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Yahoo Finance
- Futures Drop Ahead Of Fed Decision, Powell
- The Secret to Passive Income Is Hiding in This Unstoppable Dividend Stock
- CVS Health chops 2024 forecast as cost struggles with Medicare Advantage persist
- CVS Health Dives To 3-Year Low On Medicare Cost Surge
- Why Is AMD Stock Down 7% After Earnings?
- J&J subsidiary proposes paying about $6.48B over 25 years to settle talc ovarian cancer lawsuits
- NYCB CEO predicts a 'clear path to profitability' after disclosing first-quarter loss
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Google Business
- Quarterly Refunding Statement of Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets Josh Frost
- Tesla axes electric vehicle charging team
- Pfizer lifts profit view on cost cuts, smaller drop in demand for COVID products
- Chicago Tribune, other major newspapers accuse artificial intelligence companies of stealing content
- ‘Dividend aristocrat’ no more: 3M slashes payout after more than 60 years of only boosting it
- Private payrolls increased by 192,000 in April, more than expected for resilient labor market
- Stock market today: S&P 500 futures slide with Fed's Powell in the spotlight
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Tipranks
- Nichols PLC Shares Transferred for Option Exercise
- Ascential plc Reports Total Voting Rights
- Spirent Communications Reports AGM Outcomes
- Made Tech CFO Buys Shares, Signals Confidence
- UBS Group AG Modifies Stake in Ascential PLC
- Edinburgh Investment Trust’s Share Capital Update
- Goldman Sachs Adjusts Stake in DS Smith PLC
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Movers
Trending Topics
AP News
- The botched FAFSA rollout leaves students in limbo. Some wonder if their college dreams will survive
- Ford recalls Maverick pickups in US because tail lights can go dark, increasing the risk of a crash
- CVS Health chops 2024 forecast as cost struggles with Medicare Advantage persist
- Japan's Kishida will stress rules-based global order, support for emerging nations at OECD meeting
- J&J subsidiary proposes paying about $6.48B over 25 years to settle talc lawsuits
- News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds
- Former students of the for-profit Art Institutes are approved for $6 billion in loan cancellation
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Wall Street Journal
- Truth Social Grants Trump a New $1.8 Billion Stock Bonus
- MLB Fans in Some Cities Lose Access to Local Games in Carriage Spat
- How Berkshire Hathaway's Annual Meeting Became a Hotspot for Romantic Mergers
- Pinterest Records Higher Revenue, Narrower Loss
- Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk
- Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk
- Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
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Financial Times
- Power price plunge means cuts for Europe’s utilities
- Adults, not students, are America’s problem
- Georgia cracks down on pro-EU protesters in Russia pivot
- Do not ignore Africa, World Bank head tells wealthy nations
- Hedge fund Graham Capital wants New York office as others cut space
- The Fed is stuck, and so are stocks
- Rise in convertible bond issuance might only delay a credit reckoning
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Bloomberg
- Michael Jordan’s Cincoro Tequila Adds Celebrities, Goes Global
- Goldman’s Germany Investment Banking Head Mayer to Join JPMorgan
- With Fed on Hold, Companies’ Buybacks Offer Equity Markets a Tailwind
- Bank of America Sounds Warning on Options-ETF Boom as Day Traders Plunge In
- Tether Says Profit Rose to a Record During the First Quarter
- US Companies Add 192,000 Jobs as Wage Growth Cools in ADP Data
- The Winner-Take-All Economy Is Ruining Art, Too
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Reuters
- Investors wait to see Red Sea in shippers' Q1 numbers
- India's Godrej family agrees to split conglomerate into two
- Shell exits China power market businesses
- The emissions and trade flows impact of the G7 coal pledge
- UK's Domino's Pizza sees slow start in second quarter
- Haleon's first-quarter revenue misses expectations
- Aston Martin's quarterly loss worse than expected
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Marketwatch
- Passengers can soon get automatic refunds for canceled or delayed flights. Here’s what to know
- New York Community Bancorp reports narrower-than-expected loss but misses on revenue
- ‘I don’t have a travel buddy’: More older adults are flying solo by choice
- Johnson & Johnson unveils latest plan to settle ovarian cancer talc claims
- AMD’s mixed earnings reveal a company with a lot to prove
- Beating inflation will likely require an increase in the U.S. unemployment rate
- The U.S. birth rate has never been lower. Here’s what that means for stocks
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Seeking Alpha
- PayPal: The Rally Has Momentum
- TORM Stock Is Still Cheap And Well Positioned
- Chevron: The Fast Way To Hot Spots
- Telia: Why I Just Added Another 0.5% To My Portfolio
- DIA: The Dow Likely Beats The S&P 500 Over The Next Several Years
- FBTC: The Case Against Self-Custody
- TransMedics Group, Inc. (TMDX) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
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Benzinga
- Why Is CVS Health Stock Trading Lower On Wednesday?
