The head of the Federal Aviation Administration expressed "absolute confidence" in the Boeing 737 Max on Wednesday and said fixing the latest problem in the troubled jetliner will be "straightforward...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republican legislative leaders moved Wednesday toward joining a federal lawsuit demanding that states be allowed to use federal coronavirus relief money to cover tax cuts.Senate President Chris Kapenga and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos began circulating a paper ballot among members...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Republican Gov. Mike DeWine: Mask mandate, all Ohio virus orders except those for long-term care facilities end June 2...

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Breanna Stewart's new sneaker deal with Puma includes the first signature shoe for a WNBA player in a decade. ESPN's Nick DePaula tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly what it means for the industry.Breanna Stewart's new sneaker deal with Puma includes the first signature shoe for a WNBA player in a decade...

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Vroom's revenue totaled $591.1 million in the first quarter, soaring 57% from last year.Vroom's revenue totaled $591.1 million in the first quarter, soaring 57% from last year.Vroom (VRM) - Get Report shares rose sharply in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the online used car seller reported ...

https://www.thestreet.com/investing/vroom-stronger-than-expected-earnings

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When the music industrys NFT craze hit its fever pitch earlier this year, it seemed nearly everyone was rushing to mint the crypto collectibles in one form or another. The non-fungible tokens, known colloquially as their acronym NFT, have captured the industrys fascination in 2021 for their promise ...

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With cloud being the critical service for every business, homegrown small and medium cloud firms are making a mark in the market with their innovative solutions...

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"I'm Not At All Excited": China's Digital Yuan Is Turning Into A Giant Flop

It was supposed to be the biggest threat to the reserve status of the dollar (China's denial that it has no desire to replace the USD with the digital yuan only confirms it) since the failed experiment that is the "...

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Here's why Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (TSX:AQN)(NYSE:AQN) and Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KL)(NYSE:KL) are great defensive picks.
The post 2 Great Defensive Stocks Id Buy Right Now appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

Today, some significant volatility is creeping into financial markets. ...

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While this was a surprise to those that have been taking their guidance from the Fed on the inflation trajectory, it should be no surprise to anyone that has been paying attention to policymaking and to soaring asset prices. While this was a surprise to those that have been taking their guidance ...

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Whether as a brand protector or growth driver, CMOs were under the spotlight during the pandemic, charged with reaching consumers quarantined in their homes during large swaths of 2020. In conversation with Adweek's chief content officer Lisa Granatstein at Adweek's CMO Summit, digitally native ...

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In ousting Liz Cheney, the party has abandoned principles and reduced itself to a cult of Trump...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York City health officials and national pharmacy chain CVS said Wednesday that they're prepared to start vaccinating children ages 12 to 15 as early as Thursday...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Kansas farmers are expected to harvest a bountiful winter wheat crop this season, according to a government forecast released Wednesday.The National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated that the Kansas wheat crop will come in at 331 million bushels, up 18% from last year'...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal safety regulators are sending a team to California to investigate a fatal freeway crash involving a Tesla, just after authorities near Oakland arrested a man in another Tesla rolling down a freeway with no one behind the steering wheel...

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rrSales of cars, SUVs and minivans declined 10% sequentially during the month to 261,633 units, showed data released on Wednesday by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam).rr...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/passenger-vehicle-sales-fall-10-in-april-101620855993049.html

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A U.S. senator has suggested adding funding to allow for two winners.Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin was dealt a blow last month when NASA selected rival SpaceX for a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract. But if one U.S. senator has her way, the Amazonfounder's space company could get another shot at the ...

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/12/blue-origin-gets-potential-lifeline-in-nasa-lunar/?source=iedfolrf0000001

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It's an unusual job market recovery as retail and restaurant employers struggle to fill openings.The US gained 266,000 jobs in March, far fewer than million new jobs forecasters expected. The reasons for the employee shortage range from childcare responsibilities to health concerns to generous ...

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A senior lawmaker proposed a controversial piece of legislation on Wednesday that directs NASA to pick a second company to build the agencys next Moon landers in addition to Elon Musks SpaceX, which was awarded a $2.9 billion NASA contract ...

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rrThe proposal, approved by the Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, comes as the country accelerates steps to switch to electric vehicles (EVs) to curb rampant pollution in its major cities and cut reliance on costly oil imports.rr...

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Giuliani is lawyering up after federal investigators raided his apartment over his dealings with Ukraine.Giuliani is lawyering up after federal investigators raided his apartment over his dealings with Ukraine...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/05/12/rudy-giuliani-hires-harvey-weinstein-defense-attorneys-to-represent-him-in-federal-probe/

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We had an ugly day, but there are pockets of hope. Some sectors in the SPX managed to hold up pretty well, and even if tomorrows producer prices are higher than expected, the market might have more of a shield considering todays inflation-driven sell-off.We had an ugly day, but there are pockets of ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jjkinahan/2021/05/12/turbulent-tech-inflation-fears-top-of-mind-in-broad-market-selloff/

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The more than six-decade-old Line 5 pipeline transports up to 23 million gallons of oil and natural gas liquids per day from Superior, Wisconsin to Sarnia, Ontario, taking a shortcut through Michigan and along the lake bottom of the Straits of Mackinac...

