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Wall Street Journal
- Macquarie to Wait Out Volatility Before Divesting More Renewables
- Asian Currencies Mostly Consolidate; Traders Assess U.S.-U.K. Framework for Trade Deal
- CoStar Agrees to Takeover of Australia’s Domain
- Oil Edges Higher Amid Optimism Over U.S.-China Trade Talks
- Gold Rises on Possible Technical Recovery; Gains May be Capped by Risk-on Mood
- Peloton Slashes Marketing Again in Hard Play for Profitability
- Australia Shares on Track to Open Higher
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Financial Times
- US pushes financial regulators to backtrack on climate risk project
- Military briefing: India and Pakistan test red lines of nuclear rivalry
- BP rivals run the numbers on a takeover of the struggling oil major
- Until the Democrats are trusted on the economy, they won’t win again
- Pension funds should invest more in UK equities, investors tell ministers
- Pain trades are inevitable
- Big Tech covets an old-world status symbol: long-term debt
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Benzinga
- Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Believes Traditional Banks Launching Own Stablecoins 'Not Necessarily The Best' Path— Pitches…
- Nvidia Modifies H20 Chip For China After US Restrictions Block Sales, Aims To Deliver New Version By July: Report
- Pope Leo XIV Didn't Spare Trump Administration Criticism On Social Media — Now The President Says He's 'Excited' And Looking…
- Bitcoin Closing In On $104,000, Ethereum, Dogecoin Soar On Trade Deal Optimism: Analytics Firm Says Bullish Sentiment A…
- Warner Bros. Discovery Pulling Back From 'More Is Better' Streaming Strategy, Bets Big On Premium Content — And Letting…
- Monster's CEO: 'We Don't Always Win' On Hedging—As Aluminum Tariffs Bite Into Q2 Margins
- JD Vance Says Trump Is Right About Jerome Powell: The Fed Chair A 'Nice Guy' But 'Wrong About Almost Everything'
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Movers
Bloomberg
- Hong Kong Property May Bottom as Borrowing Costs Drop, Jefferies Says
- Trump Sounds Conciliatory Tone Toward EU After UK Deal
- China’s Top Chipmaker SMIC Plunges After Projecting Lower Sales
- India’s Central Bank Ready to Stabilize Rupee as Tensions Rise
- Romania’s Politics Spooks Its Currency
- China-US Trade Talk Déjà Vu Hints at More Turmoil Ahead
- Xi Tells Putin to Reach ‘Fair’ Peace Deal to End War on Ukraine
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Yahoo Finance
- Applied Digital Corporation (APLD): Among the Best Growth Stocks Under $10 to Buy Right Now
- Boeing, Defense Stocks Take Off, But No Thanks To Industry Giants Lockheed, Northrop
- COVID Vaccine Maker Novavax Stock Soars 16% - Here's Why
- 6 Ways Millennials Are Winning at Financial Minimalism and How Every Generation Can Benefit
- Sanofi exec tells biotechs not to scrimp on clinical trial design
- Citigroup must face $1 billion lawsuit claiming it aided Mexican oil company fraud
- Riot Platforms, Inc. (RIOT): Among the Best Growth Stocks Under $10 to Buy Right Now
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Marketwatch
- Bitcoin rallies with stocks to top $100,000 again as exuberance returns to markets
- Why Trump’s tariffs may not disrupt U.S. economy as much as Wall Street expects
- The U.S. economy might be able to handle any disruption from Trump’s tariffs more easily than Wall Street expects
- DraftKings says lack of March Madness upsets kept it from raising its forecast, but shares rally
- SoundHound AI had a record first quarter — but Wall Street wanted more
- Coinbase expects lower subscription revenue, and a lot more went wrong for the crypto exchange
- Trump’s plan to increase taxes on the rich could hit most U.S. businesses
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Google Business
- Toyota: Trump tariffs will cost $1.3B over 2 months
- China’s April exports jump 8.1% to beat estimates despite U.S. tariffs; import decline slows
- Rocket Lab’s Neutron tapped for U.S. military cargo test
- Crocs Withdraws Guidance on Tariff Uncertainty
- Workday gets contract from US agency behind DOGE staff cuts, no other bids
- Warner Bros. Discovery shares climb as CNN parent weighs splitting off cable assets: report
- When doctors don’t believe their patients’ pain – experts explain the all-too-common experience of medical gaslighting
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Tipranks
- Teekay Corporation Reports Q1 2025 Earnings and Strategic Moves
- Suburban Propane Reports Strong Q2 Earnings Growth
- Spectrum Brands Reports Challenging Q2 2025 Results
- Sappi Limited Faces Challenges Amid Global Trade Tensions
- Western Yilgarn NL Options Reinstated on ASX
- Saga Communications Reports Q1 2025 Financial Results
- Pacific Bauxite Limited Announces Significant Development
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ZeroHedge
- China Panics Ahead Of Trade-Talks, Shuts Down Its Economic Data
- These Are The Most Reliable Used-Car Brands In 2025
- Gold Reconsidered: A Strategy To Facilitate 21st Century United States Excellence
- Israeli-Made Suicide Drones Launched By India Against Pakistan, Some Intercepted
- When Will The US Lose Its Last WWII Veterans?
- FDA To Ramp Up Unannounced Inspections At Foreign Facilities
- Columbia University Lays Off Nearly 180 Staff After Federal Grant Revocations
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Seeking Alpha
- Nvidia Stock Is Down 21% From Its Peak. Is It Time To Buy?
