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Yahoo Finance
- Amazon axed more than 100 customer service managers in CEO Andy Jassy’s latest job cuts
- 3 Magnificent ETFs That Could Help You Beat the Market With Next to No Effort
- Stock Of The Day Breaks Out Amid Rising Profit Estimates
- Jamie Dimon says inflation is worse than people think, and that the market is too optimistic about a soft landing
- 3 Powerhouse High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Now and Hold for Decades to Come
- Applied Materials Forecast Fails to Impress Following Rally
- Coinbase Stock Is Down. A New Crypto-Trading Rival May Be About to Emerge
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Google Business
- Reddit-OpenAI deal: ChatGPT gets access to social media platform
- Morgan Stanley discloses $270 million investment in Grayscale Bitcoin ETF: Crypto World
- Teen Who Died After Spicy ‘One Chip Challenge’ Had Enlarged Heart
- Jamie Dimon says inflation is worse than people think, and that the market is too optimistic about a soft landing
- A legendary hedge fund exited its GameStop bet before the meme stock's 550% spike
- Cramer says these 10 stocks helped the Dow briefly crack 40,000
- OpenAI inks deal to train AI on Reddit data
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Tipranks
- Saunders International Options Expire
- Saunders International Issues Employee Incentive Securities
- Clarity Pharmaceuticals Expands Share Quotation
- Healius Ltd Director’s Shareholding Adjustment
- Healius Director’s Shareholdings Adjusted
- Healius Limited Director’s Shareholding Unchanged
- Healius Director’s Shareholdings Adjusted
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Movers
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AP News
- 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'
- Google wants judge, not jury, decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
- Nevada Supreme Court denies appeal from Washoe County election-fraud crusader Beadles
- Key Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 450 after production of troubled 737s slows
- Theft of more than 400 vehicles in Michigan leads to the arrest of 6 men
- Joint streaming venture involving ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery will be called Venu Sports
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Wall Street Journal
- The Supreme Court rejected a conservative-backed challenge that could have dismantled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- What's News: World-Wide
- EasyJet expects summer demand to lift earnings after a narrowed first-half loss, but the airline's outlook for the end of the year weighed on its shares
- Chinese search-engine giant Baidu reported a drop in quarterly profit, but beat estimates, helped by stable online marketing revenue and rising sales from its…
- Honda plans to invest nearly $65 billion on its electric-vehicle strategy through 2030 as part of efforts to boost sales and production in the coming years
- Meta faces an EU investigation into whether its Facebook and Instagram services do enough to protect minors under a new online-content law
- Walmart's sales continued to grow as American shoppers kept flocking to its stores for inexpensive everyday necessities
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Financial Times
- China’s factory output jumps as Beijing bets on industry to drive recovery
- Honda expects hybrid boom to last until end of decade
- Arup lost $25mn in Hong Kong deepfake video conference scam
- US stocks close lower to end multi-day rally
- Reddit shares surge as it strikes content deal with OpenAI
- How good is OpenAI’s Sora video model
- Big rise in diseases linked to ageing and lifestyle increases healthcare burden
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Bloomberg
- Student Divestment Victories Feel Good But Do Little
- Anglo American’s Battle With BHP Worries a Corner of England
- Paramount Fiasco Is a Lesson for All on Investor Inequality
- How Are Museums Still Justifying Keeping Stolen Artifacts?
