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Yahoo Finance
- Starbucks Stock Tanks as Earnings Disappoint. It Could Get Worse
- Mastercard Stock Retreats After Cutting 2024 Forecast
- If You Invested $5,000 in Nvidia Stock 10 Years Ago, This Is How Much You Would Have Now
- Pfizer Jumps On Hiked Guidance, Big Earnings Beat
- Why Is Everyone Talking About Intel Stock?
- Fidelity: Here's How Much Should You Save and Withdraw for Retirement
- Mastercard's profit beats on strong card spending by U.S. consumers
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Google Business
- I have some questions about what Changpeng Zhao gave to the feds
- First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Sinks Below $58K in Run-Up to Fed Decision
- Donald Trump just got another $1.8 billion worth of Trump Media stock
- Tesla staff say firm's entire Supercharger team fired
- Bitcoin Crashes to $57,000 and Ethereum Slips Below $3,000 Hours Before Fed Meeting
- Denmark to restrict Ozempic, other GLP-1 drugs, to treat type 2 diabetes
- Quarterly Refunding Statement of Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets Josh Frost
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Tipranks
- Nichols PLC Shares Transferred for Option Exercise
- Ascential plc Reports Total Voting Rights
- Spirent Communications Reports AGM Outcomes
- Made Tech CFO Buys Shares, Signals Confidence
- UBS Group AG Modifies Stake in Ascential PLC
- Edinburgh Investment Trust’s Share Capital Update
- Goldman Sachs Adjusts Stake in DS Smith PLC
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Movers
Trending Topics
AP News
- No need to go guess: Mom knows best what she wants for Mother's Day
- The botched FAFSA rollout leaves students in limbo. Some wonder if their college dreams will survive
- Ford recalls Maverick pickups in US because tail lights can go dark, increasing the risk of a crash
- CVS Health chops 2024 forecast as cost struggles with Medicare Advantage persist
- Japan's Kishida will stress rules-based global order, support for emerging nations at OECD meeting
- J&J subsidiary proposes paying about $6.48B over 25 years to settle talc lawsuits
- News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds
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Wall Street Journal
- Marjorie Taylor Greene to Force Vote on Ousting Speaker Mike Johnson Next Week
- Declassifying Cannabis Still Leaves Pot Stocks in Limbo
- Truth Social Grants Donald Trump a New $1.8 Billion Stock Bonus
- Natural Gas Falls on Weak Demand
- Paul Auster, Prolific American Writer and Filmmaker, Dies at 77
- Goldman Promotes Partner to Senior Deal Role
- The New Math of Driving Your Car Till the Wheels Fall Off
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Financial Times
- Houthis extend attacks on shipping to wider Indian Ocean
- Flying taxi start-up Volocopter in crunch talks with investors
- Paul Auster, novelist, 1947-2024
- Ireland breaks up asylum seeker ‘shantytown’ amid dispute with UK
- Power price plunge means cuts for Europe’s utilities
- Adults, not students, are America’s problem
- Georgia cracks down on pro-EU protesters in Russia pivot
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Bloomberg
- UnitedHealth CEO Defends Cyberattack Response to Congress
- Billionaire Bollore Weighs Building EV Battery Factory in France
- Microsoft Boosts Responsible AI Team From 350 to 400 Personnel
- GOP Hardliners Plan to Force Vote on Deposing Speaker Johnson
- Cyber Startup Raises $35 Million for Emerging Credentials Threat
- This Beauty Pioneer Is Taking the Next Generation Under Her Wing
- Dubai Billionaire’s Children Plan to Revive Troubled World Islands
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Reuters
- Mastercard's profit beats on strong card spending by U.S. consumers
- Starbucks shares tumble as China, US demand slowdown clouds outlook
- Extreme heat shuts schools for millions, widening learning gaps worldwide
- Investors wait to see Red Sea in shippers' Q1 numbers
- India's Godrej family agrees to split conglomerate into two
- Shell exits China power market businesses
- The emissions and trade flows impact of the G7 coal pledge
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Marketwatch
- Around the world, workers are back in the office. Just not in America
- Amazon earnings cheered as ‘objectively excellent’
- Kraft Heinz snaps long streak of profit beats and sales fell shy again
- Trump Media stock is booming (for now). Here’s the way to play it on the cheap
- Cruise operator Viking’s IPO values company at $10.36 billion to mark biggest deal of year
- Cannabis stocks settle down after rally on plans to reclassify pot as less dangerous
- Mastercard’s stock falls after earnings as company cuts full-year growth outlook
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Seeking Alpha
- Two +8% Yields I Just Added To My Portfolio
- Wall Street Breakfast: Higher For (Much) Longer?
