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Yahoo Finance
- 1 Extraordinary Stock Set to Join Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, and Alphabet in the $2 Trillion Club
- JD.com Stock Jumps as Earnings Beat Estimates, Defying China’s Economy
- Deere Posts an Earnings Beat. The Stock Drops After Guidance Is Cut
- Is It Too Late to Buy Palantir Stock?
- 1 Top Growth Stock You Will Regret Not Buying Right Now Before It Soars
- Energy Transfer Just Raised Guidance. Is It Time to Pile Into This 8% Yielding Stock?
- 1 Yields 8.6%, Another 6.5% -- but Which Is the Best Dividend Stock to Buy for Passive Income Investors?
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Google Business
- Visa blurs line between debit, credit cards in new 'flexible credential'
- Social Security's Latest Trustees Report Has a Huge Silver Lining for Retirees
- What April's CPI data says about inflation
- Biden's big political problem: Inflation is now up nearly 20% since he took office
- Bitcoin Has Best Day in 2 Months as Markets Anticipate a ‘Summer of Easing'
- Social Security Checks Are Set to Rise. New Inflation Data Shed Light on Amount
- Meta slapped with child safety probe under sweeping EU tech law
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Tipranks
- ClearPoint Neuro Stockholders Approve Key Proposals and Directors
- Northrop Grumman Announces Leadership Changes and Financial Outlook
- Arvinas and Pfizer Breast Cancer Trial Shows Promising Results
- Dow Inc. to Reveal Strategies at 2024 Investor Day
- Hongkong Land Executives Boost Shareholdings
- Goldman Sachs Surpasses 8% Stake in Smurfit Kappa
- Predator Oil & Gas Gains Full Shareholder Support
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Movers
Trending Topics
AP News
- Walmart's strong first quarter driven by consumers seeking bargains with inflation still an issue
- Facebook and Instagram face fresh scrutiny under the European Union's strict digital regulations
- Takeaways from the AP's investigation into how US prisoners are hurt or killed on the job
- US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?
- One Tech Tip: Protecting your car from the growing risk of keyless vehicle thefts
- Finnish carrier will resume Estonia flights in June after GPS interference prevented landings
- Japanese automaker Honda revs up on EVs, aiming for lucrative US, China markets
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Wall Street Journal
- Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
- Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
- Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk
- Walmart Posts Sales Growth, Raises Earnings Outlook for the Year
- Meta Faces EU Probe Over Facebook, Instagram Child-Protection Policies
- JD.com Beat Estimates With Higher Profit, Sales
- Lab-Testing Startups Brace for FDA Rule Change
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Financial Times
- Tariffs against America
- Microsoft offers staff to relocate from China
- A university is not a tribe
- US green energy push expected to generate $47bn market in tax credits
- Collusion claims in US oil must reckon with record production
- EU launches probe into Meta over social media addiction in children
- How much would you pay for a Pi?
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Bloomberg
- Walmart Sales Surge as Wealthier Shoppers Flock to Retailer
- UK Regulator ‘Minded To’ Take Action on Thames Water Dividend
- Unilever to Keep Making Russian Ice Cream Even After Spinoff
- GameStop and AMC Extend Slump as Meme-Fueled Rally Unravels
- UK Researchers Develop Daily Grocery Inflation Index to Aid BOE
- TikTok’s Suitors Seem Like Less Than Ideal Fit
- Not a Checkbook
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Reuters
- Philippines extends zero tariff policy on electric vehicles, parts until 2028
- Chinese retailer JD.com reports Q1 revenue above estimates
- How small businesses became Goldman Sachs allies to fight Washington regulations
- Bank of Ireland to wind down British corporate lending business
- BT jumps after new CEO aims to double free cash flow, focus on UK
- Temu targeted in EU consumer group's complaint to EU tech regulator
- Pfizer offers up to $250 mln to settle Zantac cancer lawsuits, FT reports
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Marketwatch
- Here’s what Druckenmiller did as he sold Nvidia
- Deere’s stock slides after agriculture equipment maker again lowers guidance
- Leon Cooperman snaps up stakes in Singapore’s SEA Ltd and Texan outsourcer KBR
- April CPI data was ‘positive’ after recent disappointments, New York Fed president says
- Oil prices pull back as post-CPI relief rally runs out of steam
- ‘Our children don’t have the discipline to manage their own money’: My wife and I have $4.5 million saved for retirement. How long will this last?
- ‘Our children don’t have the discipline to manage their own money’: My wife and I have $4.5 million saved for retirement. How long will this last?
