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Fear & Greed 42/100
Yahoo Finance
- Fed holds interest rates at 23-year high, citing 'lack of further progress' on inflation
- Fed holds interest rates steady, gives no sign it will cut soon as inflation fight stalls
- CVS stock plunges after earnings numbers one analyst 'did not even believe'
- Sin Stock Altria Exhales Cash With Highest Dividend In S&P 500
- Here's What's Happening in Markets: May 1
- Bank of America Sounds Warning on Options-ETF Boom as Day Traders Plunge In
- Why Super Micro Computer Stock Crashed and Burned Wednesday Morning
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Google Business
- Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
- Musk Undercuts Tesla Chargers That Biden Lauded as ‘a Big Deal’
- FDA says multistate E. coli outbreak tied to walnuts
- The Fed announced a big change today. And no, we’re not talking about interest rates
- Ford recalls nearly 243,000 Maverick pickups for tail light problem
- AMD Plunges, New Chips Can’t Help Market Troubles
- CVS Health chops 2024 forecast as cost struggles with Medicare Advantage persist
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Tipranks
- Diageo Plc Executes Share Buyback and Cancellation
- BlackRock Throgmorton Buys Back Shares
- Carbon Done Right Delays Financials, Seeks Trade Order
- Peapack-Gladstone Shareholders Shape Future with Key Approvals
- Flutter Entertainment Embraces US Governance, Adjusts Listings
- Stock Yards Bancorp Shareholders Approve Key Governance Proposals
- Battered New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB) Blasts Up Nearly 28%
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Movers
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AP News
- Asian American, Pacific Islander consumers want better brand representation, Nielsen reports
- Want to spend the night in a Paris museum or a house owned by Prince? Airbnb plans to list them
- Text of the policy statement the Federal Reserve released Wednesday
- New Russia sanctions target weapons development and countries assisting in sanctions evasion
- Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO says
- George W. Bush's portraits of veterans are heading to Disney World
- Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
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Wall Street Journal
- Teamsters Canada Says Strikes at CN Railway, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Could Begin May 22
- Restaurant Winners Have a Common Trait: Keeping a Lid on Prices
- How Markets Are Reacting---in Five Charts
- Your Little Black Dress Is…Fine. Here's How to Make It Brilliant
- Parsing the Fed: How the May Statement Changed
- Analysis: Fed's No-Need-to-Cut Camp Is Feeling Emboldened
- Fed Says Inflation Progress Has Stalled and Extends Wait-and-See Rate Stance
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Financial Times
- Federal Reserve signals that rates will remain higher for longer
- The limits of what high interest rates can now achieve
- Berkshire after Buffett: can any stockpicker follow the Oracle?
- Big Oil accused of denial and doublespeak over climate change, US committee report says
- Cruise line Viking rises after launching year’s second-largest US IPO
- US includes Chinese groups in sanctions over aid to Russian military
- New York’s mayor blames ‘outside agitators’ for Columbia upheaval
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Bloomberg
- Treasuries Extend Gains After Fed Less Hawkish Than Feared
- Airbnb Offers Museum Stays, Influencer Experiences to Boost Excitement
- Kroger in Talks to Bring Disney+ to Its Grocery Delivery Program
- Silicon Valley Billionaires Are One Step Closer to Building New City
- Fed to Slow the Pace of Balance-Sheet Runoff Starting in June
- President Petro Says Colombia to Cut Diplomatic Ties With Israel
- Key Takeaways From Fed Decision to Hold Rate at Two-Decade High
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Reuters
- US prosecutors examining financial transactions at Block, NBC News reports
- Cruise operator Norwegian's Q1 revenue miss overshadows raised outlook
- Canada's long-delayed Trans Mountain oil pipeline starts operations
- NYCB's estimate-topping profit forecast fires up battered shares
- Airbus ready to lock out A220 workers if offer rejected
- Mastercard's profit beats on strong card spending by U.S. consumers
- Starbucks shares tumble as China, US demand slowdown clouds outlook
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Marketwatch
- Trump might allow marijuana’s reclassification, but it’s a ‘close call’
- My wife and I are 78. This is how we manage investment risk without panicking
- GOP Sen. Tim Scott now favorite for Trump VP pick after Noem implodes
- Walmart is closing down its health centers. What’s that mean for Amazon, Walgreens and CVS?