- Palantir: Still Tons Of Upside
- Don't Get Duped By These 'Sucker Yields'
- Amazon Stock Barely Moves After Solid Q1 Earnings, But It's A 'Buy'
- Is It Over, Or Just A Dead Cat Bounce?
- PayPal: The Rally Has Momentum
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Benzinga
- Digital Turbine and Qrious Insight Unveil 3 New "Game-Changing Shift" Reports At IAB NewFronts
- See the Northern Lights on Every Princess Cruise to Alaska in 2024
- Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting to Premiere Terrifier 3 in Theatres Across North America on October 11
- BondWave Announces Partnership with DbCom to Deliver Transaction Analytics Capabilities to EQube Users
- Booming Kombucha Market Health Benefits and Diverse Flavors Drives Growth
- Ninepoint Partners LP Announces Risk Rating Change for Ninepoint Focused Global Dividend Fund and Fund Name Change
- Pizza Nova kicks off its 25th annual "That's Amore Pizza for Kids" fundraiser
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Barchart
- Hogs Switch Focus to Wednesday After Mixed Tuesday
- Cotton Continue Slide on Wednesday
- Wheat Mixed on Wednesday Morning
- Cattle Look for Recovery on Wednesday
- Beans Continue Retreat into Early Wednesday Morning
- Corn Leaking Lower to Being Midweek Session
- Is MicroStrategy Headed for S&P 500 Eligibility?
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SEC / FED
SEC Encourages Investors to Plan for Their Financial Future During Financial Capability Month
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Remarks at the “SEC Speaks” Conference 2024
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Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on February 20 and March 20, 2024
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At the SEC: Nothing but Crickets Remarks at SEC Speaks
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Prepared Remarks Before the 2024 43rd Annual Small Business Forum
Marketplace
- New Alabama law pushes back against DEI curriculum
- How federal investment is shaping Phoenix's semiconductor sector
- What happened after baseball integrated
- Shared curriculum makes climate change a business school focus
- Students protest Gaza war: The history of divestment protests
- The federal government’s inflation measures can feel … wrong. How accurate are they?
- The Sims homeownership meets the real-life housing market
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ZeroHedge
- Yields Tumble After Dovish Refunding Reveals Debt Sales In Line With Expectations, No Coupon Auction Increases "For Several Quarters", And Treasury Buybacks…
- CVS Shares Dump On Earnings Miss, Outlook Slashed On Rising Medical Costs
- Ahead Of The Fed
- Chaos Erupts At UCLA After Pro-Gaza Activists Refuse Entry To Non-Allied Students
- ADP Employment Report Strong In April, But Tech Sector Lost Jobs
- Future Slide In Damp Start To New Month As Fed Decision Looms
- USAF F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes In New Mexico
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Investing.com
- Lower rates would be bullish for markets, even in a recession
- Goldman updates ‘US Conviction List
- Crypto washout sends bitcoin below $58,000 ahead of Fed decision
- Fed meeting, Amazon results, struggling US consumers
- Evercore convinced Apple’s 'measured approach' to AI will reap rewards
- Bitcoin price today: tests $59k amid Fed fears, waning ETF cheer By
- Musk disbands Tesla EV charging team, leaving customers in the dark
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Morning Brew
Walmart woos youths with cool food
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Congress to question if UnitedHealth is too big to fail
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Dave & Busters bets on betting
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Word Search: Movie proms
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Elon Musk scores big for Tesla with visit to China
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Everybody’s doing long-distance with their boss
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Grocery store hopping is the new national sport
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Brew Mini: Primate
The Hustle
How Marriott went from a 9-seat soda shop to a $68B+ brand
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A five-star tent? Hotels are betting on glamping
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Why, though? Google tried to take on Second Life
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The vet industry is in a tailspin
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Digits: So much ‘Star Wars,’ Lana’s 13 extra minutes, and more
CNBC
- BlackRock is opening a Saudi investment firm with initial $5 billion from PIF
- DJT shares crack $50 as Trump Media continues stock bounce back
- Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday
- U.S. crude oil falls for third day, dips below $81 ahead of Fed decision, Gaza cease-fire talks
- Microsoft signs deal to invest more than $10 billion on renewable energy capacity to power data centers
- How to tell if you can actually afford a major purchase: 'Most people genuinely have no idea,' says self-made millionaire
- Healthy Returns: Sales of Humira are plunging, but AbbVie has two promising successors
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CBS
- The Fed rate decision meeting is today. Here are the odds of a cut
- Federal Reserve to discuss interest rates at they remain at 23-year high
- Donald Trump receives earnout bonus worth $1.8 billion in DJT stock
- Walnuts sold at Whole Foods recalled after E. coli outbreak
- Newspapers accuse artificial intelligence companies of stealing content
- Clear, a new TSA PreCheck enrollment provider, is now offered at these airports
- Dave and Busters to allow betting on arcade games
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NYT Business
- The Marijuana Industry Hopes for New Highs
- The Fed Tries to Steer Clear of Politics, But Election Year Is Making It Tough
- What to Watch as the Fed Makes Its Interest Rate Decision
- Federal Money Is All Over Milwaukee. Biden Hopes Voters Will Notice
- Bulgarian Distrust of Russia Simmers Over a Black Sea Oil Terminal
- Glamping With the Stars
- China’s Electric Cars Keep Improving, a Worry for Rivals Elsewhere
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Stocktwits
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
CGC Canopy Growth Corp
SBUX Starbucks Corp
TGTX TG Therapeutics Inc
MSOS Advisorshares...
PFE Pfizer Inc
RIOT Riot Blockchain Inc
CVS CVS Health Corp
AMD Advanced Micro...
SQ Block Inc
ACB Aurora Cannabis Inc
PLTN Plutonian...
ROOT Root Inc
WING Wingstop Inc
SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc
PINS PINTEREST INC
NCLH Norwegian Cruise...
PALI Palisade Bio Inc
AUPH Aurinia...
LEG Leggett & Platt, Inc.
SWKS Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
DOGE.X Dogecoin
MULN Mullen Automotive Inc
MSNBC
- As the race to the bottom continues, Stefanik targets Jack Smith
- George Santos is now selling drag videos on Cameo
- Why the Dems’ latest special election win adds to GOP headaches
- It's safe to say that Trump still has no idea how inflation works
- Judge Merchan's warning of jail time for Trump can't be an idle threat
- Police clear Columbia building occupied by protesters
- Day 2: Trump’s criminal trial in 60 seconds
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NBC
- Trump tariffs, tax cuts and interest rates likely to fuel inflation, Wall Street and economists agree
- Palestinian students find strength in U.S. campus protests
- Science shows how a surge of anger could raise heart attack risk
- Prosecutors are examining financial transactions at Block, owner of Cash App and Square
- Violent clashes at UCLA protests; dozens arrested as NYPD clears occupied Columbia hall
- Florida's 6-week abortion takes effect, cutting off access in much of the South
- Florida abortion clinics squeeze in as many patients as possible ahead of 6-week ban
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investors.com
- No. 1 Biotech Stock Neurocrine Pops After Its Biggest Moneymaker Snatches Another Win
- Mastercard Stock Pullback Deepens On 2024 Forecast Cut
- Pfizer Jumps After Raising Its Outlook On The Heels Of A Big Quarterly Beat
- Restaurant Chain Sees 20% Same-Store Sales Jump As Industry Group Runs Hot
- CVS Health Dives To 3-Year Low On Medicare Cost Surge
- Garmin Smashes First-Quarter Estimates On Surging Fitness Device Sales
- Diamondback Energy, Top Permian Basin Producer, Reports 16% Revenue Growth Amid 30% Run
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ABC News
- Google and Apple now threatened by the US antitrust laws that helped build their technology empires
- Stock market today: Wall Street tumbles in premarket ahead of Fed's interest rate decision
- Regulators close Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, first US bank failure this year
- Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights
- Phones, Islamic books and currency exchange. Some businesses are making money out of Taliban rule
- Lilly rides Mounjaro, Zepbound to better-than-expected 1Q profit despite supply issues
- Starbucks lowers guidance, promises new drinks and deals after customer traffic fell in weak Q2
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Fox Business
- Private sector job growth rises more than expected in April
- Job interview coming up? Avoid these five deadly sins
- Homes are now affordable in just 6 major American cities
- Why gold ETFs are an option to bonds as inflation lingers
- What's Next for Berkshire Hathaway: Barron's
- Amazon sales surge as company trains focus on artificial intelligence
- Tesla lays off more workers, two senior executives out: Report
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CNN
