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Yahoo Finance
- Symbotic Reports Q1 Beat: Analysts Boost Their 2024 Estimates, 'Strong Secular Growth Story'
- Toyota racks up booming profit, vows to invest to keep growth going
- Virgin Galactic Reports Better-Than-Expected Q1 Results
- Teva Earnings Are Soon. What Could Keep the Stock Gains Going
- Stocks and bonds wobble as global economy throws off mixed signals
- Palantir shares post biggest daily slide since 2022 after forecast disappoints
- This Magnificent Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Is Now in the $2 Trillion Club
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Google Business
- Siemens Energy shares jump 12% after guidance raise and leadership change at embattled wind turbine unit
- Eating yogurt could help prevent one common disease, according to the FDA
- Asia stocks slip, dollar climbs as Fed rate path pondered
- Oil Heavyweights Challenge Biden Methane Rule in Bid for Changes
- Security checkpoints at the Austin airport will look different starting May 8
- Meta’s AI tools for advertisers can now create full new images, not just new backgrounds
- Houston attorney shot and killed by McDonald’s customer outraged over order
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Tipranks
- Vaalco Energy Boasts Solid Q1 2024 Earnings
- VGI Partners Announces Share Buy-Back Cancellation
- DigitalX Limited Announces New Auditor Appointment
- Peppermint Innovation Plans New Share Issue
- Syrah Resources Director Bolsters Shareholding
- RAM Fund Continues Aggressive Share Buy-Back
- Megaport Ltd Reports Shift in Substantial Shareholding
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Movers
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AP News
- Former Las Vegas casino executive to be sentenced in bookmaking money laundering case
- Disney receives key approval to expand Southern California theme parks
- Fans are following Taylor Swift to Europe after finding Eras Tour tickets less costly there
- Future of MLB's Tampa Bay Rays to come into focus with key meetings on $1.3B stadium project
- Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs
- Alabama lawmakers approve tax breaks for businesses that help employees afford child care
- Taylor Swift bill is signed into Minnesota law, boosting protections for online ticket buyers
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Wall Street Journal
- German Industry Awaits Sustained Rebound After March Decline
- Sweden Cuts Rate as Europe Moves Ahead of the Fed
- Siemens Energy Lifts Guidance, Targets Gamesea Revamp
- Puma Cautious on Outlook, Stock Levels
- Bertelsmann Keeps Mixed Outlook After Revenue Drop
- Alstom to Cut Costs, Forecasts Higher Profits
- Munich Re Says Full-Year Profit Could Top €5 Billion
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Financial Times
- Disney’s streaming success could point to next chief
- Berkshire’s next move
- Train maker Alstom plans €1bn rights issue to trim debt
- Pandemic-era winners suffer $1.5tn fall in market value
- The next critical mineral source could be volcanic soup
- How missiles became the modern weapon of choice
- Silver Lake targets ‘bigger bets’ as it raises its largest fund
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Bloomberg
- We’ll Call You: The Bloomberg Close, Asia Edition
- BBVA Chairman Told Sabadell There’s ‘No Room’ for Improved Offer
- Kotak Plans to Hire 400 Engineers to Ramp Up Tech Transition
- UN Nuclear Watchdog Puts Iran on Notice Ahead of Key Report
- Riksbank Kicks Off Easing With First Swedish Rate Cut Since 2016
- Nigeria Improved Dollar Supply Helps Firms Settle Overseas Debt
- SoftBank Is Said in Talks to Buy Troubled AI Chip Firm Graphcore
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Reuters
- Amazon breaks into Europe 5G networks with Telefonica cloud deal
- BMW says costs, low used car prices to weigh on 2024 pre-tax profit
- Siemens Energy raises outlook, flags CEO change at troubled wind unit
- Air India Express says flights disrupted after sudden sick leave by cabin crew
- US weighs upgrade for Vietnam to 'market economy' status
- Fisker's Austria unit begins insolvency proceedings
- Elon Musk proposed to launch robotaxis in China during April visit, state media report says
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Marketwatch
- Anheuser-Busch InBev tops estimates in last quarter where Bud Light boycott hits growth
- KKR to acquire Perpetual’s wealth management, corporate businesses for $1.4 billion
- Astera Labs’ blowout first earnings report is met with a sagging stock reaction
- Dutch Bros stock climbs on earnings as coffee chain dodges Starbucks’ harsh selloff
- Disney’s theme parks were a bright spot this quarter, but major competition looms
- Rivian’s losses widen and stock falls 5%, but execs see profit outlook improving
- Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer joins Nextdoor’s board of directors
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Seeking Alpha
- Occidental Petroleum: The Cost Cutting Today Means More Profits Tomorrow
- InMode: Facing A Myraid Of Headwinds
- Li Auto: My Pick For The EV Market Will Likely Survive A Price War
- BSTZ: Deep Discount And Potential Activist Catalyst
- UBS: Benefits Of Credit Suisse Deal Starting To Show
- Palantir Technologies: It's A Mistake To Buy The Plunge Lower
- Palantir: Defense Buy Of The Century
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Benzinga
- OKX Ventures Leads US$1.5 Million Seed Funding Round for BlockBooster
- Unveiling the Potential: Beta-Glucan Market Trends and Future Insights