- Powell Warns Of Stagflation, But No One Is Listening
- 3 Monthly Dividend REITs For Reliable Income And Long-Term Growth
- Hold Fast To This Amazing 9% Yield: Ares Capital
- Is It Safe To Fly? In Need Of An Overhaul
- Energy Transfer: Buy This Gift From Mr. Market Now
- The Economy Is Finally Cracking: Here's How To Rebalance Your Portfolio
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Barrons
- Defense Stocks Are Under Fire. How to Play the New World Order
- Pens, Lighters, and Razors: How BIC Launched a Global Giant. Plus, What’s Next for Its CEO
- Gates Donation Plan Highlights Challenge of Giving Away Buffett Fortune
- The Secret Thread Between Warren Buffett and Other Game Changers
- Apple Has 20 Billion Reasons to Talk Down Google Search
- Automotive Lidar Maker Post Strong Results. Ouster Stock Jumps
- Paramount Earnings Beat Wall Street Estimates. The Stock Isn’t Budging
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Barchart
- Should You Buy the Post-Earnings Dip in This AI Dividend Stock?
- Wheat Losses Hold on Thursday
- Soybeans Pop Higher on Thursday
- Cotton Faces Pressure on Thursday
- Cattle Rally Back on Thursday, with Feeders Breaking the $300 Level
- Corn Pulls Off Lows at Thursday’s Close
- Hogs Fall Back as Cash Strength Holds
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SEC / FED
Statement on the Agency’s Settlement with Ripple Labs, Inc
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A Creative and Cooperative Balancing Act
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Opening Remarks at the SEC Town Hall
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Remarks at the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Meeting
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Quarter Frictions: Remarks before the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
Reuters
- Japanese stocks jump, dollar firms on trade hopes; bitcoin soars
- Detroit Three automakers blast Trump UK trade deal
- British Airways parent IAG to order about 30 jets from Boeing, Bloomberg News reports
- Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045, accuses Musk of harming world's poor
- Peloton raises 2025 revenue forecast, counts on video subscriber growth
- Can Trump's tax cuts be made permanent? Tariffs, spending fights cloud the picture
- Wall St opens higher ahead of potential US-UK deal announcement
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Tipp Insights
- Middle Powers In The US-China Trade War
- Pope Leo XIV: Robert Prevost Makes History As First American Pontiff
- India And Pakistan Military Strength Compared
- Trump Optimistic On China Trade Talks, Tariffs Set To Drop
- White Smoke Rises: New Pope Elected In Vatican Conclave
- Ed Martin Pulled From DC Prosecutor Pick, Trump Hints At Potential DOJ Role
- Trump: I Don't Know Casey Means, RFK Jr. Recommended Her
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Investing.com
- ‘We have no fear,’ Chinese minister says ahead of US talks
- Morning Bid: US-China talks stir hope, and scepticism
- China says it has full confidence in ability to manage US trade issues
- US-UK trade deal won’t herald wider tariff deescalation, China is the key- ING
- Dollar eyes weekly rise into US-China trade talks
- Romania's political crisis could affect external financing sources, S&P says
- US real estate firm CoStar to buy Australia's Domain in a $1.9 billion deal
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Morning Brew
Trump announces framework for trade deal with the UK
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AI brought back Agatha Christie
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Gates plans to donate entire fortune sooner
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Netflix is redesigning its TV app
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Fed holds rates steady, says tariffs will slow economy
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Disney to open first Middle East park
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Cattle industry fears screwworms could return to the US
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Newark still reels from air traffic control fail
CNBC
- Chinese chipmaker SMIC shares fall nearly 7% after first-quarter revenue misses estimates
- China’s April exports jump 8.1% to beat estimates despite U.S. tariffs; import decline slows
- CNBC Daily Open: Wall Street cheered U.S.-UK trade deal — London market, not really
- Texas Roadhouse's momentum in April blunts inflation risk nipping at its heels
- Coinbase shares fall after first-quarter revenue misses Wall Street estimates
- Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years in multi-billion-dollar crypto fraud case
- Lyft shares rise as company ups buyback to $750 million
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CBS
- Many companies plan to pass tariff costs on to consumers, data shows
- Many companies plan to pass tariff costs on to consumers, data shows
- Toyota says President Trump's tariffs will cost automaker $1.3 billion
- Trump calls Fed chair a "fool" for keeping interest rates steady
- Stocks gain as investors await trade deal between the U.S. and U.K
- U.S. and U.K. expected to announce what Trump has called "major trade deal"
- Trump says trade deals could come this week. Here's what to know
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NYT Business
- Europe’s Wind Industry Faces Uncertainty Over Trump’s Policies
- Musk-Tied Investor Clashes With One of World’s Biggest Asset Managers
- U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Builds on Close Ties but Leaves Some Tariffs in Place
- 5 Takeaways From the U.S.-U.K. Trade Agreement
- Kenneth Walker, 73, Journalist Who Bared Apartheid’s Brutality
- Crypto Bill Stalls in the Senate as Democrats Balk
- U.S. and Britain Hail Trade Agreement but Leave Details to Be Settled
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EurActiv
Berlin denies plans to suspend EU border laws after media reports
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Papal vote echoes through Poland’s faith-focused presidential race
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Romanian currency hits historic low amid political turmoil
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What’s funny about the EU?