- Starbucks’ ‘grande headwinds’ lead to rare downgrades for the stock
- Why ‘sell in May and go away’ could be a bit premature for stocks, according to one chart
- Norfolk Southern touts progress and slams activist Ancora’s ‘reckless’ plan in board battle
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Seeking Alpha
- Meta: Finally, A Buying Opportunity
- Two +8% Yields I Just Added To My Portfolio
- Wall Street Breakfast: Higher For (Much) Longer?
- Palantir: Still Tons Of Upside
- Don't Get Duped By These 'Sucker Yields'
- Amazon Stock Barely Moves After Solid Q1 Earnings, But It's A 'Buy'
- Is It Over, Or Just A Dead Cat Bounce?
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Benzinga
- Black Rock Coffee Bar Launches Summer Daze Campaign with its Summer Drink Collection
- Why Is United Therapeutics Stock Trading Higher Today?
- MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL RELEASES 2023 SOCIAL IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
- Samba TV Unveils Groundbreaking GenAI Technology at NewFronts that Provides Actionable Context for Video Advertising
- Billions On The Move: Tracking Market Cap Changes In Top Cannabis Firms After DEA Rescheduling Announcement
- SRI Management Welcomes Tennessee Assisted Living & Memory Care Property To Portfolio
- Gene Therapies in Degenerative Retinal Disease Hold Potential to Capture Significant Portion of Market
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Barchart
- Sugar Prices Fall on a Slide in Crude Oil
- Cocoa Prices Close Sharply Lower as Cocoa Buyers Delay Purchases
- Coffee Prices Settle Lower as ICE Inventories Rebound
- Monster Beverage vs. Celsius Holdings: Which Growth Stock Is a Better Buy?
- Chart of the Day: Hercules Technology --- Getting a Lift
- Corn Pulling Higher at Midday
- Wheat Lower on the Midweek Session
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SEC / FED
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
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
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Remarks at SEC Speaks 2024
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SEC Adopts Reforms Relating to Investment Advisers Operating Exclusively Through the Internet
Marketplace
- Live music is taking center stage in India
- Dave & Buster's to let adult customers bet on arcade games
- New Alabama law pushes back against DEI curriculum
- How federal investment is shaping Phoenix's semiconductor sector
- What happened after baseball integrated
- Shared curriculum makes climate change a business school focus
- Students protest Gaza war: The history of divestment protests
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ZeroHedge
- Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Walk The 'Asymmetric' Tight-Rope At Today's Presser?
- FOMC Leaves Rates Unchanged (As Expected), Says QT Taper To Start In June
- Lu-Lu-Leveraged: Lululemon Founder Pledges Shares For Margin Loan
- Robert Mueller's Right Hand Man Warns SCOTUS: You're "One Vote Away From... The End Of Democracy"
- Israel Won't End War On Hamas As Part Of Hostage Deal, Bibi Tells Blinken
- If Treasury Bonds Hit 5%, You're Gonna See Some Serious Sh*t
- The Great Gold Vs Bitcoin Debate: ZeroHedge Presents Roubini And Schiff Against Scaramucci And Vorhees
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Investing.com
- Fed keeps rates on hold as disinflation stalls; slows pace of QT
- Even after the recent pullback, the S&P 500 is statistically expensive vs. history
- 5 analysts weigh in on AMD earnings
- Crypto experts see a pullback in Bitcoin price as a buying opportunity
- Here's how to protect your portfolio from a potentially hawkish Fed today
- Lower rates would be bullish for markets, even in a recession
- Goldman updates ‘US Conviction List
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Morning Brew
Walmart woos youths with cool food
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Congress to question if UnitedHealth is too big to fail
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Dave & Busters bets on betting
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Word Search: Movie proms
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Elon Musk scores big for Tesla with visit to China
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Everybody’s doing long-distance with their boss
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Grocery store hopping is the new national sport
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Brew Mini: Primate
The Hustle
How Marriott went from a 9-seat soda shop to a $68B+ brand
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A five-star tent? Hotels are betting on glamping
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Why, though? Google tried to take on Second Life
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The vet industry is in a tailspin
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Digits: So much ‘Star Wars,’ Lana’s 13 extra minutes, and more
CNBC
- Long-predicted consumer pullback finally hits restaurants like Starbucks, KFC and McDonald's
- Fed decision, oil plunge, mixed earnings
