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Wall Street Journal
- ‘Sesame Street’ Finds a New Home on Netflix
- Howard Lutnick Transfers Ownership of Cantor Fitzgerald to His Children
- U.S. Natural Gas Futures Extend Losses
- Sanmina to Acquire ZT Systems’ Manufacturing Business from AMD
- Blackstone Infrastructure to Buy TXNM Energy for $5.7 Billion
- Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk
- Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
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Financial Times
- Trump Organization to discuss new Vietnam tower as trade talks continue
- 23andMe sold out of bankruptcy to Regeneron
- Howard Lutnick sells $361mn stakes to comply with US government rules
- ‘Buy now, pay later’ rules will help rather than hinder big lenders
- Putin thinks that time is on his side
- Bank of England explores ways to loosen ringfencing rules for UK banks
- Netanyahu says Israel plans to take over all of Gaza
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Benzinga
- Stock Is Up 42% Over The Past Week: What's Going On?
- Here's How Much $1000 Invested In Trade Desk 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today
- $1000 Invested In Johnson Controls Intl 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today
- CME Group Director Sold $817K In Company Stock
- Board Member Of Terex Makes $269K Buy
- Director At Terex Buys $269K of Stock
- Christopher Rossi Of Terex Shows Optimism, Buys $269K In Stock
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Movers
Bloomberg
- Equatorial Guinea Wins Rights to Islands in Dispute With Gabon
- Solar Companies Slump as GOP Targets Earlier End to Tax Credits
- About That Moody’s Downgrade
- CBS News Chief McMahon Quits Over Disagreement With Management
- Why Poland’s Election Is a Barometer for Europe’s Populist Wave
- Moody’s Market Jolt Will Leave Its Mark
- Trump Call With Putin Underway as US Seeks Ceasefire in Ukraine
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Yahoo Finance
- Nvidia Leaves Rival Broadcom Out In AI Data Center Race; Is Nvidia A Buy Now?
- S&P 500's Home Depot, Lowe's Earnings Due As China Shipments Revive On Tariff Relief
- Strong Results Lifted Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS)
- Should You be Confident in Tempus AI (TEM)?
- Americans' Consumer Debt Hits All-Time High of $18.2 Trillion, Experts Say Some Borrowers 'Will Have A Much More Difficult…
- Montrose Environmental Group (MEG) Declined over Potential EPA Enforcement Rollback
- CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits amid potential Trump lawsuit settlement
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Marketwatch
- Stocks trim early losses and Treasury yields pull back from debt-downgrade spike
- Some emerging markets have seen double-digit gains this year. Why JPMorgan has turned bullish
- This S&P 500 news has the bulls revved up. Why they’re making more of it than it is
- Stocks open lower as Treasury yields jump after Moody’s downgrade of U.S. debt
- Why Capital One’s stock looks like a bargain after the Discover acquisition
- 23andMe sells its most valuable asset. Regeneron promises to keep your DNA private
- Economic calendar: Leading indicators first data point in Fed-speaker-heavy week
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Google Business
- Despite economic concerns, Americans are set on getting away for Memorial Day weekend
- Trump’s tariff onslaught casts shadow over European economy, even in best case scenario
- China: US undermines consensus reached in Geneva talks
- PSA: Coach, Vince, and More Designers Are Up to 86% Off in Amazon's Early Memorial Day Sale
- Regeneron to Buy 23andMe Out of Bankruptcy for $256 Million
- Sanmina to Acquire ZT Systems’ Manufacturing Business from AMD
- Walmart’s warning of higher prices puts spotlight on ‘RIM accounting’ practice favored by big retailers
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Tipranks
- U.S. 30-Year Treasury Yield Back Below 5% after Moody’s Credit Downgrade
- TXNM Energy to be Acquired by Blackstone Infrastructure
- Core Molding Technologies Holds Annual Stockholders Meeting
- Card Factory Publishes Annual Report and Announces AGM
- Is Take-Two Stock (TTWO) a Buy After Earnings?
- Warren Buffett Will Not Take Stage at Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK.B) Future Annual Meetings
- 23andMe Stock Soars 127% after Regeneron Buys Its Bankrupt DNA Vault
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ZeroHedge
- Texas House OKs Bill To Sue Vaccine Makers for False Ads
- Germany Makes "Sea-Change Policy Shift" On Nuclear Power In Europe
- What Comes Next After The (Allegedly Fraudulent) Liberal-Globalist Victory In Romania?
