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Yahoo Finance
- 2 Bank Stocks to Buy With $1,000 and Hold Forever
- Nvidia Stock Is on Track for New High Ahead of Earnings. What’s Driving the Move
- Bitcoin Has Best Day in 2 Months as Markets Anticipate a ‘Summer of Easing'
- Time to Pounce: 2 Beaten-Down Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks That Are Historically Cheap and Begging to Be Bought Right Now
- 2 Supercharged Tech Stocks to Buy Without Any Hesitation
- Is Now the Time to Buy 3 of the S&P 500's Worst-Performing Stocks?
- 3 Social Security Changes Retirees Need to Know About in 2024
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Google Business
- The Mirage casino, which ushered in an era of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts in the ‘90s, is closing
- Visa announces major changes to credit cards
- AT&T Strikes Space Broadband Deal in Challenge to Musk’s SpaceX
- Tesla's Top Rival BYD Reveals Starting Price Of Hybrid Electric Pickup In Mexico Launch
- Magda Chambriard, new Petrobras CEO, charged by Lula with firing up job creation
- Morning Bid: As CPI risk clears ... it's lift off!
- Robinhood Boasts $5 Billion One-Day Trading Volume In GameStop Frenzy
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Tipranks
- Lower Inflation Sparks Oil Price Rise as Dollar Weakens
- Thursday Macro & Markets Update
- Sierra Rutile AGM Decides on Key Directorships
- Sunrise Resources Eyes Copper Potential at Garfield
- Balfour Beatty CEO Sells Stock
- Avation PLC Announces Change in Major Holdings
- Pyx Resources AGM Unanimously Approves Resolutions
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Movers
Trending Topics
AP News
- US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?
- One Tech Tip: Protecting your car from the growing risk of keyless vehicle thefts
- Finnish carrier will resume Estonia flights in June after GPS interference prevented landings
- Japanese automaker Honda revs up on EVs, aiming for lucrative US, China markets
- PEN America, facing ongoing criticism over its response to the Mideast war, gathers for annual gala
- Caitlin Clark's WNBA debut helps ESPN set viewership record for league game on network
- Japan's economy shrinks on weak consumer spending, auto woes
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Wall Street Journal
- AIG to Sell 20% of Corebridge to Nippon Life for $3.8 Billion
- Big Companies Remain Dividend Holdouts Four Years After Pandemic Began
- Coke's Attached Bottle Caps Keep Hitting Soda Drinkers in the Face
- Churchill Gets $425 Million in Fund Financing Through Dawson Deal
- Baidu's Profit Drops But Still Beats Estimates
- Surging Hospital Prices Are Helping Keep Inflation High
- Florida and Texas Show Signs of Home Prices Falling
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Financial Times
- A university is not a tribe
- US green energy push expected to generate $47bn market in tax credits
- Collusion claims in US oil must reckon with record production
- EU launches probe into Meta over social media addiction in children
- How much would you pay for a Pi?
- Biden to raise solar import tariffs in bid to protect US industry
- Roche says obesity drug results ‘encouraging’ as competition heats up
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Bloomberg
- Israel’s Economy Rebounds Sharply From Slump Caused by Hamas War
- Investors Split on Whether BOJ to Cut Bond Buying Again Friday
- Germany Probing Far-Right Lawmaker for Alleged Corruption
- The Bitter Fruit of Europe’s Hardening Political Divides
- Lack of Women in Heart Disease Trials Can Pose Health Threats
- Trump Could Be the End of the Road for Dreamers
- Crescent Energy Nears $2.1 Billion Deal for SilverBow
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Reuters
- Chinese retailer JD.com reports Q1 revenue above estimates
- How small businesses became Goldman Sachs allies to fight Washington regulations
- Bank of Ireland to wind down British corporate lending business
- BT jumps after new CEO aims to double free cash flow, focus on UK
- Temu targeted in EU consumer group's complaint to EU tech regulator
- Pfizer offers up to $250 mln to settle Zantac cancer lawsuits, FT reports
- How easyJet's bet on holidays paid off
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Marketwatch
- ‘Our children don’t have the discipline to manage their own money’: My wife and I have $4.5 million saved for retirement. How long will this last?
- ‘Our children don’t have the discipline to manage their own money’: My wife and I have $4.5 million saved for retirement. How long will this last?
