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Yahoo Finance
- BYD Debuts First Pickup Truck in Mexico
- How Often Should You Be Checking Your 401(k) Balance?
- Spirit Airlines CEO Slams "Uninformed Government," Says Airline Industry Is A "Rigged Game" As The Company Struggles To Survive
- Petrobras shares plunge as Brazil's Lula swaps CEO
- GameStop stock tanks 35% as meme rally fades
- PayPal Is Struggling: Here's What Its New CEO Finds "Unacceptable"
- The 3M Dividend Cut Is Here. It’s Big
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Google Business
- OpenAI co-founder who had key role in attempted firing of Sam Altman departs
- Cream cheese products sold at Aldi, other supermarkets, recalled in dozens of states
- Will latest inflation report show rate is cooling?
- GameStop stock tanks 35% as meme rally fades
- The backbone of America’s economy was just dealt a serious blow
- DC slammed Trump's tariffs. Biden's decision to keep them draws a very different reaction
- Petrobras shares plunge as Brazil's Lula swaps CEO
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Tipranks
- Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) Plummets After CEO Gets Ousted
- The U.S. Dollar Index: A Key Indicator for Forex Traders
- Bausch Health Shareholders Approve Key Proposals
- Teako Minerals Strengthens Team for Norway Exploration
- Excelsior Mining Advances with Nuton’s Tech
- Astra Exploration Joins Elite Mining Finance Conference
- XTM Inc. Works to Resolve Financial Reporting Delay
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Movers
Trending Topics
AP News
- Shopping complex fire inflicts tragedy on Vietnamese community in Poland
- Billionaire Frank McCourt says he's putting together a consortium to buy TikTok
- Retail sales were unchanged in April from March as inflation and interest rates curb spending
- Slovakia plans to build a new nuclear reactor
- Canadian historian Michael Ignatieff wins Spain's Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
- Labor laws largely exclude nannies. Some are banding together to protect themselves
- Edmunds: The five things you need to know before buying your first used Tesla
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Wall Street Journal
- Microsoft Imposes New Climate Requirement on Suppliers in Effort to Lower Its Emissions
- Russia Advances on New Front, Stretching Outnumbered Ukrainian Troops
- Why Tweens Are Obsessed With This $110 Sweatsuit
- Frogs Flirt, Too
- Petrobras CEO Jean Paul Prates Replaced by Former Govt Regulator Magda Chambriard
- Why It Pays to Be a Double Major in College
- He's the Most Dominant Golfer in Years. He's Still Nowhere Near Tiger
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Financial Times
- Lawrence Wong sworn in as Singapore’s prime minister
- Biden calls for debate with Trump as soon as June
- Raspberry Pi’s IPO should prove a tasty mouthful for London
- Slovak premier Robert Fico shot and injured
- Catering group Compass’s profits boosted by Monday return to office
- What even is inflation?
- US inflation falls to 3.4% in April
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Bloomberg
- Microsoft’s AI Push Imperils Climate Goal as Carbon Emissions Jump 30%
- ElevenLabs Launches AI-Voiced Screen Reader App
- BMO Sees Stock Rally Raging On, Lifting S&P 500 Target to 5,600
- Deutsche Bank Says Prospects Dimming for New Share Buyback
- Sorry Inflation Doomers, We're Heading in the Right Direction
- Miami Beach Homes Go Under Contract for $122 Million
- Harvard’s Crackdown on Gaza Protest Violated US Labor Law, Union Claims
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Reuters
- Morgan Stanley to buy $700 mln property loans tied to failed Signature Bank, Bloomberg News reports
- Qatar Airways to invest in an airline in southern Africa, CEO says
- U.S. warned Raiffeisen access to dollar system could be curbed over Russia
- The inside story of Elon Musk's mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff
- Xiaomi becomes 8th largest EV upstart in China after successful SU7 launch
- E.ON posts stable Q1 profits, raises investments by a quarter
- Conflict, high borrowing costs clip growth in EBRD regions
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Marketwatch
- SunPower’s ‘extreme’ meme-stock surge has this analyst predicting a steep fall
- 8 in 10 baby boomer renters would rather rent than buy a house. Here’s why
- ‘I feel ashamed’: A real-estate agent says my childhood home smells of dogs, which will put buyers off. Is this a ploy to lower the price?