- Sports.com, Inc. Expands Live Sports Broadcasting to KSA and UAE With Upcoming EFC Events
- WOO X Lists $PONKE on its Spot Market
- Global Times: China-Serbia ironclad friendship sets a role model in the new era: Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Ming
- Will.I.Am Calls For Balanced AI Regulation As Music Artists Demand Protection From Technology: 'Over-Regulating, Over-Governance Will Stop Innovation'
- Paris Hilton's 45-Year-Old Brother-In-Law And Former Goldman Sachs Banker, Courtney Reum, Realizes Professional Soccer Dream
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Barchart
- Should Amazon Stock Follow The ‘Magnificent 7’ Trend and Start Paying a Dividend?
- Corn Faced with Tuesday Weakness As Drier Window Approaches
- Cattle in Rally Mode on Tuesday
- Soybeans Close Mixed as New Crop Takes Off Higher
- Hogs Higher Across the Board
- Cotton Posts Turnround Tuesday Bounce
- Wheat Pulls Back on Turnaround Tuesday
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SEC / FED
SEC Seeks Candidates for Investor Advisory Committee
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Federal Reserve Board announces final rule that updates risk management requirements for certain systemically important financial market utilities (FMUs)…
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Agencies host 2024 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference
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Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with Société Générale S.A. and Société Générale New York Branch
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Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on January 22 and January 31, 2024
Marketplace
- UAW seeks to bring unions to the South
- Transit worker’s come a long way thanks to career change
- When the government can't fully fund Social Security benefits
- Investors now get to see behind the scenes of newly public Reddit
- For retirees, homeownership may not be the asset it used to be
- Why the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. is busier
- Joint fundraising: A campaign strategy to increase contributions
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ZeroHedge
- AfD Politician Convicted For Warning About Gang Rapes
- AstraZeneca Pulls Covid Vaccine After Admitting Rare Side Effect
- EU Leaders Confronts China's Xi Over Trade At Paris Summit
- Yes, The Constitution Does Matter... A Lot
- These Are The Countries With The Most Students Studying Abroad
- Wisconsin Voter Roll Transparency Challenged By Public Interest Legal Foundation
- India Leads Global Inbound Remittances
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Investing.com
- Bitcoin price today: falls to $62k as regulatory jitters, rate fears weigh By
- Asian stocks fall as China rally pauses, rate optimism cools
- TSMC: Morgan Stanley hikes PT on Arm AI CPU boost By
- and MoneyShow Present: Silicon Valley By
- Reddit delivers upbeat guidance after Q1 revenue tops estimates; shares jump
- Stock Market Today: S&P 500 ends higher as Treasury yields fall; earnings in focus By
- JPMorgan ‘struggles to find the next catalyst for’ Bitcoin and crypto market
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Morning Brew
Nintendo confirms new Switch will release by March 2025
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Plans for a futuristic city go awry in Saudi Arabia
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TikTok vs. Uncle Sam is officially happening
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Word Search: Met Gala attendees
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A Miami firm wanted to buy Everton. It got a massive scandal instead
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Equinox wants you to live longer for $40,000 a year
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Homeownership is becoming a pipe dream
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Brew Mini: Sunshine
CNBC
- Siemens Energy changes leadership at embattled wind turbine unit
- HD Hyundai Marine Solution surges over 70% in South Korea's largest IPO since January 2022
- Dementia cases are on the rise
- U.S. revokes some export licenses to sell chips to Huawei in a bid to curb China's tech power
- Generative AI is speeding up human-like robot development. What that means for jobs
- Gold bars are selling like hot cakes in Korea's convenience stores and vending machines
- Shares of Wynn Resorts rise after another great quarter but are still cheap
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CBS
- Panera to stop selling Charged Sips caffeinated drinks at center of lawsuits
- FDIC workplace was toxic with harassment and bullying, report claims, citing 500 employee accounts
- Are Americans losing their taste for Starbucks? "The whole concept got old," one customer said
- Nintendo hints at release date for its next Switch gaming console
- British AI startup raises more than $1 billion for its self-driving car technology
- TikTok sues Biden administration to block new law that could lead to U.S. ban
- 3 things we learned from Disney's latest earnings report
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NYT Business
- FTX Customers Poised to Recover All Funds Lost in Collapse
- Outage Causes Delays at U.K. Airports’ Immigration Checkpoints
- Outage Causes Delays at U.K. Airports’ Immigration Checkpoints
- Inquiry Finds a Toxic Culture at the F.D.I.C., and Takes Aim at Its Leader
- Senators Seek to Curb Facial Recognition at Airports, Citing Privacy Concerns
- TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban
- Sweetgreen Is Introducing Steak. What About Its Climate Goals?
