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‘Like 10 Manhattan Projects going off all at once’: AI is rewiring the entire global economy, says this BlackRock exec

By MarketWatch.com | Barbara Kollmeyer | 5/5/2026 8:52 AM

The head of BlackRock’s fundamental equities global technology team, Tony Kim, says AI is rewiring the global economy, and that will just keep going. ... Read full Story

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PayPal’s stock falls after earnings. Here’s what’s spooking Wall Street.

By MarketWatch.com | Emily Bary | 5/5/2026 8:52 AM

PayPal’s June-quarter guidance came up short, overshadowing signs of momentum in the latest period. ... Read full Story

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Coinbase will lay off 14% of its staff as AI spurs ‘a new way of working’

By MarketWatch.com | William Gavin | 5/5/2026 8:40 AM

Coinbase will pivot to more “one-person teams,” meaning that employees will be asked to act as engineers, designers and product managers all in one — with the help of AI. ... Read full Story

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Taylor Sheridan wrote almost every word of ‘Yellowstone.’ Can its spinoff ‘Dutton Ranch’ succeed without him?

By MarketWatch.com | Lukas I. Alpert | 5/5/2026 8:00 AM

He’s written hit after hit, but Sheridan is not involved in writing the primary ‘Yellowstone’ sequel — and that could test of his magic touch. ... Read full Story

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This gold-timing indicator just hit a bottom — and history says a strong rally is next

By MarketWatch.com | Mark Hulbert | 5/5/2026 7:55 AM

Gold and gold miners perform best right after investors give up. This “extreme pessimism” is the contrarian tailwind the market has been waiting for. ... Read full Story

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Anheuser-Busch InBev volumes rose just 1%, and the stock market is delighted.

By MarketWatch.com | Steve Goldstein | 5/5/2026 7:47 AM

Anheuser-Busch InBev shares surged on Tuesday as the brewer of Budweiser, Corona and Michelob reported volume growth of 0.8% in the first quarter. ... Read full Story

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We are retirees. Are we too old to take out a mortgage in Pennsylvania so we can escape the Florida heat?

By MarketWatch.com | Quentin Fottrell | 5/5/2026 7:37 AM

“We are 66 and 76, respectively. We own our home, which is paid off.” ... Read full Story

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Here are 13 reasons why large caps will now beat small caps, according to UBS

By MarketWatch.com | Jules Rimmer | 5/5/2026 7:23 AM

Positioning, earnings, momentum and historical evidence suggests large caps are set up to outperform small-cap stocks in the near term, says a team of strategists. ... Read full Story

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Why this bullish stock-market timer flipped to bearish

By MarketWatch.com | Tomi Kilgore | 5/5/2026 6:35 AM

There were enough net decliners on the NYSE for Tom McClellan, editor of the McClellan Market Report, to flip to bearish from bullish. ... Read full Story

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‘If all six have hantavirus, that’s very worrisome’: This is the key question about the cruise-ship outbreak

By MarketWatch.com | Jaimy Lee | 5/4/2026 9:00 PM

A rare form of hantavirus can be spread from person to person, raising concern that the current outbreak is the result of the Andes virus. ... Read full Story

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Palantir posts its fastest revenue growth ever while calling out ‘AI slop’

By MarketWatch.com | Christine Ji | 5/4/2026 8:20 PM

Palantir earnings beat expectations on the heels of explosive demand in the company’s core U.S. market. ... Read full Story

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‘I always did the graveyard shift’: I worked for 54 years. Why on earth would I wait to claim Social Security at 70?

By MarketWatch.com | Quentin Fottrell | 5/4/2026 7:30 PM

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget published a paper suggesting capping Social Security at $100,000 for a married couple. ... Read full Story

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Tesla just hit a ‘symbolic’ self-driving milestone. Real-world success will be tougher.