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Belgium pushes ‘coalition of the willing’ to keep Russian assets frozen
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Trump says ‘fantastic’ von der Leyen desperate for trade deal
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White smoke rises: Catholic Church elects new pope, name pending
MSNBC
- ‘A’ja Wilson’s on top, top, top’ in brilliant new Nike ad directed by Malia Obama
- Rubio’s State Department goes all in on hawking Elon Musk’s internet service to other nations
- Why Trump's demand that protests at the World Cup are 'reasonable' is alarming
- Unpacking the ugly aftermath of the antisemitic incident at Dave Portnoy’s bar
- Ivanka Trump’s fresh produce venture at odds with cuts to local food programs
- Tyre Nichols deserved better
- Why a Trump-appointed FEMA chief was unexpectedly ousted
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NBC
- Pope Leo XIV's 'godly' path from Chicago to the Vatican
- Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago native who led Augustinian order
- Catholic Americans rejoice for Pope Leo XIV
- How to land a new job in a 'low firing, low hiring' market, economist says
- Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years in multibillion-dollar crypto fraud case
- Carvana's record quarterly results top Wall Street expectations
- New pope's social media posts offer some insight into his politics
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investors.com
- Huge Earnings Spikes Help Drive Stocks Higher: Check Out The IBD 50, Sector Leaders, IPO Leaders And More
- Pinterest Stock Jumps After Offering Stronger-Than-Expected Sales Outlook Despite Tariff Concerns
- Expedia Stock Falls On Mixed Q1. Travel Site Warns Of 'Weaker Than Expected' U.S. Demand
- Cloudflare Earnings In-Line, Revenue Tops Estimates As Guidance Underwhelms
- SoundHound AI Garbles First-Quarter Report. Stock Drops
- Insulet Jumps After Beating Quarterly Forecasts, Raising 2025 Expectations
- Coinbase Earnings Due Amid $2.9 Billion Deal; Bitcoin Surges Above $100,000
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ABC News
- China's exports rose a higher than expected 8% in April as new US tariffs took effect
- Asbestos clinic forced to close in Montana town where thousands sickened by dust
- Trump keeps 10% tariffs on UK but cuts taxes on British autos, steel and aluminum with trade deal
- How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 5/8/2025
- Trump's tariffs have launched global trade wars. Here's a timeline of how we got here
- Average rate on a US 30-year mortgage holds steady at 6.76%
- The construction of a road in Brazil draws criticism before first-ever climate talks in the Amazon
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Fox Business
- Mortgage rates hold steady, Freddie Mac says
- Apple warns court ruling in App Store case may cost 'substantial sums annually'
- Trump unveils new UK trade deal, calls it 'incredible day for America'
- Used car prices jump to highest level since 2023 as auto tariffs squeeze consumers
- Toyota sees $1.3B profit hit from Trump tariffs in 2 months
- Treasury's Bessent says US should be 'premier destination' for digital assets
- Federal Reserve holds key interest rate steady amid economic uncertainty
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CNN
- Google is using AI to identify scammy websites on Chrome when you click on them
- Boeing now plans to deliver new Air Force One jets in 2027, before Trump leaves office
- New documentary claims to identify Israeli soldier who shot Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022
- Krispy Kreme pauses its doughnut partnership with McDonald’s
- Bill Gates announces plan to give ‘virtually all’ his money away and end the Gates Foundation in 20 years
- Video Economist pours cold water on Trump’s trade deal with the UK 1:38
- The Bank of England cuts interest rates as tariffs endanger economic growth
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AP News
- Mackenzie Hughes with a 63 leads at Myrtle Beach
- Forest and park service worker cuts leave wildland firefighting crews short-staffed
- Timeline of Pope Leo XIV
- Chelsea advances to Conference League final against Real Betis
- Rejoicing Peruvians see Pope Leo XIV as one of their own after his many years in Peru
- New pope led Order of St. Augustine dedicated to the poor and service
- Jennifer Aniston's alleged stalker appears in court shirtless and a judge orders a mental evaluation
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The Economist
- Money Talks: Will the reign of the dollar come to an end?
- Israel’s forever conflict: The war in Gaza must end
- A selection of correspondence: Are plastics greener than they seem?
- The world this week: Politics
- Double-Trussed: Nigel Farage’s economic plans are a disaster
- Time to transubstantiate: Young British men are turning to Catholicism in surprising numbers
- The world this week: Business
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The Hill
- Patel appears to backtrack, says FBI will work ‘on whatever budget’ given
- Remote workers more engaged, less likely to be thriving: Gallup
- Europe sets plans to hit back at Trump, impose tariffs on US goods
- Gates on Musk: 'World’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children'
- Democrats unveiling bill requiring retailers to display cost portion of Trump tariffs
- Democrats block stablecoin bill in blow to crypto
- More older Americans not confident Social Security will be there for them: Survey
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The Guardian
- Trade deals, global wars and AI Jedi posts: where is Trump’s focus? – podcast
- Trump hails trade deal with ‘oldest ally’ UK – but what about the details?
- Britain hasn’t agreed a trade deal with the US – it’s ended a hostage negotiation | Gaby Hinsliff
- New UK-US trade deal is a relief for Starmer but doubts, and tariffs, remain
- Trump says US-UK trade deal framework ‘maxed out’ as British ambassador describes it as ‘starting point’ – live
- Starmer announces tariff cuts on UK cars, steel and aluminium in US trade deal – video
- British Gas owner suffers shareholder rebellion over CEO pay packet
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BBC
- Trump hints tariffs on China may drop as talks set to begin
- How good is the UK trade pact for America?