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Stocktwits
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DIS Walt Disney Co.
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UBER Uber Technologies Inc
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TM Toyota Motor Corp.
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MP MP Materials Corporation
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HZO Marinemax, Inc.
SNCR Synchronoss...
JBLU Jetblue Airways Corp
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc
SHDW.X Shadow Token
TOST Toast Inc
MSNBC
- Trump judge postpones documents case 'indefinitely' but new legal calendar could backfire on Trump
- Trump trial in 60 seconds
- TikTok takes off the gloves with a lawsuit over potential ban in U.S
- Groups that help women leave state to get abortions can sue Alabama AG over legal threat
- Trump and Biden spent the day in two entirely different realities
- Judge denies Trump’s motion for mistrial in hush money trial
- Alt-right extremists just needed a platform. And Trump gave it to them
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NBC
- Stormy Daniels' credibility becomes a linchpin in the prosecution's hush money case
- What you missed on Day 13 of Trump’s hush money trial: Stormy Daniels takes the stand
- Once champions of free speech, colleges crack down on pro-Palestinian protests
- Growing fight over fluoride in drinking water
- Medical freedom vs. public health: Should fluoride be in our drinking water?
- Vermont passes bill to charge fossil fuel companies for damages from climate change
- Brittney Griner, in new memoir, says Putin weaponized her Blackness
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investors.com
- Reddit Stock Rockets On Strong Showing From First Post-IPO Earnings
- Lyft Stock Jumps On Better-Than-Expected Sales, Strong Demand Forecast
- Electronic Arts Misses March-Quarter Goals, Gives Weak Guidance
- Hot IPO Stock Astera Labs Beats Q1 Targets On AI Infrastructure Spending
- Confluent Stock Jumps On Sales, Earnings Beat For Data Software Player
- Arista Earnings, Revenue Top Estimates Amid New $1.2 Billion Buyback
- Aramark Earnings Surge 194% As It Nears A Fresh Buy Point
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ABC News
- Video Support grows for TikTok ban: Poll
- FDIC report outlines 'misogynistic,' 'patriarchal' 'good ol' boys' workplace culture
- Xi to begin Serbia visit on the 25th anniversary of NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy
- Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to access basic goods
- Where is Apple headed after latest product event? Experts weigh in
- MLB and Nike announce 2025 uniforms will have larger jersey lettering and custom-fit pants
- One Tech Tip: How to spot AI-generated deepfake images
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Fox Business
- Federal reserve president says rate cuts may not come in 2024
- Swiss Army Knife maker plans model without a well-known feature
- The $10 Billion Oil Pipeline Bet: Barron's
- Panera discontinuing caffeinated 'Charged Lemonade' after lawsuits
- Disney shares sink as streaming business falls shy of profitability
- National Debt Tracker: American taxpayers (you) are now on the hook for $34,548,206,284,406.41 as of 5/6/24
- Federal Reserve is giving your money away and it could destroy more than your wallet
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CNN
- Three men behind India’s bid to become an economic superpower
- Journalist sounds alarm on dangers of propaganda, calling it ‘one of the worst crises for American democracy this century’
- Following exchange with Caitlin Clark at news conference, columnist won’t cover Indiana Fever games
- FTC investigating TikTok over privacy and security
- NBC News ousts Ronna McDaniel after network’s anchors launch unprecedented on-air rebellion
- Disney just had its worst day in a year and a half
- Bankrupt Steward Health puts its hospitals up for sale, discloses $9 billion in debt
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Ticker
German Industrial Production MoM Actual -0.4% (Forecast -0.7%, Previous 2.1%)
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German Industrial Production YoY SA Actual -3.3% (Forecast -3.6%, Previous -4.76%)
