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Bitcoin
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Yahoo Finance
- Robinhood May Be the Last Meme Stock Standing
- DJT Stock Rises. Trump Media Delays Filing Earnings After Auditor Shut Down
- Alibaba Shares Rise as Investors Grow Confident in Long-Term Outlook
- Investors Make Crazy AI Money On These Sleeper Stocks
- Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed as China stocks get bump from new property measures
- Departing Boeing CEO's board status faces Friday vote by shareholders
- 6 Dividend Stocks With Yields Higher Than the 10-Year Treasury
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Google Business
- Stanley Druckenmiller makes surprising small-cap and AI stock bet
- HSBC falls 3% amid reports that top shareholder Ping An is looking to trim its stake
- FDIC's Gruenberg would likely get fired if he was a CEO
- OpenAI and Reddit Partner on Data Licensing, Advertising
- Housing Market Update: Mortgages Rates Dip Below 7% For First Time in 5 Weeks, Giving Buyers Some Much-Needed Relief
- New nonhormonal menopause drugs ease symptoms but face insurance hurdles
- Dow futures are little changed after blue-chip average touches 40,000 for first time: Live updates
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Tipranks
- MHP SE Announces Upcoming Annual General Meeting
- Christie Group Schedules AGM, Shares Annual Report
- Funding Circle Executives Receive Share Awards
- Drax Group Stake Calculation Method Altered
- International Graphite’s SPP Raises $0.4M
- HUB24 Announces Share Cancellation Post Buy-Back
- International Graphite Seeks ASX Quotation Expansion
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Movers
Trending Topics
AP News
- China is expected to announce new measures to fix its property crisis, spur growth
- NRA kicks off annual meeting as board considers successor to longtime leader Wayne LaPierre
- UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama
- Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing
- Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers
- UN reports improved prospects for the world economy and forecasts 2.7% growth in 2024
- Kansas governor vetoes a third plan for cutting taxes. One GOP leader calls it 'spiteful'
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Wall Street Journal
- Glynn's Take: RBA Gov. Bullock Alone in Fight to Tame Inflation
- Alibaba Shares Rise as Investors Grow Confident in Outlook
- Engie Backs Outlook Despite Dip in Earnings
- China Eases Mortgage Rules in Latest Push to Aid Property Sector
- Richemont Names New CEO
- Prosus Taps iFood's Fabricio Bloisi as New Chief
- ECB's Schnabel Says Second Rate Cut in July 'Does Not Seem Warranted'
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Financial Times
- Delaware, Inc agonises about Musk backlash as its lawyers seek changes
- Richemont reinstates CEO role as it navigates luxury market downturn
- More capital is not the answer
- Buying back some Treasury market liquidity
- Wildfires rage in Canada’s oil hub
- Now everyone hates private equity I’ll buy some
- Lawyers address clients’ ESG dilemmas
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Bloomberg
- Hunt Says He Will Cut UK Payroll Tax in Autumn If He’s Able
- Xpeng Expands Sales Push With $38,400 Electric SUV for Hong Kong
- Deadly Heat Covers Northern India as Election Enters Last Leg
- PBOC to Set up 300 Billion Yuan Relending Public Housing Program
- Gen Z Is Fueling a Cassette Tape Comeback
- Jeff Currie on Copper and What Makes This Commodities Rally Different
- Hong Kong Officially Launches Pilot for Digital Yuan Payments
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Reuters
- Departing Boeing CEO's board status faces Friday vote by shareholders
- British grocer Sainsbury's partners with Microsoft to use AI for data insights
- Engie Q1 profit drops on warmer winter, steady market
- New York's summer average electrical prices expected to drop 3%
- NYCB's chief operating officer to step down
- US FDA approves Amgen drug for small cell lung cancer
- China's Nio aims to launch one new car model per year under Onvo brand
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Marketwatch
- China eases mortgage rules in latest push to aid property sector
- Amgen gets FDA approval for small-cell lung-cancer treatment
- ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ won’t come until fall 2025, and Take-Two shares slip
- New York Community Bank COO Julie-Ann Signorille-Browne is stepping down
- Reddit shares climb on ChatGPT deal with OpenAI
- Chubb raises dividend 5.8% after Berkshire-related stock boost
- These tips for investing in mutual funds and ETFs shine a light on your money
