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Stock market today: Alphabet and Microsoft help Wall Street clinch its best week in nearly 6 months

apnews.com The best week for U.S. stocks since November closed out with more gains thanks to Alphabet and Microsoft on Friday. The S&P 500 rallied 1% to finish its first winning week…

Stablecoins’ $158B high in April: Here’s how USDT, USDC played a part

ambcrypto.com None Stablecoins outperformed the overall market in April and posted a 4.7% growth. Stablecoins defied the broader market retracement in April and surged higher, hitting a…

Southwest Airlines is considering changes to its quirky boarding and seating practices

apnews.com Southwest Airlines is studying changes to its quirky boarding and seating policies as it searches for ways to . Airline officials say they are studying possible changes but…

Influencers in Unscripted TV Are ‘New Voices’ INE Entertainment Bosses Seek: ‘There Are Changes Afoot’

thewrap.com With over 15 years of experience producing reality TV, INE Entertainment comanaging partners Mark Koops and Eric Day have learned to start looking beyond the Hollywood…

Sen. Warren challenger goes to bat for Coinbase, crypto industry in SEC lawsuit

aol.com Massachusetts Senate candidate John Deaton isn’t letting the busy campaign trail prevent him from fighting the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the crypto…

The real reason Republicans are calling for the National Guard to repress protesters

msnbc.com House Speaker Mike Johnson visited Columbia University’s campus on Wednesday afternoon and said he would demand that President Joe Biden intervene in pro-Palestinian…

Thriving while sick: Mentorship platform helps chronically ill workers navigate workplace issues

theglobeandmail.com In 2017, when Toronto-based communications consultant Juliet Mafua was working as an on-air presenter in Nigeria, she had to appear positive and energetic for the camera…

This specific kind of commute is stressing women out

fastcompany.com Women do the bulk of caregiving, whether it’s for children, disabled adults, or the elderly. And according to new research published in Transportation Research Part D:…

Hot Docs Festival: Middle Eastern Films Get Spotlight Amid Israel-Hamas War

hollywoodreporter.com The impact of the Israel-Hamas war covered extensively by the world media and saturating social media platforms has Middle Eastern directors and their films suddenly in the…

Jensen Huang, Sam Altman invited to federal AI Safety Board

theregister.com Leaders of the world's most prominent AI companies are being recruited for the Homeland Security Department's new advisory group. Officially titled the Artificial…

Keityn on Writing for Karol G, Shakira, Maluma & More: ‘Out of 10 Songs I Write, One Becomes a Hit’

billboard.com What’s behind Keityn’s extraordinary ability to pen hits? The 27-year-old from the small city of Palmira, Colombia, was ASCAP’s Latin Music Songwriter of the Year for the…

Jamie-Lynn Sigler Says the ‘Sopranos’ Set Physician Told Her Not to Disclose MS Diagnosis

hollywoodreporter.com Jamie-Lynn Sigler says she was told not to disclose her multiple sclerosis diagnosis on The Sopranos by the set physician. While appearing on Sophia Bush’s podcast Work in…

Seeking student loan forgiveness? A key deadline is coming up

marketplace.org A big deadline is coming up for people with federal student loans to be eligible for forgiveness. Borrowers with certain kinds of federal loans need to consolidate —…

Why can’t I build a plot in Manor Lords?

polygon.com Flexible plots are how you’ll build burgage plots, marketplaces, and farm fields in your Manor Lords town. It’s a pretty intuitive (and satisfying) process with the edges of…

Crypto’s best use case? Buying goats on Twitter

blockworks.co Anyone who says that cryptocurrency is useless needs to spend $50 in crypto to buy a goat in Kenya. All the talk about creating a new type of finance — throwing off the…

So are we banning TikTok or what? Also: Can an influencer really tank an $800M company?

techcrunch.com Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Ticktock, TikTok:…

Are we going to see more nonprofit newsrooms team up?

simonowens.substack.com Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you've received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the…

Why We're Entering An Automation Supercycle

generalist.com You can listen to an audio version of The Generalist on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Over the next decade, intelligent, embodied androids will permeate industrial activities…

The curious case of Temu’s U.S. ‘headquarters’

aol.com Happy Friday, everyone. This is Jason Del Rey. Today, I write to you about one of my journalistic obsessions: Temu, the discount shopping app that has become a favorite of…

Bitcoin halving won’t be enough to sustain a bull run: Kaiko Research

cryptobriefing.com Bitcoin’s latest halving event is unlikely to trigger a sustained bull run over the next 12 to 18 months, according to the report “Bitcoin’s Fourth Halving: This Time is…

The Upfront Evolution Explained: Q&A With DeadLizard's Todd Reinhart

mediapost.com Upfronts are continuing to evolve at an ever increasing pace. I sat down with Todd Reinhart, partner & co-founder of DeadLizard, to get his take. Charlene Weisler: What do…

The IBM-HashiCorp coupling could be more complicated than it seems

techcrunch.com The IBM-HashiCorp coupling could be more complicated than it seems It's may not be the slam dunk it appears at first glance When IBM announced its intention to acquire…