- Gen Z knows it has a debt problem and it’s getting help
- IRS should keep its free online tax prep and go bigger, say Sen. Elizabeth Warren and over 100 Democrats
- Baidu reports stronger-than-forecast earnings
- BT Group shares soar after price increases boost revenue
- Ubisoft shares slump after guidance disappoints
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Seeking Alpha
- This Current Wave Of Inflation Is Not Transitory, The First Wave Was
- 'Higher For Longer': The Market Is Over It... You Should Be Too
- XLV: Healthcare Is Ripe For Buying, Despite Patent Cliff
- Diamond Hill Select Fund Q1 2024 Market Commentary
- Diamond Hill Large Cap Concentrated Fund Q1 2024 Market Commentary
- 10 REITs At Mega Discounts To NAV
- Webinar Replay: Top 5 Stocks Innovating With AI
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Benzinga
- ISG Announces Launch of Socrates.AI to Support Next Generation of Claims Management
- Alchip Technologies Reports Record Q1 FY2024 Revenue and Net Income
- Paramount Explores Partnership Expansion With Amazon: Report
- Summer of 2024
- Sol-Gel and Beimei Pharma Announce an Asset Purchase Agreement to Commercialize TWYNEO® in the Mainland of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Israel
- Pulsar Helium Announces Well Works at the Jetstream #1, Topaz Project
- BMW unveils The BMW XM Mystique Allure, a one-of-a-kind luxury vehicle inspired by the iconic supermodel, Naomi Campbell, at the 77th Cannes Film Festival
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Barchart
- Stocks Rise Before the Open as Investors Await U.S. Economic Data and Fed Speak, Walmart Earnings on Tap
- Grain Markets: Will Global Production Issues Continue to Push Wheat Prices Higher?
- This Dividend Stock Yields 4% and Looks Too Cheap to Ignore
- Hogs Post Mixed Trade on Wednesday
- Cotton Gets a Bounce on Wednesday
- Soybeans Pushed Lower Following Bearish NOPA Data
- Wheat Falls from Double Digit Morning Gains to End the Session Lower
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SEC / FED
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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SEC Staff Publishes New Investment Adviser Statistics Report
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Fostering a Healthy “Tone at the Top” at Audit Firms
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SEC Adopts Reforms Relating to Investment Advisers Operating Exclusively Through the Internet
Marketplace
- More women are working than ever before
- In April, grocery store prices were flat
- Retail sales figures suggest consumers are pulling back
- The problem of sticky inflation resides with housing, Fed’s Goolsbee says
- How migration altered the economy of this Colombian town
- Why isn’t the cost of borrowing money included in the consumer price index?
- End of pandemic funding forces some schools to cut teachers, programming
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ZeroHedge
- 'So Much For Democracy'? Blinken Justifies Ukraine Canceling Elections
- These Are Africa's Most Powerful Passports
- "West's Governments Need War" Warns Martin Armstrong "Because Their Debts Are No Longer Sustainable"
- Google's Smartphone Loyalty Problem
- Hezbollah Leader Threatens To "Open The Sea" To Flood Europe With Migrants
- Get Woke, Go Broke: New "Queer" 'Doctor Who' Suffers Worst Ratings In Series History
- Israel Will 'Set Sights' On Turkey If Hamas Defeated, Erdogan Claims
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Investing.com
- Futures rise after CPI-powered rally, Walmart to report
- At some point, weak data is bad news: Roth MKM By
- Bitcoin price today: rebounds to $65k after CPI data, but still rangebound By
- Bharti Airtel: JPM raises to ‘overweight,’ sees stronger earnings By
- China stock rebound rally still has legs- CICC By
- Asian stocks up on CPI cheer; weak Japan GDP, China caution limit gains
- Asian stocks up on CPI cheer; weak Japan GDP, China caution limt gains
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Morning Brew
‘Megalopolis’ will premiere at Cannes amid controversy
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Talking about inflation right now like
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Coming soon to Netflix…Christmas football
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Brew Mini: M/N
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Red Lobster closes at least 99 locations
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Why you can’t read this harrowing crime story in the UK
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Driverless cars are in the regulatory hot seat
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Word Search: Las Vegas hotels
CNBC
- Meta slapped with child safety probe under sweeping EU tech law
- How much money the U.S. spends on war
- In-N-Out Burger is one of the 10 best-led companies in America, says new report
- EasyJet shares fall on profit miss, CEO departure
- Microsoft’s carbon emissions have risen 30% since 2020 due to data center expansion
- Walmart will report earnings before the bell. Here's what to expect
- U.S. inflation data fuels bets of Fed rate cuts as early as September
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CBS
- Half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle to pay for food, housing, report says
- Nissan data breach exposes Social Security numbers of nearly 53,000
- More employees are cheating on workplace drug tests. Here's how they do it
- McDonald's to offer $5 meal promotion in effort to reinvigorate sales
- Here's what Americans think is the best long-term investment
- Brothers accused of stealing $25 million in cryptocurrency in 12 seconds in Ethereum blockchain scheme
- Honda recalls Ridgeline truck as rearview camera can fail in cold weather
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NYT Business
- EU Investigates Facebook and Instagram Over Addictive Effects on Children
- U.A.W. Effort to Organize Mercedes Workers in Alabama Has High Stakes
- ‘Young Sheldon’ Is Set to End as It Finds a New Audience on Netflix
- Vantage, Our Cruise Company, Went Bankrupt. We Are Out $17,905
- Does Your Dog Really Belong in This Restaurant?