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Seeking Alpha
- M&A Is Back, But Disciplined, In Basic Materials
- Global Economic Outlook: May 2024
- Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
- Chart Of The Moment: Not All Jobs Are Equal
- Politics And The Markets 05/17/24
- Nvidia Earnings: Bulls Have Fingers On The Trigger (Technical Analysis)
- Buy The Dip: 2 REITs Getting Way Too Cheap
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Benzinga
- Elon Musk's Neuralink Seeks Second Participant For Brain Implant Trial, Says It 'Allows You To Control Your Phone And Computer Just By Thinking'
- Ronaldo, Ronaldinho & Agüero call out Erling Haaland after he becomes Clash of Clans character
- Ronaldo, Ronaldinho & Agüero call out Erling Haaland after he becomes Clash of Clans character
- Probiotics Market; A Growing Trend Fueled by Convenience, Diversity, and Innovation
- Will Boeing's Outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun Retain His Board Status? Shareholders To Vote Today
- CAMON 30 Series Guarantee a 3-year Android Updates Up to Android 16
- From Ancient Marvels to Modern Innovations: Trip.com Spotlights Current Museum Trends for International Museum Day
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Barchart
- Chevron Stock: Analyst Estimates & Ratings
- Do Wall Street Analysts Like Bristol-Myers Squibb Stock?
- Is It Too Late to Buy This Energy Dividend Stock at New Highs?
- Corn Closes With Losses as Planting Window is Open
- Soybeans Close Mixed Following Lackluster Export Sales Data
- Cotton Posts Thursday Strength
- Cattle Rally in Unison with Boxed Beef
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SEC / FED
Register for the SEC’s 43rd Annual Small Business Forum April 16-18
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Statement on the Amendments to Regulation S-P: Privacy of Consumer Financial Information and Safeguarding Customer Information
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Please Mr. Postman
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Remarks Before the Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management
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Tina Diamantopoulos Named Regional Director of Chicago Office
Marketplace
- Why Wayfair is opening a brick-and-mortar store
- The high stakes trade that can move entire currencies
- Weekly jobless claims dip, but they’ve climbed this spring. What’s the takeaway?
- Walmart’s newest growth market? More affluent shoppers
- With low wool prices, Midwestern sheep farmers are innovating with the fiber
- Honeybee populations are soaring. Weren't they dying off before?
- U.S. banks remain the world’s largest funders of fossil fuels
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ZeroHedge
- EU Actively Monitoring 'Fake News' On Slovak Prime Minister Assassination Attempt
- Common Medications For ADHD Linked To Increased Risk Of Glaucoma
- France Blames Deadly New Caledonia Uprising On TikTok, Russia, & Azerbaijan
- US Wars Are Making Türkiye's Relationship With The West Politically Untenable
- Whistling Past The National Train Wreck
- Russia Orders UK Defense Attaché Out Of The Country In Tit-For-Tat
- Coffee Linked To Reduced Parkinson's Risk
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Investing.com
- Goldman Sachs discusses what's next for natural gas prices
- Bitcoin price today: stalls at $65k, but set for strong weekly bounce By
- Baidu: MS downgrades to ‘equal-weight’ on weak ads, sluggish AI monetization By
- Investors trim UW positions on China stocks despite US trade tiff
- Asian stocks dip as rate cut rally cools, China data underwhelms
- China industrial production grows in April, retail sales disappoint
- Alibaba rallies to 7-mth high as ‘Big Short’ investor Burry increases stake By
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Morning Brew
Wayfair will open first large-format store in Chicago suburb
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Two MIT grads charged with inventing a new crime
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The Dow crossed 40k for the first time ever
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The Brew’s Weekly News Quiz: May 17
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Jigsaw: Fun at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
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‘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
CNBC
- Shares of Cartier owner Richemont climb 6% on record full-year sales, new CEO
- ECB board member reportedly cautions against back-to-back rate cuts, cites 'risk of easing prematurely'
- China is a 'critical' global supplier, full decoupling may be impossible, survey shows
- CNBC's Inside India newsletter: What's next for India's regulators?
