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Yahoo Finance
- Forget Nvidia. Billionaires Steven Cohen and Israel Englander Are Buying This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Instead
- SoFi Plunged 10% Following Its Earnings. Here Are 3 Things Investors Need to Know
- The Best Stock to Buy Now
- Apple shares jump as record buyback, sales growth forecast lure investors
- Sony and Apollo propose $26 billion Paramount offer, WSJ reports
- This Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stock Is About to Lose Its Crown
- Futures rise on Apple, Amgen boost; jobs data on tap
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Google Business
- Booming labor market poised to reach milestone for low unemployment
- Why Google Employees Aren’t Reacting to US Antitrust Trial
- Uniper's dormant Russian gas contracts may pose hurdle to listing
- Mortgage rates push higher with no relief in sight: Freddie Mac
- Oil Companies Expand Offshore Drilling, Pointing to Energy Needs
- Cramer says he's willing 'to pay up' for Viking, the biggest IPO of the year
- The U.S. labor market is shifting toward skilled labor as white-collar hiring slows
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Tipranks
- XPO, Inc. Unveils New Investor Presentation Slide Deck
- Owens & Minor Releases New Earnings Presentation Online
- Interface, Inc. Unveils Updated Investor Presentation
- City Office REIT Enhances Executive Compensation Structure
- Bank of America Adjusts Stake in EasyJet
- Essentra Confirms Share Buyback and Cancellation
- Essentra plc Refines Share Buyback Details
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Movers
Trending Topics
AP News
- Cambodia's Supreme Court upholds the 2-year prison sentence of a casino strike leader
- Yellen says threats to democracy risk US economic growth, an indirect jab at Trump
- Nippon Steel delays closing of acquisition of US Steel until late this year after US DOJ request
- King Charles' longtime charity celebrates new name and U.S. expansion at New York gala
- Sanctions and a hobbled economy pull the rug out from under Iran's traditional carpet weavers
- A tornado hit an Oklahoma newsroom built in the 1920s. The damage isn't stopping the presses
- As China's Xi Jinping visits Europe, Ukraine, trade and investment are likely to top the agenda
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Wall Street Journal
- He Lost His Job. Now He's Having F1's Wildest Season
- Israel Gives Hamas a Week to Strike a Deal or Rafah Offensive Will Begin
- Online Marketplaces Like eBay, Etsy Are Counting on AI to Supercharge Shopping
- Pete Sonsini, Early Investor in Databricks, Gets Closer to Launching New VC Firm
- China Launches Moon Mission in Base Race With U.S
- Puig Shares Jump on Debut
- Geopolitics Takes a Central Role in Supply Chains
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Financial Times
- Former Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer: ‘Are you kidding? You’ll get more cases than ever!’
- The strange new economy of all-you-can-eat buffets
- How Marine Le Pen fell out with the German far right
- The mortgage reform that could unleash the next big US stimulus
- The big banks still backing coal
- City of London’s best kept secret needs serious work to shine
- Puig shares jump in largest European IPO this year
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Bloomberg
- Tories Hold Tees Valley Mayoralty in Electoral Relief for Sunak
- Problems Mount for Group of Seven’s Price Cap on Russian Oil
- Analysis of US Jobs Report for April
- Economists Aren’t the Best at Predicting the Economy
- Asda’s Debt Shake-Up Offers Little Relief to Troubled Grocer
- Modi’s Central India Citadel Faces Religious Divide: India Votes
- Germany Says Russia Was Behind Cyber Attacks on SPD Officials
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Reuters
- Diageo names Nik Jhangiani as next CFO
- Adidas plots to swerve Samba slump
- SocGen Q1 profit slumps less than expected as investment bank surprises
- Amgen 'encouraged' by weight-loss drug interim data, shares jump
- Weakness in Europe drives down Daimler Truck shares
- Oil prices set for steepest weekly drop in 3 months
- Take Five: Surfin USA
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Marketwatch
- Apple vs. the world: Can the tech giant survive a global regulatory onslaught?
- Markets set for May rally with Apple results the catalyst
- Here are the moves to make to counter range-bound, choppy markets, says Goldman Sachs
- ‘He’s holding all the cards’: My mother, 86, has dementia. Her partner of 30 years is on the deed to her home. How can I gain control of her finances?