- Johnson & Johnson moves forward with $6.475 billion settlement of talc cancer lawsuits
- Move over New York Times, now LinkedIn is adding brain-busting games
- Markets await updates from Chair Powell as Fed set to keep interest rates at 23-year high
- Domino’s knows its customers are tired of tipping. So it’s trying to encourage more tipping
- Starbucks just had a ‘disappointing’ quarter. Here’s how it plans to turn things around
- Tesla axes electric vehicle charging team
- No, the electric vehicle market isn’t crashing. It just needs recharging
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Ticker
US Treasury announces launch of buyback program for may to July quarter, first buyback operations scheduled on May 29th
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US Treasury announces quarterly refunding of $125 bln, to raise new cash of $17.2 bln
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US Treasury says through July 2024 plans to hold weekly liquidity support buybacks of up to $2 bln per operation, up to $500 mln in tips
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US Treasury: We're to raise the July 10-year TIPS new issue auction size by $1 bln to $19 bln
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US Treasury to keep may 10-year TIPS reopening auction size at $16 bln
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US Treasury: It's prudent to continue incremental increases in tips auction sizes in the May to July quarter
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US Treasury: We intends to change regular six-week cash management bills into benchmark bill
Barrons
- Estée Lauder Stock Is Dropping. China Problems Aren’t Going Away
- Shein’s Plan to Sell Its Supply Chain Expertise Comes with Risks
- 3M Is Cutting Its Dividend. Its Stock Just Got Upgraded
- Stocks Open Mixed Ahead of Fed Decision
- The S&P 500 Has a Chip Stock Problem. Here’s Where the Index Is Headed Next
- Generac Stock Is Rising. Earnings and Sales Beat Estimates
- Viking Prices IPO at $24 as Cruise Operator Sails to Year’s Biggest. The Stock Starts Trading Today
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The Economist
- Can biotech startups upstage Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk?
- Joe Biden’s assault on the $900 child-eczema cream
- Will GE do better as three companies than as one?
- How two small Texas towns became the patent-law centre of America
- Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich
- Escalating protests expose three fault lines on American campuses
- Poles and Ukrainians are at loggerheads. That’s good news for Putin
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MarketBeat
- Amazon Stands Tall: New Highs Are in Sight
- Chesapeake Energy Stock is The Energy Play, Earnings Confirm
- 5 Aerospace & Defense Stocks Ready for Liftoff
- Goldman Boosted FMC Stock’s Price Targets, Setting Up a Breakout
- Impinj Proves The Internet-of-Things (IoT) is No Fluke
- PayPal’s Strong Earnings Growth and Strategic Evolution
- Humana Leaves Shareholders in Limbo on 2025 EPS Guidance
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The Hill
- Affordable housing crisis looms large in election
- Lobbying World: Global Business Alliance taps next president and CEO
- Yellen: Treasury exploring ways to expand free tax filing program
- Economic confidence slips for first time since last fall: Gallup
- Unionization vote at Tennessee VW plant certified
- Senate Democrats: Oil companies pivoted from climate denial to ‘deception, disinformation, and doublespeak’
- Bottom Line: Press freedom nonprofit signs former congresswoman to push PRESS Act
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BBC
- Tesla staff say firm's entire Supercharger team fired
- UK house prices fall as mortgage costs bite, says Nationwide
- China tightens grip on social media companies
- Chinese women are partnering with strangers to save money
- India's economy: The good, bad and ugly in six charts
- Tens of millions secretly use WhatsApp despite bans
- Tens of millions secretly use WhatsApp despite bans
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The Guardian
- OnlyFans investigated over claim children accessed pornography
- Johnson & Johnson proposes $6.5bn settlement of talc cancer lawsuits
- Flutter shareholders vote to move listing from London to New York
- Mulberry hit by fall in sales as wealthy shoppers slow spending
- Ex-Camelot boss Nigel Railton named as new Post Office chair
- UK house prices drop in April as ‘affordability pressures’ hit borrowers; new Post Office interim chair named
- Brompton electric bike needs costly £500 repair
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YouGov
Most Millennials and Gen Zers don't place themselves within their usual generational group
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Which Americans do Irish and Italian people say can describe themselves as Irish and Italians?
