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Yahoo Finance
- AMD Stock Drops After Earnings -- Is Now the Time to Buy This Top Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock?
- Does Costco's Huge Dividend Raise Make It a Screaming Buy?
- Square Stock Tumbles On Report Of Federal Probe Involving Transactions
- Viking Prices IPO at $24 as Cruise Operator Sails to Year’s Biggest. The Stock Starts Trading Today
- Lululemon Billionaire Pledges Shares to Goldman for Margin Loan
- Norwegian Cruise Falls as Raised Profit Outlook Fails to Impress
- CVS Plummets as Rising Medical Costs Hit Profit Forecast
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Google Business
- Amazon-backed Anthropic launches iPhone app and business tier to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT
- Sam’s Club now using AI to check receipts at more than 120 stores. Here’s how it works
- Microsoft announces significant commitments to enable a cloud and AI-powered future for Thailand - Microsoft Stories Asia
- Johnson & Johnson proposes $6.5bn settlement of talc cancer lawsuits
- Novo Nordisk's market value of $570 billion is now bigger than the entire Danish economy
- Pfizer raises full-year outlook, stock rises on Q1 beat
- Multistate E. coli outbreak connected to walnuts: CDC
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Tipranks
- Open Text Corp. Enhances Portfolio with Strategic Asset Sale
- GOLD Earnings: Barrick Gold Drops After Mixed Q1 Numbers
- Divergent Energy Delays Financial Filings
- Stillwater Secures $3.89M in Oversubscribed Funding
- Dryden Gold Advances Mining Claims Acquisition
- Eddy Smart Home Launches $8M Private Placement
- Draganfly Secures Maxim as Exclusive Placement Agent
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Movers
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AP News
- US job openings fall to 8.5 million in March, the lowest level in more than 3 years
- Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.8 billion after hitting price benchmarks
- No need to go guess: Mom knows best what she wants for Mother's Day
- The botched FAFSA rollout leaves students in limbo. Some wonder if their college dreams will survive
- Ford recalls Maverick pickups in US because tail lights can go dark, increasing the risk of a crash
- CVS Health chops 2024 forecast as cost struggles with Medicare Advantage persist
- Japan's Kishida will stress rules-based global order, support for emerging nations at OECD meeting
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Wall Street Journal
- 'The King of Diamonds' Review: While You Were Out
- You Had One Job
- Fed
- U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Post Big Build Amid Lower Refinery Runs
- AI Cloud Computing Startup CoreWeave Valued at $19 Billion in New Funding Round
- The Morning Risk Report: Founder of Binance, World’s Largest Crypto Firm, Sentenced to Four Months
- UCLA Violence Prompts Police Response, After Demonstrations Are Broken Up at Columbia
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Financial Times
- Momentum parties and hangovers
- JPMorgan’s ETF head quits abruptly after presiding over rapid growth
- Houthis extend attacks on shipping to wider Indian Ocean
- Flying taxi start-up Volocopter in crunch talks with investors
- Paul Auster, novelist, 1947-2024
- Ireland breaks up asylum seeker ‘shantytown’ amid dispute with UK
- Power price plunge means cuts for Europe’s utilities
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Bloomberg
- GM’s Mary Barra Remains Undeterred About an Electric Future
- AI Startup Anthropic Debuts Claude Chatbot as an iPhone App
- Under Pressure: The Bloomberg Close, Europe Edition
- Cloud Computing Startup CoreWeave Nears $8.6 Billion in Funding
- Texas Utility Makes Case Pipelines Set ‘Unconscionable’ Prices
- Starbucks CEO’s Honeymoon Is Over After Sales Slump, Shares Dive
- Scottish Government Wins Confidence Vote as SNP Hunts For Leader
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Reuters
- NYCB's estimate-topping profit forecast fires up battered shares
- Airbus ready to lock out A220 workers if offer rejected
- Mastercard's profit beats on strong card spending by U.S. consumers
- Starbucks shares tumble as China, US demand slowdown clouds outlook
- Extreme heat shuts schools for millions, widening learning gaps worldwide
- Investors wait to see Red Sea in shippers' Q1 numbers
- India's Godrej family agrees to split conglomerate into two
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Marketwatch
- 24 Dividend Aristocrats in the stock market with the fastest-growing payouts
- Fearing Trump’s tariffs, one bank has ratcheted up rate forecasts
- Construction spending posts bigger-than-expected drop
- ISM manufacturing index drops sharply in April
- Around the world, workers are back in the office. Just not in America
- Amazon earnings cheered as ‘objectively excellent’
- Kraft Heinz snaps long streak of profit beats and sales fell shy again
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Seeking Alpha
- Two +8% Yields I Just Added To My Portfolio
- Wall Street Breakfast: Higher For (Much) Longer?
