Access to affordable credit helps me pay my employees, but I don't really need it.

Infliction is killing me!

But who cares? Big retailers are making record profits!

That's why we support the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill!

See? Banks and credit unions help small businesses make payroll.

This bill would cut the vital resources they need.

While increasing megastore profits, they deserve it. Don't they?

Tell Congress, stop the Durban Marshall money grab for corporate megastores.

Paid for it by the Electronic Payments Coalition.

Here's your closing bell brief for Wednesday, May 27th. I'm Alexis Green for the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. stocks closed at record highs today, despite a slowdown in yesterday's tech rally.

The NASDAQ gained 0.07%, the S&P 500 rose 0.02%, and the Dow was up 0.4%. Meanwhile, oil prices retreated with both U.S. and Brent crude benchmarks

falling to their lowest levels in over a month. Investors reacted to reports of a potential draft

framework between the U.S. and Iran. An agreement hasn't been finalized, and if anything,

traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has slowed. Among individual companies, Micron Technology shares rose nearly

4%. The move followed a record session where the memory chipmaker crossed one trillion dollars

in market value. Other chip and memory stocks fell. Invidia dropped 1%, AMD slid nearly 2%, and

Intel ended the day 1.4% lower. Z-scalers slid around 31 and a half percent

today after the cybersecurity firm issued a cautious outlook for its full fiscal year due to rising

memory costs and leadership changes. PDD shares fell 10 percent after reporting worse than expected

first quarter earnings. The Chinese owner of TEMU missed profit

expectations due to fierce domestic competition and regulatory pressure. And Salesforce reported a

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