- What Downgrade? Stocks & Bonds Surge Into The Green After Moody's Cut
- Key Events This Week: Big Beautiful Bill; Initial Claims, Home Sales And Fed Speakers Galore
- Moody's Blues
- Supreme Court Weighs Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge
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Seeking Alpha
- 2 Fat Dividends For Financial Independence
- Buried Under Fear: One Of The Best Opportunities I've Seen In Years
- America's Creditworthiness Is Under Discussion
- It Is Hard To Imagine A Retirement Portfolio Without These 3 Big Dividends
- PayPal: Chasing The Rebound Could Be Futile (Technical Analysis)
- Nvidia Q1 Preview: Stable Nasdaq Alpha At A Sentiment Inflection
- Bond Market Update: Moody's Tells Investors: 'It's All About The Deficit'
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Barrons
- Apple Stock Faces Major Legal Risks. Here’s How Bad It Could Get, Says Analyst
- Market Breadth Is Weak. UnitedHealth Is Helping the Dow Outperform
- Palantir Stock Starts the Week Lower. What’s Dragging the Shares Down
- Stocks Are Recovering From Early Losses
- UnitedHealth Insiders Buy Stock in Battered Insurer. The New CEO Purchased $25 Million
- Stocks Drop, Treasury Yields Rise After U.S. Debt Downgrade
- Novavax Stock Rockets. FDA Finally Had Good News for the Covid-19 Vaccine Maker
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Barchart
- Stocks Pressured by US Credit Rating Downgrade
- Walmart Diversifies Profit Streams: Is WMT Stock a Buy Despite Tariff Headwinds?
- AMD Stock Gains Steam, But Is Nvidia Stock the Better Buy?
- Dollar Sinks and Gold Prices Jump as Moody’s Cuts US Debt Rating
- What Are Wall Street Analysts’ Target Price for Automatic Data Processing Stock?
- Palantir’s Meteoric Rise Continues: Will PLTR Stock Double in 2025?
- International Flavors & Fragrances Stock: Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish?
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SEC / FED
Prepared Remarks Before SEC Speaks
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Horses and Bourses: Remarks at the 12th Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation
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SEC Announces Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements
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Statement on the Upcoming Executive Compensation Roundtable
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Remarks at the 12th Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation
Reuters
- Italy's Fincantieri dives deeper into the submarine sector
- Bearish funds flee turbulent copper and turn to aluminium: Andy Home
- Brazil government not considering specific aid for airline Azul, minister says
- Berlin, Paris overcome rift over nuclear energy, French official says
- Power Grid Corp of India's quarterly profit falls as project delays hurt transmission business
- Powell's legacy tied up in new Fed review: McGeever
- China's state banks will cut deposit rates on Tuesday, sources say
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Tipp Insights
- Trump Was Trolling Taylor Swift For Her Political Views, Says White House
- Biden Says Thanks For The Love After Cancer News
- Trump Talks To Putin, Urges End To Ukraine ‘Bloodbath’
- Pope Leo And JD Vance Talk Ukraine, Humanitarian Law
- Should Federal Judges Have The Power To Block Presidential Actions? Yes, Most Voters Say: I&I/TIPP Poll
- President Trump’s AI Masterstroke In The Middle East: David Sacks
- The Nation's Pulse: Americans' Top Priorities And The Direction Of The Country
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Investing.com
- China's state banks will cut deposit rates on Tuesday, sources say
- Brazil investigates six suspected bird flu cases
- Chile's economy grows more than expected in first quarter
- Exclusive-Nippon Steel to invest $14 billion in U.S. Steel including $4 billion for new mill, document says
- Hundred roubles to dollar would be acceptable, says Russian government source
- Fed's Williams says no significant move out of US assets seen so far, monetary policy in good place
- Williams: Fed can take time on next rate move amid U.S. asset review
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Morning Brew
The US loses its final AAA credit rating
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People are putting the “big” back in cities
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Side hustle of the stars
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How I formed an LLC
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Q&A: What if my side-hustle is actually a scheme?