- Visit the Arctic vault holding back-ups of great works
- Inside the secretive world of Zara
- UK must 'do everything' to rebuild trade with EU, says Bank boss
- BBC correspondent questions Trump over US beef exports
- US and UK agree deal slashing Trump tariffs on cars and metals
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Baha Breaking News
- Asia mixed after China's exports jump
- Kiev: Russia hits Zaporizhzhia 220 times in a day
- Commerzbank's revenues up 12% to €3.1 billion in Q1
- US seeks downgrade of Basel committee's climate risk project
- India: Pakistan launched attacks along western border
- Two Israeli soldiers killed, 6 wounded in southern Gaza
- China's trade surplus up to $96.2B in April
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YouGov
How Americans rate Donald Trump's handling of 52 issues
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Among married women in the U.S., two-thirds changed their last name after the wedding
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70% of Americans say it’s likely the U.S. will have a widespread outbreak of a new infectious disease in the next decade
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When do Americans think life in the U.S. was great?
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How big are the Democratic and Republican Party tents?
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Approval of Donald Trump, recession fears, financial anxiety, and grading universities: May 2-5, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll
The Street
- Another pause in Fed interest rate cuts may disappoint homebuyers
- Dave Ramsey bluntly warns Americans on 401(k) mistake to avoid
- Coffee giant announces genius new subscription product
- Elon Musk's Starlink is the key to avoiding U.S. tariffs
- Bankrupt drugstore chain's 1,200 leases go up for grabs
- Popular appliance sold at Costco recalled for dangerous glitch
- Amazon is selling a $120 cordless leaf blower for only $60, and shoppers 'couldn’t be happier' with it
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Insider
- My VC firm invests in hundreds of early-stage startups. AI won't put good engineers out of jobs — we're going to need more of…
- In a bid for survival, businesses are labeling tariff costs on receipts to explain price hikes and retain customer trust
- I started backpacking in Southeast Asia 30 years ago. It was better before smartphones and social media
- I'm a good mom, even when my kids aren't. Their behavior doesn't reflect my parenting skills
- Trump's deal with Paul Weiss is throwing a wrench into his war on Big Law
- What we learned from Instagram boss Adam Mosseri's testimony at the Meta antitrust trial
- Labor judge says Costco's confidentiality agreement for handling employee complaints is unlawful
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RawDiary
- Jeff Bezos backs off tariff price impact probe after Trump call
- Trump calls out Fed’s Jerome Powell in new criticism
- Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes loses appeal bid
- Trump calls for 30-day ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war
- Pentagon orders removal of up to 1,000 transgender troops
- US-UK announce breakthrough trade deal
- Trump withdraws Ed Martin nomination after GOP opposition
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- I’m about to inherit $1 million from my family – should I live off 5% a year or invest for growth?
- How Weak Gun Laws in One State Can Fuel Violence in Another
- Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) Stock Price Prediction for 2025: Where Will It Be in 1 Year
- Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) Stock Price Prediction for 2025: Where Will It Be in 1 Year
- AppLovin Live: APP Soars Day After Earnings Release
- This Gun Manufacturer Produced Nearly a Quarter Million Revolvers in One Year
- I rent a studio and make $70K – how do I turn a $1 million inheritance into financial independence?
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LA Times
- Edison hit with lawsuit saying Eaton fire exposed people to toxic substances
- Mexican executives cheer Rowan for pushing US-Mexico deal
- Archer to open meat snacks factory in Vernon, employing more than 200
- Trump and Starmer call trade deal 'historic,' but questions remain
- Warner Bros. Discovery breakup speculation ramps up after weak earnings report
- In a race to clean up Altadena, businesses are on their own
- Hiltzik: RFK Jr.'s plans for vaccine testing are highly unethical and a danger to your health. Here's why
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Washington Post
- What the U.S.-U.K. trade deal Trump announced means for Britain
- Trump tells Congress to raise taxes on the rich in ‘big, beautiful bill’
- Bill Gates accelerates wealth giveaway, says foundation will end in 2045
- Republicans wage a tax war over SALT, stalling Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
- Trump expected to announce trade agreement with United Kingdom
- China and the U.S. will start talking about tariffs, but don’t expect much
- U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show
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Chicago Tribune
- Braun focuses on business issues at Munster chamber lunch
- Mattel considers price hikes in response to tariffs after Trump says kids don’t need a lot of dolls
- White House proposes a major overhaul of the outdated US air traffic control system
- What to know about the air traffic controller shortage
- South Shore riders complain of late, packed trains; railroad considering 10% fare increase
- Streeterville 3-bedroom with primary suite that has 2 bathrooms and 2 walk-in closets: $2.4M
- Cook County housing authority facing potential multimillion-dollar budget shortfall as agencies brace for funding cuts
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Boston Herald
- Founder of crypto platform Celsius Network is sentenced to 12 years in prison
- Energy Star, efficiency program that has steered consumer choice, targeted in cuts
- Ticker: Feds eye air traffic control overhaul; Stocks climb on trade deal
- US, UK strike deal on tariffs
- Hot Property: Charm baked in to South End penthouse
- How to recession-proof your grocery budget: do’s and don’ts
- Nintendo promises stronger results with Switch 2 console going on sale in June
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Financial Post
- Nova Scotia to speed up environmental reviews for clean energy projects
- Restaurant Brands misses estimates as Tim Hortons' consumer confidence slips in Q1
- Investors will feel pain as stocks recovery is typical of bear market rallies, Goldman says
- What's in the U.S.-U.K. trade deal and what does it mean for Canada?