- Palantir: Still Tons Of Upside
- Don't Get Duped By These 'Sucker Yields'
- Amazon Stock Barely Moves After Solid Q1 Earnings, But It's A 'Buy'
- Is It Over, Or Just A Dead Cat Bounce?
- PayPal: The Rally Has Momentum
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Benzinga
- BEVERLY HILLS WELCOMES MORE THAN 30 NEW SHOPPING, DINING AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES AS THE CITY CELEBRATES 110 YEARS IN 2024
- ASIAN HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES 2024 INDUCTEES
- Vishay Intertechnology 600 V E Series Power MOSFET in Compact Top-Side Cooling PowerPAK® 8 x 8LR Delivers Industry's Lowest RDS(ON)*Qg FOM
- Hotel Operator Marriott Slips After Mixed Q1 Earnings
- Setback For Novo Nordisk? Denmark Shifts Prescription Guidelines, Favoring Cost-Effective Alternatives For Ozempic
- What's Going With Pfizer Stock On Wednesday?
- THE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY SALUTES THE PROGRESS AND POSSIBILITIES OF THOSE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AT ITS ANNUAL GALA MAY 7
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Barchart
- Broader Market Mostly Lower Ahead of an Expected Hawkish FOMC
- Dollar Slightly Weaker as Bond Yields Dip Before the FOMC Meeting
- Stocks Mixed Ahead of Today’s FOMC Decision
- Hogs Switch Focus to Wednesday After Mixed Tuesday
- Cotton Continue Slide on Wednesday
- Wheat Mixed on Wednesday Morning
- Cattle Look for Recovery on Wednesday
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SEC / FED
Remarks at SEC Speaks 2024
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SEC Adopts Reforms Relating to Investment Advisers Operating Exclusively Through the Internet
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Statement on Internet Investment Advisers
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SEC Encourages Investors to Plan for Their Financial Future During Financial Capability Month
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Remarks at the “SEC Speaks” Conference 2024
Marketplace
- Live music is taking center stage in India
- Dave & Buster's to let adult customers bet on arcade games
- New Alabama law pushes back against DEI curriculum
- How federal investment is shaping Phoenix's semiconductor sector
- What happened after baseball integrated
- Shared curriculum makes climate change a business school focus
- Students protest Gaza war: The history of divestment protests
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ZeroHedge
- AMD's Muted AI Sales Forecast Fails To Unleash Bulls
- Markets Are Very, Very Nervous Going Into The FOMC Decision
- Job Openings Tumble, Quits Plunge, Hires Unexpectedly Crater To January 2018 Levels
- WTI Extends Losses After Bigger Than Expected Crude Build
- Whoopi Goldberg "Enraged" By Donald Trump Saying There Is An "Anti-White Feeling" In America
- More Stagflation Signals As Manufacturing Surveys Show Soaring Prices, Orders Tumble
- MTG To Force Mike Johnson Ouster Vote Over Ukraine Money, But Top Dems Vow To Save Him
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Investing.com
- 5 analysts weigh in on AMD earnings
- Crypto experts see a pullback in Bitcoin price as a buying opportunity
- Here's how to protect your portfolio from a potentially hawkish Fed today
- Lower rates would be bullish for markets, even in a recession
- Goldman updates ‘US Conviction List
- Crypto washout sends bitcoin below $58,000 ahead of Fed decision
- Fed meeting, Amazon results, struggling US consumers
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Morning Brew
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
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Elon Musk scores big for Tesla with visit to China
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Everybody’s doing long-distance with their boss
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Grocery store hopping is the new national sport
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Brew Mini: Primate
CNBC