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The US and Japan reportedly agree on FX intervention
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BOJ offers instantaneous lending of government debt in afternoon
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Netherlands Manufacturing Production Falls 1.5% Month on Month in March
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Netherlands Manufacturing Production Declines 6% Year on Year in March
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Noah says court rules for Shanghai Gopher in case against Camsing
Barrons
- Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 Set to Open Up; Rivian, Reddit, Arista Networks, and More Movers
- BP Is Ready to Make Acquisitions. Why It’s Looking Beyond Oil
- Markets Headed for Positive Opening After Rally
- Fast-Casual Restaurants Want to Be the Next Chipotle. These 3 Stand Out
- Chinese Stocks Are Bouncing Back. Why You Should Wait
- 9 Rules for Trading Options in a Changing Market
- How a Niche Fund Became the Biggest Active ETF
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The Economist
- Abortion-pill foes get a chilly reception at the Supreme Court
- Congress tells China: sell TikTok or we’ll ban it
- The impact of the Baltimore bridge disaster
- Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides
- Efforts to tackle student protests in America have backfired badly
- How one California beach town became Gavin Newsom’s nemesis
- Why online marketplaces have not killed the estate sale
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MarketBeat
- Garmin Navigates to New Highs Driven By Wearables Trend
- Pinterest Prospers From AI Boosting Shop-Ability and Relevance
- AbbVie Tracking for New Highs in 2024
- 3 Automotive Parts Makers Growing at Double-Digit Rates
- Freshpet Surges 10%: Fresh Highs to Come for This Pet Stock
- Hims & Hers Health Stock Could Become a Wealth Compounder
- 3 Penny Stocks That Insiders Are Buying
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The Hill
- Revelations from the FDIC report on sexual harassment, toxic workplace
- Instacart expanding into restaurant takeout
- FDIC chair apologizes to staff after probe finds toxic workplace culture
- TikTok sues to block potential US ban
- Robinhood braces for SEC charges over crypto trading
- FAA investigating Boeing 787 Dreamliner inspections
- How the US financial system helps shelter profits from environmental organized crime
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BBC
- US revokes licences for sales of some chips to China's Huawei
- Failed crypto firm FTX says has more than needed to pay victims
- Tame toxic algorithms to protect children, big tech told
- Fraud victim's 18-month fight for £80,000 refund
- 'Technical issue' causing airport queues across the UK
- TikTok sues to block US law that could ban app
- Disney bets on sequels and password crackdown for profit growth
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The Guardian
- Train strikes halt most services in west of England, Midlands and routes to Scotland and Wales
- How did I avoid paying Venice’s new ‘entrance fee’? By joining the local Venezia FC fans
- No refund after I was sold a stolen £3,300 bike on eBay
- Tech firms must ‘tame’ algorithms under Ofcom child safety rules
- Starmer may be bland
- AstraZeneca withdraws Covid-19 vaccine worldwide, citing surplus of newer vaccines
- Unions to meet Keir Starmer amid concerns about workers’ rights policy
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YouGov
Americans' top feeling about AI: caution
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How Americans want the government to handle the issues that matter most to them
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Trump supporters warm toward legal immunity for ex-presidents
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What Americans think about recent pro-Palestinian campus protests
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Most Americans believe marijuana is safer than alcohol and tobacco
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How have mothers and fathers contributed to Americans' upbringing?