- Incident at TSMC’s Semiconductor Plant in Arizona Injures One
- He Won by a Landslide. Why Is He Fighting for His Political Life?
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Stocktwits
ALT Altimmune Inc
GME GameStop Corp
JD JD.com Inc - ADR
BIDU Baidu Inc - ADR
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WMT Walmart Inc
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IREN Iris Energy Ltd
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DE Deere & Co.
DELL Dell Technologies Inc
CB Chubb Limited
TTOO T2 Biosystems Inc
SHIB.X Shiba Inu
SPX S&P 500 Index
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc
S SentinelOne Inc
NICE NICE Systems Ltd.
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc.
BB.TSX BlackBerry Ltd
MSNBC
- How Trump might lose his 2nd straight election: Biden corners him into new debate rules
- Trump pulls desperate stunt at courthouse
- Elizabeth Warren on the Biden admin's big win for airline passengers
- Trump’s vaccine campaign pledge is worse than it sounds
- Aaron Rodgers joins the sad list of celebrity Putin worshippers
- Blinken moonlighting as a rock star in Ukraine isn't helping
- How Trump could be convicted of misdemeanors instead of felonies
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NBC
- Slovak leader in serious but stable condition as shooting stokes political violence fears
- Doctor who saved Sen. Duckworth’s life says he's trapped in Gaza but still helping patients
- Chiefs’ Harrison Butker blasted for commencement speech encouraging women to be homemakers
- Speaker Mike Johnson echoes Trump's 'frustration' with cases and believes threats to his gavel are behind him
- Biden administration advances potential $1 billion weapons sale to Israel
- Devotees of Panera’s Charged Lemonade are savoring their last drops of the controversial beverage
- Supreme Court allows Louisiana to use congressional map with second majority-Black district
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investors.com
- Walmart Stock Near Buy Point With Earnings Due From Nation's Largest Grocer
- Cryptocurrency Prices And News: Bitcoin Leaps Near $66,000 After CPI Report
- Cisco Earnings Top Estimates As Product Orders Improve
- AMC Networks Stock Flashes Improved Price Strength
- DigitalOcean Stock Sees Relative Strength Rating Swim Upstream To 79
- Why Is The Number 4 So Important To Square-Parent Block?
- Warren Buffett To Reveal Q1 Stock Moves After Slashing Apple Stake
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ABC News
- Japanese automaker Honda revs up on EVs, aiming for lucrative US, China markets
- Marc Benioff lunch auction raises $1.5M for charity. Not bad for first year without Warren Buffett
- US inflation eased last month in the first slowdown of 2024
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reveals new $7 billion stake in Swiss insurer Chubb
- Report: Trump may face a $100 million-plus tax bill if he loses IRS audit fight over Chicago tower
- The US says Boeing violated a 2021 settlement. That doesn't mean the company will face charges
- Edmunds: The five things you need to know before buying your first used Tesla
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Fox Business
- Disney's Bob Iger: tech is the key to streaming profitability
- You might get a bigger Social Security check next year. Here's why
- Buffett's Berkshire reveals over $6B investment in Chubb, sending shares higher
- FDIC Chair Gruenberg refuses to resign
- Royal Caribbean set to resume cruises out of Baltimore nearly 2 months after Key Bridge collapse
- Brothers arrested in alleged $25M crypto fraud scheme: DOJ
- How it started... How it's going: Home, energy, car bills way up thanks to inflation
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CNN
- As bad as you may think the economy is now, it’s nowhere near the 1970s
- Biden’s trade chief walks back comments contradicting Biden on tariffs and inflation
- Japan’s economy contracts in first quarter
- Trump Media says it will delay quarterly filing due to auditor change
- Warren Buffett finally reveals the mysterious company he’s invested billions of dollars in
- Caitlin Clark’s debut draws largest WNBA audience in two decades, beating NHL playoffs head-to-head
- ‘Missteps were made’ in handling of purported $237 million donation, Florida A&M president says
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Ticker