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Most Americans would limit abortion after a certain stage of pregnancy and allow certain exceptions
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Many Americans are skeptical of electric cars
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Two-thirds of Americans who made resolutions for 2024 say they have stuck to them so far
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Many Americans say they support a TikTok ban
The Street
- CVS tumbles as Aetna faces soaring medical costs and Medicare Advantage hit
- Analysts revise AMD price targets as stock hit by muted AI sales forecast
- Stock Market Today: Stocks slide as Fed rate-cut bets fade; Amazon gains
- Thousands of shoppers are flocking to this dehumidifier that's on sale at Amazon for only $39
- Goldman Sachs revamps "high-quality" stock picks list
- Sam Altman and the failure that put him on the path to ChatGPT
- Analyst revamps Nvidia stock price target ahead of earnings
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Insider
- Russia may not start an all-out war with NATO, but already has plans to destroy it from within
- Starbucks says it's launching boba-inspired drinks this summer
- China's new aircraft carrier is being tested at sea for the first time, but US carriers 'remain in an echelon of their own,' expert says
- A second person has been accused in the abduction of Mint Butterfield, child of Slack and Flicker founders
- A Tesla supplier says Elon Musk's Supercharger layoffs were 'a sharp kick in the pants'
- A hacker got 6 years in prison for stealing therapy notes and blackmailing patients
- A Russian zoo said it sent peacocks to the front to 'inspire' troops. It deleted its post after people used it to mock Putin
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AOL Finance
- I host the world’s largest cybersecurity conference. Here’s what is top of mind for security experts right now
- Few companies have ever relied on 2 CEOs. Why does Paramount now need 3?
- Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms
- Starbucks just had a ‘disappointing’ quarter. Here’s how it plans to turn things around
- Domino’s knows its customers are tired of tipping. So it’s trying to encourage more tipping
- A Tesla supplier says Elon Musk's Supercharger layoffs were 'a sharp kick in the pants'
- Tesla axes electric vehicle charging team
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- The Cheapest and Most Expensive Housing Markets in Oklahoma
- 5 Dividend King Blue-Chips That Lagged the Market Are Incredible May Buys
- The 8 Most Jaw Dropping Homes For Sale in San Antonio Right Now
- The 10 Most Jaw Dropping Homes For Sale in Chicago Right Now
- EV Company Rivian’s Stock Down 61%
- Will Starbucks Workers Cost Too Much?
- Why Goldman Is Flat Out Wrong About Tesla
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LA Times
- DEA's big marijuana shift could be a lifeline for California's troubled pot industry
- Column: With his Truth Social stock, Trump may be laughing all the way to the bank
- Column: The legal system is closing in on crypto, and things may only get worse
- Hollywood's stunt-driving industry is dominated by men. These women are fighting for change
- L.A. County Fed joins labor groups calling for cease-fire in Gaza
- Who is Don Hankey, the L.A. billionaire who financed Donald Trump's appeal bond?
- Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company's contract with Israel
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Washington Post
- Biden’s internet-for-all program needs Musk’s help
- How the push to ban TikTok spurred a new Washington influence machine
- Use these 6 points to say no to a college you and your kid can’t afford
- Apple, Google and Venmo fight new U.S. plan to monitor payment apps
- UnitedHealth CEO set for grilling from Congress over Change Healthcare hack
- Biden seeks to boost climate-friendly flying
- Fired Google workers who protested Israel deal file complaint with labor board
- More
Chicago Tribune
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- Illinois ranks 30th for hospital safety, down two spots from last year, says Leapfrog report
- Portillo’s workers at Aurora food prep facility vote to unionize
- The deadline to consolidate some student loans to receive forgiveness is here. Here’s what to know
- Down to Business: After 30 years in the cookie and cupcake biz, owner still loves that ‘wow’ response
- McDonald’s plans to step up deals, marketing to combat slower fast food traffic
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Seattle Times
- The botched FAFSA rollout leaves students in limbo. Some wonder if their college dreams will survive
- Ford recalls Maverick pickups in US because tail lights can go dark, increasing the risk of a crash
- CVS Health chops 2024 forecast as cost struggles with Medicare Advantage persist
- Tesla fires many on charger team, raising doubts about expansion
- Japan’s Kishida will stress rules-based global order, support for emerging nations at OECD meeting
- J&J subsidiary proposes paying about $6.48B over 25 years to settle talc ovarian cancer lawsuits
- News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds
- More
Boston Herald
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- Cambridge City Council extends controversial deadline for bike lane construction
- Ticker: North End to hold ‘large pizza rally’ to protest outdoor dining ban; Starbucks goes cold
- Media News Group sues OpenAI, Microsoft
- More student loan forgiveness available, but April 30 deadline looms
- How to escape from a money rut
- WBZ NewsRadio reporter is let go after 26 years with Boston station: ‘Quite the shock’
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Financial Post
- Posthaste: This cratering GDP number has only ever been seen during a recession
- Why big banks and pension giants are likely breathing easier after the Liberal budget
- Canada's capital gains tax hike another blow to productivity, say economists
- Posthaste: Why Canada shouldn’t take its triple A credit rating for granted
- Jobs market may be cooling, but recent graduates don’t have reason to fret
- TD Bank to take $450-million provision in relation to U.S. probe
- Shake Shack to open its first Canadian location in Toronto this summer
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The Trade
- DTCC connects Saphyre’s trade solution to ALERT platform
- Asset managers looking to shake up strategy in next two years, Northern Trust survey finds
- Average daily equity trading on European main markets and MTFs up 14% from last quarter
- CFTC announces changes to large trading reporting for futures and options
- Keeping ESG commercial
- AccessFintech and BNY Mellon collaborate to tackle expected FX workflow challenges linked to T+1
- Investor conviction robust despite significant geopolitical risks, finds Liquidnet report
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Observer
- Billionaire Tom Siebel Donates $50M to the University of Illinois for Data Science Research
- Space Missions to Watch in May: China Explores the Dark Side of the Moon, Boeing Starliner, and More
- One of the Most Coveted Banking Jobs In the World Is Up for Grabs
- TikTok Ban: When Will the Creator Economy Feel the Pain, If Ever?
- The Financial Times Is the Latest Newsroom to Partner With OpenAI
- Bank of America Is Funding Another Round of Conservation Projects at Museums Worldwide
- Elon Musk Visited China for a Day and Secured a Major Deal with an Old Friend
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Semafor
- UN peacekeepers close eastern DRC base as they move to end mission
- Dmitri Alperovitch says Washington on Cold War footing against China
- Does Ukraine aid actually move Republican voters? We’re about to find out
- Top Chinese COVID-19 scientist protests lab eviction
- US consumer confidence slides to lowest level since 2022
- Congressional report reveals how big oil engaged in disinformation
- Musk’s ‘absolutely hardcore’ Tesla layoffs could hurt EVs everywhere
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Reason
- Weaponized bananas
- No Pseudonymity for Alleged Jeffrey Epstein Victims Suing FBI Over Failure to Properly Investigate Epstein
- Feds worried about anarchists gluing the locks to a government facility
- "Plaintiff Threatened the District Staff's Jobs, Reputation, Careers, and Legal Liability
- Groundhog Day for the crypto wars: The DOJ on bitcoin prowl
- For peaceful campus protests, colleges need free speech principles
- Today in Supreme Court History: May 1, 1871
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Nikkei Asia
- Australia vows to tackle 'national shame' of violence against women
- Pakistan appoints Ishaq Dar, close aide of elder Sharif, as deputy PM
- Australia to boost scrutiny of 'high-risk' foreign investment
- China flexes muscle at sea as new aircraft carrier starts trials
- China's BYD, Neta eye growth in Indonesia with new EV investments
- Australia moves forward on offshore wind with feasibility licenses
- Lesser-known Asian films challenge the world from Berlinale
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Institutional Investor
- Here Are the Winners of the 21st Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards
- Viking Global’s Fund Focused on Private Investments Is off to a Strong Start
- CAIA Association's Longtime CEO Announces Retirement Plans
- There’s ‘No Going Back’ For Insurance Company Investment Portfolios, KKR Says
- Under Leslie Lenzo's Leadership, the Hershey Trust is Evolving
- Fireside Chat: The Value of Assurance and Attestation to Investors in Domestic and International Markets
- Gold and Bitcoin Rallies vs U.S. Dollar Strength
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- Service teaching artists to turn their art into a business?