- Yellen argues that undercutting democracy threatens economic growth
- Errors on credit reports are an ‘epidemic’
- Bond yields drift ahead of jobs data that could challenge Powell’s dovish tone
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Seeking Alpha
- Ares Capital: A 9.2% Yielding BDC Cash Cow
- Alibaba Stock May Reverse Massively
- 5 Expected Dividend Increases In May 2024
- My Top 10 High Yield Dividend Stocks For May 2024
- Fastly: Market's Concerns Were Valid
- Rate Hike Unlikely: Expect S&P 500 To Rally To New All-Time Highs
- Apple's Disastrous Q2 2024 Results Overshadowed By $110B Buybacks
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Benzinga
- Despite Tim Cook's Scant Details About iPhone AI, Tesla Investor Ross Gerber Thinks It Will Trigger 'Whole New Upgrade Cycle'
- Ocugen to Host Conference Call on Tuesday, May 14 at 8:30 A.M. ET to Discuss Business Updates and First Quarter 2024 Financial Results
- MacroGenics Announces Date of First Quarter 2024 Financial Results Conference Call
- Metasphere Labs Inc. Asserts Leadership in Bitcoin-Based Decentralized Identity Amid New Industry Developments
- Airbus Demands Compensation To Acquire Spirit Operations: Report
- Jim Cramer Slams Analysts Over 'Getting China Wrong About Apple For Two Decades:' 'That's Why I Am Always Trashing You!'
- I Tried To Eat Healthy But Was Put Off By How Expensive It Was In This Terrible Economy, This Was Until I Discovered These 5 Super Foods
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Barchart
- 2 Magnificent Stocks With Double-Digit Upside
- Barchart’s Hot Penny Stocks Screener Identifies Opportunity in Vivos (RDGL)
- Nasdaq Futures Climb on Upbeat Apple Results, U.S. Jobs Report in Focus
- 3 Energy Dividend Stocks to Invest in Oil's 'Higher for Longer' Scenario
- Hogs Mixed Around on Thursday
- Cotton
- Cattle Hold Opening Strength to Close Higher on Thursday
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SEC / FED
Register for the SEC’s 43rd Annual Small Business Forum April 16-18
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SEC Charges Advisory Firm Senvest Management with Recordkeeping and Other Failures
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SEC’s Division of Investment Management to Host Second Annual Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management
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Remarks at the 43rd Annual Small Business Forum
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Remarks to the Investor Roundtable Co-Hosted by the SEC, NASAA, and Georgia Secretary of State
Marketplace
- Phoenix's semiconductor hiring is slow despite federal investment
- Sustainable jet fuel costs twice as much as fossil fuel. New federal subsidies aim to close that gap
- Some baseball fans can no longer catch the game on their cable provider
- Tesla laid off almost everyone that built its EV charging network
- The barge business had had a pretty stable year
- Will the new IRS free tax filing system be available next year?
- Semiconductor factory growth must yield to native plants in Phoenix
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ZeroHedge
- Sony And Apollo Make $26 Billion All Cash Offer For Paramount
- Arizona Senate Approves Repeal of Near-Total Abortion Ban
- These Are The Best US Companies To Work For (According To LinkedIn)
- Norway’s Cash Flow From Offshore Fields Crashes Due to Low Natural Gas Prices
- Visualizing Global Gold Production In 2023
- German Lawmaker Calls For Border Pushbacks As Illegal Immigration Hits 5-Year High In First Quarter
- "Islamic Resistance In Bahrain" Claims First Ever Attack On Israel
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Investing.com
- Goldman sees potential for gold prices surging above $3000 amid geopolitical risks
- US stock futures bounce on Apple boost; nonfarm payrolls in spotlight
- Nonfarm payrolls ahead, Apple earnings
- Cloudflare stock tumbles as unchanged outlook overshadows Q1 beat
- Bitcoin price today: recovers to $59k but rate fears cloud outlook By
- Apple unveils record $110 billion buyback as results beat low expectations
- Asian stocks buoyed by tech as nonfarm payrolls approach
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Morning Brew
Florida becomes 1st state to ban lab-grown meat
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Demand for weight loss drugs is fueling competition
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Can burying feces save the species?
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The Brew’s Weekly News Quiz: May 3
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Jigsaw: Fun at the Amsterdam Tulip Festival
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LinkedIn released 3 new games
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In this economy, ‘old’ is the new ‘rich’
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Tesla guts Supercharger team in super confusing move
The Hustle
Weird Week: An infantilizing system glitch, accidental politicians, and more
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Why the illegal sand trade is out of control right now
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LinkedIn launches games as a new way to connect
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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
CNBC
- 'Trader justice': Ex-SocGen trader fired for risky bets claims he was made a 'scapegoat'
- AI engineers report burnout, rushed rollouts as 'rat race' to stay competitive hits tech industry
- Cramer says he's willing 'to pay up' for Viking, the biggest IPO of the year
- Turkey's inflation accelerates to nearly 70% in April
- Japan's yen had a rollercoaster week. Here's what happened
- Britain's ruling Conservatives hit with another local defeat as general election nears
- China's automakers must adapt quickly or lose out on the EV boom in the face of regulatory scrutiny abroad and competition at home
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CBS
- Peloton, once hailed as the future of fitness, is now sucking wind. Here's why
- Employer who fired 78-year-old receptionist must now pay her $78,000
- IRS says its number of audits is about to surge. Here's who the agency is targeting
- Nearly 8 tons of ground beef sold at Walmart recalled over possible E. coli contamination
- TikTok and Universal resolve feud, putting Taylor Swift, other artists back on video platform
- A United Airlines passenger got "belligerent" with flight attendants. Here's what that will cost him
- Federal Reserve holds rates steady. Here's what that means for your money
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NYT Business
- What Will Warren Buffett Bet on Next?