US yield curve continues to fall as data softens
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ECB's de Guindos: Price falls in the commercial real estate market are to continue but at a slower pace than in the past year
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US inflation tracker
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US hard data tracker
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ECB's de Guindos: A rise in NPLs and a rise in funding costs are to weigh on bank profits this year
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ECB: The risk of recession has eased, though geopolitical risks linger
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ECB: Overall threats to financial stability have receded
Barrons
- Baidu Stock Jumps as Earnings Top Estimates and AI Boosts Cloud Revenue
- Baidu Stock Jumps as Earnings Top Estimates and AI Boosts Cloud Revenue
- GameStop Stock Slumps in Premarket Trading as the Meme Mania Fades
- Bitcoin Gains Amid Inflation Optimism
- Bitcoin Gains as Inflation Cheer Sends S&P 500 to Record Highs. Technical Signs Flash Green
- DJT Stock Rises. Trump Media Delays Filing Earnings After Auditor Shut Down
- Tesla Stock Dropped While Wall Street Rallied. There Is a Reason for That
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The Economist
- The property firm that could break China’s back
- Narendra Modi’s flagship growth scheme is off to a sluggish start
- Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine
- Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
- Daniel Kahneman was a master of teasing questions
- Diego Maradona offers central bankers enduring lessons
- Joe Biden, master oil trader
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MarketBeat
- How to Buy the Dip and Sell the Rip on Your Stocks with Options
- 3 Hot Buyback Plans Supporting Price Action in 2024
- Stocks With Subscription Based Revenue Offer Inflation Protection
- Meme Stocks Have a Pulse Again, AMC’s Rally Follows GameStop’s
- 4 Small-Cap Energy Stocks Insiders are Buying
- Can a Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney Bundle Fend Off Netflix?
- Live Nation’s Revenue Funnels Deliver a Half-Billion-Dollar Beat
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The Hill
- Lobbying World: Fudge finds a new home after departing Biden admin
- How AI could make workers more productive
- Biden administration ends solar tariff exemption
- All three major stock indexes close at record highs as inflation slows down
- Grocery prices fall for first time in a year
- Walgreens offering cheaper version of opioid reversal drug
- McHenry bashes FDIC chief for ‘hubris’ attending hearing despite calls to resign
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BBC
- Peak-time ScotRail fares scrapped for further three months
- Time running out plea as summit discusses future of Ferguson shipyard
- Faisal Islam: Could the US economy be doing too well?
- Chinese electric car maker Nio unveils rival to Tesla's Model Y
- The man who turned his dead father into a chatbot
- Firms leaving UK 'not a crisis' says stock market boss
- Royal Mail owner poised to accept £3.5bn takeover bid
- More
The Guardian
- EU investigates Facebook owner Meta over child safety and mental health concerns
- Meta revokes job offer to sextortion expert after he publicly criticizes Instagram
- BT reveals £3bn cuts as it passes peak full-fibre broadband spend
- EasyJet’s Johan Lundgren to step down at beginning of 2025
- Japan’s economy shrinks faster than expected; BT in new £3bn cost savings push
- Sharp rise in cost of British lamb in UK due to rising demand and import issues
- ‘It’s going gangbusters!’ How Britain fell in love with bubble tea
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YouGov
Many Americans dislike both Biden and Trump. Here’s how polls say they’ll vote
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Most Americans expect a neutral or positive response to a man in U.S. pro sports coming out as gay
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Minding their manners: Do Americans follow traditional dining etiquette?
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Americans’ top skin concerns and how much they’d spend to treat them
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How well can Americans visualize images in their minds?