- Bridgewater CEO: ‘We still get 40% of our calls wrong’
- U.S. cannabis-dispensary operator Cresco Labs posts narrower loss as revenue dips
- Builders are slashing home prices to keep buyers interested, as confidence in the market wanes for the first time since November 2023
- Social Security’s COLA could be 3.2% in 2025
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Benzinga
- NY Attorney General Secures Deal: DoorDash Offers Second Chance To Applicants With Criminal Records What's Going On With Food Delivery Platform DoorDash Today?
- Gainsight Leads Next Frontier in Human-First AI with Gainsight AI
- SHERATON PRINCESS KAIULANI COMPLETES RENOVATION OF AINAHAU TOWER ROOMS
- HeartFlow's Plaque Analysis Leading The Way: 95% Accuracy vs Invasive Imaging In Newly Published REVEALPLAQUE Study
- CRAFTSMAN+ Launches CTV and DOOH Creative Advertising Solutions
- No Wegovy Shortage in Denmark Amid High Demand, Novo Nordisk Confirms
- FDA Pushes Review Date For Ascendis Pharma's Hormone Disorder Candidate By Three Months
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Barchart
- Crude Recovers Early Losses on Dollar Weakness and a Fall in EIA Inventories
- Schlumberger Stock Outlook: Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish?
- Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Kinder Morgan Stock Will Climb or Sink?
- S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Rally to Record Highs on Fed-Friendly Economic Reports
- Monster Beverage Stock Outlook: Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish?
- Dollar Slumps and Gold Rallies on Fed Rate Cut Hopes
- NIO, XPEV, or LI: Which Chinese EV Stock Do Analysts Like Most?
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SEC / FED
SEC Adopts Reforms Relating to Investment Advisers Operating Exclusively Through the Internet
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Agencies announce public meeting on proposed acquisition by Capital One of Discover; public comment period extended
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SEC Seeks Candidates for Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
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Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on February 20 and March 20, 2024
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Prepared Remarks Before the 2024 43rd Annual Small Business Forum
Marketplace
- How migration altered the economy of this Colombian town
- Why isn’t the cost of borrowing money included in the consumer price index?
- End of pandemic funding forces some schools to cut teachers, programming
- “It’s Jenga meets pick-up sticks, which meets slinky rubber band”
- How tariffs compare in the Biden and Trump eras
- New federal rule aims to create more long-distance power lines
- Why is GameStop stock surging again?
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ZeroHedge
- Netanyahu Says Rafah Op To Take 'Weeks, Not Months' As EU Warns Of Damaged Ties
- Putin To Visit China To Discuss Energy Ties
- White House 'Deeply Troubled' As Georgia Enacts Law To Thwart NGO 'Interference'
- Did Michael Cohen Commit Perjury In The Trump Trial?
- WTI Rebounds Off Lows After Across-The-Board Inventory Draws
- "Make My Day, Pal": Biden Wants June, September Debates; Trump Accepts: "I'm Ready To Go"
- First ATM, Now Debt-For-Equity Swap, AMC Drains Equity In Bid To Stay Alive
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Investing.com
- 5 analysts discuss Fed and Powell's next moves as CPI data shows signs of cooling
- Midday movers: AMC Entertainment, GameStop fall; Dell rises By
- BMO raises S&P 500 price target to 5600
- Oil prices fall after IEA monthly report, CPI inflation
- Here's another 15%+ rally you may be missing out on
- Consumer price growth slowed marginally in April; CPI rose an annualized 3.4%
- S&P 500 rally not expected to accelerate from current levels: JPMorgan By
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Morning Brew
Red Lobster closes at least 99 locations
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Why you can’t read this harrowing crime story in the UK
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Driverless cars are in the regulatory hot seat
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Word Search: Las Vegas hotels
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Women’s basketball will never be the same
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The meme stock king revived $GME with 1 tweet
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to become Melindaless
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Brew Mini: Mischief
The Hustle
Before Avon was a beauty brand, it was a door-to-door bookseller
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Are e-cargo bikes the future of delivery?