- Amazon-backed Anthropic launches iPhone app and business tier to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT
- How to make your home hurricane resistant, as scientists predict an 'extremely active' storm season
- Why hundreds of U.S. banks may be at risk of failure
- BlackRock is opening a Saudi investment firm with initial $5 billion from PIF
- DJT shares crack $50 as Trump Media continues stock bounce back
- Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday
- U.S. crude oil falls for third day, dips below $81 ahead of Fed decision, Gaza cease-fire talks
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CBS
- 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
- Federal Reserve to discuss interest rates at they remain at 23-year high
- Donald Trump receives earnout bonus worth $1.8 billion in DJT stock
- Walnuts sold at Whole Foods recalled after E. coli outbreak
- Newspapers accuse artificial intelligence companies of stealing content
- Clear, a new TSA PreCheck enrollment provider, is now offered at these airports
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NYT Business
- Job Openings and Hiring Are at a 3-Year Ebb
- Biden Cancels $6.1 Billion in Debt for Former Art Institute Students
- The Marijuana Industry Hopes for New Highs
- The Fed Tries to Steer Clear of Politics, But Election Year Is Making It Tough
- What to Watch as the Fed Makes Its Interest Rate Decision
- Federal Money Is All Over Milwaukee. Biden Hopes Voters Will Notice
- Bulgarian Distrust of Russia Simmers Over a Black Sea Oil Terminal
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Stocktwits
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MSNBC
- As the race to the bottom continues, Stefanik targets Jack Smith
- George Santos is now selling drag videos on Cameo
- Why the Dems’ latest special election win adds to GOP headaches
- It's safe to say that Trump still has no idea how inflation works
- Judge Merchan's warning of jail time for Trump can't be an idle threat
- Police clear Columbia building occupied by protesters
- Day 2: Trump’s criminal trial in 60 seconds
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NBC
- Older Americans are losing thousands of dollars to cybercrime
- Private payrolls increased by 192,000 in April, more than expected for resilient labor market
- DJT shares crack $50 as Trump Media continues stock bounce back
- Trump tariffs, tax cuts and interest rates likely to fuel inflation, Wall Street and economists agree
- Palestinian students find strength in U.S. campus protests
- Science shows how a surge of anger could raise heart attack risk
- Prosecutors are examining financial transactions at Block, owner of Cash App and Square
- More
investors.com
- Square Stock Tumbles On Report Of Federal Probe Involving Transactions
- No. 1 Biotech Stock Neurocrine Pops After Its Biggest Moneymaker Snatches Another Win
- Mastercard Stock Pullback Deepens On 2024 Forecast Cut
- Pfizer Jumps After Raising Its Outlook On The Heels Of A Big Quarterly Beat
- Restaurant Chain Sees 20% Same-Store Sales Jump As Industry Group Runs Hot
- CVS Health Dives To 3-Year Low On Medicare Cost Surge
- Garmin Smashes First-Quarter Estimates On Surging Fitness Device Sales
- More
ABC News
- Google and Apple now threatened by the US antitrust laws that helped build their technology empires
- Stock market today: Wall Street tumbles in premarket ahead of Fed's interest rate decision
- Regulators close Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, first US bank failure this year
- Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights
- Phones, Islamic books and currency exchange. Some businesses are making money out of Taliban rule
- Lilly rides Mounjaro, Zepbound to better-than-expected 1Q profit despite supply issues
- Starbucks lowers guidance, promises new drinks and deals after customer traffic fell in weak Q2
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Fox Business
- Private sector job growth rises more than expected in April
- Job interview coming up? Avoid these five deadly sins
