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View post on imgur.com If you don't follow tech, this might not seem like a big deal. It's a big deal. This is America self-correcting. https://t.co/7m62RQVpb0 — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) July 16, 2024 Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have reportedly told employees they’re going to donate to Trump PACs are reportedly planning donations to groups …
Taisha Simon had heard of people stealing money the federal government gives families to buy groceries, but she didn’t realize she would become one of their victims. It happened last June when the 42-year-old mother headed out for the big shop she does at the beginning of each month after getting $939 in US food …
Canada anticipates a potential surge in business bankruptcies, with thousands of small businesses at risk after the government ceased pandemic-era support. The end of aid, coinciding with a slowing economy and high interest rates, poses a threat to critical small firms employing less than 100 people. Bankruptcy rates surged 38% in the first 11 months …
A rural village in southern France is in shock after a group of young delinquents from a deprived suburb attacked a village fete and killed a 16-year-old boy. The village of Crépol in Drôme was holding its “fete de village”, an annual or biannual celebration, on Saturday night with around 450 of the 500 residents …
Stocks reversed lower on Thursday as another blowout quarterly earnings report from Nvidia (NVDA) couldn’t overcome new comments from the Federal Reserve suggesting interest rates will need to remain elevated for a long period of time to bring inflation down. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) closed Thursday’s trading session down nearly 1.9% while the S&P 500 …
View post on imgur.com Just three weeks after Warner Bros. Ezra Miller-starring DC film The Flash debuted in theaters, it has become the worst box office flop in superhero movie history. The Flash was a major disappointing at its debut box office, making only $55 million USD. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/flash-now-worst-box-office-050739648.html h/t dr0id
Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone plans on returning the web perennial to a publicly-traded company and its “huge” traffic numbers are expected to clear the way. While Yahoo is “too small” to tackle search engine titans Google (GOOG) – Get Free Report and Microsoft (MSFT) – Get Free Report, owner of Bing, Lanzone indicated the company …