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Why, though? Atari's 55-week flop
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Did someone order an IV? A medical practice is dripping into our vacations
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Digits: People love boring videos, a huge French castle, and more newsy numbers
CNBC
- We're trimming a hot bank stock in a very overbought market
- Tesla's Chinese rival Nio launches a new brand and car that undercuts the Model Y by $4,000
- Here's the inflation breakdown for April 2024
- Uber announces shuttle rides, features for caregivers and Costco perks
- Financial advisors don't need to fear artificial intelligence, Betterment’s Thomas Moore says
- The top 10 most affordable colleges on the 'New Ivies' list from Forbes
- 529 college savings plans 'are better now than they've ever been,' expert says. Here are key changes for 2024
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CBS
- Aldi recalls cream cheese spreads sold in 28 states due to possible salmonella contamination
- Inflation eases to 3.4% amid the Federal Reserve's battle to tame higher prices
- GameStop shares slide as meme stock fervor fades
- Victims of Think Finance loan repayment scam to get $384 million
- Meta to shut down Workplace app for business
- Should you tip your French waiter? Here's what to know ahead of Paris Olympics
- The Fed is struggling to break the back of inflation. Here's why
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NYT Business
- The Stock Market Is Back in Rally Mode
- In About-Face, Wall Street’s Big Donors Warm to Trump
- Trump Media Stock Rises Again, Adding Billions to Former President’s Stake
- Billionaire Frank McCourt Mounts Bid to Buy TikTok
- A Big Plot Twist at OpenAI
- Live Updates: Inflation Expected to Cool Slightly
- What to know about the latest inflation report
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Stocktwits
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CCL Carnival Corp
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AMZN Amazon.com Inc
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RIVN Rivian Automotive Inc
OXLC Oxford Lane Capital Corp
AISP Airship AI...
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CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc.
CADL Candel Therapeutics Inc
DLO DLocal Limited
MSNBC
- 'Looks like he's in hell': King Charles' portrait sparks mixed reactions
- The first Biden-Trump debate date has been set
- Ben Carson's opposition to no-fault divorce echoes a popular sentiment on the right
- House Republicans aren’t yet done with Cassidy Hutchinson, Jan. 6
- Trump's eyes were 'closed most of the morning': Chris Hayes takes us inside the courtroom
- 'Evolution of lies': Lawrence O'Donnell on Michael Cohen's testimony
- Tuberville says a bit too much about why he went to Trump’s trial
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NBC
- Netanyahu says he hopes to iron out discord with U.S., but won't budge on Rafah assault
- Netflix inks deal to broadcast its first-ever live NFL games on Christmas Day
- Biden's campaign proposes June and September for debates against Trump
- Billionaire Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty forms consortium to bid for TikTok
- Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico shot and injured, local news agency reports
- Inflation in America: Where are prices rising and falling?
- Inflation relocation: Some are getting paid to move to rural cities
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investors.com
- AI-Powered Capex Spike Seen At Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple. 'Big Tech Is The New Big Oil.'
- Siemens Earnings Expected To Crater 50% Even As Tech Giant Homes In On Data Center Fever
- Dynatrace Stock Rises On Fiscal Q4 Earnings, $500 Million Buyback
- Biogen Stock Continues Its 20% Sprint On A Twist In Alzheimer's Treatment
- Dell Stock Hits Record High After Computer Maker Called 'Best Way To Play' AI Server Build-Out
- AMC Seizes Rally To Shed Debt; GME, Meme Stocks Reverse Lower
- Copper Prices Have Surged 30% This Year And These Mining Stocks Are In Buy Zones
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ABC News
- Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower credit card late fees to $8
- Kansas' governor has killed proposed limits on foreign land ownership
- Pro-Palestinian protesters demand endowment transparency. But it's proving not to be simple
- Slovakia plans to build a new nuclear reactor
- US energy panel approves rule to expand transmission of renewable power
- 700 hotel union workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels casino near Las Vegas Strip
- US airlines are suing the Biden administration over a new rule to make certain fees easier to spot
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Fox Business
- April inflation breakdown: Where are prices still rising the fastest?
- Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone rips Biden's 'absurd' claim over inflation
- New survey sheds light on how small business owners are staying resilient amid uncertainty
- Inflation increases 3.4% in April as prices remain elevated
- Credit card delinquencies are surging
- Used car sales booming as holdout buyers return: Edmunds
- Justice Department says Boeing breached 2021 737 MAX criminal prosecution agreement
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CNN
- Uber will soon let riders book a shuttle to the airport
- Netflix to air NFL games on Christmas Day in major expansion into live sports
- TikTok’s new suitor is former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, as another lawsuit pushes back against ban
- Burberry’s profit slumps by a third as sales in China plunge
- Why Biden’s monster EV tariffs could inflame a Europe-China trade war
- Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ could be worth almost $1 billion to British economy
- US retail sales were flat in April as inflation bites
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Ticker
Petrobras trading halted due to imminent release of relevant fact
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Preview & Trade Plan For AU Jobs (15 May 2024)
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US SPR +0.593 mln bbl at 367.811 mln bbl
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EIA Gasoline Inventories Actual -0.235M (Forecast 1M, Previous 0.915M)
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EIA Crude Oil Inventories Actual -2.508M (Forecast -0.6M, Previous -1.362M)
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EIA Distillate Inventories Actual -0.045M (Forecast 0.7M, Previous 0.560M)
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Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu: The Rafah operation will take weeks
Barrons
- Smartphones Are About to Get an AI Boost. Here Are the Stocks to Play the Revolution
- Dell Is on Pace to Close With a Market Cap Above $100 Billion
- And the Good News Just Keeps Comin'
- Elon Musk May Be a Genius. That Doesn’t Make Him Right for Tesla
- Russell 2000 Rises Slightly. Why Its Price Action Stands Out
- With Wagyu, Bacalao, and Tuna
- Netflix to Live Stream 2 NFL Games on Christmas Day This Year
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The Economist
- Wanted: a new economics writer
- A mano-a-mano contest between Michael Cohen and Donald Trump
- 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
- How to Buy the Dip and Sell the Rip on Your Stocks with Options
- 3 Hot Buyback Plans Supporting Price Action in 2024
- Stocks With Subscription Based Revenue Offer Inflation Protection
- Meme Stocks Have a Pulse Again, AMC’s Rally Follows GameStop’s
- 4 Small-Cap Energy Stocks Insiders are Buying
- Can a Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney Bundle Fend Off Netflix?
- Live Nation’s Revenue Funnels Deliver a Half-Billion-Dollar Beat
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The Hill
- DOJ says Boeing violated $2.5B settlement to avoid prosecution
- Credit card delinquencies surge; almost 1 in 5 users maxed out: Research
- Inflation fell in April to 3.4 percent, reverses trend
- Cream cheese products sold at Aldi, other supermarkets, recalled in dozens of states
- Tenant rights organizer sees opportunity amid housing crunch
- Bottom Line: Shein steps up its lobbying game
- Buttigieg ‘speechless’ as airlines sue over new fee rules
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BBC
- Royal Mail owner poised to accept £3.5bn takeover bid
- Easing US inflation stokes interest rates cut debate
- Period trackers 'coercing' women into sharing risky information
- Sub-postmasters are self-indulgent, said PO exec
- Taxpayers face much longer waits for HMRC helplines
- The illicit trade with China fuelling Mozambique's insurgency
- Viral dine and dash couple hit our pizzeria, say owners
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The Guardian
- Royal Mail owner backs £3.5bn takeover offer by Czech billionaire
- Naples pizzeria whose founder cooked for Bill Clinton seized in mafia investigation
- Far too many Britons are at the mercy of exploitative private landlords. I have a five-point plan to fix that
- JCB built and supplied equipment to Russia months after saying exports had stopped
- Water industry should be brought into public ownership, says MP Clive Lewis
- Top US ethics watchdog investigating Trump over dinner with oil bosses
- Burberry profits slump by 40% as demand for luxury goods slows
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YouGov
How well can Americans visualize images in their minds?