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Side hustles are becoming much more common
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End of an era for the Preakness
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Novo Nordisk CEO ousted amid Ozempic troubles
CNBC
- China says U.S. undermined trade talks with Huawei chip warning
- Ray Dalio says the risk to U.S. Treasuries is even greater than what Moody's is saying
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to buy 23andMe and its data for $256 million
- Stord, the e-commerce startup looking to take on Amazon, acquires UPS subsidiary
- 9-to-5 employees are interrupted every 2 minutes by meetings, emails and other pings, says Microsoft—how to focus
- We're adding to our newest stock on the dip. It was a winner in Trump's Mideast trip
- Klarna doubles losses in first quarter as IPO remains on hold
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CBS
- Regeneron to buy 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million
- 23andMe files for bankruptcy and will try to find a buyer
- Stock futures fall after Moody's downgrades the U.S. credit rating
- Housing, nutrition in peril as Trump pulls back Medicaid social services
- Nike exec recalls company "having the guts" to bet big on Michael Jordan
- Trump warns Walmart against raising prices, saying they should "eat the tariffs"
- Trump warns Walmart against raising prices, tells company to "eat the tariffs"
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NYT Business
- ‘Sesame Street’ Signs New Streaming Deals With Netflix and PBS
- CBS News President to Depart Amid Network’s Tensions With Trump
- Tariff Uncertainty Threatens to Drag Down Europe’s Economic Growth
- The ‘Sell America’ Trade Makes a Comeback
- How Kara Swisher Scaled Even Higher
- Will Trump’s Trade War Turn Canada’s Auto-Parts Capital Into a Ghost Town?
- How Miami Schools Are Leading 100,000 Students Into the A.I. Future
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EurActiv
Public sector strike set to paralyse Brussels’s transport network on Tuesday
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New Romanian president a relief for joint EU defence efforts
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EU and UK seal defence pact, will converge on food and energy
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EU countries greenlight €150 billion loan plan for joint defence procurement
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Fish and gimps! Britain’s right-wing media savages EU deal
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LIVE NOW! The omnibus package – What implications for the EU’s sustainability credentials and European manufacturers? [Advocacy Lab Content]
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Netherlands continues negative trend, sees further decline in drug wait time rankings
MSNBC
- Trump appointee reportedly pressed analyst to redo intelligence the White House didn’t like
- Trump says the Supreme Court is stopping him from deporting criminals. He's wrong
- Why the latest downgrade of the U.S. credit rating is an embarrassment for Republicans
- 'Thank you for lifting us up': Biden shares first message after cancer diagnosis
- By trying to bully Walmart, Trump gives away the game on his tariffs agenda
- In overnight vote, Republicans move closer to pushing Trump agenda bill through House
- Republicans want to pass a giveaway to Trump’s new favorite industry. Democrats must say no
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NBC
- CBS News chief steps down amid tension over Trump lawsuit
- Trump takes on Walmart over tariff price hikes, setting up potential showdown with retail industry
- Fertility clinic attack: New details emerge on suspect's ideology
- Russia strikes Ukraine ahead of Putin-Trump ceasefire talks
- Former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard to take the stand in Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial
- Trump taps his most trusted officials to do as many as four jobs — at the same time
- Trump set to implore Putin to end the 'bloodbath' in Ukraine in high-stakes phone call
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investors.com
- Amer Sports Earnings Due Tuesday With Trump Tariffs In Focus For Wilson, Arc'teryx Parent
- S&P 500's Home Depot, Lowe's Earnings Due As China Shipments Revive On Tariff Relief
- Elbit Systems Earnings Due After Two Contract Wins For Israeli Defense Firm
- Reddit Stock Downgraded As Analyst Sees Threat From Google's AI Search
- Tesla Robotaxi Launches In A Few Weeks. These Are The Details From Morgan Stanley-Tesla Meeting
- 23andMe Finds A Big Biotech Buyer In $256 Million Bankruptcy Auction
- Viking Cruises Toward Buy Point With Earnings Due; Royal Caribbean Basing
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ABC News
- Portugal's election brings another minority government and a far-right rise
- New Jersey Transit train engineers reach tentative deal to end strike that halted NYC routes
- Spain orders Airbnb to block 65,000 holiday rentals over rule violations
- Despite economic concerns, Americans are set on getting away for Memorial Day weekend
- Trump's tariff onslaught casts shadow over European economy, even in best case scenario
- Global shares slide and US futures and dollar drop after Moody's downgrade of US credit rating
- Qatar Airways reports earning $2.15Bn profit in last fiscal year, record for carrier
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Fox Business
- STEPHEN MOORE: Why Moody's credibility should be questioned after downgrade of US federal bonds