- Homes are now affordable in just 6 major American cities
- Why gold ETFs are an option to bonds as inflation lingers
- What's Next for Berkshire Hathaway: Barron's
- Amazon sales surge as company trains focus on artificial intelligence
- Tesla lays off more workers, two senior executives out: Report
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CNN
- Dave and Buster’s is getting into the betting business
- Affordable internet gave Native Americans a way to preserve community and culture. Now it’s another broken promise
- Clashes escalate at campus protests nationwide as law enforcement makes mass arrests
- Johnson & Johnson moves forward with $6.475 billion settlement of talc cancer lawsuits
- Move over New York Times, now LinkedIn is adding brain-busting games
- Markets await updates from Chair Powell as Fed set to keep interest rates at 23-year high
- Domino’s knows its customers are tired of tipping. So it’s trying to encourage more tipping
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Ticker
US Crude stocks rose last week to their highest since June 2023
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EIA Distillate Inventories Actual -0.732M (Forecast 1M, Previous 1.614M)
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DoE: US SPR +0.594 mln bbl at 366.271 mln bbl
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EIA Crude Oil Inventories Actual 7.265M (Forecast -2.5M, Previous -6.368M)
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OPEC Crude output fell 50k b/d to 26.81m b/d in April
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EIA Gasoline Inventories Actual 0.344M (Forecast -1.02M, Previous -0.634M)
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China vows to roll out policies to boost economic recovery
Barrons
- Seagate Earnings Could Grow 10 Times in Just 2 Years, Analyst Says. Here’s Why
- Why the Dow Is Beating the S&P 500 Today
- Remembering Joe Rosenberg, a Wall Street Veteran and Man of All Markets
- U.S. Manufacturing Sector Contracts Again in April
- When Is Jerome Powell Speaking Today
- Estée Lauder Stock Is Dropping. China Problems Aren’t Going Away
- Shein’s Plan to Sell Its Supply Chain Expertise Comes with Risks
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The Economist
- Wanted: a new economics writer
- Can biotech startups upstage Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk?
- Joe Biden’s assault on the $900 child-eczema cream
- Will GE do better as three companies than as one?
- How two small Texas towns became the patent-law centre of America
- Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich
- Escalating protests expose three fault lines on American campuses
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MarketBeat
- AMD is Down 35%. Now is the Time to Buy the Dip
- Amazon Stands Tall: New Highs Are in Sight
- Chesapeake Energy Stock is The Energy Play, Earnings Confirm
- 5 Aerospace & Defense Stocks Ready for Liftoff
- Goldman Boosted FMC Stock’s Price Targets, Setting Up a Breakout
- Impinj Proves The Internet-of-Things (IoT) is No Fluke
- PayPal’s Strong Earnings Growth and Strategic Evolution
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The Hill
- Affordable housing crisis looms large in election
- Lobbying World: Global Business Alliance taps next president and CEO
- Yellen: Treasury exploring ways to expand free tax filing program
- Economic confidence slips for first time since last fall: Gallup
- Unionization vote at Tennessee VW plant certified
- Senate Democrats: Oil companies pivoted from climate denial to ‘deception, disinformation, and doublespeak’
- Bottom Line: Press freedom nonprofit signs former congresswoman to push PRESS Act
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BBC
- Belarus firm accused of bypassing UK sanctions
- Tesla staff say firm's entire Supercharger team fired
- UK house prices fall as mortgage costs bite, says Nationwide
- China tightens grip on social media companies
- Chinese women are partnering with strangers to save money