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Seeking Alpha
- Li Auto's Strategic Pivot: From Setbacks To Solutions
- This Current Wave Of Inflation Is Not Transitory, The First Wave Was
- 'Higher For Longer': The Market Is Over It... You Should Be Too
- XLV: Healthcare Is Ripe For Buying, Despite Patent Cliff
- Diamond Hill Select Fund Q1 2024 Market Commentary
- Diamond Hill Large Cap Concentrated Fund Q1 2024 Market Commentary
- 10 REITs At Mega Discounts To NAV
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Benzinga
- Fortunecoins.com named runner-up for the prestigious title of Social Gaming Operator of the Year at the SBC North America Awards 2024
- Fortunecoins.com named runner-up for the prestigious title of Social Gaming Operator of the Year at the SBC North America Awards 2024
- Worrying About The Environment Isn't Good Enough, Here Are 5 Ways You Can Live A More Sustainable Life And Make The Planet Greener
- SINE Digital, The Theater & Live Entertainment Performance Marketing Agency Transforming Audience Reach, Raises $2.5 Million in Seed Funding from No…
- Video Games Remain Lifelong Source of Entertainment for 190.6 Million Americans
- PANTHEUM STUDIOS AND EULDORA FINANCIAL PARTNER WITH FOR US BY US STUDIOS ON A $450 MILLION DOLLAR 30 PICTURE DEAL
- Uber Freight Advances Vision for Industry-Wide Procurement Platform with Uber Freight Exchange: Spot
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Barchart
- 1 Top-Rated Penny Stock to Bet on Higher Silver Prices
- NVDA Earnings: Bull Put Spread has a High Probability of Success
- Stocks Rise Before the Open as Investors Await U.S. Economic Data and Fed Speak, Walmart Earnings on Tap
- Grain Markets: Will Global Production Issues Continue to Push Wheat Prices Higher?
- This Dividend Stock Yields 4% and Looks Too Cheap to Ignore
- Hogs Post Mixed Trade on Wednesday
- Cotton Gets a Bounce on Wednesday
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SEC / FED
SEC’s Division of Investment Management to Host Second Annual Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management
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Remarks at the 43rd Annual Small Business Forum
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SEC Staff Publishes New Investment Adviser Statistics Report
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Fostering a Healthy “Tone at the Top” at Audit Firms
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SEC Adopts Reforms Relating to Investment Advisers Operating Exclusively Through the Internet
Marketplace
- More women are working than ever before
- In April, grocery store prices were flat
- Retail sales figures suggest consumers are pulling back
- The problem of sticky inflation resides with housing, Fed’s Goolsbee says
- How migration altered the economy of this Colombian town
- Why isn’t the cost of borrowing money included in the consumer price index?
- End of pandemic funding forces some schools to cut teachers, programming
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ZeroHedge
- What About The Non-Superstar Companies That Account For 85% Of US Jobs
- Commodity Index Hits Highest In Year As Sticky Inflation Becomes Nightmare For Fed
- 'So Much For Democracy'? Blinken Justifies Ukraine Canceling Elections
- These Are Africa's Most Powerful Passports
- "West's Governments Need War" Warns Martin Armstrong "Because Their Debts Are No Longer Sustainable"
- Google's Smartphone Loyalty Problem
- Hezbollah Leader Threatens To "Open The Sea" To Flood Europe With Migrants
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Investing.com
- Walmart first-quarter adjusted earnings beat estimates By
- UBS sees two Fed cuts in 2024, yields falling below 4%
- US stock futures just higher; Walmart earnings, jobless data due
- Futures rise after CPI-powered rally, Walmart to report
- At some point, weak data is bad news: Roth MKM By
- Bitcoin price today: rebounds to $65k after CPI data, but still rangebound By
- Bharti Airtel: JPM raises to ‘overweight,’ sees stronger earnings By
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Morning Brew
‘Megalopolis’ will premiere at Cannes amid controversy
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Talking about inflation right now like
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Coming soon to Netflix…Christmas football
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Brew Mini: M/N
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Red Lobster closes at least 99 locations
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Why you can’t read this harrowing crime story in the UK
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Driverless cars are in the regulatory hot seat
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Word Search: Las Vegas hotels
CNBC
- Meta slapped with child safety probe under sweeping EU tech law
- How much money the U.S. spends on war
- In-N-Out Burger is one of the 10 best-led companies in America, says new report
- EasyJet shares fall on profit miss, CEO departure
- Microsoft’s carbon emissions have risen 30% since 2020 due to data center expansion
- Walmart will report earnings before the bell. Here's what to expect
- U.S. inflation data fuels bets of Fed rate cuts as early as September
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CBS
- Half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle to pay for food, housing, report says
- Nissan data breach exposes Social Security numbers of nearly 53,000
- More employees are cheating on workplace drug tests. Here's how they do it
- McDonald's to offer $5 meal promotion in effort to reinvigorate sales
- Here's what Americans think is the best long-term investment
- Brothers accused of stealing $25 million in cryptocurrency in 12 seconds in Ethereum blockchain scheme
- Honda recalls Ridgeline truck as rearview camera can fail in cold weather
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NYT Business
- Walmart Opens the Year With Stronger Sales and Profit
- EU Investigates Facebook and Instagram Over Addictive Effects on Children
- U.A.W. Effort to Organize Mercedes Workers in Alabama Has High Stakes
- ‘Young Sheldon’ Is Set to End as It Finds a New Audience on Netflix
- Vantage, Our Cruise Company, Went Bankrupt. We Are Out $17,905
- Does Your Dog Really Belong in This Restaurant?