The Street
- Brian Portnoy shares advice on how you can beat financial stress
- Bill Gates-backed tech company seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale
- Billionaire fund manager Griffin predicts Fed rate cuts in 2024
- Analyst revises Crocs stock price target after earnings
- Analysts reboot Palantir stock price target after earnings
- Disney World cuts classic character from meet-and-greets amid scrutiny
- Mercedes union-busting allegations are becoming a international issue
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Insider
- A Ukrainian tank crew said the Abrams tank is as easy to drive as a scooter and that they learned how to operate its weapons in 1 week
- If it feels like NYC is richer, you're right. One in every 24 residents is a millionaire
- Boeing is celebrating the latest employee to come forward with dirt on the company 'for doing the right thing'
- A Ukrainian tank crew says the Abrams is still being used on the front lines, but isn't finding 'tank-on-tank' battles where it has the edge
- The FDIC is a 'boys club' where some senior execs pursued romantic relationships with their staff, says new report
- Elon Musk is looking to deploy Tesla's robotaxis in China, state media reports say
- The judge in Trump's classified documents case just gave him exactly what he wanted
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AOL Finance
- Boeing is celebrating the latest employee to come forward with dirt on the company 'for doing the right thing'
- Is money the secret to getting Gen Z talking? The U.K.’s national data crunchers reveal their latest tricks for finding out what makes them tick
- Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after calm day on Wall St
- The FDIC is a 'boys club' where some senior execs pursued romantic relationships with their staff, says new report
- Toyota racks up booming profit, vows to invest to keep growth going
- Asia stocks slip, dollar climbs as Fed rate path pondered
- Ethan Hawke says he had to keep his cameo in Taylor Swift's 'Fortnight' music video a secret from his teen daughters
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- How Much America’s Best-Selling Pistol Costs: The Top 10, Ranked
- Social Security Cost-Of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Forecast May Surprise Retirees
- This Is The Best Place To Retire: Every County in Your State, Ranked
- Towns in Massachusetts With the Worst Poverty
- 5 Worst Toyota Camry Years To Avoid and 5 Years To Own
- The US States With the Most Firearm Theft
- The Military With the Largest Arsenal of Guns
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LA Times
- Several crew members injured in crash on Georgia set of Eddie Murphy film
- Snoop Dogg puts mind, money on bowl. Not that kind of bowl. A college football bowl game
- Randy Travis releases new music with the help of AI after a stroke
- TikTok sues U.S. government, says ban violates First Amendment
- L.A. 2028 Olympic committee parts ways with Salesforce, one of its top sponsors
- Disney's streaming business (sans ESPN+) turns a quarterly profit
- Armed with venture capital, Skims and Kim Kardashian write their 'second chapter'
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Washington Post
- Commerce Department revokes more export licenses to China’s Huawei
- Substack courts TikTokers with new ‘creators’ program
- Apple plays up AI chops in new iPads
- The iPad lost. Smartphones won
- TikTok files court challenge to U.S. law that could lead to ban
- Boeing Starliner space launch delayed at least until Friday
- Trump advisers explore vast new legal powers for global trade war
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Chicago Tribune
- Rue21 clothing chain to close all Chicago-area stores in wake of bankruptcy filing
- Bally’s Chicago sees first monthly revenue decline in April
- Wisconsin wedding barns sue over state’s new liquor law requiring licensing
- TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform
- Uber and Instacart team up on restaurant deliveries, challenging DoorDash
- Lake Bluff 5-bedroom home with multi-level lawn, greenhouse: $4.2M
- Developers get started transforming aging Thompson Center into Google’s sleek new home
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Seattle Times
- Fans are following Taylor Swift to Europe after finding Eras Tour tickets less costly there
- Future of MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays to come into focus with key meetings on $1.3B stadium project
- Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs
- Alabama lawmakers approve tax breaks for businesses that help employees afford child care
- Google updates $499 low-end Pixel phone, cuts tablet price
- Taylor Swift bill is signed into Minnesota law, boosting protections for online ticket buyers
- More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total
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Boston Herald
- Ticker: Boy Scouts of America changing name to Scouting America; Wall Street drifts to a mixed finish
- 7 surprising facts about credit cards
- Country 102.5’s Jackson Blue says he was let go by Boston Beasley, company cuts 7% of workforce: ‘Bad move Beasley’
- Ticker: Ex-Starbucks CEO says focus on stores; Wall Street rises
- Many travel agents haven’t ever charged fees. Here’s why some of them do now
- Social media money advice: Avoiding the bad, finding the good
- Steward files for bankruptcy leaving hospitals in limbo
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Financial Post
