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Meta quarterly profit climbs despite big cloud spending
Tech giant Meta on Wednesday (Apr 30) reported quarterly profits that were well above expectations, brushing aside market worries that its…
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Business
eBay announces CFO transition; sees quarterly revenue ahead of estimates
The company’s use of generative artificial intelligence, including its “magical” listing tool, and improvements in search and targeted…
Business
Oil settles lower, posts steepest monthly decline since 2021
Oil prices settled down on Wednesday (Apr 30) and recorded the largest monthly drop in almost 3½ years after Saudi Arabia signalled a move…
Business
US: Stocks end mostly up, rebounding from bad GDP report
Wall Street stocks finished mostly higher on Wednesday (Apr 30) after digesting a poor US GDP reading that was offset by solid consumer…
Politics
Even MAGA Is Disgusted by Trump’s “Kim Jong Il–Style” Cabinet Meeting
President Trump’s all-hands Cabinet meeting Wednesday to mark his 100 days in office was such a shameless display of fealty that even…
News
Judge Gives Powerful Warning While Freeing Pro-Palestine Protester
Thanks to the USPS’s cooperation, immigration officials now have access to photographs of the outside of envelopes and packages, as well…
Politics
Trump’s New MAGA Slogan: Kids Will Get Two Dolls and Not 30
Just one day after his commerce secretary claimed that the American Dream is a return to multigenerational factory serfdom, President…
Politics
Trump Pulls the U.S. Post Office Into His Cruel Deportation Efforts
Thanks to the USPS’s cooperation, immigration officials now have access to photographs of the outside of envelopes and packages, as well…
Politics
Marco Rubio Brags About Ignoring the Courts in Abrego Garcia Case
But as of this week, Trump has seemingly decided to rope The New York Times into the alleged offense, claiming that the newspaper’s…
Politics
Trump Fumbles When Asked Why He Blamed Biden for Bad Economy
“I didn’t take over until January 20th,” Trump wrote. “Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA…
News
Missouri’s New Fight to Roll Back Abortion Age Restrictions
The group bringing the legal challenge, Right By You, is a free abortion-support text line that aims to be, for young people, “basically…
Politics
Hakeem Jeffries Reportedly Fed Up With Democrats’ Trips to El Salvador
“I didn’t take over until January 20th,” Trump wrote. “Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA…
Politics
Republicans Move to Give Themselves More Power Over Entire Government
“I didn’t take over until January 20th,” Trump wrote. “Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA…
Politics
How Trump Convinced El Salvador’s President to Take His Deportees
“I didn’t take over until January 20th,” Trump wrote. “Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA…
Politics
Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen Facing Uncertainty With Tariffs
European carmakers, including Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and Volkswagen, said Wednesday that the chaos and upheaval caused by the tariffs…
Politics
Trump Threatens New York Times Amid Crazed Rant Over His Own Lawsuits
“I didn’t take over until January 20th,” Trump wrote. “Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA…
Politics
Compare Trump’s Michigan Crowd Size to the Protest Outside
“I didn’t take over until January 20th,” Trump wrote. “Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA…
Politics
Trump’s Talks With Zelenskiy Went Well After He Ditched JD Vance
“I didn’t take over until January 20th,” Trump wrote. “Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA…
Business
Trump should revise rules for AI chip exports, says Nvidia CEO
Huang says policies and support from the administration are crucial to accelerating the global diffusion of American AI technology Nvidia…
Business
Under Trump, Stocks Have the Worst Start to a Presidential Term Since 1974
One hundred days of President Trump. Seventy days of whipsaw trading in financial markets. Thirty three days of losses. More than $6.5…
Politics
TikTok plans to build 1b euro data centre in Finland
TikTok plans to invest 1 billion euros (S$1.48 billion) to build its first data centre in Finland as it moves data storage for European…
News
Trademark Registration: DIY or Lawyer Up?
If you’re a business owner, you’ve probably thought about trademark registration. It’s a way to protect your brand, but the question is:…
Politics
Trump Refuses to Answer One Telling Question on Pete Hegseth
Trump has already acted in defiance of the Supreme Court, refusing to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was…
Politics
Do CEOs Dare Risk Tariff Transparency, and Draw Trump’s Fury?
Trump’s price war At a rally in Michigan last night, President Trump declared that “we’re ending the inflation nightmare.” But corporate…