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Yahoo Finance
- How Does Your Net Worth Compare? Net Worth Stats by Age
- What Will PayPal Stock Be Worth in 2025?
- Exxon to Close Pioneer Deal as FTC Forces Out Sheffield
- Stock market today: Stocks climb as Fed rate-hike fears fade, with Apple on deck
- Stocks Rise After Jobless Claims
- Qualcomm jumps as AI sparks rebound in Chinese smartphone market
- Is The Deal Between Roku and The Trade Desk a Game Changer?
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Google Business
- At least 25,000 people in the US are starting weight-loss drug Wegovy each week, drugmaker says
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- US weekly jobless claims unchanged; layoffs decline in April
- 'GMA' Deals & Steals for Mother's Day
- Tesla to focus on existing gigacast tech for unboxed process: report
- Novartis enters agreement to acquire Mariana Oncology, strengthening radioligand therapy pipeline
- Tesla rescinds internship offers, report says
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Tipranks
- Harvest Minerals Optimistic on Fertiliser Sales Target
- Personal Group Holdings AGM Success
- International Personal Finance AGM Wins Big Approval
- SIG plc Shareholders Approve All AGM Resolutions
- Goldman Sachs Ups Stake in Permanent TSB Group
- Bunzl Executives Conduct Share Transactions
- Standard Chartered Issues Supplementary Debt Prospectus
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Movers
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AP News
- Peloton cutting about 400 jobs worldwide; CEO McCarthy stepping down
- Senators want limits on the government's use of facial recognition technology for airport screening
- Czech central bank cuts a key interest rate again with inflation down and the economy on the mend
- Number of Americans applying for jobless claims remains historically low
- Artists from Universal Music Group are heading back to TikTok as new licensing deal reached
- Japan's Kishida unveils a framework for global regulation of generative AI
- EU announces 1 billion euros in aid for Lebanon amid a surge in irregular migration
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Wall Street Journal
- Number Puzzles (Saturday, May 4)
- Drunken-Driving Deaths Are Up. Why Are DUI Arrests Down?
- The Gift of Experiencing 'Ego Death'
- Five Best: Books on Clothes
- Canada Swings to Goods-Trade Deficit as Exports Drop
- '529' Plans Are Getting a Lot More Flexible---and Useful---This Year
- Today's Logistics Report: Canada's Railroads Face Strike Threat; Brazil's Embraer Plots Bigger Jet
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Financial Times
- Police break up UCLA protest camp in latest campus clampdown
- John Swinney set to become first minister of Scotland
- Italy can seize ancient statue in US, European court says
- From the FT archives: Inside Peloton’s epic run of bungled calls and bad luck
- Peloton offered Barry McCarthy $168mn package to be chief executive
- Births in Germany fall to lowest for a decade
- Powell’s dovishness is right, but not for the reasons he believes
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Bloomberg
- Citi’s Hollenhorst Bucks Crowd and Sees Big Rate Cuts
- Bill Gross Says ‘Total Return’ Strategy He Pioneered Is ‘Dead’
- Stronghold Digital’s Shares Jump With Bitcoin Miner Mulling Sale
- Diameter to Return Some Capital, Raises $1.6 Billion Fund
- AMLO’s Proposal to Elect Judges Undermines Democracy, Groups Say
- Columbia Chief Assailed for Calling Cops Keeps Shaky Hold on Job
- Top Coal Miner Reports 26% Rise in Profit as Staff Costs Fall
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Reuters
- StanChart profit beats forecasts as fee income boost offsets credit losses
- Ocado, Lidl and M&S are UK's fastest growing grocers, says NIQ
- Air France, KLM, Brussels Airlines among carriers in EU greenwashing probe
- Technip Energies beats Q1 order expectations on decarbonisation projects
- Universal Music Group artists to return to TikTok after new licensing pact
- Air Canada reports smaller adjusted loss on business travel rebound
- Pfizer lifts profit view on cost cuts, demand for COVID products
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Marketwatch
- Wendy’s stock jumps as it points to successes in advertising
- Potential failure of NYCB is ‘squarely off the table (for the time being),’ analyst says