- Incident at TSMC’s Semiconductor Plant in Arizona Injures One
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Stocktwits
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DE Deere & Co.
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MSNBC
- Trump’s legal fees are starving state Republicans of cash at a very bad time
- Trump may have found a way to dodge his gag order without moving his lips
- How Trump might lose his 2nd straight election: Biden corners him into new debate rules
- Trump pulls desperate stunt at courthouse
- Elizabeth Warren on the Biden admin's big win for airline passengers
- Trump’s vaccine campaign pledge is worse than it sounds
- Aaron Rodgers joins the sad list of celebrity Putin worshippers
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NBC
- Prosecutors near the end of case against Trump as Michael Cohen wraps up testimony
- Cities look for new ways to keep people safe — and alive
- Slovak leader in serious but stable condition as shooting stokes political violence fears
- Doctor who saved Sen. Duckworth’s life says he's trapped in Gaza but still helping patients
- Chiefs’ Harrison Butker blasted for commencement speech encouraging women to be homemakers
- Speaker Mike Johnson echoes Trump's 'frustration' with cases and believes threats to his gavel are behind him
- Biden administration advances potential $1 billion weapons sale to Israel
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investors.com
- Queen Of Adventure Video Game Design Isn't Done Yet
- Walmart Stock Near Buy Point With Earnings Due From Nation's Largest Grocer
- Cryptocurrency Prices And News: Bitcoin Leaps Near $66,000 After CPI Report
- Cisco Earnings Top Estimates As Product Orders Improve
- AMC Networks Stock Flashes Improved Price Strength
- DigitalOcean Stock Sees Relative Strength Rating Swim Upstream To 79
- Why Is The Number 4 So Important To Square-Parent Block?
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ABC News
- Finnish carrier will resume Estonia flights in June after GPS interference prevented landings
- Japanese automaker Honda revs up on EVs, aiming for lucrative US, China markets
- Marc Benioff lunch auction raises $1.5M for charity. Not bad for first year without Warren Buffett
- US inflation eased last month in the first slowdown of 2024
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reveals new $7 billion stake in Swiss insurer Chubb
- Report: Trump may face a $100 million-plus tax bill if he loses IRS audit fight over Chicago tower
- The US says Boeing violated a 2021 settlement. That doesn't mean the company will face charges
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Fox Business
- Disney's Bob Iger: tech is the key to streaming profitability
- You might get a bigger Social Security check next year. Here's why
- Buffett's Berkshire reveals over $6B investment in Chubb, sending shares higher
- FDIC Chair Gruenberg refuses to resign
- Royal Caribbean set to resume cruises out of Baltimore nearly 2 months after Key Bridge collapse
- Brothers arrested in alleged $25M crypto fraud scheme: DOJ
- How it started... How it's going: Home, energy, car bills way up thanks to inflation
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CNN
- Netflix is rebuilding the cable bundle, but there’s one conspicuous topic it is avoiding
- Jamie Dimon and Ray Dalio sound the alarm on soaring US government debt
- As bad as you may think the economy is now, it’s nowhere near the 1970s
- Biden’s trade chief walks back comments contradicting Biden on tariffs and inflation
- Japan’s economy contracts in first quarter
- Trump Media says it will delay quarterly filing due to auditor change
- Warren Buffett finally reveals the mysterious company he’s invested billions of dollars in
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Ticker
Fed's Williams: I don't see any current need to raise interest rates
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Fed's Williams: The Fed balance sheet is still having a modest impact on yields
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Fed's Williams: I hope the job market can balance without a big rise in unemployment. The job market is still tight, but excesses are waning
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Fed's Williams: The economy is moving into a better balance
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Fed's Williams: I see inflation in low 2% range by the year's end and around 2% next year & expect unemployment to rise to 4% this year
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Fed's Williams: April CPI was a positive development for inflation dynamics
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Fed's Williams: We need not wait until inflation is exactly at 2% to ease policy
Barrons
- Markets Boomed on Inflation Data but Fed Rate Cuts Remain Complicated, Here’s Why
- Markets Boomed on Inflation Data but Fed Rate Cuts Remain Complicated, Here’s Why. And 5 Other Things to Know Today
- JD.com Stock Jumps as Earnings Beat Estimates, Defying China’s Economy
- JD.com Stock Jumps as Earnings Beat Estimates, Defying China’s Economy
- Deere Posts an Earnings Beat. The Stock Drops After Guidance Is Cut
- Baidu Stock Jumps as Earnings Top Estimates and AI Boosts Cloud Revenue
- Baidu Stock Jumps as Earnings Top Estimates and AI Boosts Cloud Revenue
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The Economist
- What campus protesters get wrong about divestment
- Hedge funds make billions as India’s options market goes ballistic
- Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?