- Yum China Revs Up Restaurant Expansion, Share Repurchases
- 140 8th Graders In Socioeconomically-Disadvantaged Community Produce Animated TV Series Using In-School Education Tool Created By Former CEO Of The Company…
- Vision Films Set to Release Tech-Forward Family Fantasy "Princess Halle and The Jester"
- Acclaimed Author and WWII Historian Douglas Wellman Honors the Memory of the Holocaust While Sending a Warning "It Could Happen Again"
- Why Are Cosmetics Major Estee Lauder's Shares Diving Today?
- Are Target Date Funds All They Are Cracked Up To Be?
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Barchart
- Hogs Switch Focus to Wednesday After Mixed Tuesday
- Cotton Continue Slide on Wednesday
- Wheat Mixed on Wednesday Morning
- Cattle Look for Recovery on Wednesday
- Beans Continue Retreat into Early Wednesday Morning
- Corn Leaking Lower to Being Midweek Session
- Is MicroStrategy Headed for S&P 500 Eligibility?
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SEC / FED
SEC Encourages Investors to Plan for Their Financial Future During Financial Capability Month
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Remarks at the “SEC Speaks” Conference 2024
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Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on February 20 and March 20, 2024
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At the SEC: Nothing but Crickets Remarks at SEC Speaks
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Prepared Remarks Before the 2024 43rd Annual Small Business Forum
Marketplace
- 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
- The federal government’s inflation measures can feel … wrong. How accurate are they?
- The Sims homeownership meets the real-life housing market
- Could this week's economic data persuade the Fed to cut rates?
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ZeroHedge
- Ahead Of The Fed
- Chaos Erupts At UCLA After Pro-Gaza Activists Refuse Entry To Non-Allied Students
- ADP Employment Report Strong In April, But Tech Sector Lost Jobs
- Future Slide In Damp Start To New Month As Fed Decision Looms
- USAF F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes In New Mexico
- US Treasury's Funding Mix Will Be Pivotal For Fed's Next Moves
- Thankfully, There Are No Russia-EU Fertilizer Pipelines For West To Blow Up
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Investing.com
- Lower rates would be bullish for markets, even in a recession
- Goldman updates ‘US Conviction List
- Crypto washout sends bitcoin below $58,000 ahead of Fed decision
- Fed meeting, Amazon results, struggling US consumers
- Evercore convinced Apple’s 'measured approach' to AI will reap rewards
- Bitcoin price today: tests $59k amid Fed fears, waning ETF cheer By
- Musk disbands Tesla EV charging team, leaving customers in the dark
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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
- Healthy Returns: Sales of Humira are plunging, but AbbVie has two promising successors
- Private payrolls increased by 192,000 in April, more than expected for resilient labor market
- NYCB shares jump after new CEO gives two-year plan for "clear path to profitability"
- Bitcoin nosedives below $57,000 to two-month low ahead of U.S. Fed decision
- Pfizer beats revenue estimates, raises profit outlook on cost cuts and strong non-Covid sales
- Yum Brands earnings miss estimates as Pizza Hut, KFC sales disappoint
- Demand for riskier adjustable-rate mortgages hits highest level of the year, due to rising rates
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CBS
- The Fed rate decision meeting is today. Here are the odds of a cut
- Federal Reserve to discuss interest rates at they remain at 23-year high
- Donald Trump receives earnout bonus worth $1.8 billion in DJT stock
- Walnuts sold at Whole Foods recalled after E. coli outbreak
- Newspapers accuse artificial intelligence companies of stealing content
- Clear, a new TSA PreCheck enrollment provider, is now offered at these airports
- Dave and Busters to allow betting on arcade games
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NYT Business
- The Marijuana Industry Hopes for New Highs
- The Fed Tries to Steer Clear of Politics, But Election Year Is Making It Tough
- What to Watch as the Fed Makes Its Interest Rate Decision
