An internal Epic document from June 2020 shows plans to announce the first-ever sports event in Party Royale

An internal presentation at Epic Games showed ambitious promotional plans for the game, including a basketball mini-game and a planned Party Royale featuring Zion Williamson and LeBron ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22417523/fortnite-party-royale-lebron-james-zion-the-rock-epic-apple

#TheVerge

Pang talks about how the digital revolution in Southeast Asia is being spurred by mobile platforms.

Terence Pang, chief commercial officer at Shopee
Shopee

Terence Pang is the chief commercial officer at Shopee.
Pang talks about how the digital revolution in Southeast Asia is being spurred by ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/shopee-exec-explains-how-mobile-first-platforms-are-helping-businesses-in-southeast-asia-optimize-2021-5

#BusinessInsider

The Los Angeles Times has selected Kevin Merida, who spent two decades at The Washington Post and led ESPNs The Undefeated vertical since 2015, as its next executive editor. Merida, who will start in June, will serve as the papers 19th executive editor and will be the third person of ...

https://variety.com/2021/biz/news/la-times-kevin-merida-executive-editor-1234965169/

#variety

These top Canadian stock buys for May 2021 provide value, dividend income, and upside potential. Take your pick!
The post Here Are 3 Top Canadian Stocks to Buy in May 2021 appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

As the stock market has recovered from the pandemic market crash and rallied past the...

https://www.fool.ca/2021/05/03/here-are-3-top-canadian-stocks-to-buy-in-may-2021/

#MotleyFoolCanada

Registration remains open for the virtual Healthcare Elastomers Conference, which runs opens Tuesday and runs through Thursday...

https://www.rubbernews.com/news/healthcare-elastomers-conference-opens-tuesday-registration-still-available

#rubbernews

Apollo sold Tech Data to Ingram Micro two months ago.The impending $5 billion Verizon Media sale will focus the carrier on its consumer and business units.
Verizon on Monday announced that it has agreed to sell Verizon Media to Apollo Global Management. The private equity firm is paying $4.25 ...

https://www.channelfutures.com/mergers-and-acquisitions/verizon-sells-aol-yahoo-offloading-media-business

#ChannelPartnersNews

Ford and BMW will own equal shares of the Colorado-based solid-state battery start-up.Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) said that it's increasing its ownership stake in Solid Power, a Colorado-based maker of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) that has positioned itself as a key rival to ...

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/03/ford-is-boosting-its-stake-in-quantumscape-rival-s/?source=iedfolrf0000001

#fool

Supermarket can deliver groceries to a smartphone's location as well as a street address.Kroger (NYSE: KR) is the latest supermarket chain testing drone delivery of groceries. The largest pure-play grocery store said it was partnering with Telegrid Technologies' Drone Express to launch a pilot ...

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/03/kroger-jumping-into-pilot-seat-of-drone-delivery-o/?source=iedfolrf0000001

#fool

Shares of the precious metals miner got a boost from commodity markets, but its ties to one metal were more important.Shares of silver and gold miner Endeavour Silver (NYSE: EXK) were higher by roughly 10.5% at 1 p.m. EDT on Monday. There wasn't any particular news out of the company today; however...

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/03/why-endeavour-silver-stock-jumped-as-much-as-10-to/?source=iedfolrf0000001

#fool

Purple furniture adds a unique character to any room. We rounded up 9 of our favorite purple pieces at different price points, all available on Amazon.If you buy through our links, we may earn money from affiliate partners. Learn more.

Amazon

The color purple denotes royalty and is thus associated...

https://www.businessinsider.com/purple-furniture-amazon

#BusinessInsider

Encouraging economic data and news of another government spending plan, have bolstered ETFs with greater weight in economically sensitive sectors. The U.S. economic expansion accelerated in the first quarter after massive government aid to households and businesses. A labor market report revealed ...

https://www.etftrends.com/core-strategies-channel/consider-value-etf-to-ride-expanding-economy/

#ETFTrends

From an offbeat footwear maker that's surprisingly back in style to a pair of companies riding big tech trends, here are some great options to add to your portfolio.In tens of millions of American households, the money from the latest round of economic stimulus checks is destined to be spent fairly ...