- How to build a global currency
- Will FTX’s customers be repaid?
- The Federal Reserve cleans up its money-printing mess
- The property firm that could break China’s back
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MarketBeat
- Nextracker: Solar Stock Rising With New Highs in Sight
- Block Gains on its Cash App and Afterpay Segment Blowouts
- Morgan Stanley Drives Growth Powered by Investment Management
- Vistra Co. is a Utility that Trades Like Meme Stock
- How to Buy the Dip and Sell the Rip on Your Stocks with Options
- 3 Hot Buyback Plans Supporting Price Action in 2024
- Stocks With Subscription Based Revenue Offer Inflation Protection
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The Hill
- Republican chair investigating Chamber of Commerce in seismic K Street shift
- Lobbying World: Fudge finds a new home after departing Biden admin
- How AI could make workers more productive
- Biden administration ends solar tariff exemption
- All three major stock indexes close at record highs as inflation slows down
- Grocery prices fall for first time in a year
- Walgreens offering cheaper version of opioid reversal drug
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BBC
- Facebook and Instagram probed by EU over child safety
- Teenagers could help fill train driver shortage
- Peak-time ScotRail fares scrapped for further three months
- Time running out plea as summit discusses future of Ferguson shipyard
- Faisal Islam: Could the US economy be doing too well?
- Chinese electric car maker Nio unveils rival to Tesla's Model Y
- The man who turned his dead father into a chatbot
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The Guardian
- Alleged ‘deal’ offer from Trump to big oil could save industry $110bn, study finds
- EU investigates Facebook owner Meta over child safety and mental health concerns
- Meta revokes job offer to sextortion expert after he publicly criticizes Instagram
- BT reveals £3bn cuts as it passes peak full-fibre broadband spend
- EasyJet’s Johan Lundgren to step down at beginning of 2025
- Japan’s economy shrinks faster than expected; BT in new £3bn cost savings push
- Sharp rise in cost of British lamb in UK due to rising demand and import issues
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YouGov
Many Americans dislike both Biden and Trump. Here’s how polls say they’ll vote
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Most Americans expect a neutral or positive response to a man in U.S. pro sports coming out as gay
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Minding their manners: Do Americans follow traditional dining etiquette?
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Americans’ top skin concerns and how much they’d spend to treat them
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How well can Americans visualize images in their minds?