- Live Updates: The April Jobs Report
- What to Watch Today in the April Jobs Report
- Why Google Employees Aren’t Reacting to US Antitrust Trial
- Why Google Employees Aren’t Reacting to US Antitrust Trial
- Calls to Divest From Israel Put Students and Donors on Collision Course
- US Antitrust Cases Against Big Tech, Explained
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Stocktwits
AAPL Apple Inc
ARDX Ardelyx Inc
COIN Coinbase Global Inc
PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc
HIMS Hims & Hers Health Inc
DKNG DraftKings Inc
PARA Paramount Global
SAVA Cassava Sciences Inc
NET Cloudflare Inc
AMGN AMGEN Inc.
VKTX Viking Therapeutics Inc
UNIT Uniti Group Inc
EXPE Expedia Group Inc
EQC Equity Commonwealth
HSY Hershey Company
MGA Magna International Inc.
FLR Fluor Corporation
TRMB Trimble Inc
AMRX Amneal...
MELI MercadoLibre Inc
LOCO El Pollo Loco...
NVT nVent Electric plc
TILE Interface Inc.
MSNBC
- Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to show she doesn’t care about the Republican Party
- Trump trial in 60 seconds
- 'Very upset': Star witness brings 'affair' receipts in trial that could put Trump in jail
- Harvey Weinstein's retrial might happen sooner than you think
- Boxer Ryan Garcia tests positive for PEDs, suggests Trump support made him a target
- Campus protests have become the perfect photo-op for Republicans
- Arizona’s Democratic governor signs repeal of 1864 abortion ban
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NBC
- Trump hush money trial to resume with a look at Michael Cohen's electronics
- More than 2,000 people arrested nationwide in pro-Palestinian campus protests
- China launches world-first mission to the far side of the moon, revving up U.S. space race
- Inside Trump's 'quiet' VP search
- The U.S. labor market is shifting toward skilled labor as white-collar hiring slows
- Major corporations reluctant to make a splash at the 2024 political conventions
- Mandatory evacuations ordered in Texas after heavy rain and floods
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investors.com
- Skills First-Time Managers Need To Climb The Corporate Ladder
- Booking Holdings Stock Jumps As Travel Demand Powers Strong Q1
- Coinbase Delivers Major Earnings, Revenue Beat Thanks To Soaring Bitcoin Prices, Crypto Interest
- DraftKings Stock Edges Up As Narrowed Loss, Revenue Outpace Views
- Apple Edges Above Wall Street's Targets For March Quarter
- Cloudflare Tumbles As Revenue Outlook Underwhelms Investors
- Square Stock Pops On Earnings, Revenue Beat
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ABC News
- As China's Xi Jinping visits Europe, Ukraine, trade and investment are likely to top the agenda
- E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it
- Qualcomm, Carvana rise; DoorDash, Qorvo fall, Thursday, 5/2/2024
- Send us Patriots: Ukraine's battered energy plants seek air defenses against Russian attacks
- Apple's quarterly iPhone sales plunge 10%, but stock price surges on dividend, stock buyback news
- Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
- Turkey halts all trade with Israel over military actions in Gaza
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Fox Business
- Small businesses are racking up credit card debt, raising some concerns
- Share of gig workers hit a new high in March
- Fast-food restaurant sales slump as more people eat at home
- Apple sales fall less than expected, beating Wall Street estimates
- Elon Musk's Tesla yanks summer internship offers, students say
- Mortgage rates jump again to 7.22%
- April jobs report expected to show a 'cooling' labor market
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CNN
- Turkey halts trade with Israel over Gaza war
- Restaurants are competing for frugal diners’ dollars
- Markets await key jobs report after months of hotter-than-expected data
- Truth Social keeps shrinking despite the Trump trial and looming election
- Red Lobster brought seafood to the masses. Now it’s on the verge of bankruptcy
- Strawberry shortcake and foreign travel: How the yen’s record slump is squeezing the Japanese
- What to expect from the jobs report
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Ticker
CAD to strengthen 0.7% to 1.36/USD in three months, versus 1.34 in the April forecast
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CAD to climb 3.8% to 1.32/USD in one year, compared to 1.31 in the prior-month forecast
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Fitch: Monetary policy in developed Europe is at a turning point, but the impact of earlier rapid tightening was still evident in Q1 2024
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Fin. Mins. and Central Bank governors of China, Japan and S. Korea: Regional growth strengthened in 2023 and is expected to grow at a faster pace in 2024
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Fin. Mins. and Central Bank governors of China, Japan and S. Korea: Heightened FX volatility could affect ASEAN+3 prospects in the near term
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Eurozone Unemployment Rate Actual 6.5% (Forecast 6.5%, Previous 6.5%)
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Hong Kong Retail Sales YoY Actual -7% (Forecast 0.9%, Previous 1.9%)
Barrons
- Weak U.S. Employment, PMI Data Could Send Treasury Yields Lower
- XPO Stock Soars On Earnings Beat. The U.S. Freight Market Is Soft, Though
- S&P 500 Futures Up in Premarket Trading; Amgen, ImmunityBio Lead
- Why Apple’s Nascent Rally Could Be Stalled By Warren Buffett
- European Trading Ends Week on a High Note With London Stocks at Records
- Japanese Yen Hits Strongest in Weeks Amid U.S. Jobs Report, Possible Intervention
- Hong Kong Stocks Rally in Quiet Asian Trading
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The Economist
- A fresh Russian push will test Ukraine severely, says a senior general
- Ukraine is on the brink, says a senior general
- India’s biggest conglomerate takes on chipmaking
- What is weighing on CEOs’ minds this earnings season?