- Steve Jobs' former intern reflects on working for the tech mogul: 'I worked 20 yards away from him every day'
- HSBC falls 3% amid reports that top shareholder Ping An is looking to trim its stake
- Cramer says these 10 stocks helped the Dow briefly crack 40,000
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CBS
- The deadline to file for a piece of Apple's $35 million settlement with some iPhone 7 users is approaching. Here's who qualifies
- U.S. citizen accused of helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate U.S. companies
- Some older Frigidaire and Kenmore ranges pose risk of fires and burn injuries, Electrolux warns
- Dow hits 40,000 for the first time ever
- Walmart chia seeds sold nationwide recalled due to salmonella
- Half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle to pay for food, housing, report says
- Nissan data breach exposes Social Security numbers of nearly 53,000
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NYT Business
- China Says It Will Start Buying Apartments as Housing Slump Worsens
- Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way
- Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91
- What the Supreme Court Ruling Means for Other Consumer Bureau Actions
- New Editing Layer Adds Angst Inside NPR
- FDA Approves Amgen Drug for Persistently Deadly Form of Lung Cancer
- Teen Who Ate Spicy ‘One Chip Challenge’ Product Died of Cardiopulmonary Arrest
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Stocktwits
GME GameStop Corp
VKTX Viking Therapeutics Inc
RENT Rent the Runway...
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
UCAR U POWER LIMITED
LINK.X ChainLink
IONQ IonQ Inc
AMAT Applied Materials Inc.
PGR Progressive Corp.
N NetSuite Inc.
DOCS Doximity Inc
SOL.X Solana
MOMO Momo
JDZG Jiade Ltd.
LSPD Lightspeed...
CBRL Cracker Barrel...
CB Chubb Limited
SIGA SIGA Technologies Inc
PYR.X Vulcan Forged
VEON VEON Ltd
WHR Whirlpool Corp.
TURBO.X Turbo Toad Token
AUDIO.X Audius
MSNBC
- Trump trial in 60 seconds
- Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry in Texas killing of a Black Lives Matter protester
- Day 9 of Trump's hush money trial in 60 seconds
- Day 2: Trump’s criminal trial in 60 seconds
- Trump on trial in 60 seconds
- The biggest problem with Harrison Butker’s jaw-dropping commencement? What happened next
- Why Matt Gaetz just echoed the spookiest rhetoric of the Trump presidency
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NBC
- Aid starts flowing into Gaza over massive U.S. pier
- Severe storms hit Houston area; more than 1 million without power in Texas
- Trump trial Day 18 takeaways: Fireworks on the stand as finish line nears
- World's oceans have gone 'crazy haywire,' officials warn, with majority of coral reefs in peril
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, Army sergeant convicted of murdering protester in 2020
- United Airlines says FAA cleared it to start adding new aircraft, routes after safety review
- How the Satanic Temple is saying hell no to Christian nationalism in schools
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investors.com
- Chip Gear Giant Applied Materials Beats Targets On DRAM Equipment Sales
- Reddit Jumps On OpenAI Partnership
- Nvidia Leads Quartet Of Top Stocks Onto Big Cap 20: Who's On The IBD 50, Other Premium Lists?