- Bally Sports regional networks go dark for Comcast cable customers
- Fed keeps rates steady as it notes lack of further progress on inflation
- The Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady, offers no relief from high borrowing costs
- Google lays off hundreds of 'Core' employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico
- UnitedHealth CEO tells lawmakers the company paid hackers a $22 million ransom
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CBS
- Federal Reserve holds rates steady. Here's what that means for your money
- Johnson & Johnson offers to pay $6.5 billion to settle talc ovarian cancer lawsuits
- The real reason self-driving cars are not ready for prime time
- UnitedHealth CEO defends ransom payment in testimony on cyberattack
- Biden is forgiving $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 people
- The Fed rate decision meeting is today. Here are the odds of a cut
- Federal Reserve to discuss interest rates at they remain at 23-year high
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NYT Business
- Biden Cancels $6.1 Billion in Debt for Former Art Institute Students
- Klobuchar Asks Regulators to Investigate MultiPlan Over Health Care Pricing
- U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Chinese Companies for Aiding Russia’s War Effort
- Truth Social Co-Founder Says Trump Nearly Derailed Deal That Led to Market Windfall
- NASCAR and Its Race Teams Fight Over the Sport’s Future
- Johnson & Johnson Proposes $6.5 Billion in New Talc Settlement Offer
- What the Fed’s Moves Mean for Mortgages, Credit Cards and More
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Stocktwits
ALT Altimmune Inc
CVNA Carvana Co.
SBUX Starbucks Corp
NIO NIO Inc
PFE Pfizer Inc
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF
XBI SPDR Biotech ETF
TGTX TG Therapeutics Inc
LKNCY Luckin Coffee Inc - ADR
CVS CVS Health Corp
SQ Block Inc
TLT BlackRock...
QQQ Invesco QQQ...
COIN Coinbase Global Inc
PG Procter & Gamble Co.
CGC Canopy Growth Corp
PINS PINTEREST INC
BTC.X Bitcoin
EBAY EBay Inc.
BROS Dutch Bros Inc -...
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
DIA SPDR Dow Jones...
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF
MSNBC
- ‘Access Hollywood’ tape stars in Trump’s hush money trial, even if it isn’t played
- NYPD storms Columbia University, clears protesters from occupied building
- As Judge Merchan finds Trump in contempt, what happens now?
- Right-wing preacher bashing Trump's Bibles is a bad sign for Donald
- Why United Methodists’ historic vote means so much to gay Christians like me
- Why Trump’s rhetoric about ‘paid agitators’ sounds so familiar
- As the race to the bottom continues, Stefanik targets Jack Smith
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NBC
- A police youth program is plagued by sexual abuse allegations across the U.S
- Harvey Weinstein to return to court after N.Y. rape conviction is overturned
- Johnson & Johnson to pay $6.5 billion to resolve nearly all talc ovarian cancer lawsuits in U.S
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson next week
- Older Americans are losing thousands of dollars to cybercrime
- Private payrolls increased by 192,000 in April, more than expected for resilient labor market
- DJT shares crack $50 as Trump Media continues stock bounce back
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investors.com
- Colgate-Palmolive Stock, A Steady Eddie Grower, Tops Benchmark
- Why April Brought Grief To Software Stocks As IGV Index Tumbles
- Fed Meeting: Don't Expect A Hawkish Jerome Powell
- Nvidia Stock Drops After Rival AMD Gives Uninspiring Outlook
- Square Stock Tumbles On Report Of Federal Probe Involving Transactions
- No. 1 Biotech Stock Neurocrine Pops After Its Biggest Moneymaker Snatches Another Win
- Mastercard Stock Pullback Deepens On 2024 Forecast Cut
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ABC News
- Elimination of Tesla's charging department raises worries as EVs from other automakers join network
- Amazon, Pinterest rise; Starbucks, CVS Health fall, Wednesday, 5/1/2024
- Video McDonald’s and Starbucks report lower sales
- Google and Apple now threatened by the US antitrust laws that helped build their technology empires
- Stock market today: Wall Street tumbles in premarket ahead of Fed's interest rate decision
- Regulators close Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, first US bank failure this year
- Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights
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Fox Business
- Fed holds rates steady as inflation casts doubt on future cuts
- UnitedHealth CEO details cyberattack root, working 24/7 to 'fix this'
- Private sector job growth rises more than expected in April
- Job interview coming up? Avoid these five deadly sins
- Homes are now affordable in just 6 major American cities
- Why gold ETFs are an option to bonds as inflation lingers
- What's Next for Berkshire Hathaway: Barron's
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CNN
- The average Wall Street bonus dipped 2% last year, to $176,500
- Digital humans: the relatable face of artificial intelligence?