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Explaining the partisan gap in support for student loan forgiveness
The Street
- A better-than-expected CPI report cheers investors
- Analysts reboot Alibaba stock price target after earnings
- Boeing sinks deeper into hot water over its 737 Max mishaps
- Essential electric vehicle tech company set to close operations
- Analysts retool Home Depot stock price targets after earnings
- Top analyst updates S&P 500 price target after April inflation surprise
- Home Depot CEO sounds the alarm on a growing problem
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Insider
- Putin wouldn't have invaded Ukraine when he did if he'd had AI tools, says Anduril founder Palmer Luckey
- A millennial who got laid off says he's encountered ghost jobs and scammers in his struggle to find a remote role
- MrBeast has broken the curse of influencer success
- Here's what the economy could look like with a Biden or Trump presidency
- The sad, disappointing return of Roaring Kitty
- Another of the world's best airlines is giving its staff a huge bonus after a 2nd year of record profits
- Jobseekers and recruiters are all using AI. It's chaos
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AOL Finance
- Digitalisation of banking creates new risks, says global watchdog
- Exclusive-Fed's Williams welcomes inflation data, not ready to seek rate cuts
- Wall Street’s biggest bull wishes he'd been a bigger bull
- So, I chatted with President Joe Biden: My notes behind the scenes
- Futures edge higher as softer inflation report lifts rate-cut hopes
- Looks like Elon Musk's belated 40th birthday present to Mark Zuckerberg is reviving that bizarre cage match bet
- Cressida Cowper is getting a redemption arc in 'Bridgerton' season 3. Here's how it differs from the books
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- 3 Reasons Super Micro Computer Surged 16% Today
- The Fastest Gunship Helicopters of the Modern Era
- The Simple Steps Every American Should Take To Prepare for a Nuclear Attack
- The 30 Oldest Countries On Earth
- Georgia’s Best Counties to Live In
- 15 Least Popular TV Networks According to Millennials: Ranked
- This WWII Battle Had The Most Soldiers, By a Huge Margin
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LA Times
- How YouTube became must-see TV: Shorts, sports and Coachella livestreams
- Column: Inside the effort by two Beverly Hills billionaires to kill a state law protecting farmworkers
- California's strong labor laws aren't enough to protect workers, report says
- TikTok creators sue U.S. government in a bid to stop potential ban
- Tesla to cut 601 jobs in Bay Area, a sign of more problems for EV maker
- Fast food operators rushing to use AI in the wake of minimum wage hikes
- Ex-Dodger owner Frank McCourt forming investment group to make a bid for TikTok
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Washington Post
- How the federal government can save money by following a to-do list
- University union authorizes strike over response to Gaza protests
- Cruise settles with person dragged under one of its robotaxis
- Congress passes FAA bill with airline safety and traveler upgrades
- Even remote and hybrid work can burn you out. Here’s how to avoid it
- Inflation improved slightly in April, with timing for rate cuts still uncertain
- Look to the cloud to protect the life documents saved on your computer
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Chicago Tribune
- Six months after Yellow Line crash injured more than a dozen, investigation continues: ‘This never should have happened’
- Wicker Park 6-bedroom home with 2-story coach house: $4M
- Suburban Cook County biggest area population loser in recent years, census estimates show
- Census 2023 population estimates for the Chicago area: Did your city, town or village gain or lose residents?
- Chicago youth struggle with higher rates of unemployment post-pandemic, new report finds. ‘I need a job ASAP’
- Northwestern recruiting from within with free nursing training program for staff
- Northwestern first in Illinois to reach 10,000 abdominal transplants
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Seattle Times
- Finnish carrier will resume Estonia flights in June after GPS interference prevented landings
- Japanese automaker Honda revs up on EVs, aiming for lucrative US, China markets
- One Tech Tip: Protecting your car from the growing risk of keyless vehicle thefts
- Stock market today: Asian shares advance after another round of Wall St records
- Caitlin Clark’s WNBA debut helps ESPN set viewership record for league game on network
- Japan’s economy shrinks on weak consumer spending, auto woes
- King County reports largest number of homeless people ever
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Boston Herald
- 2024 Mercedes CLA Coupe delivers style for consumers
- US inflation eased last month in the first slowdown of 2024
- Ticker: House eyes climate bill; $400M tax-exempt bonds boost Beth Israel Lahey
- Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic
- Forget ringing the button for the nurse. Patients now stay connected by wearing one
- Rent growth outstrips wages in most US metros, new report shows
- Walmart lays off hundreds of employees and requires others to relocate
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Financial Post
- Opinion: Capital gains tax hikes are terrible optics for Canada
- 'Take better control of financial data': What 'open banking' would mean to you
- Ontario Teachers' returns disappoint as markets soar and interest rates hit real estate
- Self-proclaimed Canadian ‘Crypto King’ facing criminal fraud charge
- Trudeau's housing push in doubt as pace of construction falls
- TD Bank's anti-money laundering lapses on House of Commons' radar
- Posthaste: This cratering GDP number has only ever been seen during a recession
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The Trade
