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VIX
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DAX
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Hang Seng
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Nikkei
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Oil
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Gold
2,316
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Bitcoin
57,150
5.71%
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Yahoo Finance
- I Have $1 Million in a 401(k), With $2,500 Monthly From Social Security at 65. Can I Retire?
- Lenders Race to Buy Back Delinquent Multifamily Mortgage Loans
- Tesla Gets More Good News From China. The Stock Is Falling
- AI chip darling AMD struggles to impress Wall Street this earnings season
- Do I Need to Worry About the Gift Tax If I Pay $30,000 Toward My Child's Wedding?
- Ford Stock Is Down 16% in the Past 2 Years: Is This a Once-in-a-Generation Investment Opportunity?
- AMD Stock Drops After Earnings -- Is Now the Time to Buy This Top Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock?
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Google Business
- CVS, AMD, Super Micro, Amazon, Starbucks, Pfizer, Norwegian, Pinterest, DuPont, and More Movers
- Stock market today: S&P 500 slips with Fed's Powell in the spotlight
- Pfizer beats revenue estimates, raises profit outlook on cost cuts and smaller-than-feared drop in Covid drug sales
- NYCB's estimate-topping profit forecast fires up battered shares
- Anthropic finally releases a Claude mobile app
- Exclusive
- Sam’s Club’s AI-powered exit tech reaches 20% of stores
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Tipranks
- Blackstone Completes Acquisition of Tricon Residential
- Greenbank Capital Resumes Compliance, Awaits Trading
- Greenland Resources Advances on Molybdenum Project
- Zodiac Gold Ramps Up Exploration at Alasala
- PR Technology Completes Funding to Resume Operations
- Vendetta Mining Director Steps Down
- RIV Capital Optimistic on Proposed Cannabis Rescheduling
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Movers
Trending Topics
AP News
- Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
- Elimination of Tesla's charging department raises worries as EVs from other automakers join network
- US job openings fall to 8.5 million in March, the lowest level in more than 3 years
- Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.8 billion after hitting price benchmarks
- 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
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Wall Street Journal
- Helping Ukraine is in Floridians' Interest
- What Father Flanagan Meant by 'No Bad Boys'
- Tesla's Downsizing Worries Supercharger Industry
- Gavin Newsom Has a Presidential Role Model
- The Rot at Universities Begins With the Faculty
- Alvin Bragg's Case Taints Others Against Donald Trump
- The Corporate Tax Reality
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Financial Times
- Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to oust Republican Speaker Mike Johnson
- Poland probes state oil group’s Swiss subsidiary for alleged Hizbollah links
- Johnson & Johnson proposes $6.5bn deal to settle talc cancer lawsuits
- Antony Blinken tells Israel and Hamas that ‘time is now’ for a deal
- Momentum parties and hangovers
- JPMorgan’s ETF head quits abruptly after presiding over rapid growth
- Houthis extend attacks on shipping to wider Indian Ocean
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Bloomberg
- Fed Is on Perma-Hold But There’s No Need to Worry Yet
- US Regulators Discuss Finalizing Bank Capital Rules as Soon as August
- Pot Banking, Stablecoin Bills Hit Hurdles With Speaker Johnson
- Hunt’s Intervention Exposes FCA’s Widening Rift With Westminster
- FTC Set to Rule on $60 Billion Exxon-Pioneer Deal in Coming Days
- Allegra Stratton: For Local Election Results, How Bad is Bad?
- Brazil Outlook Raised to Positive by Moody’s on Reform Progress
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Reuters
- Cruise operator Norwegian's Q1 revenue miss overshadows raised outlook
- Canada's long-delayed Trans Mountain oil pipeline starts operations
- NYCB's estimate-topping profit forecast fires up battered shares
- Airbus ready to lock out A220 workers if offer rejected
- 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
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Marketwatch
- UnitedHealth CEO faces Change Healthcare hack scrutiny on Capitol Hill
- Job openings in the U.S. fall to the lowest level in three years
- CVS’s stock suffers biggest drop in 15 years as Medicare Advantage issues weigh on results
- Trend-following hedge funds are off to a strong start in 2024. Does the strategy deserve a spot in your portfolio?
- 24 Dividend Aristocrats in the stock market with the fastest-growing payouts
- Fearing Trump’s tariffs, one bank has ratcheted up rate forecasts
- Construction spending posts bigger-than-expected drop
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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
- Why Is SaaS Company Conduent Stock On Fire Today?