- Netflix Reveals Big Jump In Advertising Viewers, Sending These Stocks Surging
- Video Game Publisher Take-Two Guides Low For Year Ahead As 'Grand Theft Auto 6' Delayed
- GME Stock, AMC Slide As Meme Rally Fizzles; Robinhood Reverses
- Halozyme Therapeutics Stock Earns IBD Stock Rating Upgrade, Hitting 80-Plus RS Rating
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ABC News
- WABC Radio suspends Rudy Giuliani for flouting ban on discussing discredited 2020 election claims
- Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic
- GM's Cruise to start testing robotaxis in Phoenix area with human safety drivers on board
- Third person pleads guilty in probe related to bribery charges against US Rep. Cuellar of Texas
- UN reports improved prospects for the world economy and forecasts 2.7% growth in 2024
- More homes are on the market than a year ago, but rising mortgage rates remain a hurdle for many
- Key Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of troubled 737s slows
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Fox Business
- Many US consumers staying away from EVs due to lack of charging availability: report
- Celebrity chef says restaurant-goers are still seeing high menu prices because of this 'No. 1 problem'
- Credit card debt is surging as average American owes $6,218
- Mortgage rates drop for second straight week to 7.02%
- Dow hits 40,000 for first time
- GameStop, AMC short sellers double down even with stock swings
- Disney's Bob Iger: tech is the key to streaming profitability
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CNN
- US blocks imports from 26 Chinese textile firms over suspected Uyghur forced labor
- British engineering giant Arup revealed as $25 million deepfake scam victim
- 14-year-old died of heart attack after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge
- The best ways to use the points earned from the sign-up bonus on Chase Ultimate Reward credit cards
- What’s at stake in the union election at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama
- Meet the enigmatic Czech billionaire who wants to buy Britain’s Royal Mail
- Two former MIT students charged with stealing $25 million of crypto in 12 seconds
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Ticker
UK's Chancellor Hunt: We will cut National Insurance payroll tax in Autumn if able
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Sentiment mixed and markets quiet (17 May 2024)
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China's Housing Vice Minister: We are to promote the alleviation of difficulties and debt reduction of real estate enterprises
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PBOC's Tao: We are to set up 300b yuan in relending for cheap housing
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PBOC's Tao: We will announce 4 policies on property
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ECB's de Guindos: ECB has a favourable stance towards cross-border consolidation in banking
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Yemen's Houthis say they downed a US MQ9 plane on Thursday evening in Maareb Governorate
Barrons
- Stock Market News: Dow Set to Open Down With 40,000 in Sight; Gamestop, Reddit, Nvidia, and More Movers
- Dow Set to Slip From 40,000-Point Level. How It Can Stay There
- The Fed Has Been Waiting for The Right Data. The Turning Point Is Almost Here
- The U.S. Consumer Is Starting to Crack. Why Income Investors Should Worry
- Copper Is Near a Record High. Does the Run-Up Have Legs?
- Utilities Are Meant to Be Sleepy. They’re the New Growth Stocks
- Uber Bets on Asia. You Should Bet on Uber
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The Economist
- India’s biggest conglomerate takes on chipmaking
- What is weighing on CEOs’ minds this earnings season?
- What do Joe Biden and the boss of Starbucks have in common?
- How not to name a new car
- Meet the Swedish firm trying to shake up heat pumps
- How to be a good follower
- China’s youth are rebelling against long hours
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MarketBeat
- Investing in 5G Stocks: Still an Opportunity
- The Real Reason Michael Burry is Buying Physical Gold
- Cisco Systems Rebound is On: Double-Digit Upside to Come
- This Walmart Rally has Legs: 20% Upside Left To Go
- 5 Companies Leading the Charge With Robotic Solutions
- These 5 Penny Stocks Just Surged Double Digits
- Arcos Dorados: McDonald’s, But Cheaper With Better Growth
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The Hill
- Warren celebrates CFPB win at Supreme Court, warns of more challenges
- Senators allege partisan politics, double standards in response to FDIC scandal
- Democrats cheer after Supreme Court rejects challenge to consumer bureau
- Dow passes 40,000 for first time
- Lawmakers urge financial regulators to take action on banking discrimination
- Republican chair investigating Chamber of Commerce in seismic K Street shift
- Lobbying World: Fudge finds a new home after departing Biden admin
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BBC
- China takes sweeping action to ease property crisis
- Reddit-OpenAI deal: ChatGPT gets access to social media platform
- Is China's bubble tea bubble about to burst?
- Is the move to electric cars running out of power?
- Pornhub partners with UK child abuse-fighting charity
- Business locked in expensive AI 'arms race'
- How the computer games industry is embracing AI
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The Guardian
- British asylum housing tycoon breaks into Sunday Times rich list
- Body Shop stores have closed, but we can’t let its products disappear
- Tesla must climb ‘Mount Everest’ to win shareholder vote; Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty rise up rich list
- The Tories' war on foreign students isn’t for the good of the country
- ‘Art-washing’? Unease as British cultural institutions lend lustre to Saudi trade push
- Flats for sale with outside space in Great Britain
- Chinese social media companies remove posts ‘showing off wealth and worshipping money’
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YouGov
Most Americans believe marijuana is safer than alcohol and tobacco
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Polls show Drake is losing his feud with Kendrick Lamar
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How Americans characterize polls about policy support among two groups and elections
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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?