- BNY Mellon combines market offerings through Global Markets Trading integration
- Sri Lanka to cut settlement cycle from T+3 to T+2 in June
- Increased adoption of EMSs in fixed income expected over the next 12 months despite the pain points associated with new trading technology
- OTC Markets to launch overnight US dollar trading
- ION’s LIST connects FastTrade electronic trading system to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
- Euronext sees Q1 trading venues rise despite declines in cash and derivatives
- Goldman Sachs and Citi trading heads latest to join Tradefeedr client advisory group
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Observer
- OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Departs 6 Months After Failed Sam Altman Ouster
- An Anonymous $100M Donation Could Help Keep Artists in San Francisco
- The World’s First Desktop Computer Heads to Auction
- ‘Godmother of A.I.’ Fei-Fei Li On Why You Shoudn’t Trust Any A.I. Company
- Jack Dorsey Pledges $21M Toward Open-Source Development to Advance Bitcoin
- Mark Zuckerberg Turns 40: A Look Back at Key Moments in the Facebook Founder’s Career
- What Melinda French Gates’s Philanthropy Could Look Like Post-Gates Foundation
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Semafor
- Trump and Biden are competing to quarterback the Super Bowl of tax policy
- Top executive departs Tucker Carlson’s new company
- 50 days after Baltimore bridge crash, Indian, Sri Lankan crew members remain stuck on board ship
- ‘That ship has sailed’: Western efforts to court China on Ukraine flop
- France declares state of emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia
- Russia, China deepen ties as Moscow gains momentum in Ukraine
- US inflation cools for first time in 2024, prompting cautious optimism
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Reason
- The ‘migrant crime’ wave, debunked
- Brickbat: Never Low Prices
- Thursday Open Thread
- Louisiana SG Seeks Initial En Banc in 5th Circuit On Whether Section 2 of VRA Has Implied Private Right of Action
- No, politicians can't 'fix' prices
- Biden administration strips federal funding from nonprofit at center of COVID lab leak controversy
- He was sentenced to a decade in prison for having unlicensed weapons
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Nikkei Asia
- China slams 'wrongful' U.S. tariff hikes as markets await response
- Xi and Putin agree to enhance 'strategic cooperation' amid 'storms'
- Honda to double 10-year EV and software investment to $65bn
- China revs up on auto chips and HBM shakes up memory
- West must face up to paradox of green transition
- Thailand could lose jobs with minimum wage hike, business lobby says
- Xi meets Putin in Beijing, calls stronger ties 'conducive to peace'
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Institutional Investor
- Tiger Grandcub Valiant Makes New Bets on AI
- CalSTRS Names Next CIO
- Internal Threats Pose Underappreciated Risks to Family Offices
- Our Man in East Setauket
- Most Life Sciences Hedge Funds Suffer Losses Last Month
- How Blackstone Bolted Past Rivals in Life Sciences
- Icahn’s Investment Fund Posts Small Loss
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- Daily Discussion Thread for May 16, 2024
- Palantir Stock Shows Slivers Of What Could Be
- Any experience with the FinancialEdge courses?
- $ZIM calls 1500% return in a week
- took a bet for fun. Bought this at 11.2, it dipped to 10.95. I put a sell order at 12 yesterday. and now it’s 12.6. Made profit anyway, but wtf😭
- Why banks consider renewable energy to be a riskier investment than fossil fuels
- Brian Garst: Blocking Nippon Steel deal will hurt US economy
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PYMNTS
- The Orchestrated Platform: Why Payments Orchestration Is Not Just for Merchants
- Why Gen Z Shops Merchants That Offer Pay Later Plans
- White-Label Payments Solutions Monetize Resellers eCommerce Efforts
- Could ISO 20022’s Data-Rich Messaging Fuel AI Innovation?
- AI Turns Streaming Video Search Into Churn-Reducing Conversations
- Bakkt: Institutional Investors to Drive Growth in Crypto Trading Market
- DOJ Charges 2 Brothers With ‘Cutting-Edge Scheme’ to Steal Cryptocurrency
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Forbes
- Searching For Return On Equity: A Powerful Screening Strategy Explained
- United Kingdom’s FTSE 100: Reversion Or Dead Cat Bounce?
- This Stock Has A 1.08% Yield And Sells For Less Than Book
- Bargain Hunting With Technical Analyst Charles Kirkpatrick
- Gaining An Edge: 5 AI-Powered Strategies For Stock Market Success
- Gold Hit $2,200
- Federal Reserve Reduces Tightening, Keeping The Economy Juiced
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Fortune
- Amazon raised warehouse wages to $15 an hour 5 years ago. Today, half of workers surveyed told researchers they struggle to afford food or rent
- Unmarried millennials are twice as likely as boomers to buy homes solo
- Rolex seller shares soar after strong U.S. sales
- Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning power-generating wind turbines offshore or near the state’s coastline
- Senators grill top U.S. intelligence officials about how they’ll stop AI-armed adversaries from influencing the 2024 election
- Wealthy Nordics are fleeing to Zurich due to high wealth taxes
- Barge slams into Texas bridge causing partial collapse and oil spill
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Inc.
- Neuroscience Says 6 to 10 Minutes a Day Can Make You Smarter, More Focused, and Even Increase the Size of Your Brain
- Warren Buffett Just Revealed a Secret $6.7 Billion Investment, and the Reason Why Is Eye-Opening
- Psychologist Adam Grant Says Your Overall Success at Work Comes Down to Three Familiar Words
- In 1 Sentence, Google CEO Sundar Pichai Just Summed Up What Every Company CEO Should Be Doing Right Now
- Is Your Company Ready for Interdependence?