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/pipeline-battle-enbridge-defies-mi-closure-orders

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A new study has revealed that subsidies for electric bikes are more cost-effective than electric vehicle incentives when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars. The studys focus was on the greenhouse gas impacts of subsidies for e-bikes, battery-electric vehicles, ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/12/new-study-e-bike-subsidies-a-top-climate-investment-for-california/

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This new Amazon streaming media player combines the features of Fire TV Stick with Echo smart speakers, letting users control their TV and other smart devices using their voice...

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/amazon-fire-tv-cube-home-entertainment-gets-new-voice/2250915/

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Given their high-growth prospects, these four Canadian stocks could deliver superior returns this year.
The post Got $1,000? Buy These 4 Canadian Stocks to Earn Superior Returns This Year appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

Despite the pullback in the last two days, the Canadian benchmark ...

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We found the best Ocean City vacation rentals on Airbnb, Vrbo, and TurnKey, all with easy beach access for an oceanside summer vacation.If you buy through our links, we may earn money from affiliate partners. Learn more.

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Ocean City offers over 10 miles of sandy shores, watersports, and ...

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An outside investigation into the death of a Black doctor while she battled COVID-19 has found that the treatment she received at a suburban Indianapolis hospital did not contribute to her death, its parent organization said Wednesday...

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Colonial Pipeline, operator of the largest U.S. fuel pipeline, said Wednesday it is restarting operations after being shut down for five days due to a...

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A new study claims failure to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees C will lead to irreversible loss of the Antarctic ice cap. And that means sea levels will rise faster and faster with no way to stop it...

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Acquisition news: San Francisco product intelligence company Amplitude acquired Seattle startupIteratively. Founded in 2019 by veterans of Atlassian and Microsoft, Iteratively sells software to data and product teams for customer analytics tracking. The idea is to help prevent data quality problems ...

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/amplitude-acquires-seattle-customer-data-analytics-startup-iteratively/

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The big question that remains to be answered is whether the Futurecraft.Footprint will allow Adidas to make a dent in the carbon output of the rest of its products.In an unusual move, Adidas and Allbirdsnormally competitors in footwearhave teamed up for a greater purpose. The two companies shared ...

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Silvergate Soars After Announcing Partnership With Facebook-Backed Cryptocurrency

Having been hammered in recent weeks for no bigger sin than sporting anti-Midas Cathie Wood (and her ARKK) as one of its bigger prominent investors, Silvergate Capital - a small ($2 billion market cap) "provider of ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/silvergate-soars-after-announcing-partnership-facebook-backed-cryptocurrency

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During last week's Social Media Week New York, Katie Puris, global managing director of TikTok, walked us through her self-created guidebook for her team at TikTok. A simple idea that is deceptively revolutionary, her guidebook was developed as a response to her thinking that "we don't spend enough ...

https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/tiktoks-katie-puris-talks-about-the-power-of-a-purpose-driven-guidebook/

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Speaker and sound bar maker sees fiscal year revenue rising 25% to 29%.Speaker and sound bar maker sees fiscal year revenue rising 25% to 29%.Sonos, Inc. (SONO) - Get Reportreported better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter earnings and raised guidance after the closing bell Wednesday as the maker ...

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White chairs are a great addition any space. We rounded up 10 of our favorite red chairs at different price points, all available on Amazon.If you buy through our links, we may earn money from affiliate partners. Learn more.

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While it shows stains easily, white furniture is so versatile.
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The eternal conflict: Play horror straight, or play it up for campy laughs? Village tries to have it both ways, with mixed results...

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Chip in if you want more chips, analyst house suggests Gartner indicated today the ongoing chip shortages are likely to persist until the second quarter of 2022 as production simply can't keep pace with orders...

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Goldman MD Quits After Making Fortune Off Dogecoin

In a story that captures the impact that cryptocurrencies - created by Satoshi Nakamoto to "disrupt" the practice of central banking - have had on the world of finance, a managing director at Goldman Sachs has reportedly quit the bank after making...

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LONDON, May 13 Cryptocurrency ether hit another record high on Wednesday, taking gains this year to close to 500 per cent on the back of growing interest in decentralized finance applications and increasing institutional interest in...

Representation of the Ethereum virtual currency standing on ...

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NEW YORK (AP) - Now that a judge has rejected the National Rifle Association's bankruptcy bid, blocking its plan to reincorporate in Texas, the gun rights group is back to fighting New York regulators in a lawsuit that threatens to put it out of business...

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