- Why Europe Needs to Unite Around Its Defense
- Europe's Giant Bet on Green Hydrogen is Full of Holes
- Demand at China’s Special Bond Sale Near 4 Times Amount on Offer
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Reuters
- China's Nio aims to launch one new car model per year under Onvo brand
- India's Mahindra & Mahindra to invest $1.44 bln in EV arm; explores hybrid tech
- Ford asks suppliers to cut costs in push to turn EV business profitable, memo says
- US unveils proposal to ease restrictions on marijuana
- Oil prices rise after US economic data strengthens rate cut expectations
- Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems to lay off about 400 employees, memo says
- US FAA says it has not approved any United Airlines route, fleet expansions
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Marketwatch
- 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
- Just one company sells Chinese-made EVs in the U.S. Here’s how it’s navigating Biden’s new tariffs
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Seeking Alpha
- Buy The Dip: 2 REITs Getting Way Too Cheap
- Nvidia Faces Macro Headwinds And Micro Tailwinds
- Retirement Dividend Portfolio: Add These 5 High Yields To VYM
- Buy High Yields From The Greek Gods Of Income
- Wall Street Breakfast: No Limits
- Very Good News For Utilities And Renewable Power Stocks
- Top Stocks By Sector (SA Quant)
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Benzinga
- From Ancient Marvels to Modern Innovations: Trip.com Spotlights Current Museum Trends for International Museum Day
- From Ancient Marvels to Modern Innovations: Trip.com Spotlights Current Museum Trends for International Museum Day
- London Mayor Worried About Second Trump Presidency: 'He's A Racist. He's A Sexist. He's A Homophobe'
- Nancy Pelosi Presses For Reinstatement Of 'Observer' Status At WHO For Taipei: 'Cowardly That Beijing Continues To Seek To Isolate Taiwan'
- Marjorie Taylor Greene Ally Thomas Massie Introduces 'End The Fed' Bill To Abolish The US Central Bank: 'Americans Are Suffering Under Crippling Inflation'
- TCL CSOT Received Three Prestigious People's Choice Awards from SID Display Week 2024
- HUTCHMED Highlights Sovleplenib Phase III ESLIM-01 Study and Hematological Malignancy Programs Data to be Presented at the upcoming EHA2024 Congress
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Barchart
- 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
- Hogs Pull Back from Highs, Still Close with Gains
- Wheat End the Thursday Session in the Red
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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
- 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
- Netanyahu Could Fire Defense Chief As Public Spat Erupts Over Gaza 'Day After'
- Million Texans Without Power As Storm Topples Transmission Towers
- Trump Says He Believes A 'Great Silent Majority' Will Vote For Him In November
- These Are The 10 Countries Most In Debt To The IMF
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Investing.com
- 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
- Japanese stocks need these conditions to make new highs in H2 2024- Citi By
- Reddit shares surge on OpenAI deal to add content to ChatGPT
- Warning: This recession signal if flashing red By
- Stock Market Today: Dow snaps two-day win streak after brief foray above 40K level By
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Morning Brew
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
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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
CNBC
- Cramer says these 10 stocks helped the Dow briefly crack 40,000
- The Dow's road to 40,000 in one chart
- China retail sales, investment data miss expectations in April
- Daily Open: Dow briefly tops 40,000 for the first time, meme stocks down but not out
- Affluent consumers are creating a ‘bubble’ at Walmart, warns retailer’s former U.S. CEO Bill Simon
- Modi's strongman rule raises questions about India's 'democratic decline' as he seeks a third term
- No walk-ins allowed: What to know when touring the world’s best wine regions
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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
- 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
- The Fed Is Eyeing the Job Market, but It’s Difficult to Read
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Stocktwits
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DXC DXC Technology Co
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RDDT Reddit Inc.
FULC Fulcrum Therapeutics Inc
LSPD Lightspeed...
SOWG Sow Good Inc
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CME CME Group Inc
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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
- 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
- Walmart says more diners are buying its groceries as fast food gets pricey
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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
- 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
- US Coast Guard says early estimates show barge collision in Galveston may have spilled up to 2,000 gallons of oil
- Joint streaming venture involving ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery will be called Venu Sports
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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
- 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
- Why we care so much about the Dow, the stock market’s dumbest index
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Ticker
Chinese Unemployment Rate Actual 5% (Forecast 5.2%, Previous 5.200%)
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Chinese Industrial Output YoY Actual 6.7% (Forecast 5.5%, Previous 4.5%)
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Chinese Urban Investment YTD YoY Actual 4.2% (Forecast 4.6%, Previous 4.5%)
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Chinese Retail Sales YoY Actual 2.3% (Forecast 3.7%, Previous 3.1%)
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Singapore Non-Oil Exports MoM Actual 7.6% (Forecast 9.2%, Previous -8.4%)
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S. Korean Unemployment Rate Actual 2.8% (Forecast 2.8%, Previous 2.8%)
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New Zealand PPI Outputs QoQ Actual 0.9% (Forecast -, Previous 0.7%)
Barrons
- Coinbase Stock Is Down. A New Crypto-Trading Rival May Be About to Emerge
- Congressional Democrats Urge IRS to Expand Free Direct File Tax-Prep Program
- In the Game or Life, Pro Golfer Miguel Ángel Jiménez Touts Joy. ‘Forget the Result.’