- Here's the Lesson Every Smart Leader Should Learn From the Embarrassing Miss USA Resignations
- 9 Communication Principles for Today’s Business Leaders
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Axios
- Old-school video game emulation comes to iPhones
- Trump's brazen legal strategy: Why his attorneys keep filing motions that are destined to fail
- Weight-loss drug shortages have patients stressed over missing doses
- How Biden hedged his bet on Trump debates
- Here are the policy ideas Trump talks about the most
- OpenAI departure shows doomers have lost the AI fight
- Arrests at University of California, Irvine, as UC union authorizes strike over Gaza protests
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Vox
- Bridgerton’s third season is its best yet
- Why can’t prices just stay the same?
- Biden’s surprise proposal to debate Trump early, explained
- Psychedelics could treat some of the worst chronic pain in the world
- Why school segregation is getting worse
- The crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists shows why the left needs free speech
- How to prepare for another season of wildfire smoke
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FastCompany
- The luckiest generation? Why Gen Z is entering the workforce at the perfect time
- Congress clears major aviation safety and refunds bill
- How local businesses drive community growth
- These 50 global housing markets have the most millionaires
- Netflix-NFL deal tests fans’ subscription fatigue. How costly could streaming every game get?
- Deloitte: Gen Z and millennials who use generative AI love it, but they worry it will steal jobs
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Entrepreneur
- Site Traffic Down? Google Just Made Some Big Search Changes
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- Walmart to Lay Off Hundreds of Employees, Relocate Remote Workers Back to the Office
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Politico
- Videos show growing pro-Palestinian campus protests as lawmakers speak out
- Parker accused of shoving advocate at Capitol
- Adams talks protest busting
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- The 2026 election is already taking shape
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Newsweek
- Texas woman reveals squatter "drug den" hell: "I couldn't do anything"
- The Russia-China Relationship Is More Complicated Than You Might Think
- Why are so many more Gen Z identifying as LGBTQ+?
- Stephen King's Clint Eastwood comment goes viral
- Tornadoes, hail threaten Texas and Louisiana as severe thunderstorms hit
- Red Lobster reacts to Vivica A. Fox comment amid closures
- Prince Harry come home calls raise eyebrows
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NPR
- The highs and lows of US rents : The Indicator from Planet Money
- Why Gold? (Classic) : Planet Money
- Inflation eased and the stock market rallied in April
- Is this the beginning of the end of beauty pageants?
- Eggs, milk and other grocery prices fall, as overall inflation eases
- Lots of drug companies talk about putting patients first
- Consumer Price Index report for April gives an idea of where inflation stands
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Globe And Mail
- Increased demand for Indigenous-led architecture means challenging the norms of a colonial industry
- Opinion: China is after Canada’s pulp and paper industry
- With Yellowhead pipeline, ATCO is making a bet on natural gas to meet Alberta’s energy needs
- Drill sergeants beat cheerleaders and coaches for helping us advance our careers
- Laurentian Bank cuts jobs and eliminates equity research team
- Union at port of Vancouver says it will delay serving strike notice
- Proxy advisers recommend investors vote ‘no’ on Shopify executive pay
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CBC
- Customers are fed up with anti-theft measures at stores. Retailers say organized crime is to blame
- Olive oil is how much now? Prices jump — again
- Home sales and new home construction both drop in April
- Boeing could be criminally charged, U.S. Justice Dept. suggests in court filing
- As AI becomes more human-like, experts warn users must think more critically about its responses
- A 1st in Canada, $1.6B EV battery separator plant to open in Port Colborne, Ont., in 2027
- U.S. raises tariffs significantly on EVs, other goods from China
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Techmeme
- Baidu reports Q1 revenue up 1% YoY to ~$4.4B, above ~$4.35B est., the slowest growth in over a year, and net income down 6% YoY to ~$755M, above ~$554M est
- https://on.ft.com/4akOztT
- Chinese police in the Sichuan province dismantle an underground bank that used USDT for foreign currency exchanges worth $1.9B+, mainly to smuggle medicine
- Ubisoft falls ~15% after warning that Q1 net bookings will be ~€275M, below €376M est., and reporting a €401M adjusted operating income in FY 2024
- ElevenLabs quietly launches ElevenLabs Reader: AI Audio, its first consumer app to read web pages, PDFs and other documents aloud in 11 different voices
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- US lawmakers are watching to see whether Colorado's bill for regulating AI, modeled on Connecticut's now derailed bill, can withstand the tech lobby pressure
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Silicon Valley
- General Motors opens Mountain View office that will be a big tech hub
- Forget ringing the button for the nurse. Patients now stay connected by wearing one
- GM’s Cruise pays more than $8 million to San Francisco pedestrian run over and dragged by its robotaxi
- Rent growth outstrips wages in most US metros, new report shows
- Californians are not paying their bills at the highest level since 2021
- Half Moon Bay planning commission reluctantly OKs senior farmworker housing