- India's economy: The good, bad and ugly in six charts
- Tens of millions secretly use WhatsApp despite bans
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The Guardian
- UK house prices fall unexpectedly for second month in a row
- PMQs: Sunak and Starmer clash over taxes and pensions
- ‘Yes, this is real’: LA recreates Glasgow’s Willy Wonka disaster
- OnlyFans investigated over claim children accessed pornography
- Johnson & Johnson proposes $6.5bn settlement of talc cancer lawsuits
- Flutter shareholders vote to move listing from London to New York
- Mulberry hit by fall in sales as wealthy shoppers slow spending
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YouGov
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
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Many Americans say they support a TikTok ban
The Street
- Royal Caribbean makes a technology move passengers will love
- Amazon makes a major Prime Day announcement
- How much does it cost to die? Cremation, burial plots, caskets, urns, headstones & more
- Marijuana reclassified federally in major win for the legal cannabis industry
- Historic grocery chain files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
- CVS tumbles as Aetna faces soaring medical costs and Medicare Advantage hit
- Analysts revise AMD price targets as stock hit by muted AI sales forecast
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Insider
- A man repeatedly punched by Mike Tyson in a viral video taken on a JetBlue flight is suing the former heavyweight champ
- Google says immigration rules are making it hard to hire top AI talent
- Some millennial and Gen X parents are leaving it all behind to spend 6 figures on a family gap year. Here's how they budget and 'worldschool' their kids
- Underwater superyachts? A CEO is pitching fantastical ships that can go 800ft down and stay submerged for weeks
- Californians appear to be losing enthusiasm for Tesla
- A millennial couldn't afford the Mounjaro weight-loss drug so he started secretly working 2 remote jobs. He's on track to make $166,000 this year and says…
- Russia may not start an all-out war with NATO, but already has plans to destroy it from within
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AOL Finance
- Dave and Buster’s is getting into the betting business
- Some millennial and Gen X parents are leaving it all behind to spend 6 figures on a family gap year. Here's how they budget and 'worldschool' their kids
- Underwater superyachts? A CEO is pitching fantastical ships that can go 800ft down and stay submerged for weeks
- Bitcoin will drop 13% to $50,000 after falling below a key support level as macro drivers slow, Standard Chartered says
- Stock market today: US stocks fall ahead of Fed decision
- Amazon offering free education tools, grants for Small Business Month
- Private sector job growth rises more than expected in April
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- 30 Multi-Billion Dollar American Weapons and R&D Projects
- For $10,000 in Passive Income, Invest $10,000 in These 8 Dividend Stocks
- This State Has the Most Hunters: Every State Ranked
- 21 Most Popular Clothing Brands According to Baby Boomers: Ranked
- The Cheapest and Most Expensive Housing Markets in Oklahoma
- 5 Dividend King Blue-Chips That Lagged the Market Are Incredible May Buys
- The 8 Most Jaw Dropping Homes For Sale in San Antonio Right Now
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LA Times
- 'Joker 2' trailer: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga lead twisted, musical fever dream
- DEA's big marijuana shift could be a lifeline for California's troubled pot industry
- Column: With his Truth Social stock, Trump may be laughing all the way to the bank
- Column: The legal system is closing in on crypto, and things may only get worse
- Hollywood's stunt-driving industry is dominated by men. These women are fighting for change
- L.A. County Fed joins labor groups calling for cease-fire in Gaza
- Who is Don Hankey, the L.A. billionaire who financed Donald Trump's appeal bond?