The Street
- Dave Ramsey has frank new words on paying for college the right way
- Smosh's Shayne Topp on adapting to Youtube's algorithm and staying relevant
- Bridgewater Associates boosts stake in AI heavyweight
- Comcast makes desperate move to gain back fleeing customers
- Tesla tech beloved by investors is being rejected by its biggest fans
- Essential cancer treatment company files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- Housing has a problem bigger than interest rates
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Insider
- From portal pranks to chatbot chaos, here's why fun tech projects designed to connect us end in tears
- A woman laid off 5 months pregnant says disclosing her pregnancy in job interviews killed her prospects of getting hired
- BlackRock's COO said he gave his staff a memo written by ChatGPT and they couldn't tell AI wrote it
- TikTok is testing 60-minute videos, which could be a big threat to YouTube
- AI is leading to the 'revenge of the liberal arts,' says a Goldman tech exec with a history degree
- A top NATO general says Russian troops don't have the numbers or the skills to mount a strategic breakthrough in Kharkiv
- Chinese shoppers are buying less than they used to, and it's contributing to a lopsided economic recovery
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AOL Finance
- India's butter chicken battle heats up with new court evidence
- Netflix's NFL deal highlights streamer's 'natural evolution' as sports rights take center stage
- ‘Greedflation’: British firms increased profit margins by 30% during cost-of-living crisis, according to study of 17,000 companies
- Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed as China stocks get bump from new property measures
- BlackRock's COO said he gave his staff a memo written by ChatGPT and they couldn't tell AI wrote it
- China rolls out new measures to fix its property crisis, spur growth
- GSK raises $1.5 billion from offloading Haleon stake at a discount
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- Don’t Let Talking Heads Fool You, Inflation Is Running Rampant
- The NATO Countries Buying the Most Combat Helicopters
- 7 Cathie Wood Quotes Every 30 Year Old Needs To Hear
- 11 Jim Cramer Quotes Every 60-Year-Old Needs to Hear
- The Companies Behind the Most Popular American-Made .22 Handguns
- Massachusetts’ Best Counties to Live In
- The Companies Behind the Best Selling, American-Made .22 Handguns
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LA Times
- Byron Allen's Allen Media Group facing layoffs across all divisions of the company
- Sony warns tech companies: Don't use our music to train your AI
- SAG-AFTRA taps Nielsen for streaming data to enforce new contract
- Las Vegas' Mirage Resort to close after 34-year run. Volcano to go dormant
- Elon Musk, Argentina's president headline 27th Milken conference
- Sony and Apollo make formal $26-billion joint bid for Paramount
- Hollywood, accusers condemn reversal of Weinstein conviction: 'We know what happened'
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Washington Post
- In reversal, IRS plans to let N.D. help tribes on child support payments
- Supreme Court rejects broad challenge to CFPB, a consumer watchdog agency
- Senior-care referral site ‘A Place for Mom’ stays mum on neglect
- 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?