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/03/got-1400-here-are-3-stocks-to-buy-and-hold-for-the/?source=iedfolrf0000001

#fool

A famous line of the movie could be heard: "By Grabthar's hammer, you shall be avenged!" A panel spokesperson said it was due to a technical issue.

Galaxy Quest started playing during a hearing, forcing members to recess.
Photo by Dreamworks; Alex Edelman/Getty Images

A House hearing was...

https://www.businessinsider.com/video-house-hearing-recessed-galaxy-quest-playing-village-people-2021-5

#BusinessInsider

Ether prices surpassed $3,200 as the digital currency benefits from several bullish developments. When will it break through $4,000? Ether prices surpassed $3,200 as the digital currency benefits from several bullish developments. When will it break through $4,000...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cbovaird/2021/05/03/ether-prices-climb-to-latest-record-as-bullish-factors-drive-gains/

#Forbes

Trinseo has signed a letter of intent with Moscow-based ETB Catalytic Technologies to collaborate on the development of bio-based 1,3-butadiene...

https://www.rubbernews.com/sustainability/trinseo-etb-collaborate-purified-bio-based-13-butadiene

#rubbernews

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSX:ATD) is one of two top Canadian stocks for on the TSX for investors to buy in May 2021 and go away.
The post Here Are the 2 Top Canadian Stocks to Buy in May and Go Away appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

Have you heard the phrase sell in May and go away? ...

https://www.fool.ca/2021/05/03/here-are-the-2-top-canadian-stocks-to-buy-in-may-and-go-away/

#MotleyFoolCanada

As the economy is getting back on track, I believe its time to put some of your spare cash into stocks.
The post 5 Top Under-$30 TSX Stocks to Buy Now With $1,000 appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

As the economy is getting back on track and corporate earnings are to set to benefit from the ...

https://www.fool.ca/2021/05/03/5-top-under-30-tsx-stocks-to-buy-now-with-1000/

#MotleyFoolCanada

Its hard to walk into a grocery store and not see a new brand of hard seltzer these days.

This flavored malt beverage has captured the market, with brands like White Claw and Truly leading the pack. Meanwhile, many breweries and sparkling-water com...

https://www.nrn.com/beverage-trends/flavor-week-hard-seltzer-flavored-malt-beverage-has-captured-market

#nrn

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

PlayStation is now partnering with Discord, the popular online communication service, with a promise to bring the Discord and PlayStation experiences closer together on console and mobile starting early next year.
Details on what that would actually entail ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22417586/sony-discord-playstation-consoles-investment-partnership

#TheVerge

Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Jim Ryan announced the PlayStation partnership with Discord on Monday.

Matt Monath Photography for Business Insider

Sony is launching a partnership with Discord to bring the video-game chat service to PlayStation next year, the company announced on Monday....

https://www.businessinsider.com/sony-discord-partnership-chat-service-playstation-2021-5

#BusinessInsider

U.S. markets bounced higher this past week after the Federal Reserve stood pat on interest rates and its bond purchasing program. Investors can also track U.S. equities through a broad exchange traded funds. The Fed reaffirmed its guidance since December, stating that it must see substantial further...

https://www.etftrends.com/core-strategies-channel/as-u-s-markets-strengthen-look-to-etfs-to-add-value/

#ETFTrends

Professor Who Rejected Student's View That Cops Are Heroes Takes Leave Of Absence

Authored by Ivan Pentchoukov via The Epoch Times,

A Californiaprofessorwho confronted a student about his view thatpoliceofficers are heroes has taken a leave of absence.

The adjunct professor was recorded arguing ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/professor-who-rejected-students-view-cops-are-heroes-takes-leave-absence

#ZeroHedge

Facebook suspended Donald Trump's account after the Capitol Siege. Five months later, the Oversight Board will decide whether Trump can return.

