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Investors betting on a second Trump presidency expect an easier regulatory environment and more corporate M&A activity.

Stock market today: Dow closes at a record as market bets on Trump after assassination attempt

Elon Musk wasted no time in finding a convenient scapegoat for the global IT outage caused by a botched software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. “Not very ‘bright’ right now, is it?” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Friday morning in reply to a more than two years old post from CrowdStrike. In that post, the Austin, Texas-based firm said it was proud to be a “Gold Partner” of recruiting company Bright Network’s panel on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Elon Musk is already blaming diversity initiatives for the massive CrowdStrike global tech outage

NEW YORK (AP) — A widespread washout for U.S. stocks dragged Wall Street lower on Thursday. The S&P 500 dropped 0.8% to pull further from its all-time high set on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 533 points, or 1.3%, from its own record set a day before, while the Nasdaq composite sank 0.7%.

Stock Market Today: A Washout on Wall Street Sends Stocks, Big to Small, Lower

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Amazon, Walmart, and IBM could outperform many of the other Dow stocks.

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A flawed software update from the U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike resulted in major tech disruptions at banks, news outlets, airlines and even several hospital and healthcare systems around the world. Suggested Reading. The update, which contained a software bug, was rolled out globally on Friday to computers running Microsoft Windows...

The CrowdStrike global tech outage hit hospitals around the world and delayed surgeries

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Coral Gables, FL

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Tragic End for South Florida Hispanic Building Tycoon Sergio Pino. Fort Lauderdale, FL - In a shocking turn of events, prominent South Florida homebuilder Sergio Pino was found dead in his Coral Gables home on Tuesday morning. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Pino died from an apparent suicide.

South Florida Tycoon Dead After FBI Raids on Homes and Office

ANDY MILLS (AM): Trump has picked J.D. Vance as his VP choice and Vance has paired with [Elizabeth] Warren on some Wall Street legislation that has kind of reined them in in the past. Do you see this as a positive or negative for investors?. RICK PITCAIRN (RP): I’m not...

J.D. Vance as Donald Trump's VP pick is a problem for Wall Street, strategist says

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Death Disclosure Laws and Property Disclosures in North Carolina. In North Carolina, there is no legal obligation for homeowners or real estate agents to disclose if a death has occurred in a home, whether by natural causes, murder, or suicide. However, if a potential buyer directly inquires about any deaths on the property, the seller is required to provide that information.

If someone dies at your house do you have to tell a potential buyer? What North Carolina law says

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In recent days, ring-wing social media users have been sniffing out, doxxing, and hounding those who cracked offensive jokes or comments about last week’s attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Namely, Chaya Raichik, who runs the prominent far-right X account Libs of TikTok, has spent the week doggedly pursuing everyday retail workers, teachers, and public safety personnel who made insensitive remarks in the wake of the incident.For example, after one social media user posted a video confronting a Home Depot cashier for making a Facebook comment that read, “To bad they weren’t a better shooter!!!!!,” Raichik’s account shared the footage with...

MAGA Begins Hunting People Who Made Trump Assassination Jokes

The past week has seen an outpouring of hate from the far right over the wife of Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance. The unremarkable fact that Vance is married to Usha Vance, a woman of Indian heritage, has become a fixation for white nationalists online. Following Monday’s announcement of Vance as Trump’s running mate, white nationalist “groyper” Nick Fuentes seemed to enter a meltdown on his broadcast, saying, “What kind of man marries somebody that isn’t a Christian? What kind of man marries somebody named Usha? Clearly, he doesn’t value his racial identity, his heritage. Clearly, he doesn’t value...

MAGA Enters Racist Meltdown Mode Over J.D. Vance’s Wife

A bull market has seen the S&P 500 soar over the last year. Nvidia has been a major contributor to that growth and could have much more to offer investors in the coming years. Microsoft has significant cash reserves and growth catalysts across tech. These companies dominate their respective areas...

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With the generative artificial intelligence boom underway, tech companies are looking for training data to improve their models — and some are taking without permission. Apple, Nvidia, and Anthropic are among the tech companies found to have trained AI models with subtitles from tens of thousands of YouTube videos despite the platform’s rules against downloading and using its content without permission, according an investigation by Proof News that was co-published with Wired.

Apple, Nvidia, and other tech companies trained AI with thousands of YouTube videos

Just two days after reaching a peak with a 750-point gain, the Dow closed down 530 points on Thursday amid continued sell-offs of AI and tech stocks. As the day ended, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 533 points, or 1.2%, to 40,665. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both shed 0.7%.

The Dow plunges 530 points as investors keep dumping AI and tech stocks

Computer systems at businesses around the world failed after cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike bungled an update and Microsoft reported issues with its Azure cloud service. “CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts,” Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz wrote on X Friday morning. “This is not a security incident or cyberattack.”

A massive global tech outage has grounded flights and disrupted banks

The recent tech sell-off is a "golden buying opportunity," according to Wedbush. The midweek rout in tech stocks was partly triggered by Trump's hawkish comments about Taiwan. But solid earnings results in the second-quarter should spark a rebound in the tech trade, Ives said. The sell-off in technology stocks represents...

The rout in tech stocks is a 'golden buying opportunity' for investors, analyst says

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Membership at Mar-a-Lago has long been viewed as a cheat code to getting an audience with the club’s owner, former president Donald Trump. The cost of that access is about to get a lot more expensive for new members,. Suggested Reading. During a wide-ranging interview with Bloomberg Businessweek in...

Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club is getting even more expensive

Nvidia has been a huge AI winner, but with AI in its early innings, it still has a long runway of growth. Microsoft continues to lead the way in AI for cloud computing and software. DocuSign could be a big AI beneficiary with its new Intelligent Agreement Management platform. Artificial...

3 Leading Tech Stocks to Buy in 2024 and Beyond

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Prepare for an uptick in your monthly expenses if you're a Spectrum customer. The major American cable company has revealed plans to raise prices across its TV, internet, and phone services, set to take effect this July. According to reports from CNET, Spectrum will implement a $3 per month increase in its base internet prices across all service plans. This adjustment extends to home phone plans and its TV Select service in specific states.

A major American cable company is hiking prices starting this month

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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The Dow drops 370 points as the CrowdStrike global tech outage hammers stocks

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 370 points on Friday afternoon as one of the biggest global tech outages ever affected the travel, finance, and...

The Dow drops 370 points as the CrowdStrike global tech outage hammers stocks

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