Threats of WW3 Sending these 3 Stocks to Higher Highs
We may be closer to nuclear war than we thought. Not only is the Doomsday Clock now 90 seconds to midnight, but the World Health Organization just posted guidance on how to survive a nuclear emergency. Nice to see 2023 start on such a bright note, huh? As noted by...
NFL-Young guns ready to fire on Championship Sunday
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - A clash of young quarterbacks is set for Sunday's NFL conference championships, as last year's runners-up Cincinnati Bengals take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC title game, while the San Francisco 49ers play the Philadelphia Eagles for...
Top Ways To Trade ChatGPT Boom
Interest in AI technology, more specifically, ChatGPT is skyrocketing. But what is it exactly? ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot created by OpenAi that can generate human-like responses to a wide set of prompts. In fact, it can be used to simulate conversation,...
U.S. House panel to hold hearing on supply chain, infrastructure
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. House committee said Thursday it will hold a hearing next Wednesday on supply chain and transportation infrastructure issues that will feature trucking, railroad and union groups. The Republican-led U.S. House...
U.S. to test nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2027
(This Jan. 24 story has been corrected to remove the reference to NASA officials and to amend attribution of Space Force information to a DARPA official, who is now being identified, in paragraph 7.) By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to...
Google says U.S. Justice Department complaint is ‘without merit’
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it believes the complaint from the U.S. Department of Justice accusing the company of abusing its dominance in digital advertising is "without merit". The company also added it will "defend itself vigorously". The...
NYSE says manual error triggered major trading glitch
(Reuters) -The New York Stock Exchange said on Wednesday a manual error triggered a technical issue that prevented the opening auctions in some listed stocks, leading to widespread confusion and attracting a review from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The...
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley wants to ban TikTok nationwide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican and China hawk, said on Tuesday that he would introduce a bill to ban the short video app TikTok in the United States. TikTok, whose parent is the Chinese company ByteDance, already faces a ban that would...
WHO investigating links between cough syrup deaths, considers advice for parents
By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) is investigating whether there is any connection between manufacturers whose contaminated cough syrups it has linked to the deaths of more than 300 children in three countries, a person familiar with the...
Microsoft to invest more in OpenAI as tech race heats up
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) -Microsoft Corp on Monday announced a further multibillion dollar investment in OpenAI, deepening ties with the startup behind the chatbot sensation ChatGPT and setting the stage for more competition with rival Alphabet Inc's Google....
New York’s financial regulator takes aim at firms co-mingling crypto funds
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - New York’s chief financial regulator is set to release new guidance on Monday dictating that companies separate customers' crypto assets from their own, after alleged co-mingling of funds at collapsed crypto exchange FTX and its affiliated...
Musk to jury: Just because I tweet something, doesn’t mean people believe it
By Jody Godoy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Elon Musk, Tesla Inc's chief executive, testified on Friday that investors do not always react to his Twitter messages as he expects, defending himself in a fraud trial over his 2018 tweet that he had funding to take the electric...
Biden has ‘no regrets’ about timing of classified documents disclosure
By Jeff Mason APTOS, Calif. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he has "no regrets" about not publicly disclosing before the midterm elections the discovery of classified documents at his former office and believed the matter will be resolved....
Bayer sued for barring non-U.S. citizen from Roundup settlement
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A new U.S. lawsuit on Thursday accused Germany's Bayer AG of illegally excluding a Virginia farmworker from a settlement over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, because she is not a U.S. citizen. The complaint said Elvira...
US Debt Ceiling Hit, Will It Trigger Financial Crisis?
A fierce standoff looms in Washington on the United States hitting the debt ceiling. The US hit the $31.4 trillion limit on Thursday, meaning it can no longer borrow to address its key financial obligations, including paying salaries and financing the national debt....
Cybersecurity Stocks Have a Major Catalysts with President Biden
Cybersecurity is taking center stage again. This time for a good reason. Back on Jan. 5, we noted: In 2023, experts warn we could see a sharp rise in attacks. “According to an analysis by Cybersecurity Venture, the global annual cost of cybercrime could top $8...
NASA awards $425 million to Boeing for fuel-efficient airliner research project
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA said on Wednesday it awarded $425 million to Boeing Co for the agency's "Sustainable Flight Demonstrator" project as the Biden administration works to cut aviation sector emissions. Boeing will work with NASA to "build,...
Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies
By Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) - A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer. The...
Top Ways to Trade China’s Recovery Now
Chinese stocks are on the move, as hoped. In fact, as we noted on Jan. 10: “It’s been a rough couple of years for China. The pandemic coupled with Beijing’s zero-COVID policy slammed its economy. That was on top of brewing U.S. tensions, with the White House barring...
Disney braces for boardroom battle
(Reuters) - Activist investor Nelson Peltz last week bid for a seat on the board of Walt Disney Co, stirring the pot for what appears to be a boardroom battle brewing at the Magic Kingdom. This comes after company veteran Bob Iger returned to the helm at the...