- Federal Money Is All Over Milwaukee. Biden Hopes Voters Will Notice
- Bulgarian Distrust of Russia Simmers Over a Black Sea Oil Terminal
- Glamping With the Stars
- China’s Electric Cars Keep Improving, a Worry for Rivals Elsewhere
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Stocktwits
RIOT Riot Blockchain Inc
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TGTX TG Therapeutics Inc
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
PFE Pfizer Inc
AMD Advanced Micro...
CGC Canopy Growth Corp
MARA Marathon Digital...
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CVS CVS Health Corp
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ROOT Root Inc
SBUX Starbucks Corp
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WING Wingstop Inc
SMCI Super Micro Computer Inc
NCLH Norwegian Cruise...
CLSK Cleanspark Inc
MULN Mullen Automotive Inc
MA Mastercard Inc
AGEN Agenus Inc
NSP Insperity Inc
BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
MSNBC
- It's safe to say that Trump still has no idea how inflation works
- Judge Merchan's warning of jail time for Trump can't be an idle threat
- Police clear Columbia building occupied by protesters
- Day 2: Trump’s criminal trial in 60 seconds
- NYPD officers in full riot gear descend on Columbia University campus to clear protesters
- Day 9 of Trump's hush money trial in 60 seconds
- The bird flu is uncontrolled, and it keeps showing up in the scariest places
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NBC
- Palestinian students find strength in U.S. campus protests
- Science shows how a surge of anger could raise heart attack risk
- Prosecutors are examining financial transactions at Block, owner of Cash App and Square
- Violent clashes at UCLA protests; dozens arrested as NYPD clears occupied Columbia hall
- Florida's 6-week abortion takes effect, cutting off access in much of the South
- Florida abortion clinics squeeze in as many patients as possible ahead of 6-week ban
- NYPD seen inside Columbia building, breaking door open
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investors.com
- Mastercard Stock Pullback Deepens On 2024 Forecast Cut
- Pfizer Jumps After Raising Its Outlook On The Heels Of A Big Quarterly Beat
- Restaurant Chain Sees 20% Same-Store Sales Jump As Industry Group Runs Hot
- CVS Health Dives To 3-Year Low On Medicare Cost Surge
- Garmin Smashes First-Quarter Estimates On Surging Fitness Device Sales
- Diamondback Energy, Top Permian Basin Producer, Reports 16% Revenue Growth Amid 30% Run
- Pinterest Stock Surges On Earnings Beat, Big Revenue Acceleration
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ABC News
- Stock market today: Wall Street tumbles in premarket ahead of Fed's interest rate decision
- Regulators close Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, first US bank failure this year
- Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights
- Phones, Islamic books and currency exchange. Some businesses are making money out of Taliban rule
- Lilly rides Mounjaro, Zepbound to better-than-expected 1Q profit despite supply issues
- Starbucks lowers guidance, promises new drinks and deals after customer traffic fell in weak Q2
- Judge dismisses Meta shareholder lawsuit claiming that directors' obligations extend beyond company
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Fox Business
- Private sector job growth rises more than expected in April
- Job interview coming up? Avoid these five deadly sins
- Homes are now affordable in just 6 major American cities
- Why gold ETFs are an option to bonds as inflation lingers
- What's Next for Berkshire Hathaway: Barron's
- Amazon sales surge as company trains focus on artificial intelligence
- Tesla lays off more workers, two senior executives out: Report
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CNN
- Markets await updates from Chair Powell as Fed set to keep interest rates at 23-year high
- Domino’s knows its customers are tired of tipping. So it’s trying to encourage more tipping
- Starbucks just had a ‘disappointing’ quarter. Here’s how it plans to turn things around
- Tesla axes electric vehicle charging team
- No, the electric vehicle market isn’t crashing. It just needs recharging
- The Fed could make a big change today. And no, we’re not talking about interest rates
- What to expect from the Fed meeting
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Ticker