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Explaining the partisan gap in support for student loan forgiveness
The Street
- Walmart shares surge to record high after earnings beat and outlook boost
- Stock Market Today: Stocks extend record run on renewed Fed rate cut bets
- A better-than-expected CPI report cheers investors
- Analysts reboot Alibaba stock price target after earnings
- Boeing sinks deeper into hot water over its 737 Max mishaps
- Essential electric vehicle tech company set to close operations
- Analysts retool Home Depot stock price targets after earnings
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Insider
- Neuralink knew years ago that wires from its brain chip could retract and cause it to malfunction, report says
- Gina Rinehart, a mining magnate worth $22 billion, wants her portrait removed from an Australian gallery
- Biden's tariffs don't loosen China's grip on one key mineral in the EV economy
- Disneyland performers complain about painful costumes, low pay, and inflexible management as part of push to unionize
- Putin wouldn't have invaded Ukraine when he did if he'd had AI tools, says Anduril founder Palmer Luckey
- A millennial who got laid off says he's encountered ghost jobs and scammers in his struggle to find a remote role
- MrBeast has broken the curse of influencer success
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AOL Finance
- Elon Musk axed the entire Tesla Supercharger team after their division chief defied orders and said no to more layoffs
- Jamie Dimon and Ray Dalio sound the alarm on soaring US government debt
- Another of the world's best airlines is giving its staff a huge bonus after a 2nd year of record profits
- Biden’s trade chief walks back comments contradicting Biden on tariffs and inflation
- The sad, disappointing return of Roaring Kitty
- 'I killed the Dow': Warren Buffett shares how he would earn a whopping 50% per year if he had less than $1 million in 2024
- ‘I’ve never even heard of someone doing that’: This Houston student paid his college tuition with 30% interest rate credit cards
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- 3 Reasons Super Micro Computer Surged 16% Today
- The Fastest Gunship Helicopters of the Modern Era
- The Simple Steps Every American Should Take To Prepare for a Nuclear Attack
- The 30 Oldest Countries On Earth
- Georgia’s Best Counties to Live In
- 15 Least Popular TV Networks According to Millennials: Ranked
- This WWII Battle Had The Most Soldiers, By a Huge Margin
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LA Times
- A slice of tourists hasn't returned since COVID. L.A. wants them back
- Meta now has an AI chatbot. Experts say get ready for more AI-powered social media
- Washed Out's new music video was created with AI. Is it a watershed moment for Sora?
- Column: How the GOP — with Democratic Party connivance
- 'The bane of retail.' To prevent theft, many big chains now lock up all kinds of merchandise
- How athletes and entertainers like Shohei Ohtani get financially duped by those they trust
- How YouTube became must-see TV: Shorts, sports and Coachella livestreams
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Washington Post
- Work Advice: Is this male boss patronizing or just considerate?
- The art we own
- Federal government work if you speak more than one language
- Do I need a college degree to work in the federal government?
- How to find an internship in the federal government
- If I’m not a U.S. citizen, can I work in the federal government?
- Best Places to Work in the Federal Government 2023
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Chicago Tribune
- Six months after Yellow Line crash injured more than a dozen, investigation continues: ‘This never should have happened’
- Wicker Park 6-bedroom home with 2-story coach house: $4M
- Suburban Cook County biggest area population loser in recent years, census estimates show
- Census 2023 population estimates for the Chicago area: Did your city, town or village gain or lose residents?
- Chicago youth struggle with higher rates of unemployment post-pandemic, new report finds. ‘I need a job ASAP’
- Northwestern recruiting from within with free nursing training program for staff
- Northwestern first in Illinois to reach 10,000 abdominal transplants
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Seattle Times
- Finnish carrier will resume Estonia flights in June after GPS interference prevented landings
- Japanese automaker Honda revs up on EVs, aiming for lucrative US, China markets
- One Tech Tip: Protecting your car from the growing risk of keyless vehicle thefts
- Stock market today: Asian shares advance after another round of Wall St records
- Caitlin Clark’s WNBA debut helps ESPN set viewership record for league game on network
- Japan’s economy shrinks on weak consumer spending, auto woes
- King County reports largest number of homeless people ever
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Boston Herald
- 2024 Mercedes CLA Coupe delivers style for consumers
- US inflation eased last month in the first slowdown of 2024
- Ticker: House eyes climate bill; $400M tax-exempt bonds boost Beth Israel Lahey
- Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic
- Forget ringing the button for the nurse. Patients now stay connected by wearing one
- Rent growth outstrips wages in most US metros, new report shows
- Walmart lays off hundreds of employees and requires others to relocate
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Financial Post
- Opinion: Capital gains tax hikes are terrible optics for Canada
- 'Take better control of financial data': What 'open banking' would mean to you
- Ontario Teachers' returns disappoint as markets soar and interest rates hit real estate