- Former Google workers fired for protesting Israel deal file complaint claiming protected speech
- Dave and Buster’s is getting into the betting business
- Affordable internet gave Native Americans a way to preserve community and culture. Now it’s another broken promise
- Clashes escalate at campus protests nationwide as law enforcement makes mass arrests
- Johnson & Johnson moves forward with $6.475 billion settlement of talc cancer lawsuits
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Ticker
Israeli Military Chief: Israel is preparing for an offensive in the north
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Russia breached global chemical weapons ban in Ukraine war
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69 counterparties take $438.148b at Fed Reverse Repo Operation
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White House: There has been no response from Hamas on ceasefire, hostage release proposal
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Japan is considering regulating large domestic & international AI developers to limit risks to society such as the spread of misinformation, following the US…
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US Secretary of State Blinken: We have seen in recent weeks real & meaningful progress
Barrons
- Fed Acknowledges Stalling Progress in Inflation Fight
- Treasury Yields Fall Slightly After Fed Decision
- Fed to Slow Balance-Sheet Reduction in June
- Joseph Stiglitz Makes the Case for Moving Past Neoliberalism
- Bio-Techne Is the Best Performing Stock in the S&P 500 Wednesday. Here’s Why
- Read the FOMC Statement and Implementation Note
- Stocks Edge Up After Fed Keeps Rates Steady
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The Economist
- Chinese EV-makers shine at Beijing’s car jamboree
- How a conservative conference morphed into a crisis of liberalism
- The mind-bending new rules for doing business in China
- Working from home and the US-Europe divide
- America’s trust in its institutions has collapsed
- Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
- Wanted: a new economics writer
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MarketBeat
- AMD is Down 35%. Now is the Time to Buy the Dip
- Amazon Stands Tall: New Highs Are in Sight
- Chesapeake Energy Stock is The Energy Play, Earnings Confirm
- 5 Aerospace & Defense Stocks Ready for Liftoff
- Goldman Boosted FMC Stock’s Price Targets, Setting Up a Breakout
- Impinj Proves The Internet-of-Things (IoT) is No Fluke
- PayPal’s Strong Earnings Growth and Strategic Evolution
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The Hill
- Fed holds off on rate cuts after ‘lack of further progress’ on inflation
- Affordable housing crisis looms large in election
- Lobbying World: Global Business Alliance taps next president and CEO
- Yellen: Treasury exploring ways to expand free tax filing program
- Economic confidence slips for first time since last fall: Gallup
- Unionization vote at Tennessee VW plant certified
- Senate Democrats: Oil companies pivoted from climate denial to ‘deception, disinformation, and doublespeak’
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BBC
- US holds interest rate steady and warns on inflation
- Apple working to fix alarming iPhone issue
- J&J offers more in third attempt to settle talc battles
- Belarus firm accused of bypassing UK sanctions
- Tesla staff say firm's entire Supercharger team fired
- UK house prices fall as mortgage costs bite, says Nationwide
- China tightens grip on social media companies
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The Guardian
- Labour’s ‘new deal for workers’ will not fully ban zero-hours contracts
- Nearly half of Smith & Nephew investors revolt against CEO pay rise
- The Guardian view on the cost of a cashless society: the most vulnerable will pay
- At 3-0 to the Brilos, the boardroom pay game has changed forever
- Online gamblers who lose £500 or more a month to face extra checks
- UK house prices fall unexpectedly for second month in a row
- PMQs: Sunak and Starmer clash over taxes and pensions
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YouGov
Most Millennials and Gen Zers don't place themselves within their usual generational group
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Which Americans do Irish and Italian people say can describe themselves as Irish and Italians?