- Shake Shack beats profit expectations as sales trends improve each month
- 9 places to retire where you can go back to college practically free
- Kellanova’s profit falls short of estimates but company strikes bullish tone
- U.S. trade deficit hovers near highest level in almost a year
- Apple is set to throw billions more in cash at investors as its stock slumps
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Seeking Alpha
- Big Opportunity For A Big 15% Yield: AGNC
- Wall Street Breakfast: As It May
- W. P. Carey Stock Q1 Earnings: Time To Buy Hand-Over-Fist
- My Top 6 Income Investments Right Now
- BXMX: Covered Call Fund
- Sell Apple Before Earnings? Why The Best Days Could Be Over
- Zillow: Post-Earnings Sell-Off Has Created An Attractive Opportunity
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Benzinga
- BorgWarner Stock Jumps On Q1 Earnings: Revenues Beat, $500M Buyback, Strong Guidance, And More
- WPS Data Logistics™ offers digital conversion services
- TOP Ships Inc. Announces Commencement of Time Charter at Very Strong Rate an Increase of 36% Over Previous Time Charter
- Trump Could Face More Gag Orders In Hush Money Trial: Report
- Visual arts, fashion & music at Arsenal Contemporary Art on May 17
- Cineverse Unveils Public Beta of AI-Powered Content Discovery Solution - cineSearch
- Jamie Raskin Slams Big Oil For 'Lying' About Climate Change: 'They Acted Like Maleficent...And Cursed Everyone To Try To Go To Sleep For 100 Years'
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Barchart
- Stocks Rebound Ahead of Apple’s Earnings
- Bill Gross: If You Must Buy Tech Stocks, This One Is the Best
- Hogs Focus on Thursday Trade
- Corn Posting Thursday Morning Strength Following Rains
- Wheat Heading Higher on Thursday Morning
- Cotton Posting Thursday Morning Recovery
- Soybeans Rallying in Overnight Trade
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SEC / FED
SEC Charges Advisory Firm Senvest Management with Recordkeeping and Other Failures
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SEC’s Division of Investment Management to Host Second Annual Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management
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Remarks at the 43rd Annual Small Business Forum
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Remarks to the Investor Roundtable Co-Hosted by the SEC, NASAA, and Georgia Secretary of State
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
Marketplace
- Sustainable jet fuel costs twice as much as fossil fuel. New federal subsidies aim to close that gap
- Some baseball fans can no longer catch the game on their cable provider
- Tesla laid off almost everyone that built its EV charging network
- The barge business had had a pretty stable year
- Will the new IRS free tax filing system be available next year?
- Semiconductor factory growth must yield to native plants in Phoenix
- Small businesses see wage pressure easing
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ZeroHedge
- US Factory Orders Rise In March... But February Saw Yet Another Downward Revision
- 'Unity': Pro-Israel And Pro-Palestine Supporters Chant "F**k Joe Biden" In Solidarity As Democrats In 'Panic Mode'
- US Traders Took Powell's Pivot More Seriously Than Foreigners
- Unit Labor Costs Soar In Q1 As 'AI Productivity Boom' Fails To Show Up
- Joe Biden Says There Are Very Fine People On Both Sides Of The Oct. 7 Debate
- Thursday Humor: Jobless Claims
- Futures Rise As Dovish Fed Boosts Sentiment, Reverse Bizarre Post-Powell Slide
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Investing.com
- These are the top buys and sells for May, according to our predictive AI
- Wayfair stock pops as Q1 profitability, revenue surpass analyst estimates
- A dip in gold prices is a buying opportunity
- Powell speech, Apple results, OECD growth
- Goldman Sachs still sees two rate cuts this year after Powell speech
- Bitcoin price today: pinned at $57k, enters bear market from March highs By
- Asian stocks skittish as rate fears persist; Hong Kong up on property cheer
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Morning Brew
LinkedIn released 3 new games
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In this economy, ‘old’ is the new ‘rich’
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Tesla guts Supercharger team in super confusing move
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Brew Mini: Circle games