- Does Perplexity’s “answer engine” threaten Google?
- How not to work on a plane
- Why does BHP want Anglo American?
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MarketBeat
- Carvana’s Q1 Earnings: A Profitability U-Turn
- Banks Were Right in Boosting Shake Shack Stock Before Earnings
- For Cardinal Health, the Proof Will be in Its Performance
- The Case For Reddit Stock Investors Should Consider
- Tesla: Is This The Buy Investors Have Been Waiting For?
- Cannabis Stocks: Game-Changing Catalyst for the Sector?
- Meta Stock: 3 Reasons This Stumble Is a Golden Buying Opportunity
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The Hill
- Inflation in swing states is lower than the national average
- Congressional Renters Caucus calls for more federal rental assistance
- DeSantis signs bill banning lab-grown meat
- Taylor Swift, Drake reps bring music back to TikTok with new deal
- Biden calls Japan, India ‘xenophobic’ on immigration alongside China, Russia
- Inflation locked atop list of financial problems: Gallup
- Senators press Biden administration on Iran crypto mining
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BBC
- Post Office inquiry live: Former top lawyer Jarnail Singh to give evidence
- Post Office’s expert gave false evidence to court
- How the computer games industry is embracing AI
- Turkey halts trade with Israel over Gaza 'tragedy'
- Apple sees biggest fall in sales for a year
- Goldman Sachs removes bankers' bonus limit
- Weight loss drug wins 25,000 new US users a week
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The Guardian
- Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules
- Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’
- Arsenal lose Invincibles branding after Lehmann acquires rights for £30,000
- My future is bleak: can I go on without the all-you-can-eat unlimited Premier Inn breakfast?
- Stop trying to turn Dungeons & Dragons into a Marvel-esque cash cow
- Oil prices head for steepest weekly drop in three months; markets brace for US jobs report
- Concerns as cross-sex hormones available online for just £11 a month
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YouGov
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?
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Americans’ top skin concerns and how much they’d spend to treat them
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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?
