'Numbskull, moron and too stupid': Trump and Powell's biggest clashes
How the US President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell came to blows.
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Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government
Mike Vichich grew up in Michigan. His family, he recalls, dedicated their lives to public service. His parents were teachers, his uncle a fighter pilot, while both sets of grandparents served in the army. “Growing up, public service was always a really admirable way to spend one’s life and one’s career,” he told TechCrunch. “I…
Bill Ackman’s $5 billion Pershing Square IPO to start trading, testing Berkshire-style vision
Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital, speaking with CNBC at the New York Stock Exchange on April 29th, 2026. CNBC Bill Ackman’s long-awaited push into public markets is set to debut Wednesday, marking a scaled-back but still ambitious step toward building a Berkshire Hathaway-like investment platform. The Pershing Square Capital Management founder’s combined initial…
Russia’s Victory Day Parade Will Be Missing Tanks and Other Heavy Military Armor
The absence of tanks and other heavy military vehicles on Red Square will highlight the heavy toll of the war in Ukraine.
Duchess Meghan’s astrology posts were ‘whingeing about life as a princess’
In recent weeks, the Duchess of Sussex has made references to all of the crap she’s endured in the past decade. While speaking to college-aged girls at a mental-health event in Australia, Meghan said: “Every day for 10 years, I have been bullied or attacked, and I was the most trolled woman in the entire…
Oil nears highest point in Iran war as Hormuz stand-off persists
Brent crude rises for eighth consecutive day
Co-op marking commonly-stolen items with forensic spray to track reselling | Retail industry
Co-op is secretly marking commonly-stolen items including alcohol and laundry detergents with invisible “forensic spray” to track them, in the latest crackdown on shoplifting as a new law on retail crime kicks in. The grocer is to use the technique, which helps the retailer to identify where stolen items are being resold and report them…
The Moto Razr and Razr Plus are victims of shrinkflation
The memory crisis claims another couple of victims. Motorola’s midtier and entry-level flip phones cost $100 more than their predecessors, and have few upgrades to show for it. The 2026 Razr Plus costs $1,099, up from $999. It still comes with a Snapdragon 8S Gen 3 chipset — two years old at this point —…
Ford Motor (F) earnings Q1 2026
Ford at the New York International Auto Show in New York City on April 2, 2026. Danielle DeVries | CNBC DETROIT — Ford Motor is set to announce first-quarter results after the markets close Wednesday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: 19 cents adjusted…
Over 1.2m in Lebanon expected to face acute hunger: UN-backed report | Food News
FAO, WFP and Lebanon’s government say 1.24 million people are ‘expected to face food insecurity’ at crisis levels or worse. Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026 More than 1.2 million people in Lebanon are expected to face acute hunger this year due to “conflict, displacement and economic pressures” amid the latest war between Israel…