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This new member of the All Weather Stock list looks to be immune from the macroeconomic rollercoaster unfolding — which could get worse this week when the reciprocal tariff plan is unveiled.

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A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. The race to develop more convenient versions of drugs that lower cholesterol is heating up after AstraZeneca released encouraging new data on an experimental pill. AstraZeneca and Merck are the main drugmakers testing oral versions of so-called PCSK9 Inhibitors, which reduce levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, or what is known as "bad" cholesterol. Those medications, such as Amgen's Repatha, are typically injections.

Michael Ramlet's best employees consistently share a single soft skill, he says: intellectual curiosity. "That is the common trait, whether it's out of my co-founders [or] it's somebody that walks in the door just out of school," says Ramlet, the co-founder and CEO of global data intelligence firm Morning Consult. Insatiable curiosity is perhaps obviously important for the data intelligence industry, Ramlet notes — but it'll become more crucial for nearly every other type of job as the artificial intelligence industry grows, he says.

Monday was the last trading day of the quarter. U.S. stocks took a heavy beating during the period: Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite broke their five-quarter winning streaks and suffered their heaviest three-month losses since 2022. The Nasdaq remains in correction territory. If the first quarter of the year was bumpy, the second could be much more treacherous. Read more: cnb.cx/3FSCXoE

President Donald Trump is set Wednesday to begin the biggest gamble of his nascent second term, wagering that broad-based tariffs on imports will jumpstart a new era for the U.S. economy. The stakes couldn't be higher. As the president prepares his "liberation day" announcement, household sentiment is at multi-year lows. Consumers worry that the duties will spark another round of painful inflation, and investors are fretting that higher prices will mean lower profits and a tougher slog for the battered stock market.

Meta's head of artificial intelligence research announced Tuesday that she will be leaving the company. Joelle Pineau, the company's vice president of AI research, announced her departure in a LinkedIn post, saying her last day at the social media company will be May 30. Her departure comes at a challenging time for Meta. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made AI a top priority, investing billions of dollars in an effort to become the market leader ahead of rivals like OpenAI and Google.

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Paper checks were already dying a slow death. President Donald Trump on March 25 signed an executive order mandating that all federal departments and agencies end their use of paper checks and switch to electronic payments by Sept. 30. The U.S. Treasury now has about six months to phase out the paper checks it uses for various purposes, including tax refunds and the roughly 456,000 Social Security checks that are mailed monthly.

Tesla’s stock plummeted 36% in the first three months of the year, its steepest drop since 2022 and third-biggest decline for any quarter on record. The company has seen declining new vehicle sales and faces concerns surrounding President Trump’s tariffs as well as protests related to CEO Elon Musk’s role in the administration. Read more: cnb.cx/4ceE9hV