- Drink company that sells Guinness and Johnnie Walker sees $150M profit hit from tariffs
- Boeing, GE and Trump’s Middle East trip to remember
- Moody's downgrades US credit rating over rising debt
- US consumer sentiment drops to near record low in May on inflation worries, tariff uncertainty
- The pope took a vow of poverty. He may still need to file US taxes
- Federal Reserve to cut its workforce by 10% in coming years
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CNN
- Video Comedian Tim Dillon on interviewing ‘dork politicians’ 6:02
- Analysis: Trump’s FBI bosses are angering the MAGA media bubble they once stoked
- Trump’s tariffs are dragging down an already stalled housing market
- House republicans want to stop states from regulating AI. More than 100 organizations are pushing back
- Regeneron to buy bankrupt DNA testing firm 23andMe for $256 million
- ‘Sell America’ is back on after a massive debt warning
- Victims of explicit deepfakes will soon be able to take legal action against people who create them
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AP News
- Singer testifies Sean 'Diddy' Combs threatened her with death after she saw him beat his girlfriend
- Tanzania's most prominent opposition leader appears in court on charges of treason
- RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway
- Napoli and Inter coaches to miss their teams' title-deciding matches
- Lithuania takes Belarus to top UN court over alleged smuggling of migrants
- Who is Nicusor Dan, the pro-EU centrist who beat a nationalist in Romania’s tense presidential race?
- AP PHOTOS: The UK and the EU announce new deals and renew ties, 5 years after Brexit
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The Economist
- Uncomfortably close: The liberal favourite stumbles in Poland’s presidential election
- A win for Europe: Romania’s next president will not be a MAGA populist after all
- Constitutional crossroads: Three paths the Supreme Court could take on birthright citizenship
- More than a feeling: The MAGA revolution threatens America’s most innovative place
- Bonanza denied: Trump faces a trillion-dollar tariff disappointment
- The Weekend Intelligence: Boss Class: Innovation: Coming up with new ideas
- Newsletters: Cover Story newsletter: How we chose the cover images
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The Hill
- Stocks slump after US credit rating downgrade
- Republicans advance Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' in unusual late-night vote
- Bessent: Countries bringing 'good proposals' with 'a few exceptions'
- Bessent warns tariff will return to ‘Liberation Day’ rates if negotiations aren’t in good faith
- Trump berates Walmart over price hikes: ‘EAT THE TARIFFS’
- Trump on China trade switch-up: They 'would have broken apart'
- Trump on China trade switch-up: They 'would have broken apart'
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The Guardian
- Ghosts of Brexit past haunt new UK-EU deal – Politics Weekly Westminster
- UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds
- Bankrupt DNA testing firm 23andMe to be purchased for $256m
- Starmer denies claim ‘win-win’ UK-EU deal has sold out fishing sector – video
- Car-free streets, geothermal heating and solar panels: Paris’s new eco-district – in pictures
- Will Labour’s shake-up really fix Great Britain’s ailing railways?
- From fishing to Erasmus: what the UK’s deal with the EU will mean
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BBC
- Struggling DNA testing firm 23andMe to be bought for $256m
- What will reset deal mean for UK economic growth?
- EU deal disastrous for Scotland, says fishing body
- Energy price cap: What next for gas and electricity bills and can I fix?
- Annual energy bills predicted to fall £129 in July
- Apple boosts India's factory hopes - but a US-China deal could derail plans
- The world's most dangerous country for trade unionists
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Baha Breaking News
- Europe closes mixed after EU lowers growth outlook
- CBS News president Wendy McMahon resigns
- CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon resigns
- China blasts US over Huawei chips restrictions
- Araghchi: US-Iran talks can bring stability to Gulf region
- Trump said to have spoken with Zelensky
- Novak: Russia to increase oil supplies to China
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The Street
- Iconic Disney World attraction enters its final days
- Slowing retail sales isn't the red flag you think
- Walmart is selling a $170 3-piece patio furniture set for $105, and shoppers say it 'looks very expensive'
- One AI stock makes up 78% of Nvidia's investment portfolio
- Kate Spade is selling a 'super durable' $259 laptop bag for just $79, and shoppers say it's 'excellent'
- Costco solves key problem for parents
- Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban sounds the alarm on devastating fact about tariffs
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Insider
- The rise and fall of 23andMe
- Your 23andMe data is getting a new owner. Here's how to delete your account
- $38 billion Point72 poaches Schonfeld's top HR executive
- JPMorgan Chase tells managers to 'resist' hiring, do more with less as head count balloons
- A US Navy aircraft carrier's disastrous Red Sea deployment with 3 fighter jet losses is finally coming to an end
- Got kids? You're the sort of customer Uber Eats and DoorDash really want
- I'm a barbecue pitmaster who shops at Costco. Here are 13 things I love to buy there and how I use them
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RawDiary
- Netanyahu: Israel Will Seize Gaza..