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Walmart woos youths with cool food
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Congress to question if UnitedHealth is too big to fail
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Dave & Busters bets on betting
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Word Search: Movie proms
The Hustle
LinkedIn launches games as a new way to connect
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How Marriott went from a 9-seat soda shop to a $68B+ brand
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A five-star tent? Hotels are betting on glamping
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Why, though? Google tried to take on Second Life
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The vet industry is in a tailspin
CNBC
- UK to suffer slowest growth of all rich nations next year, OECD says
- Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday
- Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs sold for millions in 2021
- Trump trial resumes with testimony from lawyer behind Stormy Daniels hush money payment
- U.S. crude oil bounces after hitting seven-week low on surging U.S. inventories
- Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy to step down, company to lay off 15% of staff
- Wayfair's losses narrow by more than $100 million after layoffs, even as sales dip
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CBS
- A United Airlines passenger got "belligerent" with flight attendants. Here's what that will cost him
- Federal Reserve holds rates steady. Here's what that means for your money
- Johnson & Johnson offers to pay $6.5 billion to settle talc ovarian cancer lawsuits
- The real reason self-driving cars are not ready for prime time
- UnitedHealth CEO defends ransom payment in testimony on cyberattack
- Biden is forgiving $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 people
- The Fed rate decision meeting is today. Here are the odds of a cut
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NYT Business
- Universal Music Artists Will Return to TikTok
- Peloton Chief Executive Steps Down as Company Cuts 15% of Staff
- Global Growth Forecast Is Lifted but Risks Loom, O.E.C.D. Says
- Dave & Buster’s to Allow Betting on Arcade Games
- What Will It Take for the Fed to Lower Rates?
- Tech Industry Braces as Google Antitrust Trial Closes
- The Judge Deciding Google’s Landmark Antitrust Case
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Stocktwits
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MSNBC
- GOP’s JD Vance is ‘skeptical’ Mike Pence was in danger on Jan. 6
- Police detain protesters, break down UCLA encampment
- What Democrats stand to gain by watching Marjorie Taylor Greene lose
- Why there’s yet another gag order hearing at Trump’s trial
- Andrew Weissmann on Michael Cohen: ‘He was like a dog with a pheasant in his mouth’
- Did Eric Trump’s presence in court actually help his dad’s case?
- RFK Jr.'s campaign has hired a Jan. 6 conspiracy theorist for 'influencer engagement'
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NBC
- Trump trial live updates: Hush money judge holds hearing on ex-president's gag order
- California second-grade teacher becomes rare traveler to visit every country in the world
- Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy to step down, company to lay off 15% of staff as it looks to refinance debt
- Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady: What it means for you
- Trump trial judge to hold gag order hearing before Stormy Daniels' ex-lawyer is back on the stand
- Crowdfunding and suitcases full of cash: How Gazans are paying to escape war
- Trump grumbled he needed more support at trial. Now his allies are showing up
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investors.com
- Why Zoetis, Fluffy's Drugmaker, Just Reversed Its Recent Bad Fortune
- MGM Resorts Stock Rallies On Q1 Results, Upgrade; Posts Record Revenue From China, Las Vegas
- Is Tesla A Buy Or A Sell With Shares Rallying 20% Since Q1 Earnings As Musk Enters 'Demon Mode'?
- Not So Fastly. Shares Plummet On Lowered 2024 Revenue Guidance
- Howmet Aerospace Set To Break Out On Hoisted Guidance, Dividend, Record Revenue
- Novo Nordisk Dips As Q1 Wegovy Sales Double, But Miss Target
- Is Google A Buy Amid Q1 Earnings Beat, Artificial Intelligence Spending War?