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Chicago Tribune
- Plan Commission approves more than 1,400 new apartments, but vote on historic properties hits snag
- Illinois legislature approves measure to amend state biometric privacy law
- More Illinois health care facilities would have to report patient abuse under new bill
- LGBTQ+ app Grindr prepares move to new Chicago office with plans to expand
- 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
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Seattle Times
- Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed as China stocks get bump from new property measures
- China is expected to announce new measures to fix its property crisis, spur growth
- NRA kicks off annual meeting as board considers successor to longtime leader Wayne LaPierre
- UAW’s push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama
- Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing
- UN reports improved prospects for the world economy and forecasts 2.7% growth in 2024
- Butlers still serve the ultrawealthy. They’re no Geoffrey, Alfred or Carson
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Boston Herald
- Hot Property: Beacon St. stunner overlooks State House
- Business travel bouncing back at Logan International Airport, aviation official says
- Ticker: Supreme Court OKs consumer finance bureau
- Paid sick leave sticks after many pandemic protections vanish
- Column: Why the stink of that bad, bad iPad ad won’t go away
- Home insurance companies may use aerial images to drop policies
- Texas is warned of blackout risk as sun sets this summer
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Financial Post
- Opinion: Budget a chance for Ottawa to reverse course on misguided lending cap
- Canadian banks risk falling behind global peers under new capital rules, RBC's McKay warns
- Productivity challenges hurt Trudeau's housing push: study
- Loblaw agrees to sign grocery code of conduct after months of negotiations
- Canada Goose earnings jump on Chinese, U.S. sales
- Half of Canadian telecoms fail to follow website complaints section rules: watchdog
- Laurentian Bank cuts nearly 50 jobs, quits equity research
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The Trade
- From The TRADE’s research desk: A tale of two algo strategies
- Conscious usage of TCA: Making trade analytics more actionable
- 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
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Observer
- Paintings By Forgotten Artist Kyohei Inukai Are Headed to the Brooklyn Museum
- A Virtuous Loop: Foreign Entertainment and A.I. Tech for Language Learning
- 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
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Semafor
- Biden and Trump nixed a debate at a historically black college. Its senators aren’t happy
- Warning over deadly mpox variant amid fears disease will cross borders
- At corruption trial, Menendez defense pins blame on wife
- Western military trainers will be sent to Ukraine ‘eventually,’ top US military official said
- EU probes Meta's role in making Facebook, Instagram addictive for children
- South Africa urges UN court to stop Israel assault on Rafah
- Microsoft’s offer to relocate China workers could hit Beijing’s AI ambitions
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Reason
- Brickbat: Sign on the Dotted Line
- Edited Version of CFPB v. CFSAA for the 2024 Barnett-Blackman Supplement
- President of State University in California Put on Leave After Making Deal with Protesters
- Fringe Theory About Justice Alito
- Biden's Spin on Marijuana's Rescheduling Exaggerates Its Practical Impact
- Can this woman sue the rogue prosecutor who allegedly helped upend her life?
- How Free-Range Kids became an answer on 'Jeopardy!'
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Nikkei Asia
- Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: India's Instagrab
- What to expect from Singapore's new prime minister
- Nikkei High Yield REIT Index constituents to be reshuffled
- Nikkei Asia300 index to add Adani Power, drop Country Garden
- Chinese aircraft carrier's voyage hints at plan for 'post-U.S.' navy
- China lets local governments buy 'some' homes, lowers mortgage rates
- U.S. envoy to Japan visits Okinawa islands a stone's throw from Taiwan
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Institutional Investor
- Goldman Sachs Wins $43.4 Billion UPS Deal
- The Winners and Losers of Meme Stock Mania Redux
- 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
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- Discovered a New Stock Valuation Method
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- i took out a $19,500 12 month 0% APR credit card balance transfer and bought Solana with it
- I might not have a business mindset at all but is it possible that I can develop it
- How is this Asset Allocation for Roth IRA at 22 years old?
- Why to thrive at a capitalist business you need to have no empathy or be able to reprogram yourself
- literally community building is the next golden opportunity
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PYMNTS
- Amazon, Walmart Aim to Retain Lower-Income Shoppers Amid Luxury Push
- AI Takes Flight in Airline Pricing
- FinTech IPO Index Edges Up 1.7% as Katapult Earnings Lead Platforms Higher
- Bitcoin Payment Processor IBEX Pay to Suspend Services in US
- OpenAI and Reddit Partner on Data Licensing, AI-Powered Features, Advertising
- Avidbank Taps CorServ to Launch New Commercial Credit Card Program
- Treasury Department to Use ‘Automation and Innovation’ to Fight Illicit Finance
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Forbes
- Ex-Dividend Reminder: Nuvei, Walgreens And Johnson & Johnson
- Investing The Warren Buffett Way: Screening For Earnings Growth
- 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
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Fortune
- France admits it's lost control of parts of New Caledonia, the world’s third-largest producer of critical EV metal nickel
- Google wants judge to decide whether it violated antitrust laws because jurors wouldn’t get it
- 17,000-company study of COVID greedflation shows most profited from cost-of-living crisis
- ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ or ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’—
- North Koreans stole Americans' identities and took remote-work tech jobs at Fortune 500 companies, DOJ says
- The ultra-exclusive $100 billion club has swelled to an unprecedented 15 members
- Millennials and Gen Z are skeptical of traditional financial advice. Here’s how to reach them
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Inc.