- Trump's film tariffs could blow 'massive hole' in Canada's economy
- How hard will tariffs hit the economy? Investors will be watching bank credit loss provisions for clues
- Bank of Canada warns Trump's tariffs could trigger 'market dysfunction'
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Digiday
- Ad Tech Briefing: Public companies’ first loyalty is to shareholders — why do advertisers give them an easy time?
- S4 Capital trades billable hours for outputs as AI redraws agency economics
- How creators are using generative AI in podcasts, videos and newsletters — and what advertisers think about it
- Buzzfeed, News Corp and New York Times push back on tariff fears in earnings calls
- Ad veteran Peter Naylor joins Kochava board, and sees opportunity in market flux
- Q1 was a win for The Trade Desk, but bigger tests lie ahead
- ‘Made in USA’ is trending on Amazon, and sellers are leaning in
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The Trade
- State Street’s LINK integrates EMAlpha multilingual AI co-pilot
- UBS fixed income head joins RBC as head of sales for global markets EMEA
- European Council excludes SFTs from T+1 requirement
- LSEG’s SwapAgent completes first GBP/USD compression run
- An un-unified approach to expanding equities trading hours
- Blackburn joins Liquidnet to head up global multi-asset offering
- Bloomberg expands IBVAL front-office pricing to cover emerging markets
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Observer
- Bill Gates Says His Foundation Will Spend Down 99% of His Fortune and Close by 2045
- Building a $49B Design Powerhouse: Interview with Canva Co-Founder Cameron Adams
- Can Warren Buffett’s Legacy Continue to Power Omaha?
- Uber’s Business Model Remains Tariff-Proof, Says CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
- Who Is Greg Abel? Meet the Canadian Executive Taking Over Berkshire Hathaway
- How Ford CEO Jim Farley Reduces a $2.5B Tariff Bill to $1.5B
- Elon Musk’s Starship Launch Site Becomes Official City Run by SpaceX Employees
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Semafor
- Why Trump's surgeon general pick could survive a Loomer onslaught
- 'I was in charge and he won'
- Trump endorses higher tax bracket for wealthy, complicating Republican tax talks
- American cardinal Robert Francis Prevost named pope, chooses Pope Leo XIV
- Airwaves auction gains backers, but who's bidding?
- Xi, Putin condemn Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ as effort to weaponize space
- Japanese woodblock print master takes spotlight in new British Museum exhibit
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Reason
- President Biden's and the Democrats' Assault on the Supreme Court and the Rule of Law
- Pope Leo XIV and Immigration
- Who's More Liberal, Law Professors or Their Students?
- The App Store Freedom Act Compromises User Privacy To Punish Big Tech
- Reasonable to Deny Pseudonymity to Plaintiff Who Seeks to Conceal That She Has Epilepsy
- Is Shiloh Hendrix Really the End of Cancel Culture?
- "Justice Is Not Served by Allowing This Game of Whack-a-Mole to Continue."
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Nikkei Asia
- Visual investigation: 1,000 US government webpages deleted
- China export growth beats forecasts despite Trump tariffs
- China's top chipmaker SMIC plans $7bn expansion despite tariff uncertainty
- Malaysia's Perodua aims to localize 60% of parts for its first EV, says CEO
- Thaksin faces Thai court probe over hospital stay after return home
- Vietnam plans $20bn loan package for infrastructure and technology
- China export growth slows in April amid Trump tariffs
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- Krispy Kreme pauses its doughnut rollout with McDonald’s
- Struggling to make my store work with all these added costs. Anyone found a workaround?
- Have some $ but novice investor - VOO/VTI or Individual Stocks
- China’s April exports jump 8.1% to beat estimates despite U.S. tariffs
- Richtech Robotics vs. Russell 2000’s 7 New IPOs: Who’s Got the Edge?
- For Those Who've Posted Big Losses: Did You Change?
- Bill Gates says he will give away most of his fortune by 2045
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PYMNTS
- US Senate Blocks Stablecoin Legislation Over Trump Memecoin Controversy
- Google Expands AI Tools to Combat Evolving Scam Tactics
- Affirm Card GMV Jumps 115%, Says It Can Weather ‘Recession Scenario’
- Pinterest CEO Credits AI-Powered Personalization for 16% Revenue Growth
- Coinbase Wants to Turn Crypto Platforms Into Financial Infrastructure
- Amazon Partners With Pet Pharmacy Vetsource to Sell Pet Medications
- CFPB Pulls Plug on Google Payment Oversight; Alphabet to Withdraw Lawsuit
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Forbes
- Today’s ‘Wordle’ #1420 Hints, Clues And Answer For Friday, May 9th
- Meta Quest+ Gets A Horizon+ Rebrand
- The All New WHOOP: The World’s Most Powerful Health Wearable
- First American Pope Received Mixed Reception On Social Media
- Rethinking The MD/MBA Pathway: Why Timing Matters
- 3 Invaluable Strengths Of ‘Highly Sensitive Persons,’ By A Psychologist
- Netflix New Scroll, Meta AI's Game Changers, Neuralink Valued At $8.5 Billion
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Fortune
- Lutnick warns no ‘fast deals’ for Japan and South Korea
- Coinbase says $2.9 billion Deribit deal will increase profits even as income drops in Q1
- Can sunscreen give you cancer? What experts want you to know
- Sam Altman urges lawmakers against regulations that could ‘slow down’ U.S. in AI race against China
- ‘You better go out and buy stock now,’ Trump said. Markets listened
- As the oil industry freezes up, ConocoPhillips CEO warns against cutting production too fast: ‘Don’t whipsaw this thing too…
- Meta in talks to deploy stablecoins three years after giving up on landmark crypto project
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Inc.