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ABC News
- EU announces 1 billion euros in aid for Lebanon amid a surge in irregular migration
- Cyprus gives Chevron another 6 months to come up with a timetable on a natural gas field development
- Video Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged
- Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion in cloud and AI services in Malaysia
- Nonstop Mideast coverage of Israel-Hamas war pauses for protests and police action at US schools
- Vendor that mishandled Pennsylvania virus data to pay $2.7 million in federal whistleblower case
- Fed holds interest rates steady at highest level since 2001
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Fox Business
- Tight job market has friend in the Fed
- Chipotle keeping ‘a close eye’ on customer behavior after raising menu prices, wages
- Delays and government errors: How college financial aid became such a hot mess
- Buyers are taking on riskier adjustable rate mortgages as affordability worsens
- Over 242,600 Ford Maverick trucks recalled due to risk of tail light failure
- Surge in fraud for those 60 or older costs them billions, FBI says
- Fed holds rates steady as inflation casts doubt on future cuts
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CNN
- Maryland is about to get $350 million from insurance in bridge collapse
- Peloton cuts jobs and is looking for a new CEO after its turnaround plan spins out
- What to expect in Friday’s jobs report
- Sell in May and go away? Think again
- ABC News president Kim Godwin in hot water as Disney-appointed boss conducts review
- Apple set to report earnings amid headwinds in China and a sluggish stock price
- It’s not just Taylor Swift. The world’s biggest artists are returning to TikTok
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Ticker
Hamas have agreed with Qatar to continue truce talks
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BoC's Gov. Macklem: Canadian inflation rate will probably stay close to 2.9% for the next several months, in part due to rising gasoline prices
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BoC's Gov. Macklem: (When asked when rates are coming down), reiterates that bank is looking for reassurance that recent fall in underlying inflation will be…
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Effective Fed funds rate 5.33% May 1st vs 5.33% April 30th
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BoC's Gov. Macklem: There is a limit to how far US and Canadian interest rates can diverge, we're certainly not close to that limit
Barrons
- Carvana Was Once Left for Dead. Earnings Show Stock Can’t Be Stopped
- Treasury Yields Decline Amid U.S. Jobs Resilience
- Hybrid Cars Are Surging in Popularity Over EVs. Here’s the Real Reason They’re So Popular
- Stocks Open Higher as Markets Digest Powell's Remarks
- The Fed Will Be Stuck On Hold Until Something Gives
- Coinbase Earnings Are Almost Here. A Bitcoin Boom Likely Bolstered Profits
- Apple Earnings Day Is Here. It Could Be a Little Dicey
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MarketBeat
- Meta Stock: 3 Reasons This Stumble Is a Golden Buying Opportunity
- 3 Staples Stocks to Cushion Lower Consumer Sentiment
- Zillow’s Earnings Dip: An Opportunity for Visionaries
- How to Use Put Credit Spreads to Catch Falling Knives More Safely
- Starbucks: Indicators Turns Bearish, New Lows in Sight
- Kraft Heinz: Serving Up A Tasty Dip for Investors to Snack On
- Yum! Brands: Can Digital Strength Offset Same-Store Declines?
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The Hill
- Biden calls Japan, India ‘xenophobic’ on immigration alongside China, Russia
- Inflation locked atop list of financial problems: Gallup
- Senators press Biden administration on Iran crypto mining
- More Americans see China as an ‘enemy’
- J&J proposing to pay $6.5B to resolve almost all talc ovarian cancer suits
- Powell: Rate cuts will take ‘longer than previously expected’
- Dave & Buster’s to allow customers to bet on arcade games
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BBC
- Post Office investigators 'saw postmasters as enemies'
- TikTok and Universal settle music royalties dispute
- Somerset gigafactory: 'It's going to be a wild ride'
- UK growth forecast to be slowest of richest nations, says OECD
- Uber faces £250m London black cab drivers lawsuit
- The insect farmers turning to AI to help lower costs
- US holds interest rate steady and warns on inflation
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The Guardian
- Danish firm behind weight-loss drug Wegovy raises profit forecast to £15.3bn
- Peloton CEO steps down as beleaguered company cuts 15% of workforce
- Watchdog rejects request to investigate Tory MP over City lobbying complaint
- Apple working to fix iPhone alarm problem
- More than 10,000 London black-cab drivers launch £250m Uber lawsuit
- New US climate rules for pollution cuts ‘probably terminal’ for coal-fired plants
- Universal signs TikTok deal allowing artists back on platform
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YouGov
Americans’ top skin concerns and how much they’d spend to treat them
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Most Millennials and Gen Zers don't place themselves within their usual generational group
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Which Americans do Irish and Italian people say can describe themselves as Irish and Italians?