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Most Americans would limit abortion after a certain stage of pregnancy and allow certain exceptions
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Many Americans are skeptical of electric cars
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Two-thirds of Americans who made resolutions for 2024 say they have stuck to them so far
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Many Americans say they support a TikTok ban
The Street
- Fed holds rates steady, hints rate cuts on hold until year-end
- What could happen to Charles Barkley, 'Inside The NBA' if WBD loses out to other networks
- A viral TikTok video on baggage is actually completely wrong
- The Rock is costing a new movie millions due to frustrating antics
- Standard deduction vs. itemized deductions: Which is better?
- National Park visitor becomes first to get arrested for this in 2024
- Delayed flight? You may be entitled to a Southwest refund
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Insider
- Trump Media shares collapsed, rallied, and are collapsing again. No one knows why
- How China's J-20 stacks up to USA's F-22 fighter jet
- 'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary says interest rates won't budge this year: 'I'm sorry, it's just reality'
- Democrats' dilemma: Which hard-right Republican should they side with?
- The Fed once again holds interest rates steady
- Tesla may try to rehire some of the employees it laid off
- Princess Cruises is taking a page out of the ultra-luxury cruise industry with new all-inclusive, $3,000 cabins
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AOL Finance
- Jeff Goldblum wants his kids to get jobs and support themselves financially when they're older: 'I'm not going to do it for you'
- AI investments are showing signs of a payoff, but the price is steep
- Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO says
- UnitedHealth CEO details cyberattack root, working 24/7 to 'fix this'
- Federal Reserve holds rates steady. Here's the financial impact
- Johnson & Johnson offers $6.5 billion to settle talc cancer lawsuits
- What you need to know about Skydance's bid for Paramount, from financing a deal worth $32 billion to its plans for the media empire
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- The Cheapest and Most Expensive Housing Markets in Oregon
- This Country has the Strongest Support for Ukraine
- What Is E*Trade Pro, And What Are The Benefits?
- 3 Tech Stocks Hitting SPY Hard
- The 30 Least Populated Countries On Earth Today
- 9 ChatGPT Competitors: Who Will Win the AI Race?
- 30 Multi-Billion Dollar American Weapons and R&D Projects
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LA Times
- Can AI-powered drive-throughs save the day for fast food operators?
- Margot Robbie boards Lionsgate and Hasbro's 'Monopoly' movie as producer
- Disney's Bob Iger triumphs over Nelson Peltz in bitter shareholder vote. But big challenges remain
- 'Joker 2' trailer: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga lead twisted, musical fever dream
- DEA's big marijuana shift could be a lifeline for California's troubled pot industry
- Column: With his Truth Social stock, Trump may be laughing all the way to the bank
- Column: The legal system is closing in on crypto, and things may only get worse
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Washington Post
- Fed leaves interest rates unchanged as inflation muddies path to cuts
- Senator slams GlaxoSmithKline over cost of asthma inhalers
- Biden’s internet-for-all program needs Musk’s help
- How the push to ban TikTok spurred a new Washington influence machine
- Use these 6 points to say no to a college you and your kid can’t afford
- Apple, Google and Venmo fight new U.S. plan to monitor payment apps
- UnitedHealth CEO set for grilling from Congress over Change Healthcare hack
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Chicago Tribune
- Illinois pot businesses could gain tax benefits, easier loan access under DEA reclassification
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- Illinois ranks 30th for hospital safety, down two spots from last year, says Leapfrog report
- Portillo’s workers at Aurora food prep facility vote to unionize
- The deadline to consolidate some student loans to receive forgiveness is here. Here’s what to know
- Down to Business: After 30 years in the cookie and cupcake biz, owner still loves that ‘wow’ response
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Seattle Times
- Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO says
- George W. Bush’s portraits of veterans are heading to Disney World
- Amazon, Pinterest rise; Starbucks, CVS Health fall, Wednesday, 5/1/2024
- Elimination of Tesla’s charging department raises worries as EVs from other automakers join network
- Avista: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
- US job openings fall to 8.5 million in March, the lowest level in more than 3 years
- Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.8 billion after hitting price benchmarks
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Boston Herald
- Federal Reserve says interest rates will stay at two-decade high until inflation further cools
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- Cambridge City Council extends controversial deadline for bike lane construction
- Ticker: North End to hold ‘large pizza rally’ to protest outdoor dining ban; Starbucks goes cold
- Media News Group sues OpenAI, Microsoft
- More student loan forgiveness available, but April 30 deadline looms
- How to escape from a money rut
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Financial Post
- Toronto area condo market rents drop the most in 15 years
- Canadian Binance founder Changpeng Zhao gets four months in prison
- Canada's battered oilsands boom town bets on Trans Mountain pipeline to restart the party
- Loblaw hikes dividend as profit rises almost 10%
- Posthaste: This cratering GDP number has only ever been seen during a recession
- Why big banks and pension giants are likely breathing easier after the Liberal budget
- Canada's capital gains tax hike another blow to productivity, say economists
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The Trade
- DTCC connects Saphyre’s trade solution to ALERT platform
- Asset managers looking to shake up strategy in next two years, Northern Trust survey finds
- Average daily equity trading on European main markets and MTFs up 14% from last quarter
- CFTC announces changes to large trading reporting for futures and options
- Keeping ESG commercial
- AccessFintech and BNY Mellon collaborate to tackle expected FX workflow challenges linked to T+1
- Investor conviction robust despite significant geopolitical risks, finds Liquidnet report
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Observer
- 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
- One of the Most Coveted Banking Jobs In the World Is Up for Grabs
- TikTok Ban: When Will the Creator Economy Feel the Pain, If Ever?