The Street
- Stock Market Today: Apple powers tech; stock gains with jobs data on deck
- Another drugstore chain files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Tesla makes another harsh last-minute decision, frustrating students
- Cathie Wood buys $40 million of wounded tech stock
- Analysts revise CVS stock targets after Aetna Medicare Advantage earnings plunge
- A set of $120 cooling bed pillows with 11,500+ perfect ratings is on mega sale at Amazon for only $23
- Analysts reveal Eli Lilly stock price targets after earnings
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Insider
- A NATO country said it could join Ukraine's war with Russia if 2 conditions are met
- Ukraine wiped out 100 Russian troops at once in a strike showcasing the range and power of its new US ATACMS
- Alaska, Delaware, and West Virginia are the only states that still don't have a single billionaire resident
- I taught in a public school for 2 decades. My kids are homeschooled
- Top 10 most livable small to midsize cities where the median home price is $500,000 or less
- China launched a probe to the far side of the moon, stepping up its space race with the US
- Here are the highest-paid CEOs in the US , some of whom have 9-figure compensation packages
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AOL Finance
- Futures rise on Apple, Amgen boost; jobs data awaited
- Truth Social keeps shrinking despite the Trump trial and looming election
- Kevin O’Leary says Americans should ‘get used to the idea’ that the Fed won’t offer reprieve to rates in 2024
- Red Lobster brought seafood to the masses. Now it’s on the verge of bankruptcy
- Tiffany Haddish said she got so much hate that she made a fake Instagram, hunted down her trolls, and confronted them
- ‘That is deranged’: Janet Yellen says Americans ‘generally are better off’ despite price increases
- Stock market today: World shares advance ahead of key US jobs report
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- Peloton Could Go Out of Business
- Apple’s Absolutely Horrible Quarter
- The State Where CO2 Pollution is Skyrocketing: Every State Ranked
- 30 Most Mass-Produced Tanks Since WWII Ended
- Say Goodbye to Two Long Time Dividend Aristocrats That Finally Cut Their Dividends
- This is the Major US City Millennials Are Moving to the Most
- The Cheapest and Most Expensive Housing Markets in Utah
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LA Times
- Bad tattoo? Compete for fresh ink with a pic of your pooch
- China’s highflying EV industry is going global. Why that has Tesla and other carmakers worried
- Downtown L.A. is hurting. Frank Gehry thinks arts can lead a revival
- Hatsune Miku is playing Coachella, but she’s not human. Why brands are working with digital avatars
- 99 Cents Only to close all 371 stores and wind down its business
- Federal labor investigators say L.A. poultry plant used child labor and tried to cover it up
- Byron Allen's Allen Media Group facing layoffs across all divisions of the company
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Washington Post
- An I bond is now at 4.28 percent. Are they still a good deal?
- Senior homes refuse to pick up fallen residents, dial 911. ‘Why are they calling us?’
- What your favorite music says about you
- Booming labor market poised to reach milestone for low employment
- Whistleblower for Boeing contractor SpiritAerosystems dies
- China to launch world-first mission to retrieve samples from far side of moon
- Calculate how much more mortgages will cost as interest rates rise
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Chicago Tribune
- Chicago area’s independent bookstores see revival
- Jury awards $23M to family of girl born with brain damage at Advocate Trinity Hospital
- Backed by state incentives, Rivian to invest $1.5 billion and add more than 550 jobs to build new R2 EV at Normal plant
- After two strikes, Howard Brown Health workers ratify contract
- Lincoln Park 6-bedroom home with a library that has built-ins: $3.3M
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office calls Bears’ stadium proposal ‘non-starter’ after meeting
- New Amtrak service to begin between Chicago and St. Paul
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Seattle Times
- Yellen says threats to democracy risk US economic growth, an indirect jab at Trump
- It’s the last Free Comic Book Day at the place where it was created
- Nippon Steel delays closing of acquisition of US Steel until late this year after US DOJ request
- King Charles’ longtime charity celebrates new name and U.S. expansion at New York gala
- Stock market today: Asian shares advance ahead of US jobs report
- Sanctions and a hobbled economy pull the rug out from under Iran’s traditional carpet weavers
- A tornado hit an Oklahoma newsroom built in the 1920s. The damage isn’t stopping the presses
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Boston Herald
- Watchdog warns Boston Mayor Wu’s plan to hike business taxes could hurt city’s economy
- It’s the last Free Comic Book Day at the place where it was created
- Ticker: Feds boost lead water line funds for Mass; Mortgage rates hit 5-month high
- Night at the museum: A clocktower in Paris, a house owned by Prince among iconic Airbnb offerings
- US lawmakers slam UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity, call the company ‘a monopoly on steroids’
- Tech review: Tech gifts for your graduate
