Business Matters Full Broadcast (April 26)

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge surged at a higher-than-expected pace, highlighting the persistent struggle to return inflation to the central bank’s 2 percent target. Alphabet Inc. announced a first-time-ever dividend program and a $70 billion buyback of its own stock that could revitalize the tech company for the next year. TikTok’s Beijing-based owner ByteDance denied media reports of selling the platform as the company faces a mandate to either divest the firm or be banned from the United States.