- Groundbreaking Pilot Works To Strengthen Indigenous Communities to Address Climate Crisis in the Amazon
- Index Engines and Infinidat Celebrate One-Year Strategic Partnership Adding Support for VMware Datastores to InfiniSafe® Cyber Detection
- Johnson Controls Dips Over 6% After Q2 Earnings - Here's Why
- TICKETS FOR THE FIRST-EVER FOOD & WINE CLASSIC IN CHARLESTON ON SALE TODAY
- Spike Lee and Giancarlo Esposito Find 'Italy in America' in New Advertising Campaign for All-new, All-electric Fiat 500e
- Marc D'Amelio and D'Amelio Huskies Collective to Enter UConn Alumni Team in The Basketball Tournament (TBT)
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Barchart
- Sugar Prices Weighed Down by a Slump in Crude Prices
- Cocoa Prices Slump in Volatile Trade
- Coffee Prices Recover on Reduced Rain Chances in Brazil
- Crude Tumbles on Gaza Cease-Fire Prospects and a Surge in EIA Inventories
- Broader Market Mostly Lower Ahead of an Expected Hawkish FOMC
- Dollar Slightly Weaker as Bond Yields Dip Before the FOMC Meeting
- Stocks Mixed Ahead of Today’s FOMC Decision
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SEC / FED
Remarks at SEC Speaks 2024
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SEC Adopts Reforms Relating to Investment Advisers Operating Exclusively Through the Internet
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Statement on Internet Investment Advisers
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SEC Encourages Investors to Plan for Their Financial Future During Financial Capability Month
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Remarks at the “SEC Speaks” Conference 2024
Marketplace
- Live music is taking center stage in India
- Dave & Buster's to let adult customers bet on arcade games
- 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
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ZeroHedge
- If Treasury Bonds Hit 5%, You're Gonna See Some Serious Sh*t
- The Great Gold Vs Bitcoin Debate: ZeroHedge Presents Roubini And Schiff Against Scaramucci And Vorhees
- Feds Scrutinizing Block's Square And Cash App, Eyeing If Transactions Funded Terror And Skirted Sanctions
- Fed Policies Turn The Wealth Gap Into A Chasm
- AMD's Muted AI Sales Forecast Fails To Unleash Bulls
- Markets Are Very, Very Nervous Going Into The FOMC Decision
- Job Openings Tumble, Quits Plunge, Hires Unexpectedly Crater To January 2018 Levels
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Investing.com
- Even after the recent pullback, the S&P 500 is statistically expensive vs. history
- 5 analysts weigh in on AMD earnings
- Crypto experts see a pullback in Bitcoin price as a buying opportunity
- Here's how to protect your portfolio from a potentially hawkish Fed today
- 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
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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
- Cruise line Viking targets $10.4 billion valuation in IPO
- Here's why we're not sweating Amazon’s light second-quarter guidance
- Nvidia-backed GPU cloud provider CoreWeave surges to $19 billion valuation
- Super Micro stock plummets 18% after posting revenue miss
- DOJ charges 'Bitcoin Jesus' with $48 million tax fraud, seeks extradition
- Amazon-backed Anthropic launches iPhone app and business tier to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT
- How to make your home hurricane resistant, as scientists predict an 'extremely active' storm season
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CBS
- UnitedHealth CEO defends ransom payment in testimony on cyberattack
- Biden is forgiving $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 people
- 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
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NYT Business
- What the Fed’s Moves Mean for Mortgages, Credit Cards and More
- UnitedHealth’s CEO Slammed Over Cyberattack
- Zwirner Anchors Los Angeles Art Neighborhood With New Gallery
- Job Openings and Hiring Are at a 3-Year Ebb
- Biden Cancels $6.1 Billion in Debt for Former Art Institute Students
- The Marijuana Industry Hopes for New Highs
- The Fed Tries to Steer Clear of Politics, But Election Year Is Making It Tough
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Stocktwits
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MSNBC
- As Judge Merchan finds Trump in contempt, what happens now?