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Explaining the partisan gap in support for student loan forgiveness
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How Americans rate U.S. infrastructure after the Baltimore bridge collapse
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Majorities support a ceasefire in Gaza and oppose university divestment from Israel
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Will Trump get convicted in his hush-money case? Should he? What polls say
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Survey says what? How Americans characterize polls about policy support
The Street
- Shein has allegedly failed to end 75-hour work weeks at factories
- Another airline strands passengers as it files bankruptcy
- A traveler is calling out another bad national park behavior
- Uber is launching a new way to get to the airport
- Tom Brady on Netflix Roast: 'I wouldn't do that again'
- Gmail and Google Photos get major AI upgrade
- Grocery chain moves from closing stores to liquidation
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Insider
- Jamie Dimon says China's relationship with Russia will make it difficult for the US to fully engage with it
- An interior designer from Crate and Barrel gave my living room a virtual $21,000 makeover. Photos show the dramatic difference
- What is OnlyFans?
- An elite hedge fund bought 1 million GameStop shares before the meme stock's 400% surge
- Why you don't really want Big TV to bring back 'the bundle' for your streaming services like Hulu, Max, and Netflix
- Biden trolls Trump over his Manhattan trial while offering 2 presidential debates
- These are the top 50 best-led companies, according to employee reviews
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AOL Finance
- Video game maker Ubisoft swings to full-year operating profit on record bookings
- Anthropic taps Instagram co-founder as product chief
- An elite hedge fund bought 1 million GameStop shares before the meme stock's 400% surge
- Housing costs still push inflation higher but rise at slowest annual rate in two years
- Uber will soon let riders book a shuttle to the airport
- These are the top 50 best-led companies, according to employee reviews
- The winner of the Westminster dog show the year you were born
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- Georgia’s Best Counties to Live In
- 15 Least Popular TV Networks According to Millennials: Ranked
- This WWII Battle Had The Most Soldiers, By a Huge Margin
- This Country Flies the Most MiG Fighter Jets, and It’s Not Even Close
- 14 Least Popular Country Music Artists According to Baby Boomers: Ranked
- Worst Cities For Black Americans
- Wall Street Thinks These 3 Buffett Stock Picks Have Up to 21% Upside
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LA Times
- Inflation improves slightly in April, but high cost of housing remains a big obstacle
- DEA's big marijuana shift could be a lifeline for California's troubled pot industry
- Column: L.A.'s only Spanish-language children's bookstore will soon get más grande
- Why Disney is doubling down on theme parks with a $60-billion plan
- Column: As taxpayers tire of handouts to billionaires, Major League Baseball demands public funding for a Vegas stadium
- The first big-rig hydrogen fuel station in the U.S. opens in California
- Column: With his Truth Social stock, Trump may be laughing all the way to the bank
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Washington Post
- Even remote and hybrid work can burn you out. Here’s how to avoid it
- Inflation improved slightly in April, with timing for rate cuts still uncertain
- Look to the cloud to protect the life documents saved on your computer
- Senators unveil plan to regulate AI, as companies race ahead
- U.S. says Boeing broke terms of settlement over 737 Max crashes
- OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever leaves the AI company
- Trump gets $1 million from Silicon Valley donor who once gave to Democrats
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Chicago Tribune
- Dom’s, Foxtrot parent files for bankruptcy in wake of abrupt closure
- Former WBBM-Channel 2 general manager and his wife sell Printers Row loft condo for $467,500
- As EV popularity grows, Illinois corn farmers turn to aviation as a possible market for ethanol
- Loop restaurants are clawing their way back to health
- Justice Department says Boeing violated deal that avoided prosecution after 737 Max crashes
- Red Lobster closes dozens of locations across the US just months after ‘endless shrimp’ losses
- Red Lobster is closing these US locations, including two in Illinois
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Seattle Times
- As Melinda French Gates leaves the Gates Foundation, many hope she’ll double down on gender equity
- Billionaire Frank McCourt says he’s putting together a consortium to buy TikTok
- Sea-Tac Airport’s facelift means upgrades … and work zones
- Edith Macefield’s Ballard ‘Up’ house available for lease
- Why is car insurance so expensive?