‘This is a game changer’: Jill Stein looks to Israel protests to peel off Democrats

semafor.com The News On Monday, the president celebrated his environmental record to commemorate Earth Day; as he left the podium, he condemned both “antisemitic protests” and people…

Kevin Spacey Documentary Lands at Max, ID for U.S. Release

hollywoodreporter.com Max and ID have acquired U.S. rights to a Channel 4 documentary about Kevin Spacey. The two-part doc, titled Spacey Unmasked, is billed as a “forensic look” at Spacey’s…

ByteDance Says It ‘Doesn’t Have Any Plan to Sell TikTok’

pymnts.com ByteDance reportedly will not sell its U.S. TikTok business, even if it loses its legal battle in the United States. The company said late Thursday (April 25) in a post on…

CNN Analyst Torpedoes Trump By Floating President ‘Kidnapping and Harming’ Supreme Court Justice To Appoint New One

mediaite.com CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams torpedoed former President Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity by floating a scenario in which a president kidnaps and harms a…

E*Trade Vs TD Ameritrade: A Full Comparison With Pros And Cons

247wallst.com So, you want to become a professional trader. Maybe you started trading with a mobile app and want to graduate to a wider range of stocks and trading tools. Perhaps your…

The future of real estate commissions post-Realtor settlement

aol.com Real estate commissions survived the rise of the Internet and decades of attacks from disruption-minded discounters. Now, finally, they might be coming down. A federal…

How Trillville’s ‘Some Cut’ Went from Unlikely Single to Defining Southern Hip-Hop Anthem of the Mid-2000s

billboard.com This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2004 Week wraps here with rap trio Trillville, whose signature…

Despite complaints, Apple hasn’t yet removed an obviously fake app pretending to be RockAuto

techcrunch.com Apple’s App Store isn’t always as trustworthy as the company claims. The latest example comes from RockAuto, an auto parts dealer popular with home mechanics and other…

Stock market today: Alphabet and Microsoft push Wall Street toward its first winning week in a month

abcnews.go.com Alphabet and Microsoft are leading the U.S. stock market toward its first winning week in the last four NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Alphabet and Microsoft are leading the…

Analyst Warns One Crypto Asset Category About To Face a Reckoning, Maps Path Forward for Bitcoin and Hedera

dailyhodl.com A widely followed cryptocurrency analyst and trader believes one type of crypto asset is about to implode. The analyst pseudonymously known as Credible Crypto tells his…

Europe is beating inflation. Why can’t America declare victory?

aol.com Inflation may have tumbled from multi-decade highs on both sides of the Atlantic, but progress has stalled in the United States, with the Federal Reserve now expected to…

Rooting For Trump To Fail Has Made His Stock Shorters Millions

huffpost.com Waiting for the stock to drop is especially painful to “short sellers,” who pay a fee to borrow shares owned by others. The idea is to quickly sell them on a hunch then they…

Why Are There So Many Americans That Can't Find A Job Even Though They Are Desperate To Be Hired?

zerohedge.com Why Are There So Many Americans That Can't Find A Job Even Though They Are Desperate To Be Hired? Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, According to the…

How The CW’s ‘Sight Unseen’ Built a Production For and Driven By Blind and Low Vision Creatives

hollywoodreporter.com When Orphan Black co-creator John Fawcett read Kat and Niko Troubetzkoy’s new The CW show Sight Unseen, his response gave the half-sisters, who were producers on his own…

Morgan Stanley Considers Allowing 15,000 Brokers to Recommend Bitcoin ETFs

bitcoinnews.com Morgan Stanley is reportedly considering empowering its vast network of brokers to recommend Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) to clients, which could significantly boost…

Net Neutrality Has Finally Been Restored, But What Actually Is It?

tech.co On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to restore net neutrality and roll out tougher broadband regulations to ensure internet speeds and access are…

What Are The Current Fidelity Rewards For Customers?

247wallst.com Fidelity customers can earn rewards through the Fidelity Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card. The Fidelity credit card gives you 2% cash back on every purchase. You can spend…

Blinken meets Xi in Beijing to ease escalating tensions

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from the South China Morning Post and Nikkei Asia The News US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in…

Weinstein Reversal May Make It Harder for Other #MeToo Convictions, but It Won’t Affect California

thewrap.com The Harvey Weinstein conviction reversal on Thursday may affect future #MeToo cases in New York, but it probably won’t upset the former movie mogul’s conviction in…

Leak Reveals Another Huge Wall Street Bitcoin ETF Price Earthquake Could Be About To Hit Crypto

forbes.com Bitcoin has traded sideways since its halving supply cut last week—with billionaire Mark Cuban issuing a stark warning. Subscribe now to Forbes' CryptoAsset & Blockchain…

Traders hating on Trump Media are making millions betting against it

fastcompany.com Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable.Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively made tens of millions of…

The Top 3 S&P 500 Stocks to Buy in April 2024

investorplace.com The S&P 500 has been a solid index for long-term investors. Some years are better than others, but the index has generally moved upward in the long run. The index’s 5-year,…

China signals TikTok should fight ‘robbers’ sell-or-ban U.S. law meant ‘to snatch from others all the good things that they have’

fortune.com TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent company, a move almost…

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