- The Financial Times Is the Latest Newsroom to Partner With OpenAI
- Bank of America Is Funding Another Round of Conservation Projects at Museums Worldwide
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Semafor
- Columbia president defends calling police on protesters: ‘Sorry we reached this point’
- The US Fed keeps interest rates steady
- Reclassifying cannabis holds serious science potential
- ‘Disgorgement’: Amazon researchers suggest ways to get rid of bad AI data
- Chinese-backed African fintech startup OPay nears $3 billion valuation
- Donald Trump courts an increasingly friendly Libertarian Party
- Biden’s clean aviation rules are really a gamble on EVs
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Reason
- DeSantis frets about Florida 'reeking of marijauna,' says he'll oppose legalization
- Florida man's tall grass saga comes to an end
- Ohio State University President's Statement on Clearing of
- Stanford Message to Students About Protests
- Supreme Court won't stop Texas porn law from taking effect
- Rob Long: God is good, drugs are better
- Victims of Communism Day
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Nikkei Asia
- 70% of Japan blue chips rake in higher profits on price hikes, soft yen
- Japan weighs regulating AI developers, following U.S. and EU
- China woos Argentina, Bolivia and Peru to advance Belt and Road
- South Korea explores defense tech cooperation with AUKUS
- Weak yen drives U.S. shoppers to Japan proxy sites
- Australia vows to tackle 'national shame' of violence against women
- Pakistan appoints Ishaq Dar, close aide of elder Sharif, as deputy PM
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Institutional Investor
- The Consultant Shepherding Steve Ballmer’s Family Office and Others on AI
- Dan Loeb’s Favorite Stocks
- Here Are the Winners of the 21st Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards
- Viking Global’s Fund Focused on Private Investments Is off to a Strong Start
- CAIA Association's Longtime CEO Announces Retirement Plans
- There’s ‘No Going Back’ For Insurance Company Investment Portfolios, KKR Says
- Under Leslie Lenzo's Leadership, the Hershey Trust is Evolving
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- SBUX: the canary in the coal mine?
- 2017 tax cut for pass-through business owners exacerbated inequality and failed to deliver economic benefits
- Fed holds interest rates at 23-year high, citing 'lack of further progress' on inflation
- FOMC meeting summary
- FOMC meeting summary
- What should I invest in ?
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PYMNTS
- Expensify Launches Expense Tracking Features for Self-Employed Professionals
- UnitedHealth Still ‘Trying to Dig Through’ Cause of Cyberattack
- Mastercard: Tokenized Transactions Grow 50% Year Over Year
- Sezzle Offers Rewards for On-Time BNPL Payments
- Yum Brands Q1 Earnings Show Digital Sales Surge Amid Broader Challenges
- MongoDB Launches Program to Help Enterprises Implement GenAI
- AI Safety Summit Draws Global Experts, but Google DeepMind Plans to Stay Home
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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
- Federal Reserve says 'lack of further progress' on inflation means interest rates will stay at 2-decade highs
- The $34 trillion U.S debt is nearly as big as its own economy and there’s (still) no plan to fix it
- Bitcoin tumbles below $57,000 on day of Fed meeting
- Trump is back on the world's richest people list as he gets a $1.8 billion windfall
- Japan has a bear attack problem. It's hoping AI can fix that
- Chase IHG One Rewards Business Premier card ups its welcome bonus
- Outdated laws prevent gig economy workers from getting benefits. This pilot program shows the path forward
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Inc.