- More
Washington Post
- Biden’s internet-for-all program needs Musk’s help
- How the push to ban TikTok spurred a new Washington influence machine
- Use these 6 points to say no to a college you and your kid can’t afford
- Apple, Google and Venmo fight new U.S. plan to monitor payment apps
- UnitedHealth CEO set for grilling from Congress over Change Healthcare hack
- Biden seeks to boost climate-friendly flying
- Fired Google workers who protested Israel deal file complaint with labor board
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Chicago Tribune
- 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
- Portillo’s workers at Aurora food prep facility vote to unionize
- The deadline to consolidate some student loans to receive forgiveness is here. Here’s what to know
- Down to Business: After 30 years in the cookie and cupcake biz, owner still loves that ‘wow’ response
- McDonald’s plans to step up deals, marketing to combat slower fast food traffic
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Seattle Times
- US job openings fall to 8.5 million in March, the lowest level in more than 3 years
- Trump awarded 36 million more Trump Media shares worth $1.8 billion after hitting price benchmarks
- No need to go guess: Mom knows best what she wants for Mother’s Day
- The botched FAFSA rollout leaves students in limbo. Some wonder if their college dreams will survive
- Ford recalls Maverick pickups in US because tail lights can go dark, increasing the risk of a crash
- CVS Health chops 2024 forecast as cost struggles with Medicare Advantage persist
- Tesla fires many on charger team, raising doubts about expansion
- More
Boston Herald
- What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
- Cambridge City Council extends controversial deadline for bike lane construction
- Ticker: North End to hold ‘large pizza rally’ to protest outdoor dining ban; Starbucks goes cold
- Media News Group sues OpenAI, Microsoft
- More student loan forgiveness available, but April 30 deadline looms
- How to escape from a money rut
- WBZ NewsRadio reporter is let go after 26 years with Boston station: ‘Quite the shock’
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Financial Post
- Loblaw hikes dividend as profit rises almost 10%
- Posthaste: This cratering GDP number has only ever been seen during a recession
- Why big banks and pension giants are likely breathing easier after the Liberal budget
- Canada's capital gains tax hike another blow to productivity, say economists
- Posthaste: Why Canada shouldn’t take its triple A credit rating for granted
- Jobs market may be cooling, but recent graduates don’t have reason to fret
- TD Bank to take $450-million provision in relation to U.S. probe
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The Trade
- 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
- Keeping ESG commercial
- AccessFintech and BNY Mellon collaborate to tackle expected FX workflow challenges linked to T+1
- Investor conviction robust despite significant geopolitical risks, finds Liquidnet report
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Observer
- 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?
- The Financial Times Is the Latest Newsroom to Partner With OpenAI
- Bank of America Is Funding Another Round of Conservation Projects at Museums Worldwide
- Elon Musk Visited China for a Day and Secured a Major Deal with an Old Friend
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Semafor
- Biden’s clean aviation rules are really a gamble on EVs
- UN peacekeepers close eastern DRC base as they move to end mission
- Dmitri Alperovitch says Washington on Cold War footing against China
- Does Ukraine aid actually move Republican voters? We’re about to find out
- Top Chinese COVID-19 scientist protests lab eviction
- US consumer confidence slides to lowest level since 2022
- Congressional report reveals how big oil engaged in disinformation
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Reason
- Victims of Communism Day
- Weaponized bananas
- No Pseudonymity for Alleged Jeffrey Epstein Victims Suing FBI Over Failure to Properly Investigate Epstein
- Feds worried about anarchists gluing the locks to a government facility
- "Plaintiff Threatened the District Staff's Jobs, Reputation, Careers, and Legal Liability
- Groundhog Day for the crypto wars: The DOJ on bitcoin prowl
- For peaceful campus protests, colleges need free speech principles
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Nikkei Asia
- Weak yen drives U.S. shoppers to Japan proxy sites
- Australia vows to tackle 'national shame' of violence against women
- Pakistan appoints Ishaq Dar, close aide of elder Sharif, as deputy PM
- Australia to boost scrutiny of 'high-risk' foreign investment
- China flexes muscle at sea as new aircraft carrier starts trials
- China's BYD, Neta eye growth in Indonesia with new EV investments
- Australia moves forward on offshore wind with feasibility licenses
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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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PYMNTS
- David’s Bridal: Vow Renewal Couples Want the Newlyweds Shopping Experience
- Payment Innovations Help Small Businesses Navigate the Main Street Maze
- 58% of Freelance, Contract Workers Would Pay to Get Paid
- Information Sector Loses 4,000 Jobs While Overall Employment Grows
- PSCU Teams With Aloha Credit Union for Card Processing
- Biden Cancels $6 Billion in Debt for Grads of Failed Art Institutes
- Payments FinTech SumUp Gets $1.6 Billion Private Credit Loan
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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
- Japan has a bear attack problem. It's hoping AI can fix that
- Chase IHG One Rewards Business Premier card ups its welcome bonus
- Outdated laws prevent gig economy workers from getting benefits. This pilot program shows the path forward
- Women no longer have to initiate conversations on Bumble
- ‘It's great for the price’: Reviewing Noble Desktop’s UX/UI bootcamp
- This headteacher is preparing 'homebird' Gen Z pupils for the world of work by bringing in a 12-hour school day
- Kansas’ attempt to lure Super Bowl-winning Chiefs across the border fizzles on $1 billion taxpayer tab
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Inc.