- Biden's Cancer Diagnosis: 'Inconceivable'
- FBI Probes NY Attorney General..
- US jury convicts Haitian gang leader in kidnapping of US missionaries
- Medical Experts: Biden Cancer Diagnosis Was Likely Covered Up For Years
- Trump holding calls with Putin, Zelenskyy to push for ceasefire in Ukraine
- Deadly Storms Aim for Central US After Weekend Tornadoes
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY) Live: Markets Surrender Ground on US Debt Downgrade
- Berkshire Hathaway Doesn’t Pay Dividends—But This BRK-B ETF Yields an Ultra-High 15%
- $40K used cars, $200K in 529s, and $20K+ a year in extras—are we underestimating the real cost of college years?
- Live Nasdaq Composite: Markets Step Back on Credit Rating Downgrade
- Once Small Player Now Commands NATO’s 3rd Largest Fighting Force
- I have invested in dividends for 25 years—Here is why I like JEPQ more than SCHD
- Stock Market Live May 19: US Debt Downgraded, S&P 500 (VOO) Falls
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LA Times
- 23andMe sells gene-testing business to DNA drug maker Regeneron
- In a state with a dire affordable housing shortage, does the Coachella Valley offer hope?
- Call centers replaced many doctors' receptionists. Now, AI is coming for call centers
- Edison's safety record declined last year. Executive bonuses rose anyway
- Tips on handling advance care directives, Roth IRAs
- It's Universal vs. Disney in an epic 'prize fight' for theme park dominance in Florida
- L.A. council members were told a vote could violate public meeting law. They voted anyway
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Washington Post
- Drugmaker Regeneron to acquire 23andMe out of bankruptcy
- Deportation fears trigger decline in tax filings in immigrant communities
- Work Advice: Obey the boss, or do the right thing?
- Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras
- Trump calls on Walmart to absorb tariffs rather than raise prices
- Moody’s downgrades U.S. credit as Congress considers bill that could add to deficits
- FDA endorses first-of-its-kind blood test for Alzheimer’s disease
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Chicago Tribune
- Things to know about Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis
- Stocks slip and bonds fall more sharply after Moody’s downgrades the US government’s credit rating
- President Donald Trump’s massive import taxes haven’t done much economic damage — yet
- South, southwest suburbs largely see population declines, some bright spots in new census estimates
- President Donald Trump’s tariffs may mean Walmart shoppers pay more, his treasury chief acknowledges
- Chicago housing nonprofit providing rental subsidies for very low-income renters facing a $10M budget shortfall
- Moody’s strips U.S. government of top credit rating, citing Washington’s failure to rein in debt
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Boston Herald
- Trump’s massive import taxes haven’t done much economic damage — yet
- Global shares slide and US futures and dollar drop after Moody’s downgrade of US credit rating
- Working the late shift? These tips can help
- Ticker: No decision on dropping Boeing criminal case; Buffett will be back, but no questions
- Fans make beeline for ‘Bloodlines’
- Bessent weighs in on tariff price hikes at Walmart
- Treasury secretary says Walmart’s warnings on price increases are a ‘worst-case scenario’
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Financial Post
- What economists are saying about Ontario's projected $14.6 billion budget deficit
- ‘Buy Canadian’ boosts local beauty industry. Will tariffs end up reversing that?