- Google and Apple Built Tech Empires--Now the Antitrust Laws That Helped Them Pose a Threat
- Most Americans View TikTok as a Chinese Influence Tool, Poll Shows
- Tech Powerhouses Reap Gains From AI Cloud Computing Boom
- Powell Likely to Signal Rate Cut Unlikely Until Inflation Drops
- Small Business Scam Update: What Entrepreneurs Need to Know
- Looking for Somewhere to Volunteer? Check With Work
- U.S. Private Payrolls Beat Expectations in April
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Axios
- Fed holds interest rates steady, calls out stalled progress on inflation
- Israel tells U.S. it will retaliate against Palestinian Authority if ICC issues arrest warrants
- The job market's slow-motion depressurization
- North Atlantic's record heat streak ends at 421 days, but warming may resume
- Most Americans say mental health issues get worse treatment than physical ones
- House Democrats laugh off Marjorie Taylor Greene's "crazy" vote to oust Mike Johnson
- Retailers retreat from health care delivery
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Vox
- Why Florida is banning a kind of meat that doesn’t really exist
- Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword
- Vox Welcomes Naureen Khan as Senior Editor, Culture and Features
- Philosophers are studying Reddit’s “Am I the Asshole?”
- High interest rates probably aren’t going away anytime soon
- Want to know how to reduce gun crime? Look at Detroit
- How La Niña will shape heat and hurricanes this year
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FastCompany
- Trump awarded another $1.8 billion worth of Trump Media stock
- LGBTQ+ youth are not okay as politics takes its toll on mental health in 2024
- Will a DEA reclassification of marijuana put the banking industry at ease? Cannabis companies hope so
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- 42% of Americans think AI will distort 2024 election coverage
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Entrepreneur
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Politico
- Watch: Trump visits bodega after day two of hush money trial
- Inside the crash GOP effort to head off a motion to vacate
- Abortion-rights groups have never faced a state like Florida
- ‘Parameters of a conceptual agreement’? Not so fast
- Biden cracks jokes about Trump as hush money trial kicks off
- Turmoil persists at Columbia
- In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel squeeze ahead of election
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Newsweek
- How Gwen Stefani subtly paid tribute to Blake Shelton on the red carpet
- DEA Cedes Ground in the Losing War on Weed. It's Not Enough
- Indonesia's dramatic volcano eruption caught on video
- New blow to Biden on immigration
- College issues new timeline for Israel divestment
- Man gets hilarious notification amid fallout from tornado that wrecked home
- Couple's sweet idea to recreate first date, with key difference, goes viral
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NPR
- Fed keeps interest rates at 23-year high
- Ford recalls Maverick pickups because tail lights can go dark, increasing crash risk
- The Federal Reserve is weighing what to do about interest rates
- Couple sues Singapore Airlines after their seats wouldn't recline into a bed
- Walmart says it will close its 51 health centers and virtual care service
- Is the federal debt REALLY that bad? : The Indicator from Planet Money
- Fox News pulls down series as Hunter Biden threatens lawsuit
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Globe And Mail
- TD investors concerned with lack of details about U.S. regulatory probe after bank sets aside US$450-million provision for penalties
- Railway workers at CN, CPKC vote to strike, says union
- Pfizer lifts profit forecast as CEO sees reason for optimism in 2024
- CN Rail and CPKC workers vote to go on strike later this month
- Bombardier reveals NetJets as buyer of 12 Challenger business jets
- Long-delayed Trans Mountain oil pipeline starts operations
- Owe the tax man but can’t pay? Ignoring the problem will only make things worse
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CBC
- Loblaw reports $13.58B in Q1 revenue, as Reddit group's boycott kicks off
- London Drugs stores remain closed after 'cybersecurity incident'
- Federal public servants to return to the office 3 days a week this fall
- Canadian economy grew 0.2% in February
- More stores are ditching self-checkout amid theft and customer complaints
- International students will be allowed to work 24 hours a week starting in September
- With Trans Mountain pipeline open for business, Alberta's oilsands city bracing for boom
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Techmeme
- Sources: Google laid off at least 200 employees from its “Core” teams, including its Python developer team, and plans to move some roles to Mexico and India
- Atlassian launches Rovo, its new AI teammate
- Q&A with White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar on her role, working at DARPA, AI, showing ChatGPT to Biden, and more
- Sources: US federal prosecutors are digging into internal practices at Block, discussing with an ex-employee alleged widespread and yearslong compliance lapses
- LastPass separates from GoTo, which announced the spinoff in December 2021, six years after buying LastPass; the service suffered high profile hacks in 2022
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Silicon Valley
- Former Google workers fired for protesting Israel deal file complaint claiming protected speech
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Techcrunch
- Airbnb releases group booking features as it taps into AI for customer service