- Retail sales were unchanged in April from March as inflation and interest rates curb spending
- Slovakia plans to build a new nuclear reactor
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Boston Herald
- Walmart lays off hundreds of employees and requires others to relocate
- US inflation eased last month in the first slowdown of 2024
- Healey launching $10M climate tech workforce career fund
- TikTok content creators sue the U.S. government over law that could ban the popular platform
- Ticker: Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states’ bans or restrictions
- How to know if your car is tracking you, risking higher insurance
- New device could identify which babies will struggle with breastfeeding
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Financial Post
- Canadian Ilya Sutskever leaving as OpenAI's chief scientist
- $1.6-billion parts plant for Honda EV batteries coming to Niagara Region
- Posthaste: The Bank of Canada should watch this 'hurdle' to rate cuts like a hawk
- Why big banks and pension giants are likely breathing easier after the Liberal budget
- Opinion: Capital gains tax hike is another fulfillment fiasco in the making
- Canada's capital gains tax hike another blow to productivity, say economists
- TD, RBC data point to slowing household spending in Canada
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The Trade
- Sri Lanka to cut settlement cycle from T+3 to T+2 in June
- Increased adoption of EMSs in fixed income expected over the next 12 months despite the pain points associated with new trading technology
- OTC Markets to launch overnight US dollar trading
- ION’s LIST connects FastTrade electronic trading system to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
- Euronext sees Q1 trading venues rise despite declines in cash and derivatives
- Goldman Sachs and Citi trading heads latest to join Tradefeedr client advisory group
- Barclays connects to CLS’s cross currency swaps service
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Observer
- The World’s First Desktop Computer Heads to Auction
- ‘Godmother of A.I.’ Fei-Fei Li On Why You Shoudn’t Trust Any A.I. Company
- Jack Dorsey Pledges $21M Toward Open-Source Development to Advance Bitcoin
- Mark Zuckerberg Turns 40: A Look Back at Key Moments in the Facebook Founder’s Career
- What Melinda French Gates’s Philanthropy Could Look Like Post-Gates Foundation
- GameStop Co-founder Gary Kusin Says He’s Not Surprised By the Meme Stock Frenzy At All
- Starbucks, Sweegreen, McDonald’s CEOs Are All Seeing a Similar Shift in Consumer Spending
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Semafor
- How China is building the next big green industry
- Trump and Biden agree to presidential debates, eyeing June and September dates
- US to send delegation of ex-officials to Taiwan for Lai inauguration
- Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot and hospitalized
- OpenAI’s chief scientist departs months after failed Altman ouster
- US reportedly plans to send additional $1B in arms to Israel
- Tech critic McCourt mounts TikTok Bid
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Nikkei Asia
- Singapore's PM Lawrence Wong vows to lead in 'own way' at inauguration
- TSMC, MediaTek lead as Taiwan tech makers log 19% sales jump
- Nippon Life, Dai-ichi Life wary of foreign bonds on risk of yen upswing
- China allows visa-free entry for cruise ship passengers
- U.S. to send two ex-government officials to Taiwan inauguration
- Myanmar resistance leaders present united front in Tokyo
- Malaysia's Axiata seeks Indonesia telecom merger with Sinar Mas unit
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Institutional Investor
- Internal Threats Pose Underappreciated Risks to Family Offices
- Our Man in East Setauket
- Most Life Sciences Hedge Funds Suffer Losses Last Month
- How Blackstone Bolted Past Rivals in Life Sciences
- Icahn’s Investment Fund Posts Small Loss
- Three Sustainability Markets Seeing Momentum
- The Relationship Between Elections and Volatility
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PYMNTS
- Autonomous Transport Could Drive Trucking Into Digital Transformation’s Fast Lane
- 93% of Truck Drivers Want Instant Payments
- Digital ID Startup Humanity Protocol Valued at $1 Billion
- Chime to Add Earned Wage Access Offering to Banking App
- As Consumers Pause Spending in April, Is Summer Slowdown Looming for Merchants?