- Here’s What Business Leaders Are Telling Investors About Tariffs
- The First Pope Leo XIV Merch Has Already Hit the Internet
- Tesla Slams the Brakes on Cybertruck’s $16,000 Range Extender
- Trump Just Kept 10 Percent Tariffs on the U.K. but Will Cut Taxes on British Cars, Steel, and Aluminum
- White House Proposes Overhauling the Outdated U.S. Air Traffic Control System
- How Did Golden State Coach Steve Kerr React When Buddy Held Just Wore the Wrong Game Shorts? Exactly Like a Great Leader Should
- Tamagotchi Inducted Into the Video Game Hall of Fame
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Axios
- Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden amid more worker purges
- Trump admin moves to oust 1,000 trans people from the military after Supreme Court ruling
- Trump's internal millionaires' monologue
- Scoop: Kemp plans secret White House sortie for Georgia Senate pick
- How to land a trade deal with Trump
- Trump calls for Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, threatens sanctions if "not respected"
- Trump revives millionaire tax talks as Democrats blast GOP on Medicaid
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Vox
- The first American pope is not about America at all
- The truth about Trump’s new trade deal with the UK
- Why this red state made preschool free
- Why grandparents are more important than ever
- Mark Zuckerberg’s surreal new AI app is the future
- The establishment strikes back
- Smallpox used to kill millions of people every year. Here’s how humans beat it
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FastCompany
- Krispy Kreme stock plunges nearly 30% as it ends dividends, pauses McDonald’s expansion
- ACM Awards 2025: How to watch the Academy of Country Music Awards live online or on a smart TV for free
- 37 housing markets where sellers hold the most power heading into summer 2025
- Who is the new pope? Meet Robert Prevost, the first American pope in history, who took the name Leo XIV
- The nonprofit behind New York City’s marathon is running toward a new goal: content creation
- Bill Gates speeds up charitable spending in an updated plan to give away most of his wealth by 2045
- How this revamped software will speed up DOGE layoffs in the U.S
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Entrepreneur
- Mark Zuckerberg Envisions a Future Where Your Friends Are AI Chatbots — But Not Everyone Is Convinced
- NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce Just Walked 20 Miles to Work — in a Robe. Here's Why
- IBM Replaced Hundreds of HR Workers With AI, According to Its CEO
- Your Company's AI Strategy Is Probably Backwards. Here's Why — and How to Fix It
- The Top 3 Worst Business Decisions I Ever Made — and How They Turned Into the Biggest Drivers of My Success
- Why The Biggest Opportunity for Young Entrepreneurs to Buy a Business Is Here — And Why You Should Act Now
- 5 Mistakes That Could Destroy Your Business This Year — And How to Avoid Them
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Politico
- Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is fired by Trump
- Ways and Means chair to huddle with Trump on taxes
- Senate Democrats demand hearing on Trump deportations
- Democrats vote to reject Senate crypto bill
- FEMA chief is fired
- Key Medicaid issue yet to be resolved ahead of markup, GOP leaders say
- The House votes to rename the Gulf of Mexico to Trump's "Gulf of America"
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Newsweek
- Trump Firing Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden Sparks Backlash Online
- What Pope Leo XIV Has Said About Climate Change
- Trump Floats Creating New Tax Bracket for Wealthiest Americans: Reports
- How to Watch Oilers vs Golden Knights Game 2: Live Stream NHL Playoffs, TV Channel
- Hysterics as Owner Finds Pet on Bed Doing the 'Most Cat Thing' Ever
- Voice of America Will Now Carry Trump-Favorite OAN
- 'Criminal Minds: Evolution' Season 18 Debuts May 8: Full List of Episodes
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NPR
- Here's why Bill Gates is accelerating his plan to donate his billions
- Americans are already seeing Trump's tariffs kick in. They sent in receipts to prove it
- The Fed keeps interest rates steady. And, U.S. plans to deport migrants to Libya
- Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP
- Hollywood industry employees leaving jobs to become independent content creators
- Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady as Trump's tariffs spark uncertainty
- Why Warren Buffett has so many fans outside of Wall Street
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Globe And Mail
- China’s exports rose 8 per cent in April as new U.S. tariffs took effect
- Canada Infrastructure Bank tops $1B in investments in Indigenous-led projects
- BCE’s dividend cut was inevitable. But its growth plans are confounding
- Trump and UK's Starmer strike 'breakthrough' trade deal
- Suncor breaks production records amid economic uncertainty, cold snap
- Fiera Capital announces new CEO as company overhauls executive leadership
- Three MLAs are supporting a B.C. farming family whose 400 ostriches are to be culled
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CBC
- U.S. trade war risks Canadian progress on financial stability, says Bank of Canada
- WestJet suspends nine U.S. routes due to lower demand
- Trump agrees to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in planned trade deal
- WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy after weight-loss drugs capsized industry
- China beefs up economic safeguards ahead of U.S. trade talks in Switzerland
- Is CUSMA the best path out of the trade war with the U.S.?