- With 17 Simple Words, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon Just Taught a Profound Lesson in Emotional Intelligence
- How Your Brand Can Win Over Gen Z With Marketing
- 3 Weird Tips to Get Better Outcomes From Your AI Chatbot
- Happy Employees, Happy Customers: The Key to Unlocking Exceptional Service
- How Online Shopping Is Evolving in a World Without Cookies
- Lawmakers Fear A Wave of Election Threats Tied to the Rise of Generative AI
- As The AI Gold Rush Barrels Forward, VCs Explain What Kind of AI Startups They Actually Want to Invest In
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Axios
- Suburban schools becoming less white, more Latino 70 years after Brown decision
- The trendiest baby names of the past decade
- Fuming pro-Israel Democrats blast "shameless" GOP vote to force Biden send arms to Israel
- Schumer moving to give cover to Biden, Dems on border action
- Texas and Louisiana face "life-threatening" flooding threat as severe storms lash region
- Axios Finish Line: Life lessons from Tory Burch
- Gov. Greg Abbott pardons ex-U.S. sergeant who killed BLM protester
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Vox
- The controversy over Harrison Butker’s misogynistic commencement speech, explained
- Raw milk is more dangerous than ever. So why are sales surging?
- Teletherapy can really help, and really hurt
- The Supreme Court decides not to trigger a second Great Depression
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FastCompany
- McDonald’s hopes the $5 value meal will win back price-conscious diners. Will it be too little, too late?
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- How easyJet is making a post-pandemic comeback
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Entrepreneur
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Politico
- What Hochul said at the Vatican
- Biden visits Syracuse as NYC campus chaos grows
- Noem dog shooting sparks Congressional Dog Lovers Caucus
- Kristi Noem defends dog slaying: ‘I chose the safety of my children’
- Videos show growing pro-Palestinian campus protests as lawmakers speak out
- Parker accused of shoving advocate at Capitol
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Newsweek
- Satellite image shows plans for vast new solar farm in US
- Marjorie Taylor Greene's clash with Jasmine Crockett sparks backlash
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- Lauren Boebert gushes over Trump looking "pretty" while reportedly sleeping
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- Crimea satellite images show aftermath of "massive" ATACMS strike
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NPR
- How the Dominican Republic became Latin America's economic superstar : The Indicator from Planet Money
- UAW president Shawn Fain's swagger has helped unionize the deeply anti-union South
- AI-generated articles are permeating major news publications
- Biden ending new leases in America's top coal region
- The Dow Jones hits 40,000 for the first time. What to know about this major milestone
- Supreme Court upholds funding structure for CFPB
- With flyers more distracted than ever, United rolls out a rebooted safety video
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Globe And Mail
- What is the grocery code of conduct, and how could it impact food prices for Canadians?