- Which number do i look at?
- The JPOW Effect:
- Powell likely to signal that lower inflation is needed before Fed would cut rates
- How Fentanyl Laid Waste to Guatemala’s Time-Worn Opium Trade
- Amazon cost cuts drive operating margin into double digits for first time
- Does anyone feel like their 401k/403b contributions are more regularly deposited on up days than downs?
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PYMNTS
- Payments FinTech SumUp Gets $1.6 Billion Private Credit Loan
- Insurance Sector Moves Digital-First to Support Shifts in Buyer Behavior
- Era of AI Uncertainty Calls for Reliable Anchors of Data
- Mastercard: ‘Movies’ Not ‘Snapshots’ of Consumer Behavior Help Banks Counter Scams
- Meet the 2006 Payments Startup That Took ACH Payments Global
- Mondelez Sees US Snack Volume Decline Amid ‘Mixed’ Consumer Confidence
- AI Solutions for P&C Insurance Industry Drive Growth at CCC
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Forbes
- This Stock Has A 1.08% Yield And Sells For Less Than Book
- Federal Reserve Reduces Tightening, Keeping The Economy Juiced
- The U.K.’s FTSE Is Due To Get Boosted By Takeovers
- Are Clear Skies Ahead? How Airline Stocks Delta, American And Southwest Measure Up
- These Out-Of-Favor Stocks Are Showing Signs Of Life
- Supermicro: Cooling The AI Boom
- AI Will Boil The Oceans
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Fortune
- Kansas’ attempt to lure Super Bowl-winning Chiefs across the border fizzles on $1 billion taxpayer tab
- An unusual phenomenon led to 'disappointing' Starbucks sales: the brand is too popular with morning commuters
- Meet the Norwegian-owned cruise challenger to Carnival and Royal Caribbean that just raised $1.54 billion
- How paying your rent can get you to Europe
- Ex-Coinbase designer raises $5M for crypto voting service Agora
- Why the cofounder and CEO of Axios says focusing on ‘smart brevity’ pays off
- Campus Gaza protests swell to largest student movement of 21st century as police brutality recalls Vietnam era
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Inc.
- The Fed's Case for Rate Cuts Simply Does not Exist
- 4 Ways to Build Relationships With Language
- Elon Musk’s Latest Round of Layoffs Might Have Killed the Best Thing About Tesla
- Think Like a Lawyer: 4 Lessons in Communication for Leaders
- It's the SBA's Most Wonderful Time of Year: National Small-Business Week
- Techniques for Effective Change Management
- Your Overall Happiness, Well-Being, and Even Financial Future Comes Down to 1 Simple Word, Backed by Science
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Axios
- Marjorie Taylor Greene promises motion to vacate against Mike Johnson next week
- Netanyahu warns Israel will invade Rafah if Hamas doesn't take hostage deal
- Elon Musk controls key global infrastructure, from satellites to social media
- As Florida's six-week abortion ban starts, here's how providers are preparing
- Without Florida safe haven, abortion seekers stare down a new reality
- Behind the Curtain: Listen to Trump
- Israel-Hamas deal is only hope for Biden's Middle East strategy
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Vox
- Philosophers are studying Reddit’s “Am I the Asshole?”
- High interest rates probably aren’t going away anytime soon
- Want to know how to reduce gun crime? Look at Detroit
- How La Niña will shape heat and hurricanes this year
- The Kristi Noem puppy-killing scandal, explained
- Could bird flu cause a human pandemic?
- The astonishing radicalism of Florida’s new ban on abortion
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FastCompany
- 42% of Americans think AI will distort 2024 election coverage
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Entrepreneur
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Politico
- Inside the crash GOP effort to head off a motion to vacate
- Abortion-rights groups have never faced a state like Florida
- ‘Parameters of a conceptual agreement’? Not so fast
- Biden cracks jokes about Trump as hush money trial kicks off
- Turmoil persists at Columbia
- In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel squeeze ahead of election
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Newsweek
- Marjorie Taylor Greene's new primary warning to Democrats
- Meghan Markle meeting Beyoncé goes viral
- Mysterious vial washes up on Texas beach, sparks theories: "Put it back!"
