is first to report.
Why it matters: Susman brings the perspective of a Fortune 100 chief corporate affairs officer at a moment when CEOs are navigating heightened volatility, stakeholder activism and political backlash.
Corporate giantson Thursdayunveiled a $100 million effort to stake projects that cut climate "superpollutants" like methane, black carbon and refrigerant gases.
Why it matters: These substances are "responsible for roughly half of all climate warming to date and can contribute to harmful air pollution," per the Superpollutant Action Initiative.
Women's History Month is here, along with some data showing that women drove most of the job growth in the U.S. last year.
Why it matters: The strongest areas for job growth were in health care and education, two areas where women dominate.
On the flip-side, male-dominated sectors, like construction, had less growth, in part because the White House immigration crackdown made it harder to find workers.
Zoom in: Last year, the number of jobs added by women was nearly three times the rate of men, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics highlighted in a new report from Bank of America Institute.
Private education and health care — where women account for 77% of workers — drove the increase, the report explains. Those sectors added around 800,000 jobs in 2025.
All other sectors, including the government, lost around 500,000 jobs.
Reality check: It was a weak year for the job market overall. Black women, for instance, saw a spike in unemployment.
What to watch: We'll get a better sense of the labor market tomorrow, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases employment data for February.
The January report found that health care was still driving much of the nation's job growth this year. Construction employment showed signs of improvement, after growth was essentially flat in 2025, per the report.
The dollar is so back. The U.S. currency — subject to a good deal of bad press for the past year or so — has strengthened in value against other currencies since the Iran war began.
Why it matters: It's not that people are falling in love with America again. It's more as if investors are running for safety toward the best option. And, like it or not, that's still the U.S. dollar.
Target is expanding its store footprint — opening its 2,000th location this month and outlining plans to add more than 30 new stores in 2026.
Why it matters: The Minneapolis-based retailer is betting that better stores, faster fulfillment and more locations will fuel its next growth chapter under new CEO Michael Fiddelke — choosing to expand while many retailers scale back.
A top trade court ordered the Trump administration on Wednesday to start refunding tariffs to U.S. businesses.
Why it matters: The order is the most significant to date in what is expected to be a politically fraught, and possibly lengthy, process of getting hundreds of billions of dollars back to importers.
The (literal) big picture: In the bleak early days of the pandemic in March 2020, while taking a lonely walk through my deserted neighborhood, I passed an early blooming flower. A small, yellow sign of hope.
Something compelled me to pull out my phone and take a picture, which was not at all my usual habit.
Robinhood rolled out new products to let families manage money together on the platform, including a feature that allows users to share or not share certain accounts — which could include prediction trades or other investments — from other family members.
Why it matters: Robinhood says prediction markets are its fastest-growing business ever.
The U.S. and Israel's war with Iran is likely to impact people around the world as tensions escalate around the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway on Iran's southern coast, where traffic has ground to a halt.
Why it matters: Trade disruptions along this key waterway on Iran's southern coast that handles 25% of the world's maritime oil trade and 20% of liquefied natural gas shipments will likely produce a domino effect across the global economy.