- Bay Area consumer prices hop higher as pace of inflation worsens
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Techcrunch
- Thoma Bravo’s LogRhythm merges with Exabeam in more cybersecurity consolidation
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- Senate study proposes ‘at least’ $32B yearly for AI programs
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- Netflix to take on Google and Amazon by building its own ad server
- Matt Garman taking over as CEO with AWS at crossroads
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The Register
- Latest UK units of measurement go big
- NCSC CTO: Broken market must be fixed to usher in new tech
- HR says biz leaders scared RTO policy causes staff attrition
- Apple on track for quarter of all iPhones to be made in India by 2028
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- Crook brags about US Army, '$75b defense company' breaches
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Silicon Republic
- New hub looks to prevent misinformation in Waterford elections
- Irish finance start-up Numra raises €1.5m led by Elkstone
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Tech Co
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Business Journals
- Menlo Park startup named European award finalist
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InvestorPlace
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The Week
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PBS Newshour
- South African music group spreads Mandela’s message of reconciliation and healing
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Baidu ekes out modest revenue growth, as AI competition rises in China
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Euronews
- Meta’s platforms hit with two more DSA investigations
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- Marseille FC's billionaire owner Frank McCourt set for US TikTok bid
- No grace period for DSA compliance in Ireland
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Asia Financial
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Japan Times
- Toshiba to cut 4,000 jobs in restructuring effort under new ownership
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Wikipedia Current Events
May 15
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign, 2024 Kharkiv offensive
- Battle of Vovchansk (2024)
- Russia says its forces have captured the village of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and several more villages in Kharkiv Oblast. Ukraine confirms it has pulled back its troops from Vovchansk to "preserve the lives of our servicemen and avoid losses". (BBC News)
- Battle of Vovchansk (2024)
- Southern Ukraine campaign, 2024 Kharkiv offensive
- Attempted assassination of Robert Fico
- Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is injured in a shooting in Handlová, Slovakia, which is being treated as an assassination attempt. The shooter has been apprehended and is identified as a 71-year-old writer from Levice, Slovakia. (BBC News) (The Wall Street Journal)
- The Slovak government describes Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition as life-threatening. Deputy prime minister Tomáš Taraba stated that Fico underwent surgery, was stabilized, and is expected to survive. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
- 2024 New Caledonia unrest
- France declares a state of emergency in New Caledonia as anti-French rioting continues, which has killed four people. Schools are closed and a curfew is announced in the capital Nouméa. (Reuters)
- War in Sudan
- The United States issues sanctions on two commanders of the Rapid Support Forces, Ali Yagoub Gibril and Osman Mohamed Hamid, for their roles in the escalating violence in Darfur. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Canada wildfires
- Authorities evacuate over 6,000 people as wildfires approach the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. (Reuters) (NPR)
- 2024 West Sumatra floods
- The death toll from the flash flood and lahar in West Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 62, with 25 others still missing. (Reuters)
International relations
- Nicaragua–United States relations
- The United States impose visa restrictions on more than 250 members of the Nicaraguan government and also sanction three Nicaraguan entities for "repressive action" and a failure to control migrant smuggling through Nicaragua. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Six people are injured during a mass stabbing at a railway station in Zofingen, Switzerland. The suspect, who has suffered self-inflicted wounds, is detained. His motives are unknown. (Al Arabiya)
- Federal prosecutors in New York City charge two brothers, Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, after they were arrested for exploiting the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency. (Reuters)
- The United States Supreme Court lets Louisiana use a new congressional map with two majority-Black congressional districts in the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections. (CBS News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 United States presidential election
- 2024 United States presidential debates
- U.S. President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump agree to hold a presidential debate on June 27, hosted by CNN, which will be the earliest general election debate in modern history in the United States. A second debate will be held in September. (The New York Times)
- 2024 United States presidential debates
- 2023–2024 Dutch cabinet formation
- A new coalition government in the Netherlands is agreed by Geert Wilders, Dilan Yeşilgöz, Pieter Omtzigt, and Caroline van der Plas. (The Guardian)
- Lawrence Wong is sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong. (BBC News) (CNA)