内容摘要：Indexes were close to flat in both Shanghai and Hong Kong after the Chinese government said

Indexes were close to flat in both Shanghai and Hong Kong after the Chinese government said

Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey pointed to “the range of near-term outcomes being exceedingly wide and difficult to predict,” though the company did say it expects sales to grow between 3.5% and 4.5%, not including the swings that shifting values of foreign currencies can bring.The nation’s largest retailer also said that it must raise prices due to higher costs caused by Trump’s tariffs.

Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Equipment maker Deere said it’s seeing “near-term market challenges” and called the situation “dynamic,” as many other companies have. It lowered the bottom end of its forecasted range of profit for the full year. But Deere’s stock nevertheless rose 3.8% after it reported a stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected.

Cisco Systems was another winner and rose 4.8% after the tech giant likewise topped expectations for profit. Analysts said they’re optimistic about Cisco’s artificial-intelligence prospects.Elsewhere on Wall Street, Dick’s Sporting Goods tumbled 14.6% after it said it would

. Dick’s also said that it made a better profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected.

Traders Jonathan Mueller, right, and Michael Capolino work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Madonna, whose family hails from Italy’s Abruzzo region, has been in Italy for several days, reportedly as a guest of designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.

On Tuesday evening, she was filmed taking an evening walk in the Ligurian resort of Portofino wearing black lace and carrying an umbrella. She later dined with her two daughters and entourage at Portofino’s famous Puny Restaurant on the main piazza.Madonna ended her respective “Celebration Tour” in May with a free concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.

An email to Madonna’s publicist was not immediately returned.MADRID (AP) — It’s the eyes peering from the canvases that get him, their gaze piercing the boundary between art and life.