- Report: Circle to Shift Legal Base to US From Ireland
- Senate AI Group Recommends $32 Billion in Spending
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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
- Bargain Hunting With Technical Analyst Charles Kirkpatrick
- Gaining An Edge: 5 AI-Powered Strategies For Stock Market Success
- Gold Hit $2,200
- Federal Reserve Reduces Tightening, Keeping The Economy Juiced
- The U.K.’s FTSE Is Due To Get Boosted By Takeovers
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Fortune
- TikTok tax advice could result in thousands of audits and frozen refunds
- YouTube takes up 10% of people's TV-viewing time
- Most of us like to eat. For those interested in helping us get there, Fortune picked out the best nutritionist certifications for 2024
- Boost in used car trade-ins could be the salve auto dealers need
- Stellantis boss slams Biden's 100% tax on Chinese EVs, just as he starts selling them in Europe
- Tesco CEO more than doubles his pay to $12.6 million as Britain's largest grocer hits long-term targets
- Employees are cheating on workplace drug tests at the highest rate in more than 30 years
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Inc.
- Boeing’s Woes Worsen as the Justice Department Warns of Possible Criminal Prosecution
- Can AI Replace Doctors Who Read X-Rays?
- Questions at OpenAI as Chief Scientist Leaves After Leadership Drama, and Another Exec Quits
- In 4 Words, Bumble Showed the Right Way to Fix a Major Marketing Fail
- Honest Tea's Seth Goldman Knows What It Takes to Build a Thriving Business
- TikTok Creators Sue U.S. Government Over Law That Could Ban the Platform
- Google Puts AI in its Search Engine
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Axios
- Finally, some relief: Inflation and retail sales reports point to cooler economy
- House Republicans demand FDIC chairman resign after toxic workplace report
- Trump and Biden upend the presidential debates
- Overdose deaths in 2023 fell for the first time since the pandemic
- Palestinian Americans saving "keys" as Nakba symbols of loss
- Army gets four drone zappers in rush to defend troops
- Inflation cooled in April as price gains slowed, CPI report says
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Vox
- Biden’s surprise proposal to debate Trump early, explained
- Psychedelics could treat some of the worst chronic pain in the world
- Why school segregation is getting worse
- The crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists shows why the left needs free speech
- How to prepare for another season of wildfire smoke
- You might have another chance to see the northern lights tonight
- Meme stocks like GameStop are soaring like it’s 2021
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FastCompany
- ‘A celebration of Asian identity, creativity, and unity’: 88rising’s Head in the Clouds festival returns to Queens
- U.S. tariffs on $18 billion of goods aren't phasing China
- The Fed’s next inflation report could show easing of core inflation
- Cream cheese recall update: Aldi added to list of grocery chains as Salmonella fears spread to more products in 2024
- A new TikTok trend uses a creative way to punish celebrities for not speaking out about Gaza
- Get a job at one of these 10 companies if you want to work with great senior leaders
- This Times Square breastfeeding ad for lactation cookies was taken down, sparking a social media debate
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Entrepreneur
- From Rejection to Success
- The Top 15 Automotive Franchises in 2024
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NPR
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Globe And Mail
- U.S. FDIC chairman apologizes for agency’s toxic workplace culture, own misconduct
- U.S. crude stocks, gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, EIA says
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CBC
- Home sales and new home construction both drop in April
- Boeing could be criminally charged, U.S. Justice Dept. suggests in court filing
- As AI becomes more human-like, experts warn users must think more critically about its responses
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- U.S. raises tariffs significantly on EVs, other goods from China
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 15
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Shooting of Robert Fico
- Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is injured in a shooting which is being treated as an assassination attempt. The shooter has been apprehended and identified as a 71-year-old writer from Levice, Slovakia. (BBC News) (Wall Street Journal)