- Canada's trade deficit narrows to $506M in March, driven by slump in U.S. imports
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Techmeme
- Senate hearing: Sam Altman says that requiring government approval to release AI would be “disastrous” for the US' lead in AI,…
- Lyft reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.45B, vs. $1.47B est., increases its share buyback program to $750M after activist…
- Lyft reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.45B, vs. $1.47B est., increases its share buyback program to $750M after activist…
- Trump threatens to end the Digital Equity Act, a Biden-era law aimed at expanding high-speed internet access, calling it…
- Celsius Network founder and former CEO Alex Mashinsky is sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to commodities…
- Memo: the US CFPB discontinues its order designating the supervision of Google Payment, says the Biden-era decision is an…
- Senate Democrats block the Genius Act after Republicans rebuffed a provision to bar Trump and others from profiting off of…
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Silicon Valley
- Trump to change controversial Biden-era restrictions on AI chip exports
- Fusion energy company, boot maker plan East Bay growth with tax credit
- Gates Foundation will accelerate spending, wind down by 2045
- From Apple to GM, tariffs to cost companies tens of billions
- Larry Magid: Earbuds to help you sleep
- Tech company strikes deal to sublease empty South Bay office buildings
- Bay Area lender claims bankruptcy, citing $70 million in liabilities
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Techcrunch
- One of Elon Musk’s long-time VCs is suing his former employer after allegedly being fired
- Microsoft employees are banned from using DeepSeek app, president says
- A timeline of South Korean telco giant SKT’s data breach
- Aurora to add night driving, new routes as it ramps driverless trucking
- Aurora co-founder Sterling Anderson is leaving the self-driving truck startup
- Appfigures: Apple made over $10B from US App Store comissions last year
- ChatGPT’s deep research tool gets a GitHub connector to answer questions about code
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The Register
- Stop Pakistani content at the border, India tells media, tech biz
- Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors
- Workday handed no-bid deal to fix staffing meltdown at Uncle Sam's uber-HR agency
- ‘Infuriated’, ‘disappointed' ... Ex-VMware customers explain why they migrated to Nutanix
- OpenAI drafts Instacart boss as CEO of Apps to lure in the normies
- The final bookworm-based Raspberry Pi OS update arrives
- The IRS plans to replace fired enforcement workers with AI
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Silicon Republic
- One-third of women reluctant to discuss health issues in the workplace
- Innovation in dairy powders wins big at 2025 Start-Up Day
- 19 exciting healthcare companies currently hiring
- Instacart’s Fidji Simo is OpenAI’s new applications CEO
- Research Ireland funds 59 projects to tackle social issues
- Research Ireland to fund 59 projects under New Foundations programme
- FTC loses appeal to stop Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal
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Tech Co
- Report: Most AI Spending Is Driven by FOMO
- Cybersecurity Company CrowdStrike Announces Layoffs as CEO Praises AI
- Tariffs Leave US Freight Sector Bracing For Vehicle Cost Inflation
- New Data Shows Labor Shortages are Blocking a US Freight Boom
- IBM CEO: AI Has Replaced Jobs, While Creating New Ones
- How Will English-Proficiency Requirements Impact the Trucker Shortage?
- Honda Orders Employees to Return to Office Four Days a Week
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Business Journals
- 2025 Inspire Awards: Jahna Berry, chief operating officer, the Center for Investigative Reporting
- 2025 Inspire Awards: Olivia Nottebohm, chief operating officer, Box
- OpenAI poaches Instacart CEO, Silicon Valley goes to D.C.: Week in AI
- Bay Area exec wins ‘Financial Woman of the Year’ award
- Bay Area startup sues Instacart over trademark infringement
- Leidos strikes first acquisition under CEO Tom Bell — and there's some intrigue
- Tyto Athene acquires stackArmor, bolstering federal compliance capabilities
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InvestorPlace
- The Market Soars as the First Trade Deal Arrives
- Louis Navellier Breaks Down the Big Fed News – and How to Profit Amid the Uncertainty
- Why I Think the Fed Is Wrong – and How You Can Profit
- Fed Holds Steady, But Stocks Could Surge on Summer Rate Cuts
- Fed Defies Trump Demands and Holds Rates Steady
- From Buffett to Big Tech: Finding the Right “Sound” in Energy Investing
- The Federal Reserve’s Next Move: Why a $7 Trillion Market Shock Is in the Cards
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Wolf Street
- Dear Readers, Please Donate to WOLF STREET: Spring 2025 Reminder
- Recession Watch: Time to Dig Out Our Favorite Recession Indicator Again
- I’ve Been Screaming about Rising Used-Vehicle Prices since Aug 2024, and No One Paid Attention, but Suddenly It’s the Tariffs?
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- After CRE Office Market Repriced at 70% Off in San Francisco, Sales Revive. Leasing Jumps amid 35% Vacancy Rates and 21% Drop…
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PBS Newshour
- U.S. stops tracking costs of extreme weather disasters fueled by climate change
- Trump picks Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
- Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being separated from the military in new Pentagon order
- Pope Leo XIV selected as first American to lead Catholic Church
- What Pope Leo XIV’s election means for the future of the church and Catholics worldwide
- ‘My soul was removed from me’: Former model testifies Weinstein sexually assaulted her as a teen
- U.S. pushes for de-escalation as India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations
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Naked Capitalism
- Palantir Revisited: Who’s Us in Us vs. Them?