US Treasury announces launch of buyback program for may to July quarter, first buyback operations scheduled on May 29th
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US Treasury announces quarterly refunding of $125 bln, to raise new cash of $17.2 bln
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US Treasury says through July 2024 plans to hold weekly liquidity support buybacks of up to $2 bln per operation, up to $500 mln in tips
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US Treasury: We're to raise the July 10-year TIPS new issue auction size by $1 bln to $19 bln
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US Treasury to keep may 10-year TIPS reopening auction size at $16 bln
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US Treasury: It's prudent to continue incremental increases in tips auction sizes in the May to July quarter
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US Treasury: We intends to change regular six-week cash management bills into benchmark bill
Barrons
- Viking Prices IPO at $24 as Cruise Operator Sails to Year’s Biggest. The Stock Starts Trading Today
- How to Invest in a ‘Higher for Longer’ Rate Backdrop
- Mastercard Stock Falls After Earnings Beat. What to Know
- Treasury Refunding Today: Notes and Bonds Won’t Budge, Get Ready for More Bills
- Treasury Yields Decline as U.S. Jobs Market Remains Hot
- U.S. Hiring Loses Pace as Pay Growth Slows, ADP Reports
- Kraft Heinz Sales Fall Again. The Stock Is Down After Earnings Report
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The Economist
- Can biotech startups upstage Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk?
- Joe Biden’s assault on the $900 child-eczema cream
- Will GE do better as three companies than as one?
- How two small Texas towns became the patent-law centre of America
- Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich
- Escalating protests expose three fault lines on American campuses
- Poles and Ukrainians are at loggerheads. That’s good news for Putin
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MarketBeat
- 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
- Humana Leaves Shareholders in Limbo on 2025 EPS Guidance
- IBM Sings the Blues on Mixed Pockets of Strength
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The Hill
- Affordable housing crisis looms large in election
- Lobbying World: Global Business Alliance taps next president and CEO
- Yellen: Treasury exploring ways to expand free tax filing program
- Economic confidence slips for first time since last fall: Gallup
- Unionization vote at Tennessee VW plant certified
- Senate Democrats: Oil companies pivoted from climate denial to ‘deception, disinformation, and doublespeak’
- Bottom Line: Press freedom nonprofit signs former congresswoman to push PRESS Act
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BBC
- Tesla staff say firm's entire Supercharger team fired
- UK house prices fall as mortgage costs bite, says Nationwide
- China tightens grip on social media companies
- Chinese women are partnering with strangers to save money
- India's economy: The good, bad and ugly in six charts
- Tens of millions secretly use WhatsApp despite bans
- Tens of millions secretly use WhatsApp despite bans
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The Guardian
- Johnson & Johnson proposes $6.5bn settlement of talc cancer lawsuits
- Flutter shareholders vote to move listing from London to New York
- Mulberry hit by fall in sales as wealthy shoppers slow spending
- Ex-Camelot boss Nigel Railton named as new Post Office chair
- UK house prices drop in April as ‘affordability pressures’ hit borrowers; new Post Office interim chair named
- Brompton electric bike needs costly £500 repair
- Birmingham city council accused of basing drastic cuts on ‘imagined’ data
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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
- CVS tumbles as Aetna faces soaring medical costs and Medicare Advantage hit
- Analysts revise AMD price targets as stock hit by muted AI sales forecast
- Stock Market Today: Stocks slide as Fed rate-cut bets fade; Amazon gains
- Thousands of shoppers are flocking to this dehumidifier that's on sale at Amazon for only $39
- Goldman Sachs revamps "high-quality" stock picks list