- Self-proclaimed Canadian ‘Crypto King’ facing criminal fraud charge
- Trudeau's housing push in doubt as pace of construction falls
- TD Bank's anti-money laundering lapses on House of Commons' radar
- Posthaste: This cratering GDP number has only ever been seen during a recession
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The Trade
- DWS Group senior equity trader to re-join sell-side in Bankhaus Metzler sales trading role
- BNY Mellon combines market offerings through Global Markets Trading integration
- Sri Lanka to cut settlement cycle from T+3 to T+2 in June
- Increased adoption of EMSs in fixed income expected over the next 12 months despite the pain points associated with new trading technology
- OTC Markets to launch overnight US dollar trading
- ION’s LIST connects FastTrade electronic trading system to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
- Euronext sees Q1 trading venues rise despite declines in cash and derivatives
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Observer
- OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Departs 6 Months After Failed Sam Altman Ouster
- An Anonymous $100M Donation Could Help Keep Artists in San Francisco
- The World’s First Desktop Computer Heads to Auction
- ‘Godmother of A.I.’ Fei-Fei Li On Why You Shoudn’t Trust Any A.I. Company
- Jack Dorsey Pledges $21M Toward Open-Source Development to Advance Bitcoin
- Mark Zuckerberg Turns 40: A Look Back at Key Moments in the Facebook Founder’s Career
- What Melinda French Gates’s Philanthropy Could Look Like Post-Gates Foundation
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Semafor
- Putin and Xi meet in Beijing as countries deepen ties
- Trump and Biden are competing to quarterback the Super Bowl of tax policy
- Top executive departs Tucker Carlson’s new company
- 50 days after Baltimore bridge crash, Indian, Sri Lankan crew members remain stuck on board ship
- ‘That ship has sailed’: Western efforts to court China on Ukraine flop
- France declares state of emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia
- Russia, China deepen ties as Moscow gains momentum in Ukraine
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Reason
- Today in Supreme Court History: May 16, 1918
- The ‘migrant crime’ wave, debunked
- Brickbat: Never Low Prices
- Thursday Open Thread
- Louisiana SG Seeks Initial En Banc in 5th Circuit On Whether Section 2 of VRA Has Implied Private Right of Action
- No, politicians can't 'fix' prices
- Biden administration strips federal funding from nonprofit at center of COVID lab leak controversy
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Nikkei Asia
- Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin agree to bolster trade amid 'storms'
- Xi Jinping and Putin agree to enhance 'strategic cooperation' amid 'storms'
- China slams 'wrongful' U.S. tariff hikes as markets await response
- Xi and Putin agree to enhance 'strategic cooperation' amid 'storms'
- Honda to double 10-year EV and software investment to $65bn
- China revs up on auto chips and HBM shakes up memory
- West must face up to paradox of green transition
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Institutional Investor
- Tiger Grandcub Valiant Makes New Bets on AI
- CalSTRS Names Next CIO
- Internal Threats Pose Underappreciated Risks to Family Offices
- Our Man in East Setauket
- Most Life Sciences Hedge Funds Suffer Losses Last Month
- How Blackstone Bolted Past Rivals in Life Sciences
- Icahn’s Investment Fund Posts Small Loss
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- Does anyone need a free website for their business?
- Indirect loss porn: I spend $30k a year for a Bloomberg terminal I've only used about a dozen times (I'm locked into a two year contract)
- The Left goes after real-estate flippers
- Türkiye'nin Körfez Ülkeleriyle İlişkileri!
- hysa 5.25 and wait to invest in better gains?
- Hypothetical for you guys here on the gold standard
- Daily Discussion Thread for May 16, 2024
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PYMNTS
- The Orchestrated Platform: Why Payments Orchestration Is Not Just for Merchants
- Why Gen Z Shops Merchants That Offer Pay Later Plans
- White-Label Payments Solutions Monetize Resellers eCommerce Efforts
- Could ISO 20022’s Data-Rich Messaging Fuel AI Innovation?
- AI Turns Streaming Video Search Into Churn-Reducing Conversations
- Bakkt: Institutional Investors to Drive Growth in Crypto Trading Market
- DOJ Charges 2 Brothers With ‘Cutting-Edge Scheme’ to Steal Cryptocurrency
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Forbes
- Searching For Return On Equity: A Powerful Screening Strategy Explained
- United Kingdom’s FTSE 100: Reversion Or Dead Cat Bounce?
- This Stock Has A 1.08% Yield And Sells For Less Than Book
- Bargain Hunting With Technical Analyst Charles Kirkpatrick
- Gaining An Edge: 5 AI-Powered Strategies For Stock Market Success
- Gold Hit $2,200
- Federal Reserve Reduces Tightening, Keeping The Economy Juiced
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Fortune
- Dell hybrid employees who don’t show up to the office enough are getting a literal red flag
- Ex-wife of F1 billionaire Bernie Ecclestone sets up family office to manage $881M divorce settlement
- Japan may have escaped deflation only to risk stagflation instead, as the country's economy slumps for 3 straight quarters
- The myth that money supply controls inflation is being revived. Here’s how it failed its most ardent believer
- Amazon raised warehouse wages to $15 an hour 5 years ago. Today, half of workers surveyed told researchers they struggle to afford food or rent
- Unmarried millennials are twice as likely as boomers to buy homes solo
- Rolex seller shares soar after strong U.S. sales
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Inc.