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Most Americans would limit abortion after a certain stage of pregnancy and allow certain exceptions
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Many Americans are skeptical of electric cars
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Two-thirds of Americans who made resolutions for 2024 say they have stuck to them so far
The Street
- Popular arcade company makes unique bet on legal gambling
- Stock Market Today: Stocks gain as Powell nixes rate hikes; Apple on deck
- How Envoy Medical is disrupting the hearing loss industry
- Another popular fast-food chain closes after filing bankruptcy
- The Fed's new interest-rate outlook may roil markets
- Analysts revise SuperMicro stock price target after earnings
- Billionaire fund manager bets big on Google-parent Alphabet
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Insider
- The full list of major US companies slashing staff this year, from Tesla to Google and Apple
- McDonald's says it's listening to penny-pinching customers and focusing on value
- Biden used ChatGPT for the first time. Here's how that went
- Visible Wireless review: Stellar budget phone plans for unlimited data
- Why more young people are getting cancer
- China's top climate envoy is coming to the US this month as tensions over green tech run high
- Baltimore bridge insurer is reportedly set to write a $350 million check
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AOL Finance
- Walgreens partners with Boehringer Ingelheim for clinical trials
- Check out Taylor Swift's $100 million real estate portfolio, with houses from Nashville to Beverly Hills
- A food delivery driver who bit off a customer's thumb has been seen delivering food again
- Sam Altman says we probably won't need a new device for the AI future
- Robert Downey Jr. disagreed with Chris Hemsworth that he was 'replaceable' as Thor, said he has 'most complex psyche out of all us Avengers'
- The college-student heir to the Dutch throne said she secretly moved to Spain to avoid getting kidnapped
- Viral squatting stories are scaring homeowners. How bad is the problem really?
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- This is the Newest American Military Base in the United States
- These Are Anduril’s Biggest Contract Wins
- What Is the E*Trade Robo-Advisor, and Is It Worth It?
- The Cheapest and Most Expensive Housing Markets in South Carolina
- 5 Ultra-Yield Stocks That Provide Huge Passive Income Monthly
- Americans View China as Enemy, According to Numbers
- Warner Bros Discovery Hits Low on Failed Merger
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LA Times
- A slice of tourists hasn't returned since COVID. L.A. wants them back
- Avian flu outbreak raises a disturbing question: Is our food system built on poop?
- California in a jam after borrowing billions to pay unemployment benefits
- Column: California's transgender sanctuary law survives a challenge as judge ridicules plaintiff's claims
- Did Dodgers underestimate value of Shohei Ohtani's first homer? It may be worth $100,000
- Studio owners revise plans for $1-billion update of historic Television City
- Meta now has an AI chatbot. Experts say get ready for more AI-powered social media
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Washington Post
- Russian state media ramping up English, Spanish presence on TikTok, study finds
- Microsoft is changing how you log in to your accounts
- Apple is behind in AI and killed its self-driving car project. What’s next?