- At home and abroad: FP Video on continuing tariff turbulence
- Canada Post is 'effectively bankrupt,' should phase out door-to-door letter mail delivery: report
- Amazon, worker union before Quebec labour tribunal over warehouse closures
- Trump’s aerospace deals were big on numbers and slim on details
- FTC rests at Meta monopoly trial, shifting focus to defence
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Digiday
- Media Buying Briefing: In this year’s upfront, sports is playing offense, defense and referee
- How the semantics of search are changing amid the zero-click era
- The holdco exodus is becoming a founding, independent class
- Agency execs expect sports to push the upfront’s pace, pricing with up to double-digit spending increases
- One year in: SEO lessons from publishers after Google’s AI Overviews
- As Pinterest improves ad platform, advertisers continue to increase spend
- AI is scaling in advertising – outcome-based pay isn’t
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The Trade
- People Moves Monday: UBS, RBC Capital Markets and BNY
- LiquidityBook leverages Blue Ocean ATS to extend overnight trading
- BNP Paribas equity research offering now available on Bloomberg Terminal
- Fireside Friday with… Candriam’s Fabien Oreve
- AI offers many industry advantages, but robust regulation is essential
- Reducing market hours makes sense in practice, but feasibility remains a question
- The liquidity conundrum persists as experts unpack the current state of play at TradeTech Europe 2025
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Observer
- The Hive Model: A Smarter Alternative to the ‘Hero CEO’ Myth
- Unpacking British Shows’ Enduring Appeal to American Audiences
- What CEOs Can Learn from the Boring Power of Mark Carney
- The Coming A.I. Catastrophe for Middle America’s Gen Z
- Dropping HBO Was a Mistake, and Warner Bros. Discovery Isn’t Afraid of Admitting It
- Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Returns to Business After a 2-Year Pause
- Walmart Executives Warn of Imminent Price Increases Despite Lowered Tariffs
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Semafor
- US plans to cancel 7 conditional commitments for green projects
- Stone slab discovery reveals clues to major deities of ancient Assyrian empire
- Analysis: Gauging US presidents’ Africa policy effectiveness
- Analysis: Cyril Ramaphosa’s Washington Test
- Praise for Trump, Saudi crown prince over pledge to lift Syria sanctions
- Emirates offers unlimited caviar in new first-class upgrade
- Trade uncertainty opens up “Nigeria First” manufacturing opportunity
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Reason
- Texas Could Blow Its Shot at Leading the AI Revolution
- Masturbation Discrimination
- Men Caught In Prostitution Sting Aren't Sex Traffickers, Massachusetts High Court Says
- Eisenhower Warned Us About the 'Scientific Elite'
- Trump Threatens Walmart Not To React to His Tariffs
- Biden's Cancer
- Alleged Unindicted Coconspirator in Kickback Scheme Can't Get Name Redacted from Court Opinion
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Nikkei Asia
- Trade worries cloud ASEAN's outlook after slow Q1 GDP growth
- For foreign investors, a long path ahead for India nuclear reforms
- Thailand and Indonesia agree to promote trade as uncertainties loom
- China consumption growth slows to 5.1% in April as trade war bites
- The 'Trumpcession' is starting to hurt allies more than China
- Chinese banks in a pinch as consumer loans fall despite lending push
- AT&S keeps faith in Malaysia as hedge against trade uncertainty
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Financial News London
- Paul Hastings raids White & Case again for infrastructure push
- L&G acquires real estate group Proprium to fuel private markets push
- Wealth manager Shackleton eyed takeover that could have tripled assets
- ‘Big won’t always win’: Why Quilter Cheviot wants to be more like a private bank
- How hedge fund ‘Ronaldos’ beat the Trump slump
- Talent war boosts pay for UK wealth CEOs
- Index providers fight over $6.4bn business: ‘We want our fair share’
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PYMNTS
- JPMorgan Forecasts Rising Interest Income Despite Economic Uncertainty
- 30% of Data Breaches Involve Victims’ Third-Party Suppliers and Vendors
- CFOs Reimagine Flow of Funds as Volatility Becomes the Norm
- Klarna Marks 100 Million Customers as Losses Nearly Double
- Loans to Nonbank Lenders Top $1 Trillion Amid New Scrutiny
- UK Aims to Tame ‘Wild West’ of the BNPL Sector
- Agentic AI Is Quietly Reshaping the eCommerce Funnel
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Forbes
- Which ‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ Ending Is Better?