- Right-wing preacher bashing Trump's Bibles is a bad sign for Donald
- Why United Methodists’ historic vote means so much to gay Christians like me
- Why Trump’s rhetoric about ‘paid agitators’ sounds so familiar
- 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
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NBC
- Johnson & Johnson to pay $6.5 billion to resolve nearly all talc ovarian cancer lawsuits in U.S
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson next week
- Older Americans are losing thousands of dollars to cybercrime
- Private payrolls increased by 192,000 in April, more than expected for resilient labor market
- DJT shares crack $50 as Trump Media continues stock bounce back
- 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
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investors.com
- Nvidia Stock Drops After Rival AMD Gives Uninspiring Outlook
- Square Stock Tumbles On Report Of Federal Probe Involving Transactions
- 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
- More
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
- UnitedHealth CEO details cyberattack root, working 24/7 to 'fix this'
- 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
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CNN
- Dave and Buster’s is getting into the betting business
- Affordable internet gave Native Americans a way to preserve community and culture. Now it’s another broken promise
- Clashes escalate at campus protests nationwide as law enforcement makes mass arrests
- 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
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Ticker
US Crude stocks rose last week to their highest since June 2023
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EIA Distillate Inventories Actual -0.732M (Forecast 1M, Previous 1.614M)
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DoE: US SPR +0.594 mln bbl at 366.271 mln bbl
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EIA Crude Oil Inventories Actual 7.265M (Forecast -2.5M, Previous -6.368M)
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OPEC Crude output fell 50k b/d to 26.81m b/d in April
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EIA Gasoline Inventories Actual 0.344M (Forecast -1.02M, Previous -0.634M)
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China vows to roll out policies to boost economic recovery
Barrons
- That Tax Refund You Got? Here’s What Money Pros Would Do With It
- Garmin Earnings Crush Estimates, and the Stock Is Soaring
- SoFi Stock Is Bouncing Back as Analyst Cites ‘Overrated Fears’
- Seagate Earnings Could Grow 10 Times in Just 2 Years, Analyst Says. Here’s Why
- Why the Dow Is Beating the S&P 500 Today
- Remembering Joe Rosenberg, a Wall Street Veteran and Man of All Markets
- U.S. Manufacturing Sector Contracts Again in April
- More
The Economist
- Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
- Wanted: a new economics writer
- 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
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MarketBeat
- AMD is Down 35%. Now is the Time to Buy the Dip
- 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
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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
- Apple working to fix alarming iPhone issue
- J&J offers more in third attempt to settle talc battles
- Belarus firm accused of bypassing UK sanctions
- 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
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The Guardian
- Online gamblers who lose £500 or more a month to face extra checks
- UK house prices fall unexpectedly for second month in a row
- PMQs: Sunak and Starmer clash over taxes and pensions
- ‘Yes, this is real’: LA recreates Glasgow’s Willy Wonka disaster
- 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
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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
- Standard deduction vs. itemized deductions: Which is better?
- National Park visitor becomes first to get arrested for this in 2024
- Delayed flight? You may be entitled to a Southwest refund
- Royal Caribbean makes a technology move passengers will love
- Amazon makes a major Prime Day announcement
- How much does it cost to die? Cremation, burial plots, caskets, urns, headstones & more
- Marijuana reclassified federally in major win for the legal cannabis industry
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Insider
- I'm an interior designer. Here are 10 things in your living room you should get rid of
- I drove the Tesla Cybertruck. These 7 design flaws surprised me
- Fisker employees are fixing some customers' cars with parts from the company's vehicle 'graveyard,' sources say
- A crypto bigwig dropped $1.5M on a watch from the Titanic as a gift for his wife
- Kids should be banned from smartphones until 13 and social media until 18, a major French study says
- A man repeatedly punched by Mike Tyson in a viral video taken on a JetBlue flight is suing the former heavyweight champ
- Google says immigration rules are making it hard to hire top AI talent
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AOL Finance
- A man repeatedly punched by Mike Tyson in a viral video taken on a JetBlue flight is suing the former heavyweight champ
- Johnson & Johnson to pay $6.5 billion to resolve nearly all talc ovarian cancer lawsuits in U.S
- 'Tough near-term setup': Here's what Wall Street expects from Apple's 2nd-quarter earnings
- UnitedHealth CEO defends ransom payment in testimony on cyberattack
- What to know about the AI company Amazon is betting billions on
- Google says immigration rules are making it hard to hire top AI talent
- The SEC has Ethereum in its crosshairs. But does the agency think Ether is a security?
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- This Country has the Strongest Support for Ukraine
- What Is E*Trade Pro, And What Are The Benefits?
- 3 Tech Stocks Hitting SPY Hard
- The 30 Least Populated Countries On Earth Today
- 9 ChatGPT Competitors: Who Will Win the AI Race?
- 30 Multi-Billion Dollar American Weapons and R&D Projects
- For $10,000 in Passive Income, Invest $10,000 in These 8 Dividend Stocks
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LA Times
- 'Joker 2' trailer: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga lead twisted, musical fever dream
- 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?