- Amazon Offers its "Q" AI Assistant to Business Users
- Instagram Tweaked Some Algorithms to Favor Less Well-Known Accounts: It Could Impact Your Marketing Plans
- How to Conquer the Buzz Machine, From a Social Media Pioneer
- How Taking Regular Short Breaks Can Increase Your Productivity and Happiness at Work
- The Fed's Case for Rate Cuts Simply Does not Exist
- 4 Ways to Build Relationships With Language
- Elon Musk’s Latest Round of Layoffs Might Have Killed the Best Thing About Tesla
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Axios
- Retailers retreat from health care delivery
- J&J agrees to pay $6.5B in ovarian cancer cases
- Police enter UCLA after counter-protesters target pro-Palestinian encampment
- Marjorie Taylor Greene promises motion to vacate against Mike Johnson next week
- Netanyahu warns Israel will invade Rafah if Hamas doesn't take hostage deal
- Elon Musk controls key global infrastructure, from satellites to social media
- As Florida's six-week abortion ban starts, here's how providers are preparing
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Vox
- Philosophers are studying Reddit’s “Am I the Asshole?”
- High interest rates probably aren’t going away anytime soon
- Want to know how to reduce gun crime? Look at Detroit
- How La Niña will shape heat and hurricanes this year
- The Kristi Noem puppy-killing scandal, explained
- Could bird flu cause a human pandemic?
- The astonishing radicalism of Florida’s new ban on abortion
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FastCompany
- Will a DEA reclassification of marijuana put the banking industry at ease? Cannabis companies hope so
- ‘Big pet parents’ John Legend and Chrissy Teigen want to feed high-end food and treats to your dog
- 42% of Americans think AI will distort 2024 election coverage
- CVS Health stock just sunk to its lowest price in 3 years after the pharmacy chain cut its 2024 profit forecast
- Florida’s 6-week abortion ban is now in effect, here’s how it will impact women’s health care
- Organic walnuts E. Coli alert: 7 hospitalized by recalled bulk nuts that may have been sold in over 300 stores
- Inside Zillow’s failed housing market bet: 30,000-plus homes acquired, 5,000 sold to Wall Street landlords
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Entrepreneur
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Politico
- Watch: Trump visits bodega after day two of hush money trial
- Inside the crash GOP effort to head off a motion to vacate
- Abortion-rights groups have never faced a state like Florida
- ‘Parameters of a conceptual agreement’? Not so fast
- Biden cracks jokes about Trump as hush money trial kicks off
- Turmoil persists at Columbia
- In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel squeeze ahead of election
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Newsweek
- Steve Bannon to face the music
- Hearts melt over owner's "precious" morning routine with 2lb poodle
- Kris Jenner, Corey Gamble caught up in Diddy conspiracy theory
- Russia needs 'more and better' weapons to sustain Ukraine offensive: Shoigu
- Scientists find "exciting" rare exoplanet in habitable zone of twin stars
- The Universities Are Enemies of the People
- US border crisis has new epicenter
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NPR
- The Federal Reserve is weighing what to do about interest rates
- Couple sues Singapore Airlines after their seats wouldn't recline into a bed
- Walmart says it will close its 51 health centers and virtual care service
- Is the federal debt REALLY that bad? : The Indicator from Planet Money
- Fox News pulls down series as Hunter Biden threatens lawsuit
- With a deadline looming, countries race for a global agreement to cut plastic waste
- University protesters want divestments from Israel. Here's what that means
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Globe And Mail
- Video: Hosting costs for 2026 FIFA World Cup in Vancouver may hit $581-million
- Fortis reports $459-million first-quarter profit, up from $437-million a year ago
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- Mastercard profit rises on strong card spending by U.S. consumers
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CBC
- Loblaw reports $13.58B in Q1 revenue, as Reddit group's boycott kicks off
- London Drugs stores remain closed after 'cybersecurity incident'
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- Canadian economy grew 0.2% in February
- More stores are ditching self-checkout amid theft and customer complaints
- International students will be allowed to work 24 hours a week starting in September
- With Trans Mountain pipeline open for business, Alberta's oilsands city bracing for boom
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Techmeme
- Anthropic launches Team, a new enterprise plan that offers access to its Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku models for $30/user/month and a free iOS app