- Citigroup sells maple bonds in first sizable deal since 2015
- National Bank CEO slams Canada’s capital gains tax increase
- Canada's banks face crackdown on overdraft fees with proposed cap of $10
- Ottawa to force banks to identify carbon rebate by name in direct deposits
- TD shareholders kept waiting for news on anti-money laundering probe
- TD investors meet at AGM overshadowed by probe, worry over CEO succession
- Ontario Teachers’ reportedly weighing $5 billion sale of luxury senior residences chain
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The Trade
- Wematch.live bolsters global presence through appointment of head of equities sales for EMEA
- Singaporean investment manager New Silk Road outsources trading to Northern Trust
- Majority of buy-side firms set to stand firm on their research processes despite increased flexibility
- People Moves Round Up: MarketAxess, MUFG and Royal London Asset Management
- Kepler Cheuvreux joins Bloomberg Tradebook’s PAIR solution as selected broker
- Ex-UBS equity expert joins Societe Generale as new global co-head of equity capital markets
- Charles River taps FactSet for new head of Asia-Pacific
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Observer
- Billionaire Investor Henry Kravis Pledges $100M to His Former Prep School
- Philanthropist Maria Manetti Shrem Gives UC Davis a Historic Arts Windfall
- What Warren Buffett Really Thinks of A.I. and Investing in the Tech
- Warren Buffett to Host Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting with Succession in Focus
- Smart Money’s Appetite for Art-Backed Debt Investing: Sotheby’s Announces $700M Art Loan Securitization to High Demand
- Apple’s iPhone Sales Plummets in China
- The University of Pennsylvania Is the First Ivy to Offer an AI Master’s
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Semafor
- The great Republican counter-protest of 2024
- Scientists lay the case for a genetic cause for Alzheimer's
- Nuclear energy becomes a geopolitical flashpoint as Xi tours Europe
- As India’s elections reach halfway point, Modi’s party eyes a supermajority
- Military generals report for duty on Wall Street
- Biden condemns 'ferocious surge of antisemitism' in US
- TikTok sues the US over potential ban, citing freedom of speech
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Reason
- Brickbat: We All Scream
- Trump Promised To 'Drain the Swamp.' He Did the Opposite
- Ron DeSantis says letting people buy cultivated meat is like forcing them to eat bugs
- Free Speech Unmuted: Campus Speech, with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law)
- This student was allegedly suspended for saying 'illegal aliens.' Did that violate the First Amendment?
- Federal Court Rules Laws Restricting Interstate Travel for Abortion Violate the Right to Travel
- The Best of Reason: The Future of AI Is Helping Us Discover the Past
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Nikkei Asia
- Phantom forces at work in China's bull market rally
- Australia to spend $372m on resource mapping to stoke energy transition
- Toyota posts record profit as hybrid sales accelerate
- South Korea's Hyundai Marine Solution nearly doubles in market debut
- EU should make use of lessons from its 2004 enlargement
- Samsung, LG lean on AI-powered kitchens to fend off Chinese rivals
- Huawei breaks free from Google ecosystem with homegrown OS
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Institutional Investor
- Activist Short Sellers Are the SEC’s Biggest Whistleblowers
- Haidar Posts a Double-Digit Loss
- Why Your Company Should Establish a Hackathon
- Family Offices Face a Cost-Satisfaction Trade-Off
- How John Barker Is Building Mastercard Foundation's $47 Billion Investment Office From the Ground Up
- Emerging Markets’ Second Growth Wave is Straight Ahead
- How John Barker Is Building Mastercard's $47 Billion Investment Office From the Ground Up
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PYMNTS
- Payment Diversification Creates Winning Formula for Merchants
- Biometric Wallets Emerge as Payments Modernization Strategy
- Coupang: Fulfillment Service Helps Merchants Double Sales in 90 Days
- LoanDepot Says ‘Higher for Longer’ Interest Will Keep Challenging Mortgage Industry
- BNPL Popularity May Distort Understanding of Consumer Financial Well-Being
- Marqeta Processing Volumes Surge 33%; Earned Wage Access Beckons
- Match Group Forecasts Revenue Below Analyst Estimates
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Forbes
- Pfizer Dividend Yield Pushes Past 6%
- Cash Dividend On The Way From Air Products & Chemicals
- Xerox Holdings Enters Oversold Territory
- IBM A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock With 4.0% Yield
- Strategic Investing: Leveraging Price-Earnings Ratios For Profitable Returns And Growth
- Common Sense Is AI’s Glass Ceiling
- AI And The Municipal Bond Market
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Fortune
- London has 227,000 millionaires: More than Paris, but less than New York, and the figure is dropping
- Tesla sends its former Asia head back to China as sales of its Shanghai-made EVs plunged 18% in April
- Is money the secret to getting Gen Z talking? The U.K.’s national data crunchers reveal their latest tricks for finding out what makes them tick
- BYD reiterates that it has no plans to sell in the ‘very protective’ U.S
- An AI photo of pop star Katy Perry was good enough to fool her own mom
- Here's how death doulas bring comfort to the terminally ill
- UPS is searching for its next CFO
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Inc.