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Washington Post
- Senator slams GlaxoSmithKline over cost of asthma inhalers
- 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
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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
- Elimination of Tesla’s charging department raises worries as EVs from other automakers join network
- Avista: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
- US job openings fall to 8.5 million in March, the lowest level in more than 3 years
- Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.8 billion after hitting price benchmarks
- 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
- 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
- Loblaw hikes dividend as profit rises almost 10%
- 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
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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
- Donald Trump courts an increasingly friendly Libertarian Party
- Biden’s clean aviation rules are really a gamble on EVs
- 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
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Reason
- Supreme Court won't stop Texas porn law from taking effect
- Rob Long: God is good, drugs are better
- Victims of Communism Day
- 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
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Nikkei Asia
- China woos Argentina, Bolivia and Peru to advance Belt and Road
- South Korea explores defense tech cooperation with AUKUS
- Weak yen drives U.S. shoppers to Japan proxy sites
- 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
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Institutional Investor
- The Consultant Shepherding Steve Ballmer’s Family Office and Others on AI
- Dan Loeb’s Favorite Stocks
- 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
- More
- What do you like and not like about VGT?
- Tesla Senior Director of HR Leaves After 6 Years At The Company
- 10 Optimal Tesla Trades since 2022, average holding days = 45
- The Fed rate decision meeting is today. Here are the odds of a cut
- What would be civil war proof investments?
- The Daily
- What to do with $500k to invest?
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PYMNTS
- Pfizer Reportedly Plans D2C COVID and Migraine Drug Platform
- Marriott Sees Growth After China Lifts Travel Restrictions
- This Earnings Season, Inflation and Pinched Consumer Wallets Are Common Themes
- FanDuel Picks NY Over London for Primary Listing
- David’s Bridal: Vow Renewal Couples Want the Newlyweds Shopping Experience
- Payment Innovations Help Small Businesses Navigate the Main Street Maze
- 58% of Freelance, Contract Workers Would Pay to Get Paid
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Forbes
- United Kingdom’s FTSE 100: Reversion Or Dead Cat Bounce?
- 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
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Fortune
- Trump is back on the world's richest people list as he gets a $1.8 billion windfall
- Japan has a bear attack problem. It's hoping AI can fix that
- Chase IHG One Rewards Business Premier card ups its welcome bonus
- Outdated laws prevent gig economy workers from getting benefits. This pilot program shows the path forward
- Women no longer have to initiate conversations on Bumble
- ‘It's great for the price’: Reviewing Noble Desktop’s UX/UI bootcamp
- This headteacher is preparing 'homebird' Gen Z pupils for the world of work by bringing in a 12-hour school day
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Inc.
- Cannabis Laws Are Changing, But Pot Merchants Still Can't Find Banks
- Amazon Offers its "Q" AI Assistant to Business Users
- Instagram Tweaked Some Algorithms to Favor Less Well-Known Accounts: It Could Impact Your Marketing Plans
- How to Conquer the Buzz Machine, From a Social Media Pioneer
- How Taking Regular Short Breaks Can Increase Your Productivity and Happiness at Work
- The Fed's Case for Rate Cuts Simply Does not Exist
- 4 Ways to Build Relationships With Language
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Axios
- The job market's slow-motion depressurization
- North Atlantic's record heat streak ends at 421 days, but warming may resume
- Most Americans say mental health issues get worse treatment than physical ones
- House Democrats laugh off Marjorie Taylor Greene's "crazy" vote to oust Mike Johnson
- Retailers retreat from health care delivery
- J&J agrees to pay $6.5B in ovarian cancer cases
- Police enter UCLA after counter-protesters target pro-Palestinian encampment
- More
Vox
- Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword
- Vox Welcomes Naureen Khan as Senior Editor, Culture and Features
- 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
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Politico
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Newsweek
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NPR
- Ford recalls Maverick pickups because tail lights can go dark, increasing crash risk
- The Federal Reserve is weighing what to do about interest rates
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- With a deadline looming, countries race for a global agreement to cut plastic waste
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Globe And Mail
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CBC
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- With Trans Mountain pipeline open for business, Alberta's oilsands city bracing for boom
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Techmeme
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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
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Following US pressure, Israel reopens the Erez Crossing and allows aid trucks into the the northern part of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
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)
- Nine people are killed in eastern India as the region faces the hottest April on record in a heatwave. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Homosexuality and Methodism
- The United Methodist Church votes 692–51 to repeal a longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy. The vote also forbids superintendents from forbidding a same-sex wedding. (AP)
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)
- Nine people are killed and two more injured during an explosion caused by a gas leak at a restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon. (The National News)
- 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)