- Martin Wolf’s “The old global economic order is dead”
- Links 5/8/2025
- Karma Arriving? Times of Israel Frets Over Trump Abandonment With Houthis and Perhaps Even Iran
- A US or UK Hidden Hand? “How an India-Pakistan War Could Derail Central Asia’s Future”
- Trump Team’s $500 Million Bet on Old Vaccine Technology Puzzles Scientists
- Predictive Policing AI Is on the Rise − Making It Accountable to the Public Could Curb Its Harmful Effects
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SCMP
Huayou may step in as South Korea’s LG abandons US$8.45 bn Indonesia EV battery investment
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Building inspection tech company RaSpect evolves from Hong Kong start-up to global player
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Alibaba breaks down barriers as CEO Eddie Wu calls for a return to entrepreneurial roots
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Addiction to China’s tungsten is over even if Beijing turns tap back on, miner says
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Hong Kong stocks extend longest winning streak in over a year on hopes of tariff cuts
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China’s Unitree fixes security flaw that gives hackers remote control of robot dogs
Euronews
- Mistral AI models '60 times more prone' to generate child sexual exploitation content than OpenAI
- US companies still engaging with AI Code despite Trump, says EU official
- EU prepares for trade retaliation if negotiation with US fails
- Rheinmetall’s sales surge as soaring defence demand continues
- There is a global consensus for AI safety despite Paris Summit backlash, new report finds
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Asia Financial
- China’s Steelmakers Hit by Wave of Tariffs, Plunge in Export Orders
- BYD Plants Seen Generating Big Sales in Europe, South America
- US to Rejig Export Curbs for AI Chips, ‘Shift to Licensing Deals’
- Pakistan Worries Loom Over Foreign Investors’ $5bn India Buying Spree
- US Sanctions Karen Warlord, Cambodia ‘Money Laundering Group’
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Japan Times
- Three major Japan shipping firms expect sharp falls in profit
- Nissan drops plan for Fukuoka battery plant to focus on recovery
- Japan’s corporate governance wave reaches the industrial heartland in Nagoya
- Asia’s superrich rapidly scale back U.S. exposure amid trade war
- Japan’s nominal wage growth slows, backing case for BOJ caution
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Coindesk
- Bitcoin's Price Surge to $104K Liquidates Nearly $400M in Bearish BTC Bets, Opening Doors to Further Gains
- Explosive ETH, ADA, DOGE Moves Spur $800M in Short Liquidations, Highest Since 2023
- ETH Surges 20%, Biggest Gain Since 2021 as Pectra Upgrade Helps Restore 'Confidence'
- SEC, Ripple Ink $50M Settlement Agreement, Ask NY Judge for Green Light
- Anna Kazlauskas: Data Ownership in the Age of AI
- Coinbase Earnings, Sales Disappoints Wall Street as Trading Volume Drops 10% Amid Market Turmoil
- Coinbase's $2.9B Deribit Deal a 'Legitimate Threat' for Peers, Wall Street Analysts Say
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The Block
- Ethereum jumps 20% after Pectra upgrade, marking largest gain in four years
- Web3 consumer rewards platform T-Rex nets $17 million in pre-seed funding
- Coinbase misses Q1 earnings and revenue estimates as trading activity dips 10%
- Meta explores stablecoins to reduce payment costs years after selling off failed Diem project: report
- Bitcoin miners MARA and CleanSpark post higher Q1 revenues, but both lose money
- Jump Crypto secures ‘strategic’ equity stake in Securitize to deepen institutional tokenization access
- Former Celsius CEO sentenced to 12 years in prison for crypto related fraud: Inner City Press
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Blockworks
- Thursday Mailbag: Sentiment, stablecoins and resistance money
- ‘Nasdaq on Solana’ vision sees progress with Opening Bell launch
- What’s going on with the supply chain? We asked an expert
- Drink-to-earn? A new sparkling water comes with an NFT and points
- Distributed validator technology provider Obol launches OBOL token
- Domino effect: Arizona forms 2nd state bitcoin reserve in one week
- Coinbase-Deribit deal affirms industry’s growing focus on derivatives
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 8
Disasters and accidents
- Six people are reportedly killed when a Piper PA-31T Cheyenne air ambulance crashes between Tiltil and Curacaví in Chile. (El Morrocotudo)
- Five tourists and a pilot are killed, and one other person is injured, when a Bell 407 aircraft crashes and falls into a deep gorge near Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand, India. (The Hindu) (NDTV)
- 123 vultures are killed, more than 80 others are rescued, and an elephant is also poisoned in a mass poisoning at Kruger National Park in South Africa. South African National Parks and the Endangered Wildlife Trust says it was one of the largest vulture poisoning events in the country. (CTV News)
Law and crime
- Abundant Life Christian School shooting
- The father of Natalie Rupnow, the perpetrator of the shooting that killed three people, including herself, and injured six others at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, in December 2024, is charged with felonies in connection with the shooting. (CTV News)
- Murder of Cassius Turvey
- Jack Steven James Brearley and Brodie Lee Palmer are found guilty for the murder of Aboriginal Australian schoolboy Cassius Turvey in Middle Swan, Western Australia, in 2022. (BBC)
- A member of the MS-13 gang is sentenced to 55 years imprisonment for the mass stabbing murders of five people, including a teenager and three young men at a park in Long Island, New York, United States, in April 2017. (Patch.com)
Politics and elections
- 2025 papal conclave
- Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States is elected to the papacy on the fourth ballot and takes the name Leo XIV. He is the first pope from North America and the second from the Americas after his predecessor, Pope Francis. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Peru, he follows Francis to also become the second South American pope. (CNN) (The Guardian)