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NPR
- The Federal Reserve is weighing what to do about interest rates
- Couple sues Singapore Airlines after their seats wouldn't recline into a bed
- Walmart says it will close its 51 health centers and virtual care service
- Is the federal debt REALLY that bad? : The Indicator from Planet Money
- Fox News pulls down series as Hunter Biden threatens lawsuit
- With a deadline looming, countries race for a global agreement to cut plastic waste
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Globe And Mail
- Fortis reports $459-million first-quarter profit, up from $437-million a year ago
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CBC
- London Drugs stores remain closed after 'cybersecurity incident'
- Federal public servants to return to the office 3 days a week this fall
- Canadian economy grew 0.2% in February
- More stores are ditching self-checkout amid theft and customer complaints
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Techmeme
- LinkedIn now has Wordle-style games you can play every day
- In a letter to the US Labor Department, Google says the US could lose out on valuable AI and tech talent if some of its immigration policies are not modernized
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Silicon Valley
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The Register
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Silicon Republic
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Tech Co
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Business Journals
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Wolf Street
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The Week
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PBS Newshour
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Huawei’s Richard Yu said to move up as chairman of firm’s consumer business
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Tesla seals deal with Baidu for China maps, whether CEO Elon Musk wants them or not
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China’s Xiaomi keeps No 3 spot in global smartphone market in first quarter as Samsung tops Apple
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Hong Kong banks to tap city’s Golden Week visitors drawn by residency scheme
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Amazon’s Twitch launches TikTok rival amid push to ban the Chinese app, boosting competition in short-form video
Euronews
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- 'Quiet hiring' is silently revolutionising the workplace
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Asia Financial
- ‘Hello China, Goodbye India’: Musk’s Trip Seen As Snub To Modi
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Japan Times
- For Japan Inc., the weak yen may be too much of a good thing
- Developer hopes to tap Tsukiji's 'rich history' to create a new Tokyo hot spot
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 1
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Odesa strikes
- Three people are killed and three are injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike in the port city of Odesa. (Reuters) (Kyiv Post)
- Odesa strikes
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kenya floods
- A highway collapse leaves 24 people dead and 30 injured in Meizhou, Guangdong, China, after days of heavy rain. (Le Monde) (BBC)
April 30
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- Russian forces attack Kharkiv with guided bombs, killing at least two people and injuring six others. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- An Israeli police officer is injured in a stabbing by a Turkish national in the Old City of Jerusalem. The assailant was fatally shot by other responding officers at the scene. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kenya floods
- The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 169, with 91 people reported missing. (The Washington Post)
- Fifty-five people are injured after a Los Angeles Metro light rail train collides with a transportation bus in downtown Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times)
Health and environment
- The Mount Ruang volcano in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, erupts for the second time this month, prompting the evacuation of more than 12,000 people. (Reuters) (Voice of America)
International relations
- China–Philippines relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- China's coast guard expels a Philippine Coast Guard ship and another vessel from the waters near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Over 100 protestors are arrested by the NYPD after attempting to occupy Hamilton Hall. (Time) (WCAU-TV)
- 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Police in Tbilisi, Georgia, utilize a water cannon, tear gas, and stun grenades as part of a crackdown on protests against a law requiring foreign non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. (Reuters)
- Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
- Judge Juan Merchan fines Donald Trump $9,000 for contempt of court, and threatens to jail Trump if he continues to violate his gag order. (Reuters)
- A man attacks people with a sword after crashing a car into a house in Hainault, London, England, United Kingdom, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four other people, including two police officers. (BBC News) (The New York Times)
- French prosecutors announce that actor Gérard Depardieu will be tried for the alleged sexual assault of two women in 2021. (euronews)
- The founder of the cryptocurrency exchange service Binance, Changpeng Zhao, is sentenced to four months in prison for money laundering. (Reuters)
- The International Court of Justice rejects a request by Nicaragua asking the court to order Germany to suspend aid to Israel. (euronews)
Science and technology
- Chinese space program
- A Chinese spacecraft carrying the Shenzhou 17 crew lands back on Earth at the Dongfeng site after completing a six-month mission on the Tiangong space station. (AP) (SHINE)