- Sam Altman and the failure that put him on the path to ChatGPT
- Analyst revamps Nvidia stock price target ahead of earnings
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Insider
- Starbucks says it's launching boba-inspired drinks this summer
- China's new aircraft carrier is being tested at sea for the first time, but US carriers 'remain in an echelon of their own,' expert says
- A second person has been accused in the abduction of Mint Butterfield, child of Slack and Flicker founders
- A Tesla supplier says Elon Musk's Supercharger layoffs were 'a sharp kick in the pants'
- A hacker got 6 years in prison for stealing therapy notes and blackmailing patients
- A Russian zoo said it sent peacocks to the front to 'inspire' troops. It deleted its post after people used it to mock Putin
- Read the email to Satya Nadella and Bill Gates that shows Microsoft's CTO was 'very worried' about Google's AI progress in 2019
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AOL Finance
- Domino’s knows its customers are tired of tipping. So it’s trying to encourage more tipping
- A Tesla supplier says Elon Musk's Supercharger layoffs were 'a sharp kick in the pants'
- Tesla axes electric vehicle charging team
- No, the electric vehicle market isn’t crashing. It just needs recharging
- A hacker got 6 years in prison for stealing therapy notes and blackmailing patients
- How United Airlines’ CIO regained customer and employee trust in its tech
- Apple’s promised AI plan is ‘all that matters’, analysts say, as it tries to play catch up with Big Tech rivals
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- EV Company Rivian’s Stock Down 61%
- Will Starbucks Workers Cost Too Much?
- Why Goldman Is Flat Out Wrong About Tesla
- From Accountant to Programmer -- These Are the Cities With the Least Demanding Jobs
- Wall Street Loves This 3% Dividend Stock and So Will Passive Income Investors
- Passive Income Investors Take Note: Wall Street Has Upside All Over This 4.2% Dividend Stock
- 9 Elon Musk Quotes Every 50-Year-Old Needs to Hear
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LA Times
- Column: With his Truth Social stock, Trump may be laughing all the way to the bank
- Column: The legal system is closing in on crypto, and things may only get worse
- Hollywood's stunt-driving industry is dominated by men. These women are fighting for change
- L.A. County Fed joins labor groups calling for cease-fire in Gaza
- Who is Don Hankey, the L.A. billionaire who financed Donald Trump's appeal bond?
- Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company's contract with Israel
- Campaign to erect new city on Solano County ranchland submits signatures for November ballot
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Washington Post
- Biden’s internet-for-all program needs Musk’s help
- How the push to ban TikTok spurred a new Washington influence machine
- Use these 6 points to say no to a college you and your kid can’t afford
- Apple, Google and Venmo fight new U.S. plan to monitor payment apps
- UnitedHealth CEO set for grilling from Congress over Change Healthcare hack
- Biden seeks to boost climate-friendly flying
- Fired Google workers who protested Israel deal file complaint with labor board
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Chicago Tribune
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- Illinois ranks 30th for hospital safety, down two spots from last year, says Leapfrog report
- Portillo’s workers at Aurora food prep facility vote to unionize
- The deadline to consolidate some student loans to receive forgiveness is here. Here’s what to know
- Down to Business: After 30 years in the cookie and cupcake biz, owner still loves that ‘wow’ response
- McDonald’s plans to step up deals, marketing to combat slower fast food traffic
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Seattle Times
- Tesla fires many on charger team, raising doubts about expansion
- Japan’s Kishida will stress rules-based global order, support for emerging nations at OECD meeting
- J&J subsidiary proposes paying about $6.48B over 25 years to settle talc ovarian cancer lawsuits
- News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds
- Edmunds: 2024 Kia Niro versus 2024 Toyota Corolla Cross
- Former students of the for-profit Art Institutes are approved for $6 billion in loan cancellation