- U.S. Markets Dropped Thursday; GameStop Took Biggest Hit
- Warren Buffett Isn’t the Only One Cooling on Chevron Stock
- Dow Closes Lower After Topping 40,000. Bonds Ended the Party
- Boeing Stock Is Having a Great Day
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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
- 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
- Morrisons: Backlash as supermarket trials New Zealand lamb sale
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The Guardian
- Here’s one way to boost investment in UK plc: make our unions more powerful
- Dead hand of the immovable Glazers keeps strangling Manchester United
- The families risking everything to keep Ukraine’s trains running
- Keir Starmer: new deal, new drama? Politics Weekly UK
- More than 6,000 bank branches now gone in nine years of ‘disastrous’ closures
- Former Post Office executive tells Horizon inquiry she blocked Paula Vennells’ number
- Love Island and Towie stars charged with promoting trading scheme on Instagram
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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
- 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
- Google layoffs: A timeline of the company's job cuts and restructuring into 2024
- They were gonna text back. It's just that iMessage went down for almost an hour
- Sam Altman throws shade at Google's 'aesthetic'
- See how Madison Marsh balances her duties as a US Air Force officer and Miss America
- The US is worried about an invasion, but China could take control of Taiwan without firing a shot, war experts warn
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AOL Finance
- ‘Weekend at Bernie’s or One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
- British engineering giant Arup revealed as $25 million deepfake scam victim
- Asian stocks ease on uncertainty over timing of U.S. rate cuts
- Is iMessage not working? Thousands of users report Apple service down Thursday afternoon
- Google seeks non-jury trial in US ad tech lawsuit, filing says
- They were gonna text back. It's just that iMessage went down for almost an hour
- From NIMBYism to an office disaster that ‘never happened before’ to the permanence of remote work, real-estate execs on housing ‘defying gravity’
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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
- 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
- Google wants judge, not jury, decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
- Theft of more than 400 vehicles in Michigan leads to the arrest of 6 men
- Philadelphia still the 6th-biggest U.S. city, but San Antonio catching up, census data shows
- How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 5/16/2024
- Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers
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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
- 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
- U.S. Amazon workers say they struggle to afford food, rent
- Posthaste: Canada's standard of living on track for worst decline in 40 years
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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
- 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!'
- DEA moves to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug
- Congressional Republicans launch 'fishing expedition' against progressive, Jewish, and Palestinian nonprofits
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Nikkei Asia
- Rahm Emanuel visits Japan islands a stone's throw from Taiwan
- China retail sales slow as industrial output beats forecasts
- Country Garden wind-up case adjourned as policy support hopes rise
- Transcript: ECB board member Isabel Schnabel speaks with Nikkei
- ECB hawk Schnabel open to June rate cut, urges 'cautious' approach after that
- China cranks up pressure on Taiwan ahead of Lai's inauguration
- Chinese EVs give VinFast a run for its money in Vietnam
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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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- 401k, Roth IRA & $20k to invest
- Bitcoin Analysis Today (17/05/24) Again a New Pattern Is Forming in Bitcoin 🧐
- Roth IRA fund allocation
- Stock market today: Dow crosses 40,000 for the first time as stocks extend record-setting run
- Out of state contractor wants to use my company as a qualifier
- Physical Assets that are Decent Stores of Value?
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PYMNTS
- 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
- Walmart CFO: Shoppers Replacing Fast Food With Groceries
- AI Startup Perplexity Adds 3 Advisors to Guide Company’s Growth
- This Week in B2B Innovation: Globalization, Digitization and Better Payments
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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
- ‘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
- Sam Altman, leader of OpenAI and one of Reddit's largest investors, is further aligning his interests with an alliance between the two
- From NIMBYism to an office building disaster that ‘never happened before’ to the permanence of remote work, real-estate execs ponder a sector that’s ‘defying…
- Boeing faces a critical investor vote as it hunts for a new CEO
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Inc.
- 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
- Meta Faces EU Investigation Over Child Safety Risks
- Want More Customers? High-Growth Founders Balance These 2 Strategies
- Microsoft Asks Some China Staff to Relocate Amid Sino-US Tensions
- Cash Crunch May Force Sale of Stabiilty AI
- Supreme Court Upholds Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Funding Method
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Axios
- 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
- Ted Cruz leverages Gaza humanitarian pier to jam Democrats
- OpenAI inks deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT
- Biden faces pivotal test at events focused on Black voters
- Biden takes another step to fast-track asylum process for border crossers
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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
- The end of coral reefs as we know them
- What young voters actually care about
- Back to Black is the worst of bad musical biopics
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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?