- Advice for working with a home buyer’s agent this spring
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Financial Post
- Apple jumps in late hours as tech lifts stocks
- Loblaw faces 'misguided criticism' as boycott begins, Galen Weston says
- Gildan fight with Browning West nets bankers and lawyers millions
- Capital gains tax changes could lead to 'brain drain,' harm productivity as some fear tech exodus
- David Rosenberg: Time for Macklem to turn before it's too late
- Eliminating carbon tax would only have 'temporary' effect on inflation, Macklem says
- Bank of Canada and Fed interest rate divergence has limits, says Tiff Macklem
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The Trade
- DTIF expands digital token identifier for crypto derivatives regulatory reporting
- Fireside Friday with… BNY Mellon’s Geoffrey Yu
- JP Morgan Chase expected to pay $100 million civil penalty linked to trading data completeness
- Tim Miller: Innovation in ETFs will lead to increased opportunities
- Appital Insights completes integration with FactSet Portware EMS
- DTCC connects Saphyre’s trade solution to ALERT platform
- Asset managers looking to shake up strategy in next two years, Northern Trust survey finds
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Observer
- The University of Pennsylvania Is the First Ivy to Offer an AI Master’s
- Elon Musk’s Tesla Turnaround Plan, Explained
- Artists Feel the Threat of A.I. But Also Increasingly Embrace the Technology
- Power Fallout Inside Paramount: How a Potential Sale May Have Ousted CEO Bob Bakish
- Amazon Leaders Mentioned “A.I.” 30 Times on Q1 Earnings Call: Key Highlights
- 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
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Semafor
- Biden calling allies Japan and India ‘xenophobic’ shows immigration is key to US elections
- Donald Trump finally gets the convention of his dreams
- More and more Americans see China as an enemy
- Huawei research revelation reignites debate on Chinese academic collaboration
- Georgia’s ‘foreign influence’ bill could imperil its Western trajectory, EU and US warn
- Tech stands at a crossroads as Google antitrust verdict looms
- Bird flu brings the US’ pandemic preparedness into focus
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Reason
- 'Equity' grading is the latest educational fad destined to fail
- Today in Supreme Court History: May 3, 1802
- Rent control remains the wrong solution to housing woes
- Review: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Underscores How Technology Supports Freedom
- Review: Mrs. Davis Tests the Limits of Science and Faith
- Brickbat: The First Rule of Fight Club
- How Immigration Restrictions Reduce Housing Construction and Exacerbate Shortages
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Nikkei Asia
- Xi Jinping's trip to Europe to center on trade as challenges 'pile up'
- China launches far-side moon mission as competition with U.S. heats up
- Corporate China suffers first profit decline in 5 years
- Kishida tapped Reagan speech writer to press U.S. for Ukraine aid
- U.S., Australia, Japan, Philippines eye more maritime exercises
- Southeast Asia's startup fundraising lowest in over 5 years
- Why South Korea's election isn't leading to Japan bashing this time
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Institutional Investor
- Alaska Permanent Is Reconsidering Private Equity. Here's What That Means for the Rest of Its Portfolio
- This Is The Most Underutilized Trillion-Dollar Asset Class
- Greenlight Surges in April
- 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
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- JP Morgan CEO: Americans Are in 'Good Shape' Financially and 'Still Have Money From COVID'
- Rethinking finance capital
- F.T.C. Clears Exxon Mobil’s Acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources
- The technical bull case for $IBRX
- Confused between Schwab and IBKR
- Daily Discussion Thread for May 3, 2024
- 22M looking to make friends
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PYMNTS
- Walmart and Amazon Expand Private-Label Plays to Compete in Grocery
- Can Open Banking Increase Consumer Trust in New Payments Tech?
- LiveRamp CFO: Developing Quick-Twitch Muscles Key to Managing Dynamic Businesses
- Platforms Rally to Push FinTech IPO Index 3% Higher
- Real-Time Payments Set to Soar in US With Cloud Solutions
- Apple’s Quarter Beat Muted Expectations, but China and AI Battlefields Loom Large
- Booking Holdings Says ‘Connected Trip’ Attracts New, Repeat Travelers
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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
- IRS scrambles to reverse dire statistics on plunging audits for millionaires, soaring reviews for Black Americans
- Janet Yellen tackles democracy’s importance for economic growth, saying authoritarian rhetoric is ‘deeply flawed’
- Europe’s largest local authority went bankrupt over equal pay claims worth up to $1 billion
- Biden administration says 100,000 Dreamers will enroll in Obamacare
- Carvana's father-son founding duo have made $11bn during 3,000% stock rebound
- Norway's $1.6tn oil fund CEO—who said Americans work harder than Europeans
- 7-to-7 is the new 9-to-5: Research shows that workers’ days in the office are fewer but longer than pre-pandemic
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Inc.