- The Slovak government described Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition as life-threatening. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- American pharmacy chain Walgreens says that it will sell a generic version of the anti-overdose medication naloxone for ten dollars cheaper than the brand-name version, Narcan, also available on its shelves. (NBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from the flash flood and lahar in West Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 62, with 25 others still missing. (Reuters)
- Authorities evacuate over 6,000 people as wildfires approach Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada. (Reuters) (NPR)
Politics and elections
- Lawrence Wong is sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong. (BBC News) (CNA)
May 14
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive
- Israeli tanks enter residential areas of Rafah as they attempt to capture the city. Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades says that it destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with a Al-Yassin 105 anti-tank missile, killing several troops and injuring several others, while the Israel Defense Forces claim to have "eliminated" several terrorists in the city. (Reuters)
- Rafah offensive
- 2024 New Caledonia unrest
- Riots erupt in New Caledonia as France plans to change the constitution, allowing more recent white French settlers to vote in the island's provincial elections, which protesters claim would marginalise the Indigenous Kanak people. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Three Kanak residents are killed and many more injured during a drive-by shooting by a group of French settlers. (Reuters)
- At least 54 officers are injured and more than 130 people are arrested. Shops and cars are looted, while a prison breakout has been prevented. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival opens in Cannes, France, with Meryl Streep receiving an honorary Palme d'Or award. (AP)
Business and economy
- China–United States trade war
- U.S. President Joe Biden passes tariff increases on Chinese imports, including electric vehicles and batteries, computer chips, and medical products. (Reuters)
- GameStop short squeeze
- The share price of GameStop increases by a further 61%. (Quartz) (Yahoo! News)
- Economy of Argentina
- Inflation in Argentina slows to a single digit number of 8.8 percent amid severe austerity plans by president Javier Milei. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from a building collapse in George, South Africa, last week, increases to 33. (Reuters)
- Thirteen people, including former Congressman Édgar Alarcón, are killed in a bus crash in Vinchos, Huamanga Province, Peru. (Reuters) (Infobae)
- Eight people are killed and 40 others are injured when a bus carrying farmworkers collides with a truck and overturns in Marion County, Florida, United States. (AP)
Law and crime
- Corruption in Russia
- Russian police arrest former head of personnel of the Ministry of Defence {{ill|Yuri Vasilievich Kuznetsov|ru|Кузнецов, Юрий Васильевич (военачальник)}} for bribery of over $1 million. Kuznetsov's charges carry up to 15 years of jail time. (Al Jazeera)
- Two prison guards are killed and three others are critically injured in an ambush of a prison van near Rouen, Normandy, France, to free an inmate with ties to a drug dealing gang. (BBC News)
- Tunisian police raid the headquarters of the Tunisian Order of Lawyers in Tunis and arrest Mahdi Zagrouba, who is known for his opposition to President Kais Saied. (Al Jazeera)
- The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan sentences former Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev to 24 years in prison for torturing and murdering his wife. (Al Jazeera)
- Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza loses his appeal against a 25-year prison sentence. (Reuters)
- A court in Germany convicts and fines Alternative for Germany member Björn Höcke €13,000 ($14,000) for using a Nazi slogan that once belonged to the Sturmabteilung. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Riot police clash with protesters on the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, after the parliament approves a controversial "foreign agent" law that requires media organizations to declare foreign funding. (BBC News)
- The United States warns Georgia that $390 million in planned economic support will be "under review" if the Georgian government considers the U.S. as an "adversary", and not as a strategic partner. (The Guardian)
Science and technology
- Russia places its nuclear capable submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile into service. (Reuters)