Donald Trump Mark Zuckerberg
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty

Facebook suspended Donald Trumps account on January 7, after ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-oversight-board-to-decide-on-trump-ban-on-wednesday-2021-5

#BusinessInsider

As media fragments its becoming more challenging to measure audiences. Comscore, launched over 20 years ago, has a number of prominent clients and has become a resilient competitor to Nielsen. We asked the management team how they have thrived.As media fragments its becoming more challenging to ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradadgate/2021/05/03/comscore-and-the-challenges-of-audience-measurement/

#ForbesBusinessNews

Netflix's new superhero series "Jupiter's Legacy" debuts in May, as does Disney+'s new animated "Star Wars" series, "The Bad Batch."

Jupiters Legacy
Netflix

Every month, Insider looks at the most anticipated new TV shows using data from the app TV Time.
Its derived from US ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/most-anticipated-new-shows-of-may-jupiters-legacy-bad-batch-2021-5

#BusinessInsider

Stocks represented 41% of US household financial assets in April, according to data from JPMorgan and the Federal Reserve.

JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images

Stocks now represent 41% of US households' financial assets, according to data from JPMorgan and the Federal Reserve.
Robinhood tripled ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/stocks-represent-record-percentage-financial-assets-us-households-2021-5

#BusinessInsider

The CDC hasn't formally announced that people can go back to riding bikes in a dark room full of disco lights, but higher vaccination rates is a promising sign for fitness junkies. SoulCycle's latest campaign, which taps into that mind-body connection that every member of the brand's devoted ...

https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/this-soulcycle-creative-is-a-love-letter-to-the-brands-devoted-following/

#Adweek

"I'm trying to understand what our competitors are doing, what's the fundamental risks around those businesses, how they're going to get disrupted," Abel said at this year's shareholder meeting.

AP Images / Nati Harnik

Warren Buffett has named Greg Abel as his heir apparent at Berkshire Hathaway.
...

https://www.businessinsider.com/greg-abel-profile-background-warren-buffett-successor-berkshire-hathaway-ceo-2021-5

#BusinessInsider

Green furniture adds unique character to any room. We rounded up 10 of our favorite green pieces at different price points, all available on Amazon.If you buy through our links, we may earn money from affiliate partners. Learn more.

Amazon

The color green is easy on the eyes, generally evoking a ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/green-furniture-amazon

#BusinessInsider

NEW YORK Mister Rogers neighborhood is expanding. In rare welcome news of sprawl, PBS Kids is releasing a new puppet-led series called Donkey Hodie, inspired from characters in the original Fred Rogers TV show. Every part of it seems to be infused with joy and heart and humor, says Adam Rudman, who ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434170

#TheChinaPost

Robert Goulder examines what factors make a digital services tax a success or failure.Robert Goulder examines what factors make a digital services tax a success or failure...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2021/05/03/how-to-succeed-in-digital-taxation-without-really-trying/

#Forbes

President Joe Bidens call for authorizing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices has energized Democrats on a politically popular idea theyve been pushing for nearly 20 years only to encounter frustration. But they still lack a clear path to enact legislation. Thats ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434178

#TheChinaPost

TIRANA, Albania Albanias governing left-wing Socialist Party legislators have started the impeachment process against the countrys president who they accuse of violating the constitution during the last election, their parliamentary group leader said Monday. Taulant Balla said that 50 Socialist ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434181

#TheChinaPost

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moved to suspend all remaining COVID-19 restrictions imposed by communities across his state, signing into law on Monday freshly passed legislation giving him sweeping powers to invalidate local emergency measures put in place during the pandemic including...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434193

#TheChinaPost

Second Place, by Rachel Cusk (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) In 1922, the now-legendary arts patron Mabel Dodge Luhan invited the British writer D.H. Lawrence to her home in Taos, New Mexico. A decade later, she published a memoir about the visit called Lorenzo in Taos. Rachel Cusks latest novel, Second...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434197

#TheChinaPost

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Atlanta Hawks are planning to increase capacity at State Farm Arena, including a new section for fully vaccinated fans, as they prepare for their first postseason appearance in four years. The team has been ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434202

#TheChinaPost

The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave (Simon & Schuster) In Laura Daves latest novel, The Last Thing He Told Me, Hannahs husband, Owen, disappears leaving behind a note instructing her to to protect his 16-year-old daughter and Hannahs stepdaughter, Bailey. Thats it. Hannah is processing what ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434209