- Lawmakers want the Chiefs and Royals to come to Kansas, but a stadium plan fizzled
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Boston Herald
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- Cambridge City Council extends controversial deadline for bike lane construction
- Ticker: North End to hold ‘large pizza rally’ to protest outdoor dining ban; Starbucks goes cold
- Media News Group sues OpenAI, Microsoft
- More student loan forgiveness available, but April 30 deadline looms
- How to escape from a money rut
- WBZ NewsRadio reporter is let go after 26 years with Boston station: ‘Quite the shock’
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Financial Post
- Posthaste: This cratering GDP number has only ever been seen during a recession
- Why big banks and pension giants are likely breathing easier after the Liberal budget
- Canada's capital gains tax hike another blow to productivity, say economists
- Posthaste: Why Canada shouldn’t take its triple A credit rating for granted
- Jobs market may be cooling, but recent graduates don’t have reason to fret
- TD Bank to take $450-million provision in relation to U.S. probe
- Shake Shack to open its first Canadian location in Toronto this summer
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The Trade
- 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
- ABRDN becomes latest to join Saphyre’s onboarding platform
- Unpacking the 20 most impact financial regulations from the last 20 years
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Observer
- Billionaire Tom Siebel Donates $50M to the University of Illinois for Data Science Research
- Space Missions to Watch in May: China Explores the Dark Side of the Moon, Boeing Starliner, and More
- One of the Most Coveted Banking Jobs In the World Is Up for Grabs
- TikTok Ban: When Will the Creator Economy Feel the Pain, If Ever?
- The Financial Times Is the Latest Newsroom to Partner With OpenAI
- Bank of America Is Funding Another Round of Conservation Projects at Museums Worldwide
- Elon Musk Visited China for a Day and Secured a Major Deal with an Old Friend
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Semafor
- UN peacekeepers close eastern DRC base as they move to end mission
- Dmitri Alperovitch says Washington on Cold War footing against China
- Does Ukraine aid actually move Republican voters? We’re about to find out
- Top Chinese COVID-19 scientist protests lab eviction
- US consumer confidence slides to lowest level since 2022
- Congressional report reveals how big oil engaged in disinformation
- Musk’s ‘absolutely hardcore’ Tesla layoffs could hurt EVs everywhere
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Reason
- No Pseudonymity for Alleged Jeffrey Epstein Victims Suing FBI Over Failure to Properly Investigate Epstein
- Feds worried about anarchists gluing the locks to a government facility
- "Plaintiff Threatened the District Staff's Jobs, Reputation, Careers, and Legal Liability
- Groundhog Day for the crypto wars: The DOJ on bitcoin prowl
- For peaceful campus protests, colleges need free speech principles
- Today in Supreme Court History: May 1, 1871
- Brickbat: Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign
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Nikkei Asia
- Australia vows to tackle 'national shame' of violence against women
- Pakistan appoints Ishaq Dar, close aide of elder Sharif, as deputy PM
- Australia to boost scrutiny of 'high-risk' foreign investment
- China flexes muscle at sea as new aircraft carrier starts trials
- China's BYD, Neta eye growth in Indonesia with new EV investments
- Australia moves forward on offshore wind with feasibility licenses
- Lesser-known Asian films challenge the world from Berlinale
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Institutional Investor
- 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
- Fireside Chat: The Value of Assurance and Attestation to Investors in Domestic and International Markets
- Gold and Bitcoin Rallies vs U.S. Dollar Strength
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- Amazon cost cuts drive operating margin into double digits for first time
- Does anyone feel like their 401k/403b contributions are more regularly deposited on up days than downs?
- Brookfield and Microsoft Collaborating to Deliver Over 10.5 GW of New Renewable Power Capacity Globally
- How can I deal with this client?