- With the M4 iPad Pro, It’s Official: Apple is Just Showing Off
- Who Needs an IPO? Why Startups Are Offloading Stocks on The Secondary Market
- Meta Reveals New Slate of AI Advertising Tools to Help Businesses Expand their Reach
- Airbnb Unveils Listings for 'Up' House, Prince's 'Purple Rain' Mansion, and Other 'Icons' Experiences in a Bid to Stay Relevant
- Why Now Is the Time for Businesses to Improve Childcare
- AI Roundup: Apple Joins Chipmaking Fray, Microsoft Takes on ChatGPT Rival, OpenAI Expands
- Robinhood Crypto Warned of Coming SEC Action
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Axios
- Severe storms unleash tornadoes on Midwest, Ohio Valley after slamming Plains
- FDIC is a workplace rife with sexual harassment, independent probe alleges
- Biden administration paused bomb shipment to Israel over Rafah invasion concerns, official says
- Democrats warn Mike Johnson about private meetings with Marjorie Taylor Greene
- House GOP drafts ICC sanctions as "precaution" against Israel arrest warrants
- 13 conservative federal judges say they won't hire Columbia grads over protests
- Trump's federal classified docs trial date postponed indefinitely
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Vox
- How AI tells Israel who to bomb
- Eurovision is supposed to be fun and silly. This year is different
- Why the Met Gala still matters
- Your phone can tell when you’re depressed
- Here’s what sociologists want you to know about teen suicide
- If you want to belong, find a third place
- What does divesting from Israel really mean?
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FastCompany
- Reddit shares soar nearly 20% on first earnings report, boosting hopes of becoming the next Facebook stock
- Chime might owe you money after holding on to your balance refund for too long. Here’s what to know
- Starbucks goes boba: This summer’s menu has bubble tea, and it’s a Gen Z dream
- One Wordle a day not enough? The New York Times opens archive of 1,000-plus past puzzles
- 1 in 3 Asian Americans report being verbally harassed or called a slur
- Disney Plus just became profitable for the first time, a positive sign for streaming TV
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Entrepreneur
- Panera Is Discontinuing Its Controversial Charged Lemonade After Multiple Lawsuits
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- Jobs Are Disappearing
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Politico
- Why physician-assisted suicide is gaining ground in Albany
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Newsweek
- Chris Pine's 'Poolman' has a singular message: Joy
- Is the economy as bad as Americans think?
- Today's 'Wordle' #1,054 clues and answer for Wednesday, May 8 puzzle
- Video of Oklahoma Tornado Reveals Horrifying Scale of Devastation
- Donald Trump suffers huge vote against him in Indiana primary
- Tornado warning issued for Arkansas, Pennsylvania: "Protect yourself"
- US facing "epidemic" of parental burnout
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NPR
- Panera says it will stop serving 'Charged Sips' drinks at center of lawsuits
- Toxic culture is the norm at the FDIC, outside review cites 500 employee complaints
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- TikTok challenges U.S. ban in court, says it violates the first amendment
- Congress has less than a decade to fix Social Security before it runs short of cash
- Neoliberal economics: The road to freedom or authoritarianism?