By MarketWatch.com | William Gavin | 5/4/2026 7:02 PM

Tesla has reached the threshold Musk once said would be required to achieve “safe unsupervised self-driving,” but the company still faces various hurdles. ... Read full Story

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Here’s just how quickly Micron has risen up the ranks of the top U.S companies

By MarketWatch.com | Hannah Pedone | 5/4/2026 7:00 PM

At the start of last year, Micron wasn’t even among the top 100 U.S. companies. Its fortunes have changed dramatically since then. ... Read full Story

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The silent crisis taxing your grocery bill could get a lot louder

By MarketWatch.com | Kenneth Rapoza | 5/4/2026 6:07 PM

As fertilizer costs hit 2026 highs and U.S. farmers cut planting, investors are looking to these stocks to hedge against food scarcity. ... Read full Story

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Here’s what the growing gap between Americans with good and bad credit says about the economy

By MarketWatch.com | Andrew Keshner | 5/4/2026 5:53 PM

The gap in overall financial well-being between super prime and subprime has now “surpassed” 2019 levels. ... Read full Story

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Beef prices are near record levels. The DOJ wants to know if something shady is afoot.

By MarketWatch.com | Bill Peters | 5/4/2026 3:44 PM

The summer grilling season, smaller cattle herds, droughts, wildfires, processing-plant closures and other supply disruptions have helped push meat prices to record highs this year. Now, the U.S. government is investigating whether corporate consolidation is also at play. ... Read full Story

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Amazon is taking on FedEx and UPS. That may not be so simple.

By MarketWatch.com | Hannah Pedone | 5/4/2026 3:41 PM

FedEx and UPS shares are falling, but one analyst isn’t sure that Amazon’s new service will have a significantly disruptive effect. ... Read full Story

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Your Spirit loyalty points are probably worthless now — but these other airlines may match your rewards

By MarketWatch.com | Genna Contino | 5/4/2026 3:15 PM

Loyal customers who amassed thousands of points through flight purchases and credit-card swipes might not see a penny in compensation for their accumulated rewards. ... Read full Story

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This chart is a flashing warning sign that the Fed might yet rattle the markets with rate hikes by year-end

By MarketWatch.com | Christine Idzelis | 5/4/2026 2:58 PM

The U.S. bond market is increasingly concerned that accelerating inflation could pressure the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to try and tamp down price pressures — even as U.S. stocks continued to trade near record highs on Monday. ... Read full Story

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basketball

2026 NBA Draft Lottery: Each team's odds of landing the first overall pick

by CBS Interactive Inc | May 08 2026

connecticut

Evictions, AI, public transportation bills: CT politics news

by CT Mirror | May 08 2026

entertainment

Jennifer Aniston Says Her Signature California Glow 'Didn't Just Fall Off a Truck' — Here’s How She Masters It

by ET Online | May 08 2026

exercise

Lindsey Vonn Says She Still Feels 29—Here’s What She’s Doing Differently

by thehealthy.com | Apr 15 2026

FFNEWS

US Postal Service reduces operating loss to $642M

by FreightWaves | May 08 2026

finance

‘It saved my relationship with my mom.’ These money managers may help if you’re feeling overwhelmed helping your parents pay their bills.

by MarketWatch.com | May 08 2026

food

The best old-fashioned in Hong Kong was before I even got on the plane

by THE MANUAL | May 08 2026

golf

Saudi Fund to Back Away From LIV Golf Under Mounting Financial Pressures

by NY Times | Apr 15 2026

health

FDA Blocks Publication of Vaccine Safety Studies. Why Experts Are Concerned

by Healthline.com | May 08 2026

long_island

Knicks playoff fever has Long Island restaurants axing ‘Philly’ on cheesesteaks

by greaterlongisland.com | May 08 2026

odd_fun

Watch: Idaho man balances skateboard on his chin for over an hour

by United Press International, Inc. | May 08 2026

soccer

🗣️ Nearing a record, Messi wants Neymar at the World Cup, talks CR7

by Yahoo Sports | May 08 2026

technology

China builds rice-sized sensor that lets surgical robots feel touch in real time

by Interesting Engineering | May 08 2026

travel

The Wild One – Sir David Attenborough Interview

by Wanderlust | May 07 2026

world

New pro-Takaichi group stirs debate over return of faction politics

by United Press International, Inc. | May 08 2026

Word of the Day

wistful

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 8, 2026 is:

wistful • \WIST-ful\ • adjective

To be wistful is to have sad thoughts and feelings about something that you want to have or do, and especially about something that made you happy in the past. Wistful can also describe something, such as a smile or sigh, that shows or communicates such feelings.