- April Jobs Report Expected to Show Slowing But Still Steady Hiring Pace
- Creative Insights From Taylor Swift's New Song
- 6 Ways Businesses Can Fail From the Beginning
- Tim Cook’s 3-Word Response to a Question About Apple’s AI Plans Is the Best I’ve Heard Yet
- Virtual But Not Invisible: 7 Tips for Standing Out in a Hybrid World
- How Calling Everything a Journey Legitimizes Lethargy
- Why Would Miami Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross Turn Down a Staggering $10 Billion Offer to Sell the Team? Blame Formula 1 and the Miami Grand Prix
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Axios
- Elon Musk says he'll reinstate the X account of white nationalist Nick Fuentes
- Where college negotiations ended campus protest chaos
- Sue or make a deal? News industry divides over AI content rights
- WSJ, WashPost, NYT run joint ad calling attention to missing, detained journalists
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- Scoop: Biden beefs up border team as pressure over immigration builds
- China tops the U.S. on AI research in over half of the hottest fields: report
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Vox
- The Supreme Court: The most powerful, least busy people in Washington
- You could soon get cash for a delayed flight
- Baby Reindeer’s messy stalking has led to more messy stalking offscreen
- Challengers is the best thing that could happen to polyamory
- Why America’s Israel-Palestine debate is broken
- The misleading information in one of America’s most popular podcasts
- Canceling people’s medical debt may be too little, too late
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FastCompany
- In an unprecedented move, Trump Media asks Congress to investigate 8 firms for short selling its stock
- FTC greenlights Exxon-Pioneer megadeal with a caveat. It’s still a good sign for energy mergers
- 25,000 people begin taking Wegovy each week, but Novo Nordisk stock is sinking anyway
- Peloton will see mass layoffs and another CEO exit in latest dramatic attempt to right the ship
- Boomers are defying age norms and you are losing out
- Carvana stock price is soaring after the ‘best financial results in company history’
- These 2 numbers clearly explain the housing market’s lock-in effect
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Entrepreneur
- These Are the Worst and Best US Airlines of 2024: Report
- New Airbnb 'Icon' Stays Include the 'Up' House, Purple Rain
- Airbnb Reveals Major Changes to Platform for Hosts, Guests
- His Side Hustle Turned Full-Time Business Makes $10M+ a Year
- It's the End of the ial Era As We Know It
- Don't Let These Three PR Myths Stop You From Harnessing Its Power
- How to Go from Camera-Shy to Camera-Ready
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Newsweek
- Crimea bridge explosion caused by equivalent to 10 tons of TNT: Russia
- Donald Trump's defense might have just helped the prosecution
- Donald Trump 'Couldn't Handle' One Night in Jail: Mary Trump
- Dog's reaction to Kristi Noem goes viral
- Prince William going out on Princess Charlotte's birthday raises eyebrows
- Politicians Need To Realize That Racial Equity Is an Economic Issue
- Donald Trump may be "goading" Judge Merchan as delay tactic
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NPR
- Apple shows its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since pandemic's outset
- Some video game workers aim to unionize to push for better working conditions
- The federal government is set to release a new snapshot of U.S. employment
- A judge hears closing arguments in an anti-trust case against Google
- Morning news brief
- Protesters want schools to divest from Israel. How would that work? : The Indicator from Planet Money
- Tesla hit an unexpected team with hundreds of layoffs
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Globe And Mail
- Magna reports first-quarter profit down from year ago, takes charge related to Fisker
- Ontario to increase fines for ‘bad actor’ employers
- Sony and Apollo reportedly propose US$26-billion offer for Paramount Global
- Nippon Steel delays closing of acquisition of U.S. Steel until late this year after Justice Department request
- Feeling uncertain as a new leader? Eight ways to recalibrate for more confidence
- Home sales in GTA down in April but new listings surge, real estate board says
- Solid U.S. job, wage growth expected in April
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CBC
- Canada's shopping for a foreign grocer. Can an international retailer succeed here?
- What Amazon's deal to stream NHL games says about the future of broadcasting
- Phone lines restored, Canada Post outlets reopen on Day 5 of London Drugs store closures
- Peloton CEO steps down as fitness company announces 15% cut to global workforce
- Can a Toronto-based ride-hailing startup compete with Uber and Lyft?
- 'We are getting closer' to cutting interest rates, Bank of Canada governor tells MPs
- Can a Toronto-based ride-hailing startup compete with Uber and Lyft?
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Techmeme
- Sources: Bill Gates remains intimately involved in Microsoft's operations, advising on strategy, nurturing Microsoft's relationship with Sam Altman, and more
- Germany says it found evidence that Russian state-backed hacker Fancy Bear was behind a cyberattack in 2023 that took down several German government websites
- UK inertia on LLMs and copyright is 'de facto endorsement'
- Estonian ride-hailing and scooter rentals startup Bolt Technology secures a €220M credit facility which it believes will help prepare the company for an IPO
- Google dubs Epic's demands from its antitrust win 'unnecessary' and 'far beyond the scope' of the verdict
- Stock photographers prepare for AI disruption, as stock photo companies say traditional photography still has a market but work on building their own AI tools
- Wiz deal to acquire Lacework collapses
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Silicon Valley
- Editorial: We sued OpenAI to stop its exploitation of our work
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- US lawmakers slam UnitedHealth’s cybersecurity, call the company ‘a monopoly on steroids’
- Tech review: Tech gifts for your graduate
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Techcrunch
- Google dubs Epic’s demands from its antitrust win ‘unnecessary’ and ‘far beyond the scope’ of the verdict
- Apple: pay attention to emerging markets, not falling China sales
- Apple iPad event: What to expect
- Microsoft bans U.S. police departments from using enterprise AI tool for facial recognition
- Apple earnings see 10% iPhone sales drop
- Hubble Network makes Bluetooth connection with a satellite for the first time
- Alliance DAO is attracting more Asia founders amid US crypto crackdown
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The Register
- Cloud Big Three take lion's share as market expands 21%
- Some scientists can't stop using AI to write research papers
- Atlassian outsources office drudgery to GenAI agents
- UK inertia on LLMs and copyright is 'de facto endorsement'
- I can fix this PC, boss, but only by playing games
- Boffins want astronauts to exercise via Wall of Death
- Op Pandora puts suspected phone fraudsters back in the box
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Silicon Republic
- Bolt secures €220m credit facility as it prepares for IPO
- Nvidia integrates NIM platform with AWS to accelerate drug discovery
- Microsoft and Google are pushing harder for passkeys
- Apple revenue falls but not as much as expected
- Who flew over the cuckoo’s nest?