- GOP split could doom bipartisan child tax credit bill
- Work Advice: My boss wants me in the office. My autistic kid needs me at home
- Fed leaves interest rates unchanged as inflation muddies path to cuts
- Senator slams GlaxoSmithKline over cost of asthma inhalers
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Chicago Tribune
- Lincoln Park 6-bedroom home with a library that has built-ins: $3.3M
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office calls Bears’ stadium proposal ‘non-starter’ after meeting
- New Amtrak service to begin between Chicago and St. Paul
- Illinois pot businesses could gain tax benefits, easier loan access under DEA reclassification
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- Illinois ranks 30th for hospital safety, down two spots from last year, says Leapfrog report
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Seattle Times
- Senators want limits on the government’s use of facial recognition technology for airport screening
- Peloton cutting about 400 jobs worldwide; CEO McCarthy stepping down
- Owner says King County appraiser pushed ‘tax advocacy’ side biz after boosting valuation
- Czech central bank cuts a key interest rate again with inflation down and the economy on the mend
- Number of Americans applying for jobless claims remains historically low
- Companies shift profits into record dividends, but show more caution on stock buybacks
- Artists from Universal Music Group are heading back to TikTok as new licensing deal reached
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Boston Herald
- 2024 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce hits all marks
- No matter how you slice it! North End’s pizza appeal
- Ticker: March lottery sales down; Job openings slide to 3-year low
- Stuck on high: Rates to remain at two-decade record level until inflation cools
- How to help your loved one navigate the costs of dementia care
- Federal Reserve says interest rates will stay at two-decade high until inflation further cools
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
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Financial Post
- Posthaste: Capital gains tax hike will hit more Canadians than we thought
- Canadian banks risk falling behind global peers under new capital rules, RBC's McKay warns
- Macklem defends Bank of Canada's two per cent inflation target at Senate committee
- Federal budget won't have much of an impact on inflation: Tiff Macklem
- CN, CPKC rail workers vote to strike, threatening North America-wide supply chains
- Fed holds rates, says it will take longer to gain confidence on inflation
- Posthaste: 4 charts that tell you what you need to know about Canada's budget 2024
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The Trade
- JP Morgan Chase expected to pay $100 million civil penalty linked to trading data completeness
- Tim Miller: Innovation in ETFs will lead to increased opportunities
- Appital Insights completes integration with FactSet Portware EMS
- DTCC connects Saphyre’s trade solution to ALERT platform
- Asset managers looking to shake up strategy in next two years, Northern Trust survey finds
- Average daily equity trading on European main markets and MTFs up 14% from last quarter
- CFTC announces changes to large trading reporting for futures and options
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Observer
- Artists Feel the Threat of A.I. But Also Increasingly Embrace the Technology
- Power Fallout Inside Paramount: How a Potential Sale May Have Ousted CEO Bob Bakish
- Amazon Leaders Mentioned “A.I.” 30 Times on Q1 Earnings Call: Key Highlights
- Billionaire Tom Siebel Donates $50M to the University of Illinois for Data Science Research
- Space Missions to Watch in May: China Explores the Dark Side of the Moon, Boeing Starliner, and More
- One of the Most Coveted Banking Jobs In the World Is Up for Grabs
- TikTok Ban: When Will the Creator Economy Feel the Pain, If Ever?
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Semafor
- Pressure piles on Kenya’s president as floods wreak havoc
- US says Russia used chemical weapons in Ukraine war
- Israel-Hamas war raises fears of global extremist attacks
- Republicans aren't worried about saving Mike Johnson
- Colombia to sever ties with Israel over ‘genocide,’ president says
- China declines to meet with US on nuclear arms control, US official says
- Democrats are stuck in a familiar place: Arguing over Israel
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Nikkei Asia
- U.S. law firm Mayer Brown confirms split from China operations
- U.S. sanctions China, Hong Kong entities for Russia links: What we know
- Yen's surge after Fed announcement stirs fresh intervention talk
- Malaysia's KFC closes over 100 stores amid consumer boycott
- Yen's surge after Fed announcement stirs another intervention talk
- OECD upgrades global growth outlook as U.S. outperforms
- West needs to realize India values democracy differently
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Institutional Investor
- The Consultant Shepherding Steve Ballmer’s Family Office and Others on AI
- Dan Loeb’s Favorite Stocks
- Here Are the Winners of the 21st Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards
- Viking Global’s Fund Focused on Private Investments Is off to a Strong Start
- CAIA Association's Longtime CEO Announces Retirement Plans
- There’s ‘No Going Back’ For Insurance Company Investment Portfolios, KKR Says
- Under Leslie Lenzo's Leadership, the Hershey Trust is Evolving
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- Cannabis run down post schedule 3
- Advice on cash to invest in
- Robo Adviser or Taxable Brokerage Account?