// As the car pulled away, Lea cast one last wistful glance at the house where she'd spent so many happy years.

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Examples:

"Postcards have always been an object of fascination for me. I remember flipping through photo albums as a young girl and coming across those sent to my parents, from people I had never met. When I asked who these people were, I would hear wistful stories." — Minoli Wijetunga, The Guardian (London), 10 Jan. 2026

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We see you there, dear reader, gazing silently up at the moon, heart aching to know the history of wistful, as if it could be divined on the lunar surface. And we'd like to ease your melancholy by telling you that the knowledge you seek—nay, pine for—is closer at hand. The word wistful comes from wistly, a now-obsolete word meaning "intently," and the similar-sounding wishful. Wistly, in turn, likely comes from whist, an old term meaning "silent." What's more certain is that our modern wistful is a great word to describe someone full of pensive yearning, or something inspiring such yearning.

‘Like 10 Manhattan Projects going off all at once’: AI is rewiring the entire global economy, says this BlackRock exec

PayPal’s stock falls after earnings. Here’s what’s spooking Wall Street.

Coinbase will lay off 14% of its staff as AI spurs ‘a new way of working’

Taylor Sheridan wrote almost every word of ‘Yellowstone.’ Can its spinoff ‘Dutton Ranch’ succeed without him?

This gold-timing indicator just hit a bottom — and history says a strong rally is next

Anheuser-Busch InBev volumes rose just 1%, and the stock market is delighted.

We are retirees. Are we too old to take out a mortgage in Pennsylvania so we can escape the Florida heat?

Here are 13 reasons why large caps will now beat small caps, according to UBS

Why this bullish stock-market timer flipped to bearish

‘If all six have hantavirus, that’s very worrisome’: This is the key question about the cruise-ship outbreak

Palantir posts its fastest revenue growth ever while calling out ‘AI slop’

‘I always did the graveyard shift’: I worked for 54 years. Why on earth would I wait to claim Social Security at 70?

Tesla just hit a ‘symbolic’ self-driving milestone. Real-world success will be tougher.

Here’s just how quickly Micron has risen up the ranks of the top U.S companies

The silent crisis taxing your grocery bill could get a lot louder

Here’s what the growing gap between Americans with good and bad credit says about the economy

Beef prices are near record levels. The DOJ wants to know if something shady is afoot.

Amazon is taking on FedEx and UPS. That may not be so simple.

Your Spirit loyalty points are probably worthless now — but these other airlines may match your rewards

This chart is a flashing warning sign that the Fed might yet rattle the markets with rate hikes by year-end

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2026 NBA Draft Lottery: Each team's odds of landing the first overall pick

Evictions, AI, public transportation bills: CT politics news

Jennifer Aniston Says Her Signature California Glow 'Didn't Just Fall Off a Truck' — Here’s How She Masters It

Lindsey Vonn Says She Still Feels 29—Here’s What She’s Doing Differently

US Postal Service reduces operating loss to $642M

‘It saved my relationship with my mom.’ These money managers may help if you’re feeling overwhelmed helping your parents pay their bills.

The best old-fashioned in Hong Kong was before I even got on the plane

Saudi Fund to Back Away From LIV Golf Under Mounting Financial Pressures

FDA Blocks Publication of Vaccine Safety Studies. Why Experts Are Concerned

Knicks playoff fever has Long Island restaurants axing ‘Philly’ on cheesesteaks

Watch: Idaho man balances skateboard on his chin for over an hour

🗣️ Nearing a record, Messi wants Neymar at the World Cup, talks CR7

China builds rice-sized sensor that lets surgical robots feel touch in real time

The Wild One – Sir David Attenborough Interview

New pro-Takaichi group stirs debate over return of faction politics

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