- Private payrolls increased by 192,000 in April, more than expected for resilient labor market
- $1M Gain
- BREAKING🚨: Jerome Powell calls out gey bers before fomc
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PYMNTS
- Insurance Sector Moves Digital-First to Support Shifts in Buyer Behavior
- Era of AI Uncertainty Calls for Reliable Anchors of Data
- Mastercard: ‘Movies’ Not ‘Snapshots’ of Consumer Behavior Help Banks Counter Scams
- Meet the 2006 Payments Startup That Took ACH Payments Global
- Mondelez Sees US Snack Volume Decline Amid ‘Mixed’ Consumer Confidence
- AI Solutions for P&C Insurance Industry Drive Growth at CCC
- Starbucks Renews Focus on Occasional Customers as Q2 Results Disappoint
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Forbes
- 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
- AI Will Boil The Oceans
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Fortune
- Why the cofounder and CEO of Axios says focusing on ‘smart brevity’ pays off
- Campus Gaza protests swell to largest student movement of 21st century as police brutality recalls Vietnam era
- Never complain, but do explain: How to handle job tasks in the hiring process, whether Gen Z is involved or not
- Golden visa chasers helped pump $4.2 billion into Portugal last year
- Multicoin Capital leads $5 million round for Baxus, a Web3 marketplace for wine and spirits
- BlackRock leads $47 million round for Securitize: ‘Another step in the evolution of our digital assets strategy’
- I host the world’s largest cybersecurity conference. Here’s what is top of mind for security experts right now
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Inc.
- 4 Ways to Build Relationships With Language
- Elon Musk’s Latest Round of Layoffs Might Have Killed the Best Thing About Tesla
- Think Like a Lawyer: 4 Lessons in Communication for Leaders
- It's the SBA's Most Wonderful Time of Year: National Small-Business Week
- Techniques for Effective Change Management
- Your Overall Happiness, Well-Being, and Even Financial Future Comes Down to 1 Simple Word, Backed by Science
- Stressed Out by 2024? How to Support Your Mental Health in Challenging Times
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Axios
- Elon Musk controls key global infrastructure, from satellites to social media
- As Florida's six-week abortion ban starts, here's how providers are preparing
- Without Florida safe haven, abortion seekers stare down a new reality
- Behind the Curtain: Listen to Trump
- Israel-Hamas deal is only hope for Biden's Middle East strategy
- Scoop: Asian Americans says hate crimes are rising against them
- Scoop: Yellen to warn that threats to democracy would hurt economy
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Vox
- 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
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Entrepreneur
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Politico
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Newsweek
- Prince William's 'Jealous' Kate Middleton Moment Goes Viral
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NPR
- The Federal Reserve is weighing what to do about interest rates
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- Is the federal debt REALLY that bad? : The Indicator from Planet Money
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- With a deadline looming, countries race for a global agreement to cut plastic waste
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Globe And Mail
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CBC
- London Drugs stores remain closed after 'cybersecurity incident'
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Techmeme
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Naked Capitalism
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SCMP
Tesla seals deal with Baidu for China maps, whether CEO Elon Musk wants them or not
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China’s Xiaomi keeps No 3 spot in global smartphone market in first quarter as Samsung tops Apple
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Scammers use fake Post article featuring Donnie Yen to promote trading tools
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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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China’s property slump: Beijing ends curbs on multiple home ownership in outer areas of city to stimulate buying
Euronews
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Asia Financial
- ‘Hello China, Goodbye India’: Musk’s Trip Seen As Snub To Modi
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Japan Times
- For Japan Inc., the weak yen may be too much of a good thing
- Developer hopes to tap Tsukiji's 'rich history' to create a new Tokyo hot spot
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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
Disasters and accidents
- A highway collapse leaves 24 people dead and 30 injured in Meizhou, Guangdong, China, after days of heavy rain. (Le Monde) (BBC)
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
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 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 floods in Kenya increases to 169, with 91 people reported missing. (The Washington Post)
- 55 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
- 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)