- How to Be a Middle Man, Broker Deals, Prevent People Going Around you?
- Why do Treasury Floating Rate produts such as TFLO and USFR move the way they do?
- Could Howard Schultz return as Starbucks ceo, AGAIN?
- The Unsexy Future of Generative AI Is Enterprise Apps
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PYMNTS
- Fast-Food Slowdown May Mean Steeper Promotions
- Europe’s AI Paradox: Slow Adoption, Big Ambitions
- Small Businesses Owe $59 Billion From COVID Disaster Loans
- Mastercard Expands Start Path Program to Boost Payment Acceptance
- Visa Stresses Education as Small Businesses Confront Fraud Vulnerabilities
- Are Real-Time Payments Near an Inflection Point? Bank of America Thinks So
- Data Revolution Adds Stability to Uncertain Financial Transactions
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Forbes
- United Kingdom’s FTSE 100: Reversion Or Dead Cat Bounce?
- This Stock Has A 1.08% Yield And Sells For Less Than Book
- Federal Reserve Reduces Tightening, Keeping The Economy Juiced
- The U.K.’s FTSE Is Due To Get Boosted By Takeovers
- Are Clear Skies Ahead? How Airline Stocks Delta, American And Southwest Measure Up
- These Out-Of-Favor Stocks Are Showing Signs Of Life
- Supermicro: Cooling The AI Boom
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Fortune
- Elon Musk’s shock firing of Supercharger team sparks broader fears about the future of the EV industry
- Employers toggle the deployment of AI for their workforce and customers
- The price of AI is tricky to determine
- Employees don’t have to finish last in AI race
- Tech leaders crave ‘peace of mind’ with AI in the cloud
- ‘Splintered’ AI regulations could harm pursuit of advancements, understanding of where the guardrails lie
- Move over, American dream: The goal of many Gen Z and millennial women is now to be a DINK
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Inc.
- How This Founder Built Her Brand From the Cauliflower-Crust Up
- Peloton CEO Dismounts as Company Cuts 400 Jobs
- Lawsuit Seeks Facebook Users' Right to Unfollow Content
- The Class of 2024 Actually Wants to Work in the Office
- TikTok's New Licensing Deal With Universal Music Group Brings Top Acts Back to Platform
- The Fed Wants What It Can't Have
- Global AI Regulation Plan Introduced by Japan's PM
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Axios
- FTC won't stop Exxon's $65B megadeal with Pioneer as U.S. oil industry consolidation continues
- A mystery chatbot came and went. It's probably a new OpenAI product
- Taylor Swift, Drake label Universal Music Group returns to TikTok with new deal
- The pain from the Fed's rate hikes is surprisingly elusive
- How Democrats plan to turn abortion ballot wins into state-level gains
- Bipartisan House group launches Dog Lovers Caucus in swipe at Kristi Noem
- College admins have blown it
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Vox
- Canceling people’s medical debt may be too little, too late
- AI has created a new form of sexual abuse
- Why we can’t stop talking about age gaps
- Cholera is making a comeback
- How rioting farmers unraveled Europe’s ambitious climate plan
- The history of Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion ban
- Marijuana could be classified as a lower-risk drug. Here’s what that means
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FastCompany
- Carvana stock price is soaring after the ‘best financial results in company history’
- These 2 numbers clearly explain the housing market’s lock-in effect
- Calm and AllTrails know your stress is reaching a fever pitch
- Viking Holdings IPO: stock price cruises in NYSE trading debut
- Federal Reserve holds interest rates at 23-year high until inflation further cools
- Trump awarded another $1.8 billion worth of Trump Media stock
- LGBTQ+ youth are not okay as politics takes its toll on mental health in 2024
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Entrepreneur
- The BirdBike eBike Is Just $700 with Free Shipping
- These 6 Major U.S. Cities Still Have Affordable Homes
- Was TikTok Monkey Thabo Stolen From Wild Dania Beach Colony?