- Neuroscience Says 6 to 10 Minutes a Day Can Make You Smarter, More Focused, and Even Increase the Size of Your Brain
- Warren Buffett Just Revealed a Secret $6.7 Billion Investment, and the Reason Why Is Eye-Opening
- Psychologist Adam Grant Says Your Overall Success at Work Comes Down to Three Familiar Words
- In 1 Sentence, Google CEO Sundar Pichai Just Summed Up What Every Company CEO Should Be Doing Right Now
- Is Your Company Ready for Interdependence?
- Here's the Lesson Every Smart Leader Should Learn From the Embarrassing Miss USA Resignations
- 9 Communication Principles for Today’s Business Leaders
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Axios
- Old-school video game emulation comes to iPhones
- Trump's brazen legal strategy: Why his attorneys keep filing motions that are destined to fail
- Weight-loss drug shortages have patients stressed over missing doses
- How Biden hedged his bet on Trump debates
- Here are the policy ideas Trump talks about the most
- OpenAI departure shows doomers have lost the AI fight
- Arrests at University of California, Irvine, as UC union authorizes strike over Gaza protests
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Vox
- What young voters actually care about
- Back to Black is the worst of bad musical biopics
- Bridgerton’s third season is its best yet
- Why can’t prices just stay the same?
- Biden’s surprise proposal to debate Trump early, explained
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- There’s already a big winner in the 2024 housing market: homebuilders
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- The luckiest generation? Why Gen Z is entering the workforce at the perfect time
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Entrepreneur
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Politico
- Videos show growing pro-Palestinian campus protests as lawmakers speak out
- Parker accused of shoving advocate at Capitol
- Adams talks protest busting
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- Abortion-rights groups have never faced a state like Florida
- The 2026 election is already taking shape
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Newsweek
- Pilot explains every single "scary" airplane noise you hear while flying
- Florida man accused of stealing $30K in Pokémon cards foiled by MMA coach
- Scientists debunk claim dogs "healthiest" on vegan diet
- Democratic Governors Are the Sharp End of the Spear in Biden's Re-Election Efforts
- Trump team's attempts to rile up Michael Cohen are failing: attorney
- Video of Travis Kelce backstage at Taylor Swift concert goes viral
- Donald Trump's defense is struggling: legal experts
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NPR
- Why United Airlines is rolling out a rebooted safety video
- The highs and lows of US rents : The Indicator from Planet Money
- Why Gold? (Classic) : Planet Money
- Inflation eased and the stock market rallied in April
- Is this the beginning of the end of beauty pageants?
- Eggs, milk and other grocery prices fall, as overall inflation eases
- Lots of drug companies talk about putting patients first
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Globe And Mail
- Walmart lifts fiscal 2025 sales, profit forecast as it bets on easing inflation to further boost demand
- Canada Goose tops quarterly sales estimates on steady demand recovery in China
- Shares of Chinese property developers rally on report of government plans to buy unsold homes
- Half of Canadian telecom providers not following website complaints section rules, watchdog says
- Oil prices stabilize after U.S. stock drop, slower inflation
- Increased demand for Indigenous-led architecture means challenging the norms of a colonial industry
- Opinion: China is after Canada’s pulp and paper industry
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CBC
- Customers are fed up with anti-theft measures at stores. Retailers say organized crime is to blame
- Olive oil is how much now? Prices jump — again
- Home sales and new home construction both drop in April
- Boeing could be criminally charged, U.S. Justice Dept. suggests in court filing
- As AI becomes more human-like, experts warn users must think more critically about its responses
- A 1st in Canada, $1.6B EV battery separator plant to open in Port Colborne, Ont., in 2027
- U.S. raises tariffs significantly on EVs, other goods from China
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Techmeme
- Senate hearing: US DNI Avril Haines says foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming elections, harnessing AI to spread disinformation
- Microsoft's quest for short-term $$$ is doing long-term damage to Windows, Surface, Xbox, and beyond
- JD.com reports Q1 revenue up 7% YoY to ~$36B, above ~$35.8B est., and net income up 13.9% YoY to ~$984M, after ramping up shopping perks to attract customers
- Google releases an emergency Chrome update to patch the third zero-day vulnerability exploited within a week, and the seventh zero-day fix in 2024 so far
- Baidu reports Q1 revenue up 1% YoY to ~$4.4B, above ~$4.35B est., the slowest growth in over a year, and net income down 6% YoY to ~$755M, above ~$554M est
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- Chinese police in the Sichuan province dismantle an underground bank that used USDT for foreign currency exchanges worth $1.9B+, mainly to smuggle medicine
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Silicon Valley
- NASA researchers bid farewell to ‘flying laboratory’ at Ames Research Center
- General Motors opens Mountain View office that will be a big tech hub
- Forget ringing the button for the nurse. Patients now stay connected by wearing one
- GM’s Cruise pays more than $8 million to San Francisco pedestrian run over and dragged by its robotaxi