- Union targets DP World’s container terminal at Vancouver port during labour dispute
- National Bank economist: ‘The demographic shock is getting worse in Canada’
- TD Bank’s U.S. woes show the limits of being a big fish in a small Canadian pond
- Opinion: Joe Biden’s new China tariffs puts Canada in a bind on electric vehicles
- Canadian dollar winning streak ends as market digests recent gains
- Canadian dollar winning streak ends as market digests recent gains
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CBC
- Taylor Swift fans are flying to Europe for cheap concert tickets
- Loblaw agrees to sign grocery code of conduct
- 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
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Techmeme
- Prosus and parent group Naspers appoint Fabricio Bloisi as new CEO, replacing interim CEO Ervin Tu; Bloisi, who was the CEO of iFood, will start on July 1
- Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers
- OpenAI says ChatGPT can now directly import files from Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive, available to Plus, Team, and Enterprise users
- Fay, which connects registered dietitians with insurance providers and patients, emerges from stealth with $25M in funding from General Catalyst and Forerunner
- Sources: Snowflake is in talks to acquire Reka AI, which builds LLMs for businesses, for over $1B; report: Reka was valued at ~$300M in a 2023 funding round
- Voxel51 secures $30M to help gen AI understand visual input more accurately
- Microsoft's custom Cobalt chips will come to Azure next week
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Silicon Valley
- Paid sick leave sticks after many pandemic protections vanish
- Column: Why the stink of that bad, bad iPad ad won’t go away
- Big San Jose housing project advances with property purchase deal
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- Texas is warned of blackout risk as sun sets this summer
- Secondary cockpit barriers likely coming to all commercial planes: ‘Prevent 9/11 from ever happening again’
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Techcrunch
- A US trustee wants troubled fintech Synapse to be liquidated via Chapter 7 bankruptcy, cites ‘gross mismanagement’
- Seraphim’s latest space accelerator welcomes nine companies
- OpenAI inks deal to train AI on Reddit data
- X pushes more users to Communities
- Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand?
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The Register
- Lords of May-hem: Seven signs it is Oracle's year end
- Computer sprinkled with exotic chemicals produced super-problems, not super-powers
- Microsoft offers China-based engineers an option to relocate
- China sets goal for local carmakers to get a quarter of their chips domestically by 2025
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- Crims abusing Microsoft Quick Assist to deploy ransomware
- AT&T formalizes deal for space-based cellular service on unmodified mobiles
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Silicon Republic
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- KPMG to create 200 jobs from new EU AI Hub in Dublin
- OpenAI and Reddit team up to bring more data to ChatGPT
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- EU investigates Meta for ‘stimulating addiction’ in kids
- The Leaders’ Room: Leading with enthusiasm with Dexcom’s Barry Regan
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Business Journals
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Japan Times
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 17
Armed conflicts and attacks
- A man kills a policeman during a stabbing attack outside the Ulu Tiram police station in Johor, Malaysia. The perpetrator grabbed the officer's pistol, killing another policeman and wounding a third, before being shot dead. Twenty suspected members of Jemaah Islamiyah are arrested in connection to the attack. (CNA)
May 16
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip
- Battle of Jabalia
- Palestinian fighters, including Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, claim dozens of attacks on Israeli troops in and around the Jabalia refugee camp. (Al Jazeera)
- Battle of Jabalia
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Global Affairs Canada announces sanctions on four "extremist" Israeli settlers in the West Bank for engaging in violence against Palestinian civilians and their property. (CBC News)
- The Arab League calls for a United Nations peacekeeping force and international protection in the occupied Palestinian territories until a two-state solution is implemented. (Al Jazeera) (Al Arabiya)
- Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces a $2 billion military aid package for Ukraine, aimed at investing in Ukraine's industrial base. (Al Jazeera)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2024 New Caledonia unrest
- France deploys 1,000 police officers to New Caledonia in an attempt to control the ongoing riots. (Reuters)
- Attempted assassination of Robert Fico
- Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is reported to be in serious but stable condition. (Reuters)
Business and economy
International relations
- China–Russia relations
- President of Russia Vladimir Putin meets with President of China Xi Jinping in Beijing, China. (CNN)
- Russia–United States relations
- The United States announces sanctions on two Russian individuals and three Russian companies for facilitating weapons transfers between Russia and North Korea. (Reuters)
- Foreign minister of Kosovo Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz writes to the Council of Europe to ask for member nations to consider granting Kosovo entry into the council. (AP)
Law and crime
- Murder of Garrett Foster
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a man at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. (The New York Times)
- The European Union opens a formal investigation into Meta for potential breaches in online content rules relating to child safety on Facebook and Instagram, which violate the Digital Services Act. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- Permanent Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Secretariat Trương Thị Mai resigns after just over a year in office amid the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign. (Xinhua)
- Tunisian lawyers launch a one-day strike and protest in Tunis following the recent arrest of two lawyers and repressive measures enacted by President Kais Saied. (Al Jazeera)