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- OpenAI Can Now Access Financial Times Articles to Train AI
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Politico
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Newsweek
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NPR
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Globe And Mail
- U.S. FTC signals Exxon-Pioneer deal approval, bars former executive from board seat
- BoC Governor Tiff Macklem says there’s a limit to how far U.S. and Canadian interest rates can diverge
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- Workers who build A220 at Airbus Canada ratify new five-year contract
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- Canada posts surprise trade deficit in March as gold weighs on exports
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CBC
- Can a Toronto-based ride-hailing startup compete with Uber and Lyft?
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- Canadian economy grew 0.2% in February
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Techmeme
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The Register
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Silicon Republic
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SCMP
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Asia Financial
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Japan Times
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 2
Armed Conflicts and Attacks
- Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces take control of Berdychi, Donetsk Oblast. (Al-Arabiya News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Solomon Islands general election
- Jeremiah Manele is elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands. (AP)
- Politics of the United Kingdom
- The United Kingdom holds local elections, as well as a parliamentary by-election. (BBC News)
May 1
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Odesa strikes
- Two Russian ballistic missile strikes in the port city of Odesa, Ukraine, kill three people and injure sixteen others. (Reuters) (Reuters 2) (Kyiv Post)
- Russia displays captured NATO military vehicles and equipment at an open-air exhibition in the Moskovsky Victory Park in Saint Petersburg. Among the captured vehicles are a German Leopard 2 tank and an American M1 Abrams tank. (BBC News) (Fox News)
- Odesa strikes
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of Gaza, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- Amid pressure from the United States, Israel reopens the Erez-Beit Hanoun Crossing and allows aid trucks into the northern part of the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Israeli invasion of Gaza, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kenya floods
- Forty-eight people are killed and 30 more injured as twenty-three vehicles fell down during a highway collapse in Meizhou, Guangdong, China. (AP)
- Ten people are killed by heavy rain in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (ABC News)
- At least nine people are killed in an ongoing heatwave in eastern India. (Reuters)
International relations
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
- Colombia–Israel relations
- President of Colombia Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia will suspend diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza. (Reuters)
- Colombia–Israel relations
Law and crime
- Rwanda asylum plan
- British authorities begin detaining migrants ahead of deportation flights to Rwanda. (Reuters)
- Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris announces the deployment of 100 police officers to the border with Northern Ireland amid fears that thousands of migrants might flee the UK in order to avoid deportation to Rwanda. Ireland also declares the United Kingdom a "safe country" so that asylum seekers can be deported back to the UK. (The Telegraph) (BBC News)
- Abortion in North Carolina
- U.S. federal judge Catherine Eagles blocks several of North Carolina's restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, striking down a requirement that the drug can only be prescribed by doctors in-person, as well as a requirement for patients to have an in-person follow-up appointment. (Reuters)
- A student is fatally shot by police officers outside Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, after the police received reports of someone carrying a weapon. (AP)
- 217 people are detained by Turkish police during May Day rallies in Istanbul, after police fire tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. (Reuters)
- 45 people are arrested and 12 police officers are injured at May Day protests in Paris. French police use tear gas and batons on several protests. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Pro-Israel counter-protestors attack the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, throwing objects and attempting to destroy barricades. (Reuters)
- 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2024 Scottish government crisis
- The Scottish National Party administration survives the vote of no confidence earlier this week, prompting the party to seek a replacement for outgoing First Minister Humza Yousaf. (Al Jazeera)
- Homosexuality and Methodism
- The United Methodist Church votes 692–51 to repeal a longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy while additionally prohibiting superintendents from forbidding a same-sex wedding. (AP)