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Trump Media stock drops more than 10% to open trading week
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Trump Media stock drops more than 10% to open trading week

Aytac Unal/ | Anadolu | Getty Images Trump Media shares dropped more than 10% in early trading Monday, putting its market capitalization to just below $5 billion. DJT‘s plunge followed a 12% decline in its share price on Friday. Trump Media, which owns the Truth Social app used by its biggest shareholder, former President Donald...

Boeing engine part fell off during Southwest flight takeoff: FAA
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Boeing engine part fell off during Southwest flight takeoff: FAA

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 arrives at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on January 20, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Kevin Carter | Getty Images A Southwest Airlines flight returned to Denver International Airport Sunday morning after a Boeing engine cowling fell off the plane and struck a wing flap during takeoff, the Federal...

Best advice on buying a $1 home in Italy from people who did it
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Best advice on buying a $1 home in Italy from people who did it

For years now, people around the world have been captivated by Sicilian towns selling off abandoned homes starting at 1 euro, or roughly $1.08. Several hundred homes have been sold to curious and ambitious renovators, including Meredith Tabbone, 44, of Chicago. She learned in 2019 that a town called Sambuca di Sicilia was auctioning off...

UBS CEO says Credit Suisse will be a case study for big bank mergers
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UBS CEO says Credit Suisse will be a case study for big bank mergers

The mammoth integration of failed bank Credit Suisse into its former rival UBS will act as a “case study,” UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti said Friday, one that will show that big bank mergers should be allowed. “It’s going to be a case study to be evaluated globally, but also particularly in Europe, where eventually the...

Paramount stock slumps on reports of equity raise for merger
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Paramount stock slumps on reports of equity raise for merger

Paramount Global‘s stock slumped 8% on Thursday after CNBC’s David Faber reported the company would need to raise as much as $3 billion in new equity if it were to merge with David Ellison’s Skydance Media, according to sources familiar with the deal. This deal comes as media mogul Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of...

Shareholders vote on Nelson Peltz and Bob Iger
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Shareholders vote on Nelson Peltz and Bob Iger

Bob Iger poses with Mickey Mouse attends Mickey’s 90th Spectacular at The Shrine Auditorium on October 6, 2018 in Los Angeles. Valerie Macon | AFP | Getty Images Disney shareholders on Wednesday reelected the media conglomerate’s full board, preliminary results show, handing a stinging defeat to activist Nelson Peltz and former Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter,...

Fed’s Mester still expects rate cuts this year, but rules out May
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Fed’s Mester still expects rate cuts this year, but rules out May

Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said Tuesday she still expects interest rate cuts this year, but ruled out the next policy meeting in May. Mester also indicated that the long-run path is higher than policymakers had previously thought. The central bank official noted progress made on inflation while the economy has continued to grow....

Brent, WTI add to first quarter gains
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Brent, WTI add to first quarter gains

A pump jack operates in front of a drilling rig at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. Nick Oxford | Reuters Crude oil futures rose on the first day of second-quarter trading Monday amid reports that the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, was hit by a missile strike. The...

In tech rivalry with US, China is behind on key asset: Its own OpenAI
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In tech rivalry with US, China is behind on key asset: Its own OpenAI

People learn about Baidu’s artificial intelligence chatbot service Ernie Bot during the 2nd Global Digital Trade Expo at Hangzhou International Expo Center on November 23, 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.  China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images Nvidia’s rocket-ship ride in the stock market underscores the extent to which chip...

Why you’re seeing the term ‘high-functioning’ all over social media
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Why you’re seeing the term ‘high-functioning’ all over social media

On TikTok you’ll find millions of users diagnosing themselves using the term “high-functioning” — high-functioning anxiety, high-functioning depression, high-functioning autism. The term “high-functioning” isn’t actually clinical, but, generally, it refers to those who perform well in work and in school. So if someone has high-functioning depression, it means they are excelling at their job, despite...