- Netflix advertising is booming: More than 40 million users are now on its ad-supported tier
- CFPB funding ruled legal by the Supreme Court, ending case that could’ve destroyed the watchdog
- How easyJet is making a post-pandemic comeback
- There’s already a big winner in the 2024 housing market: homebuilders
- Will local newsrooms get left behind by the AI revolution?
- The luckiest generation? Why Gen Z is entering the workforce at the perfect time
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Entrepreneur
- How to Turn Your Hobby Into a Successful Business
- What Are the Most Profitable Airbnb Cities for Hosts, Owners
- Iconic Las Vegas Mirage Hotel to Shutter After 34 Years
- Samsung's New Ad Pokes Fun at Apple's Controversial 'Crush' Ad
- Use This Framework to Craft a Powerful Brand Positioning Statement
- This Couple Turned Their Startup Into a $150 Million Food Delivery Company. Here's What They Did Early On to Make It Happen
- Ohio Bar Makes Weekend Entry Age 30 and Older, Goes Viral
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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
- Adams talks protest busting
- More
Newsweek
- Deadly storm ravages south Texas: Everything we know
- Supreme Court justice blames wife as new scandal casts shadow on Trump case
- Southern California releasing thousands of mosquitoes
- PGA Championship: First-Day Leader's Dominant Round Makes Golf History
- Michael Cohen had his "knees chopped out" on the stand: Legal analyst
- No, telehealth isn't dead
- Chiefs Player Gives The Year's Most Controversial Commencement Speech
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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
- More
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
- More
CBC
- 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
- A 1st in Canada, $1.6B EV battery separator plant to open in Port Colborne, Ont., in 2027
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Techmeme
- 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
- Youth advocacy group Encode Justice unveils 22 policy recommendations to ensure AI protects the “lives, rights, and livelihoods” of young people by 2030
- Sources: OpenAI has the upper hand over Google in winning an AI deal with Apple, which is separate from a Safari search deal, and won't be a global exclusive
- Apple to Reduce Motion Sickness With Vehicle Motion Cues on iPhone
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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
- Home insurance companies may use aerial images to drop policies
- Photos: Piedmont mansion designed by SF Neiman Marcus rotunda architect listed for $6.5 million
- 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?
- Strava taps AI to weed out leaderboard cheats; unveils ‘family’ plan, dark mode and more
- Astronauts fall over. Robotic limbs can help them back up
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The Register
- 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
- Baidu's robotaxi division to wheel into profit next year
- Crims abusing Microsoft Quick Assist to deploy ransomware
- AT&T formalizes deal for space-based cellular service on unmodified mobiles
- Oklahoma saddles up bill of rights for crypto wranglers and miners
- Datacenters looking to renewables, nuclear, and natural gas
- More
Silicon Republic
- Enterprise Ireland is about more than just funding for start-ups
- Saint-Gobain Life Sciences opens new state-of-the-art production facility
- EU investigates Meta for ‘stimulating addiction’ in kids
- The Leaders’ Room: Leading with enthusiasm with Dexcom’s Barry Regan
- Why product engineering is ‘not just about building software’
- Engineering services firm Jacobs announces 100 new jobs in Ireland
- New hub looks to prevent misinformation in Waterford elections
- More
Tech Co
- 7 Grants For Black-Owned Businesses to Apply For in 2024
- How to Turn off AI Summaries With Google Search’s ‘Web’ Filter
- What Is a Dry Promotion? And Should You Accept One?