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The Register
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Silicon Republic
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Business Journals
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PBS Newshour
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SCMP
Huawei’s Richard Yu said to move up as chairman of firm’s consumer business
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Tesla seals deal with Baidu for China maps, whether CEO Elon Musk wants them or not
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Hong Kong banks to tap city’s Golden Week visitors drawn by residency scheme
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Amazon’s Twitch launches TikTok rival amid push to ban the Chinese app, boosting competition in short-form video
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Asia Financial
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Japan Times
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 1
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Odesa strikes
- Three people are killed and three are injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike in the port city of Odesa. (Reuters) (Kyiv Post)
- Odesa strikes
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Following American pressure, Israel reopens the Erez Crossing and allows aid trucks into the the northern part of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kenya floods
- A highway collapse leaves 24 people dead and 30 injured in Meizhou, Guangdong, China, after days of heavy rain. (Le Monde) (BBC)
- Nine people are killed in eastern India as the region faces the hottest April on record in a heatwave. (Reuters)
International relations
- Colombia–Israel relations, International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro announces a break in diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Abortion in North Carolina
- Federal judge Catherine Eagles blocked some of North Carolina's restrictions on abortion pill mifepristone, striking down a requirement that mifepristone only be prescribed by doctors and only in person, as well as a requirement that patients have an in-person follow-up appointment. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Homosexuality and Methodism
- The United Methodist Church votes 692–51 to repeal a longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy. The vote also forbids superintendents from forbidding a same-sex wedding. (AP)
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Violent clashes were reported on the University of California, Los Angeles campus when pro-Palestinian protesters were attacked by groups of counter-demonstrators supporting Israel. (Reuters)
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
April 30
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- Russian forces attack Kharkiv with guided bombs, killing at least two people and injuring six others. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- An Israeli police officer is injured in a stabbing by a Turkish national in the Old City of Jerusalem. The assailant was fatally shot by other responding officers at the scene. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kenya floods
- The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 169, with 91 people reported missing. (The Washington Post)
- Nine people are killed and two more injured during an explosion caused by a gas leak at a restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon. (The National News)
- Fifty-five people are injured after a Los Angeles Metro light rail train collides with a transportation bus in downtown Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times)
Health and environment
- The Mount Ruang volcano in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, erupts for the second time this month, prompting the evacuation of more than 12,000 people. (Reuters) (Voice of America)
International relations
- China–Philippines relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- China's coast guard expels a Philippine Coast Guard ship and another vessel from the waters near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Over 100 protestors are arrested by the NYPD after attempting to occupy Hamilton Hall. (Time) (WCAU-TV)
- 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Police in Tbilisi, Georgia, utilize a water cannon, tear gas, and stun grenades as part of a crackdown on protests against a law requiring foreign non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. (Reuters)
- Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
- Judge Juan Merchan fines Donald Trump $9,000 for contempt of court, and threatens to jail Trump if he continues to violate his gag order. (Reuters)
- A man attacks people with a sword after crashing a car into a house in Hainault, London, England, United Kingdom, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four other people, including two police officers. (BBC News) (The New York Times)
- French prosecutors announce that actor Gérard Depardieu will be tried for the alleged sexual assault of two women in 2021. (euronews)
- The founder of the cryptocurrency exchange service Binance, Changpeng Zhao, is sentenced to four months in prison for money laundering. (Reuters)
- The International Court of Justice rejects a request by Nicaragua asking the court to order Germany to suspend aid to Israel. (euronews)
Science and technology
- Chinese space program
- A Chinese spacecraft carrying the Shenzhou 17 crew lands back on Earth at the Dongfeng site after completing a six-month mission on the Tiangong space station. (AP) (SHINE)