- Why CIOs need to look beyond just ‘keeping the lights on’
- Apple has some big updates for developer fees in the EU
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Tech Co
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Business Journals
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- EV charger startup FreeWire Technologies Inc. closing HQ and laying off 113 employees
- Oakland to get up to 500 EV chargers from Austin startup Flash
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- Rivian getting $827 million from Illinois to expand EV factory
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InvestorPlace
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Wolf Street
- Fed Balance Sheet QT: -$1.60 Trillion from Peak, to $7.36 Trillion, Lowest since December 2020
- Delinquencies of Floating-Rate Office CMBS Loans Hit 20%, But Fixed-Rate Loans at 4.7%
- Oh Deary, Where Did my Rate Cuts Go? Fed’s Wait-and-See Now Entrenched? And Suddenly Lots of Talk about “Rate Hikes”
- Fed Holds Rates at 5.50% Top of Range, QT Slowdown Starts in June, Acknowledged Inflation is a Problem Again
- The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America amid the Now-Fizzled Rate-Cut Mania & Erstwhile Plunge in Mortgage Rates
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PBS Newshour
- About 4 in 10 Americans see China as an enemy, a Pew report shows
- New book explores how ordinary Americans can be the heroes of democracy
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- Testimony in Trump hush money trial continues after 2nd gag order hearing
- Analyzing the consequential Supreme Court term and its ideological divide
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Naked Capitalism
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SCMP
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Euronews
- Gazprom sees worst loss in decades as European exports falter
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- Crédit Agricole announces earnings jump while rival’s profits plummet
- Scientists’ discovery under Atacama desert could help search for life on other planets
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Asia Financial
- Hang Seng Boosted by Tech, Policy Promises; Nikkei Closed
- TikTok Allowing Manipulated Videos of Biden, Media Monitor Says
- Bank of Japan Seen Lifting The Yen to its Best Week in 17 Months
- Japan Will Prop Up Yen Until Freefall Risk Fades: Ex-BoJ Chief
- China, Japan, India Economies Held Back by ‘Xenophobia’: Biden
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Japan Times
- Wall Street Journal moves Asia base from Hong Kong to Singapore
- Deutsche Bank unveils wealth targets after hiring push in Asia
- Nippon Steel pushes back U.S. Steel acquisition until December
- Nomura, Mizuho face losses after fund’s failed trades
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 3
Disasters and accidents
- A bus plunges into a ravine in Diamer District, Pakistan, killing 15 people and seriously injuring more than 20 others. (AP)
May 2
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces take control of the village of Berdychi in Donetsk Oblast. (Al-Arabiya News)
- At least nine people, including eight children, are injured in a Russian guided airstrike in Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast. (AFP via Barron's) (Reuters)
- Nigerien crisis
- Russian military personnel allegedly enter the United States–operated Niger Air Base 101 near Diori Hamani International Airport in Niger. (Reuters)
- Syrian civil war, Iran–Israel proxy conflict
- Several people are injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, Syria, the first since the attack on the Iranian consulate in April. (The Jerusalem Post)
- A Palestinian National Security Forces patrol kills a Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunman in Tulkarm in the West Bank. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–Turkey relations
- Turkey suspends all trade with Israel in response to their conduct in the war in Gaza and demands that humanitarian aid be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip uninterrupted, after previously suspending some exports to Israel in April. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from ongoing flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, increases to 13. (The New York Times)
International relations
- Korean conflict
- South Korea raises its terrorism alert level to the second-highest level, citing strong chances of an attack from North Korea on its overseas diplomatic offices. (Reuters) (The Korea Herald)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Police storm the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, arresting protesters and dismantling the encampment. (Reuters)
- U.S. President Joe Biden, in an address regarding ongoing student protests at universities, expresses support for the right to peacefully protest, while denouncing hate speech of any kind. Biden previously condemned "antisemitic protests" and "those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians." (The Guardian) (NPR)
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Protests occur in Batumi, Georgia, against a law requiring foreign non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. (OC Media)
- 2024 Solomon Islands general election
- Jeremiah Manele is elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands. (AP)
- 2024 United Kingdom local elections
- The United Kingdom holds local elections, as well as a parliamentary by-election in the Blackpool South constituency. (BBC News)