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 by the Electronic Payments Coalition.

Inflation cooled last month, offering some relief to Americans, but don't count on it to last.

Plus, big banks raked in soaring profits last quarter.

We're in a very healthy act of exuber and market, but very high prices and very high volumes, we benefit from that.

You just don't know how long it will continue.

And a T-Rex named Gus just

became the world's most expensive dinosaur. It's Tuesday, July 14th. I'm Alex O'Sullough for the

Wall Street Journal. This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business

stories that move the world today.

New data out today show that consumer prices were up 3.5% last month from a year earlier,

beating analyst expectations and giving Americans a bit of a break on inflation.

Prices rose somewhat more in May.

They were up 4.2% that month. The news came as Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh testified before Congress

today, telling lawmakers that the central bank won't tolerate high inflation. There might be some

that look at this morning's data and say, oh, mission accomplished, everything is swell. That is not my

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