- Latest ChatGPT Model GPT-4o Released Free: What to Know
- Best Free AI Image Generators 2024
- Apple Could Bring ChatGPT Features to the iPhone With iOS 18
- Companies That Offer Generous Paid Parental Leave in 2024
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Business Journals
- Tech defense contractor shifts headquarters from Southern California to DC area
- Eat Just's first lab-grown meat product is 97% plant-based
- Tech defense contractor shifts headquarters from California to Arlington
- New Jersey bank hires veteran local banker to lead D.C.-area expansion
- Chicago's Future-of-Food summit begins next week in the wake of Dom's, Foxtrot closures
- BizSpotlight: Brown Advisory
- Battery startup Bedrock Materials announces R&D headquarters in Chicago
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InvestorPlace
- EFSH Stock Earnings: 1847 Holdings Reported Results for Q1 2024
- CTRM Stock Earnings: Castor Maritime Reported Results for Q1 2024
- CVM Stock Earnings: CEL-SCI Reported Results for Q2 2024
- KAYS Stock Earnings: Kaya Holdings Reported Results for Q1 2024
- MGRX Stock Earnings: Mangoceuticals Reported Results for Q1 2024
- BLBX Stock Earnings: Blackboxstocks Misses EPS, Misses Revenue for Q1 2024
- SLNH Stock Earnings: Soluna Holdings Reported Results for Q1 2024
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Wolf Street
- Who Fell Behind on their Credit Cards: Delinquencies, Balances, Burden, Available Credit, and the “Maxed Out”
- The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada: Spring Rally Fizzles, Prices -14% from Peak in Feb 2022, Below Sep 2021
- Beneath the Skin of CPI Inflation, April: After Some Zigs, a Zag. But 6-Month Core CPI Hits 4.0%, 6-Month Core Services CPI Hits 6.0%, Both Highest since…
- Here Come the HELOCs in Household Debt: Mortgages, Delinquencies, and Foreclosures
- Household Debt, Delinquencies, Collections, and Bankruptcies: The Free-Money Era Is Over for our Not So Drunken Sailors
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Dealbreaker
- TikTok's Free Speech Argument Has Support Among Legal Scholars
- Elon Musk Threatening Law Firm To Silence Legal Scholar?
- Law Firm Hires Pair Of High Profile Dealmakers... Let's Just Not Focus On How That Biggest Deal Turned Out
- Donald Trump: Still Gagged
- Business School And Law School Should Not Be Compared
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PBS Newshour
- President Biden marks Brown v. Board of Education anniversary amid signs of erosion in Black voter support
- What happened during Michael Cohen's 3rd day of testimony in the Trump hush money trial
- News Wrap: U.S. military finishes work on floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza
- The lasting legacy of Brown v. Board and ongoing education challenges
- FDIC chair faces calls to resign after audit details toxic work culture at agency
- Emergency room doctor reflects on treating trauma and preventing violence in new book
- Biden uses executive privilege block GOP access to special counsel interview audio
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Naked Capitalism
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/16/2024
- New Palestine Protest/Free Speech Threat: House Oversight Committee Targets 20 Pro-Palestinian Organizations, Such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,…
- Kentucky Retirement Systems Plaintiffs Seek Repayment from KKR Entities of Misappropriated $137 Million Plus Interest and Punitive Damages, Totaling $771…
- Links 5/16/2024
- Kentucky Retirement System Plaintiffs Seek Repayment from KKR Entities of Misappropriated $137 Million Plus Interest and Punitive Damages, Totaling $787…
- ‘Most Thorough Legal Analysis’ Yet Concludes Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza
- The IMF’s Chronicle of a Catastrophe Foretold
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SCMP
Hong Kong stocks up driven by Baidu, JD.com earnings, China policy support hopes
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Country Garden wins four-week reprieve in Hong Kong winding-up case as Beijing steps up efforts to end housing market crisis
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Gen Z, millennials want companies to take action on climate change: survey
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Elon Musk deepfake crypto scam highlights risks to Hong Kong as AI-related fraud rises
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JD.com posts better-than-expected sales in first quarter as price cuts pay off for e-commerce giant
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Baidu ekes out modest revenue growth, as AI competition rises in China
Euronews
- IBM announces plans to create 800 new jobs across Ireland over three years
- Travel chaos warning as Boeing safety crisis leads to plane shortage
- Economics of nuclear power: The France-Germany divide explained
- As new tools flourish, AI ‘fingerprints’ on scientific papers could damage trust in vital research
- British tech company Raspberry Pi eyes London float in boost for City
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Japan Times
- Old for new: China's latest property market plan off to a poor start
- Toshiba to cut 4,000 jobs in restructuring effort under new ownership
- Honda to double investment in electric vehicles and software
- Microsoft’s AI push imperils climate goal as carbon emissions jump
- After Cambodia crypto scam, Indians demand more jobs at home
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Wikipedia Current Events
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)