- NYT ‘Strands’ Today: Hints, Spangram And Answers For Tuesday, May 20th
- Rethink ROI: When Accuracy Matters, Integrated, AI-Backed Tools Measure Up
- What Trading Cards Tell Us About The Future Of The Creator Economy
- ‘Thunderbolts’ Hits Milestone As The Second Lowest-Earning MCU Film
- Weed In A Can: How Cannabis Drinks Are Changing The Ritual Of Drinking
- Relaunch Your Google Chrome Browser Now As Attacks Continue
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Fortune
- Bond yields just hit ‘yippy’ levels last seen during the post-Liberation Day meltdown
- ‘Addictive’ tariffs are here to stay, warns Wharton professor, even if Democrats win the next election
- Regeneron is buying 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million
- What to expect at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women International Summit this week
- What companies need to know about Trump’s looming DEI deadline
- Memorial Day travel set to break 20-year-old record with 45 million Americans taking trips
- Parent groups are hosting fairs that showcase phones with limited features to try and keep children away from smartphones
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Inc.
- Biotechnology Company Regeneron to Buy 23andMe for $256 million
- Why Businesses Are Pursuing Socially Responsible Policies Despite Political Hostility
- The Kinds of Companies People Want to Vote for (With Their Dollars)
- Timeline: 23andMe’s Journey From DNA Testing Pioneer to Bankruptcy Sale
- Gen Z Trusts Social Media For Financial Advice More Than Any Other Generation
- Mental Health Matters in Business Success
- How Leaders Can Take a Vision From Idea to Action
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Axios
- What to know about deepfakes bill backed by Melania Trump
- Papers please: Trump employs proof of identity tactic to monitor Americans
- Trump extends Pope Leo an invitation to visit the White House
- Trump holding call with Putin on ceasefire push
- "Cancer touches us all": Biden shares post after cancer diagnosis
- RFK Jr.'s next target: A common weedkiller
- Scoop: Vance decided against Israel visit due to new Israeli operation in Gaza
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Vox
- American kids are being poisoned by lead. Trump is letting it happen
- A critical fight over “quality” child care could shape millions of kids
- The ugly truth about Trump’s big, beautiful bill
- Donald Trump keeps declaring national emergencies. Why?
- How the US turned the tide on drug overdose deaths
- The Supreme Court just got an important police violence case right
- Silencing Voice of America
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FastCompany
- 23andMe, including sensitive genetic data, sold to biotech company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
- Walmart stock slips after Trump lashes out about tariff-driven price hikes
- Trump’s big budget bill moves forward, but GOP members are holding out for these key changes
- Rite Aid is closing 95 more stores after selling assets to CVS and others: See the full list of locations across 6 states
- Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer
- Housing market shift explained—and where it’s happening the fastest
- North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library will redefine what a presidential library can be
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Entrepreneur
- Still Have Windows 10? Upgrade to the Latest OS With Copilot While It's At Its Lowest Price Ever
- She Turned a Temporary Post-College Job Into Starting a Business at 23. Then Some 'Eye-Opening' Advice Helped Her Grow It to…
- I Sold My Company for Nine Figures. Here Are 3 Hard Lessons That Got Me There
- I Sold My Company for Nine Figures. Here Are 3 Hard Lessons That Got Me There
- A One-Time Payment of $20 Gets You Access to 1,000+ Courses Forever
- What 8 Years in Corporate Life Did — and Didn't — Prepare Me For as a Founder
- Take Your Time Back With This Multi-Tasking Ad Blocker, Now $15 for Life
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Politico
- Capitol agenda: Megabill hardball isn’t over yet
- ‘An economic fallacy’: Rand Paul doesn't see the benefits of tariffs
- While Trump Was Away, His Megabill Went Astray
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 19
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- Over 70 Al-Shabaab militants are killed along the Hiran–Middle Shabelle border in Somalia in an overnight military operation by the Somali National Army and local defense fighters from Hiran. (Hiiraan Online)
International relations
- United Kingdom–European Union relations
- The United Kingdom and European Union concludes a deal on travel, food exports, fishing access, and border security. The deal will allow UK citizens to access e-gates at EU airports along with EU citizens and grants European fishing vessels access to UK territorial waters until 2038. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Russia bans Amnesty International as an undesirable organisation, accusing the group of openly supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Philippine general election
- The nominees of the winning party-lists of the election held on May 12 are proclaimed. However, the proclamation of party-lists Duterte Youth and Bagong Henerasyon are suspended due to pending disqualification cases, leaving 4 seats unresolved. (GMA News)
May 18
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, Operation Gideon's Chariots