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The Register
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Business Journals
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SCMP
Huawei’s Richard Yu said to move up as chairman of firm’s consumer business
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Tesla seals deal with Baidu for China maps, whether CEO Elon Musk wants them or not
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China’s Xiaomi keeps No 3 spot in global smartphone market in first quarter as Samsung tops Apple
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Hong Kong banks to tap city’s Golden Week visitors drawn by residency scheme
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Amazon’s Twitch launches TikTok rival amid push to ban the Chinese app, boosting competition in short-form video
Euronews
- French experts recommend cutting screen time for children under 3 and social media for teens
- Boost for Adidas profits as UK PM Sunak fails to put his foot in it with Samba trainers
- Scientists’ discovery could help save Earth from killer asteroids
- BBVA-Sabadell potential merger: A sign of things to come?
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Asia Financial
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Japan Times
- For Japan Inc., the weak yen may be too much of a good thing
- Developer hopes to tap Tsukiji's 'rich history' to create a new Tokyo hot spot
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 1
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Odesa strikes
- Three people are killed and three are injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike in the port city of Odesa. (Reuters) (Kyiv Post)
- Odesa strikes
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kenya floods
- A highway collapse leaves 24 people dead and 30 injured in Meizhou, Guangdong, China, after days of heavy rain. (Le Monde) (BBC)
April 30
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- Russian forces attack Kharkiv with guided bombs, killing at least two people and injuring six others. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- An Israeli police officer is injured in a stabbing by a Turkish national in the Old City of Jerusalem. The assailant was fatally shot by other responding officers at the scene. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kenya floods
- The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 169, with 91 people reported missing. (The Washington Post)
- Nine people are killed and two more injured during an explosion caused by a gas leak at a restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon. (The National News)
- Fifty-five people are injured after a Los Angeles Metro light rail train collides with a transportation bus in downtown Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times)
Health and environment
- The Mount Ruang volcano in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, erupts for the second time this month, prompting the evacuation of more than 12,000 people. (Reuters) (Voice of America)
International relations
- China–Philippines relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- China's coast guard expels a Philippine Coast Guard ship and another vessel from the waters near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- Over 100 protestors are arrested by the NYPD after attempting to occupy Hamilton Hall. (Time) (WCAU-TV)
- 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation
- April 2024 Israel–Hamas war protests on university campuses in the United States
- 2023–2024 Georgian protests
- Police in Tbilisi, Georgia, utilize a water cannon, tear gas, and stun grenades as part of a crackdown on protests against a law requiring foreign non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. (Reuters)
- Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
- Judge Juan Merchan fines Donald Trump $9,000 for contempt of court, and threatens to jail Trump if he continues to violate his gag order. (Reuters)
- A man attacks people with a sword after crashing a car into a house in Hainault, London, England, United Kingdom, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four other people, including two police officers. (BBC News) (The New York Times)
- French prosecutors announce that actor Gérard Depardieu will be tried for the alleged sexual assault of two women in 2021. (euronews)
- The founder of the cryptocurrency exchange service Binance, Changpeng Zhao, is sentenced to four months in prison for money laundering. (Reuters)
- The International Court of Justice rejects a request by Nicaragua asking the court to order Germany to suspend aid to Israel. (euronews)
Science and technology
- Chinese space program
- A Chinese spacecraft carrying the Shenzhou 17 crew lands back on Earth at the Dongfeng site after completing a six-month mission on the Tiangong space station. (AP) (SHINE)