• What's behind the historic stock market highs and how it relates to the overall economy

    What's behind the historic stock market highs and how it relates to the overall economy

    May 17, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... less 40000. There's another school's thought that says the Dow should be far higher if it was more rationally planned, for example, if Apple or Amazon was added, or if there were other components right now that more represent this economy than the old economy components that are ...

  • U.S. job market still hot but weekly jobless claims hit highest level since August of 2023

    U.S. job market still hot but weekly jobless claims hit highest level since August of 2023

    May 09, 2024 02:31 PM EDT

    ... S. consumers. Though layoffs remain at low levels, companies have been announcing more job cuts recently, mostly across technology and media. Google parent company Alphabet, Apple and eBay have all recently announced layoffs. Outside of tech and media, Peloton, Stellantis, Nike and Tesla have recently announced job cuts. In total ...

  • Congress grills district leaders on rise in antisemitic incidents at high schools

    Congress grills district leaders on rise in antisemitic incidents at high schools

    May 08, 2024 10:30 PM EDT

    ... Hillcrest High School in New York took over halls, yelling about and looking for a Jewish teacher who had posted a pro-Israel photo. New York Mayor Eric Adams condemned the incident. Today, the Big Apple's schools chief, David Banks, said his agency takes this and other incidents seriously.

  • Wisconsin Democrats plan to spend $7 million on television ads on key Senate races

    Wisconsin Democrats plan to spend $7 million on television ads on key Senate races

    May 08, 2024 09:17 PM EDT

    ... Waupaca counties. Democrats Sarah Keyeski is running against GOP incumbent Joan Ballweg there. The committee also will target the 18th District, which now runs from Appleton south to Oshkosh along Lake Winnebago's western shore. The seat is open, with Democrats Kristin Alfheim and Joseph Carmen and Republicans Anthony Phillips ...

  • Protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' now banned in city after appeals court overturns ruling

    Protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' now banned in city after appeals court overturns ruling

    May 08, 2024 08:06 PM EDT

    ... mid-afternoon on Wednesday, “Glory to Hong Kong," whose artist is credited as “Thomas and the Hong Kong people,” was still available on Spotify and Apple Music in both English and Cantonese. A search on YouTube for the song also displayed multiple videos and renditions. Google said in an email ...

  • 9 of 10 wrongful death suits over Astroworld concert crowd surge have been settled, lawyer says

    9 of 10 wrongful death suits over Astroworld concert crowd surge have been settled, lawyer says

    May 08, 2024 05:57 PM EDT

    ... that nearly all of the wrongful death lawsuits have been settled came after the trial in Dubiski’s case was put on hold last week. Apple Inc., which livestreamed Scott’s concert and was one of the more than 20 defendants being sued by Dubiski’s family, had appealed a ...

  • Oklahoma town sees second tornado in 5 weeks as deadly storms hit central U.S.

    Oklahoma town sees second tornado in 5 weeks as deadly storms hit central U.S.

    May 07, 2024 02:30 PM EDT

    ... National Weather Service said. Throughout the area, wind farm turbines spun rapidly in the wind and blinding rain. In Kansas, some areas were pelted by apple-sized hail 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) in diameter. The storms tore through Oklahoma as areas, including Sulphur and Holdenville, were still recovering from ...

  • Why the Google antitrust trial could change how we use the internet

    Why the Google antitrust trial could change how we use the internet

    May 03, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... did say the big question, which is if defaults don't matter and if competition is just to click away, why are you, Google, paying Apple $23 billion a year to be that default? Stephanie Sy: And from what I understand, Google has like 90 percent of the search market ...

  • M23 rebels seize key smartphone mineral mining town in eastern Congo

    M23 rebels seize key smartphone mineral mining town in eastern Congo

    May 03, 2024 07:51 PM EDT

    ... component in the production of smartphones. It is among the minerals that was named earlier this month in a letter from Congo’s government questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” being smuggled in its supply chain. WATCH: Intense fighting between rebels and Congolese army sparks ...

  • U.S. Justice Department makes final arguments on Google being an illegal monopoly

    U.S. Justice Department makes final arguments on Google being an illegal monopoly

    May 03, 2024 03:18 PM EDT

    ... antitrust trial in more than two decades, has revolved around how much Google derives its strength from contracts it has in place with companies like Apple to make Google the default search engine preloaded on cellphones and computers. At trial, evidence showed that Google spends more than $20 billion a ...