- At least 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in the last day. (Sky News) (Reuters)
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, Operation Gideon's Chariots
- Somali Civil War
- 2025 Mogadishu military base bombing
- At least 21 people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 15 others are injured in a suicide bombing at the entrance of a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Reuters) (Hiiraan Online)
- 2025 Mogadishu military base bombing
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia launches 273 drones at Ukraine, the largest such attack since the beginning of the war. The attack comes a day after a round of direct peace talks between the two countries, and a day before Donald Trump's scheduled call with Vladimir Putin. (The Guardian)
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Four people are killed and twenty others are injured in a bombing near a market in Killa Abdullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Several shops collapsed, fires were started and buildings were damaged. (The Hindu)
- Syrian civil war
- Three police personnel are killed and two others are injured in a car bombing targeting a police station in Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. (SANA) (Al Jazeera English)
Arts and culture
- The papal inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV is held at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. (Sky News)
Disasters and accidents
- Seventeen people are killed in a building fire in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. (DW)
- Two people are killed, a 5-year-old is missing, and two others are injured, including an infant, when a train strikes five civilians near a bridge in Fremont, Ohio, United States. (Sandusky Register)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Iran, 2022 Shah Cheragh attack
- A court in Shiraz, Iran, sentences three people to death over two attacks on a Shiite shrine in 2022 and 2023 in Shiraz and several to others to different prison terms. (The Times of Israel)
- Kenyan politician Martha Karua, who legally represents incarcerated Tanzanian opposition figure Tundu Lissu, is arrested at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and set for deportation. (France 24)
- Six people are injured, including the perpetrator and one critically, in a mass stabbing attack when a Syrian national stabs a group of football fans with a swordstick and knives outside of a bar in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (Euronews) (BNO News)
- Three people are injured, including an 11-year-old, in a mass stabbing attack outside of a house after an altercation in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. (Der Spiegel)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Polish presidential election
- Incumbent mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski leads the first round of the Polish presidential elections with 31.4% of the vote, followed by Karol Nawrocki with 29.5%. As no candidates received more than 50% of the vote, a runoff between the two is scheduled for June 1. (Euronews) (Elections of Poland) (The Times of India)
- 2025 Portuguese legislative election
- Citizens in Portugal vote to elect 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic. (AP)
- 2025 Romanian presidential election
- Romanians vote in the second round to choose their president between far-right George Simion and independent-declared centrist and incumbent Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan. (DW)
- Nicușor Dan is elected President of Romania after winning 53.6% of the vote. (CNBC) (DW)
- 2025 South Korean presidential election
- Liberal Unification Party presidential candidate Koo Joo-wa resigns from his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election on June 3. (Yonhap)
- Former People Power Party lawmaker Kim Sang-wook joins the Democratic Party of Korea, three days after he declared support for Lee Jae-myung as the party's presidential candidate and ten days after leaving the conservative party. (The Korea Herald)
- The party of Argentina's president, Javier Milei, La Libertad Avanza, wins the Buenos Aires legislative election, with presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni securing the victory. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2024–25 CEV Champions League
- In men's volleyball, Umbria Volley Perugia beats Warta Zawiercie 3–2 to win the CEV Champions League. (Volley Times) (World of Volley)
- 2024–25 Eredivisie
- In association football, PSV Eindhoven wins their 26th total and second consecutive Eredivisie title in the last round after defeating Sparta Rotterdam 3–1. (The Guardian)
- 2024–25 Süper Lig
- In association football, Galatasaray win a record 25th Süper Lig title after defeating Kayserispor 3–0. (BBC Sport)
- 2024–25 Premier League
- Everton F.C. play their final game at Goodison Park in Walton, Liverpool, England, the club's home ground for the last 133 years. They will transition to Everton Stadium in Vauxhall starting the 2025–26 season. (BBC Sport)
- 2024–25 Women's FA Cup
- In women's association football, Chelsea complete a domestic treble after beating Man United 3–0 in the Women's FA Cup final. (BBC Sport)
- 2025 Indianapolis 500
- In motorsports, Robert Shwartzman of Prema Racing wins pole position for the Indianapolis 500, the first rookie to do so since 1983. (AP via Toronto Star)