#TheChinaPost

Dear fellow investors, Q1 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting was a mixture of caution, wisdom and honesty. This was very refreshing after last years historical pep talk, which was void of any pep and was light on wisdom. Caution Buffett started out by...

https://www.valuewalk.com/warren-buffett-no-fish-in-the-barrel/

#ValueWalk

Air travel in the U.S. hit its highest mark since COVID-19 took hold more than 13 months ago, while European Union officials are proposing to ease restrictions on visitors to the continent as the vaccine rollout sends new cases and deaths tumbling in more affluent countries. The improving picture in...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434236

#TheChinaPost

Amazon's history-making deal with the NFL to bring Thursday Night Football exclusively to the streaming service is coming a year earlier than expected. The streaming service will become the exclusive home to all of those Thursday night games--most of which currently air on Fox--beginning next fall ...

https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/thursday-night-football-will-move-a-year-early-from-fox-to-amazon-prime-video/

#Adweek

MELBOURNE, Australia An independent review into gymnastics in Australia has received evidence of a toxic culture that contributed to physical, emotional and sexual abuse of young athletes. Gymnastics Australia last August asked the Australian Human Rights Commission to examine the sports culture and...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434250

#TheChinaPost

NEW YORK The Washington Post, New York Times and NBC News all issued similar corrections to stories regarding Rudolph Giuliani, former President Donald Trumps personal lawyer, and his dealings in Ukraine. The corrections, to stories that ran last Thursday or Friday, take back reports that the...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434262

#TheChinaPost

Bobby Unser, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and part of the only pair of brothers to win The Greatest Spectacle in Racing has died. He was 87. He died Sunday at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico of natural causes, Indianapolis Motor Speedway said Monday. Unser won the Indy 500 in 1968, 1975 ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434271

#TheChinaPost

Stocks were solidly higher Monday, and investors cheered a strong dose of positive earnings reports as well as economic data that showed the U.S. economy is growing. The S&P 500 index was up 0.4% as of 12:17 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 287 points, or 0.9%, to 34,161 and the...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210504-2434284

#TheChinaPost

After a Friday close of 313.80, shares sank below $300 in early trading and continued their downward trajectory late morning.After a Friday close of 313.80, shares sank below $300 in early trading and continued their downward trajectory late morning...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinrozario/2021/05/03/earnings-lift-for-este-lauder-fails-to-stop-shares-sliding/

#ForbesBusinessNews

India Nears 20M COVID Cases As Ruling Party Suffers Election Setback

India reported more than 300K new COVID-19 cases for a 12th straight day on Monday as the country's tally of total cases climbed to 19.93M, just shy of the 20M mark, a level that only the US has surpassed. The latest daily tally ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/india-nears-20m-covid-cases-ruling-party-suffers-election-setback

#ZeroHedge

"Usage of the Ethereum network is increasing and, by some measures, outpacing that of Bitcoin," Ark Invest said.

Dado Ruvic/Reuters

Digital currency ether soared as much as 5% to records on Monday, hitting a high of $3,203.Ether now has a market capitalization of $366 million, according to data ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/ethereum-analysis-3-reasons-ether-hitting-record-highs-ark-invest-2021-5

#BusinessInsider

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips
Precipio (PRPO) is launching its rapid COVID-19 antibody test for sale on Amazon (AMZN) and its stock is soaring on the news.
The post PRPO Stock: 12 Things to Know about the Precipio Rapid COVID-19 Antibody Test Launch on Amazon ...

https://investorplace.com/2021/05/prpo-stock-12-things-to-know-about-the-precipio-rapid-covid-19-antibody-test-launch-on-amazon/

#InvestorPlace

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips
Monday is half over and we're keeping up with trading today in our midday market update for the most active stocks to keep an eye on.
The post Midday Market Update: The 10 Most Active Stocks Monday appeared first on InvestorPlace.
More ...

https://investorplace.com/2021/05/midday-market-update-the-10-most-active-stocks-monday/

#InvestorPlace