- Rent growth outstrips wages in most US metros, new report shows
- Californians are not paying their bills at the highest level since 2021
- Half Moon Bay planning commission reluctantly OKs senior farmworker housing
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Techcrunch
- Cannabis and gaming payments startup Aeropay is now offering an alternative to Mastercard and Visa
- EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, citing addictive design concerns
- Forget EVs: Why Bedrock Materials is targeting gas-powered cars for its first sodium-ion batteries
- Thoma Bravo’s LogRhythm merges with Exabeam in more cybersecurity consolidation
- Temu accused of breaching EU’s DSA in bundle of consumer complaints
- Senate study proposes ‘at least’ $32B yearly for AI programs
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The Register
- Put Rescuezilla 2.5 on a bootable key
- Tax helpline callers left on hold for nearly eight centuries
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- NCSC CTO: Broken market must be fixed to usher in new tech
- HR says biz leaders scared RTO policy causes staff attrition
- Apple on track for quarter of all iPhones to be made in India by 2028
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Silicon Republic
- Engineering services firm Jacobs announces 100 new jobs in Ireland
- New hub looks to prevent misinformation in Waterford elections
- Irish finance start-up Numra raises €1.5m led by Elkstone
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- Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger joins OpenAI rival Anthropic
- What does it take to be Guaranteed Irish?
- PwC launches cybersecurity-focused centre in Cork
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- Cava opens large production facility in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley
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The Week
- David Copperfield faces sexual misconduct claims
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- Baby Reindeer's 'Martha' on Piers Morgan: a hunt for the truth
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Japan Times
- Toshiba to cut 4,000 jobs in restructuring effort under new ownership
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 15
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign, 2024 Kharkiv offensive
- Russia says its forces have captured the village of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and several more villages in Kharkiv Oblast. Ukraine confirms it has pulled back its troops from Vovchansk to "preserve the lives of our servicemen and avoid losses". (BBC News)
- Southern Ukraine campaign, 2024 Kharkiv offensive
- Attempted assassination of Robert Fico
- Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is injured in a shooting in Handlová, Slovakia, which is being treated as an assassination attempt. The shooter has been apprehended and is identified as a 71-year-old writer from Levice, Slovakia. (BBC News) (The Wall Street Journal)
- The Slovak government describes Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition as life-threatening. Deputy prime minister Tomáš Taraba stated that Fico underwent surgery, was stabilized, and is expected to survive. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
- 2024 New Caledonia unrest
- France declares a state of emergency in New Caledonia as anti-French rioting continues, which has killed four people. Schools are closed and a curfew is announced in the capital Nouméa. (Reuters)
- War in Sudan
- The United States issues sanctions on two commanders of the Rapid Support Forces, Ali Yagoub Gibril and Osman Mohamed Hamid, for their roles in the escalating violence in Darfur. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Canada wildfires
- Authorities evacuate over 6,000 people as wildfires approach the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. (Reuters) (NPR)
- 2024 West Sumatra floods
- The death toll from the flash flood and lahar in West Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 62, with 25 others still missing. (Reuters)
International relations
- Nicaragua–United States relations
- The United States impose visa restrictions on more than 250 members of the Nicaraguan government and also sanction three Nicaraguan entities for "repressive action" and a failure to control migrant smuggling through Nicaragua. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Six people are injured during a mass stabbing at a railway station in Zofingen, Switzerland. The suspect, who has suffered self-inflicted wounds, is detained. His motives are unknown. (Al Arabiya)
- Federal prosecutors in New York City charge two brothers, Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, after they were arrested for exploiting the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency. (Reuters)
- The United States Supreme Court lets Louisiana use a new congressional map with two majority-Black congressional districts in the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections. (CBS News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 United States presidential election
- 2024 United States presidential debates
- U.S. President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump agree to hold a presidential debate on June 27, hosted by CNN, which will be the earliest general election debate in modern history in the United States. A second debate will be held in September. (The New York Times)
- 2024 United States presidential debates
- 2023–2024 Dutch cabinet formation
- A new coalition government in the Netherlands is agreed by Geert Wilders, Dilan Yeşilgöz, Pieter Omtzigt, and Caroline van der Plas. (The Guardian)
- Lawrence Wong is sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong. (BBC News) (CNA)