- Clock ticking to fix Social Security, retirees face automatic cut in nine years
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Globe And Mail
- Indigenous groups in northern Alberta reject applications from Obsidian Energy for more drilling, block roads
- AstraZeneca says it will withdraw COVID-19 vaccine globally as demand dips
- TD CEO Masrani tells staff he is disappointed by anti-money-laundering failings but they are being fixed
- Suncor records second highest annual production, says safety record is improving
- Reddit predicts strong second-quarter revenue, shares soar
- The evolving complexity tax law and the role of AI
- Electronic Arts forecasts lower annual bookings as gamers cut back amid high inflation
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CBC
- TikTok is suing the U.S. over 'obviously unconstitutional' law that would ban it
- Boeing under investigation after workers falsified inspection records on some Dreamliners
- Competition Bureau investigating Lululemon over greenwashing allegations
- Hundreds strike at Nestle chocolate plant in Toronto: Unifor
- Work stoppage averted as WestJet, aircraft engineers' union reach tentative deal
- London Drugs begins to gradually reopen stores after cyberattack
- Canada's competition bureau probing greenwashing allegations against Lululemon, non-profit says
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Techmeme
- https://on.ft.com/44zL6Xc
- TikTok vs. US filing: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming owns a 21% stake in TikTok's parent company, and is living in Singapore while keeping Chinese citizenship
- Sources: Getir faced pressure from investors to cut costs and refocus on Turkey; a source says Mubadala and G Squared have agreed to invest as much as $200M
- Sources: OpenAI has been aggressively trying to poach Google employees for a team working on a ChatGPT feature to search the web and show results with citations
- UniSuper private cloud outage caused by Google Cloud issues
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- Sperm whale ‘alphabet’ discovered, thanks to machine learning
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Silicon Valley
- Pittsburg adopts blueprint for future growth, allowing for more housing and industrial uses
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Techcrunch
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The Register
- Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight
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- From infosec to skunks, RSA Conference SVP spills the tea
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Silicon Republic
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Tech Co
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Business Journals
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InvestorPlace
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Wolf Street
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The Week
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PBS Newshour
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SCMP
Morgan Stanley warns against chasing China stocks rally as rebound may stall
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Chinese firms’ earnings to rebound amid a pickup in the economy: UBS
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China dials up scrutiny of IPO hopefuls with on-site inspections, leaving investment bankers anguished
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Apple’s new iPad Pro is powered by AI-focused M4 chip in first revamp since 2022
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Scholars propose ‘painful’ industrial revamp to solve China’s overcapacity bind
Euronews
- BP's billion-dollar share buyback plan stays despite net profits fall
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- A fistful of yen
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- BP to cut costs as first quarter profits fall below expectations
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Japan Times
- Toyota posts record net profit on weak yen and strong hybrid sales
- Toyota posts record yearly net income, revenue
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- BOJ’s Ueda tweaks weak yen remarks in possible hint of rate hike
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 8
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring three people and damaging critical infrastructure. Ukraine says that it shot down 39 of 55 missiles and 20 of 21 drones. (AP) (Bloomberg News)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
May 7
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- The Security Service of Ukraine says that it detained two Ukrainian government protection unit colonels recruited by Russia's Federal Security Service who were planning an assassination of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top Ukrainian officials. (Reuters)
- Battle of Donbas
- Ukrainian forces launch a missile strike on an oil terminal in Luhansk, causing a large fire and injuring at least five workers. (Reuters)
- Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive
- Israeli forces enter Rafah in a "limited" operation, taking control of the Rafah Border Crossing on the Egypt–Gaza border. (Haaretz) (AP) (Reuters)
- At least 27 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
- Rafah offensive
- M23 offensive
- The death toll from rocket strikes on an IDP camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo increases to 18. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- The Boy Scouts of America announces the renaming of the organization to Scouting America on February 8, 2025, in an effort to make girls feel more welcome. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods
- The death toll from ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 90, with more than 150,000 people left homeless. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)
- Tornadoes of 2024
- A FedEx warehouse in Portage, Michigan, United States, is destroyed by a tornado. (Detroit Free Press)
International relations
- International recognition of the State of Palestine
- The Bahamas formally recognizes Palestine as an independent nation. (Eyewitness News Bahamas)
Law and crime
- Russian undesirable organizations law
- Russia declares American nonprofit organization Freedom House an "undesirable organization", effectively outlawing the group, after accusing the group of "discrediting the Russian Army" and advocating sanctions against Russia. (Reuters)
- Two people are killed and 21 others are injured in a mass stabbing at a hospital in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan, China. A suspect has been detained. (AP)
- TikTok and its parent company ByteDance sue the United States government over the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, alleging that the law is unconstitutional. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- Dutch police end a pro-Palestinian occupation at the University of Amsterdam. (Reuters)
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- Fifth inauguration of Vladimir Putin
- Russian President Vladimir Putin is inaugurated for a fifth six-year term. (Reuters)
- Premiership of John Swinney
- The Scottish Parliament votes to elect John Swinney as First Minister of Scotland with 64 votes in favour and seven abstentions from the Scottish Greens. (BBC News)