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First off, apologies for the lack of a Canadian Grand Prix report at the beginning of this week; Ferrari chose last weekend to show us its new electric vehicle, and between that and Memorial Day, one thing led to another, and here we are. Canada was yet another sprint weekend, meaning limited practice time for teams desperate for it to collect data on their various upgrade packages. The race, held on an artificial island built for Expo 67, is often one of the season’s highlights, and 2026 did not disappoint, with some excellent duals among the field. The 19-year-old Italian…
When music executive Anjula Acharia began launching superstar actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas into Hollywood in the early 2000s, her label partner Jimmy Iovine — the name behind pop sensations such as Eminem and Lady Gaga — told her she was 20 years too early to bring South Asian talent to the U.S.Now, Acharia is the founder and CEO of 5 Junction, a joint label with Warner Music Group focused specifically on investing in South Asian artists in the U.S.”That sounded crazy, to think we were 20 years too early, but now, 20 years later, with the explosion of people like…
Tiny Guyana poised for big Iran oil gains and growth strains Source link
Waymo is starting to offer select customers rides in its new Ojai robotaxis, which are designed to work better in snowier conditions and are cheaper to manufacture than the company’s older fleet of cars.Rides will be available to some public passengers in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, before opening up in San Diego, Las Vegas and Denver this summer, Waymo said in a statement on Thursday. Alphabet’s self-driving division already had 100 Ojai vehicles on the road as part of its almost 4,000-car fleet. The company will have thousands of Ojai cars on the road by the end of…
Berkshire’s widely held B shares are now running 16.3 percentage points behind the benchmark index year-to-date, the biggest gap so far in 2026. Source link
Bank of America is sticking with stocks including Apple and Nvidia heading into June. The bank revealed several companies that it says are top ideas and that offer plenty of upside potential. Other stocks screened by CNBC Pro and rated buy at Bank of America include: National Vision Holdings, Toll Brothers, Citigroup and Dollar General . Toll Brothers A “rare” beat and raise, analyst Rafe Jadrosich said of Toll following its latest quarterly report. Bank of America says the homebuilder is firing on all cylinders despite the rough macroeconomic environment. “Margins remain healthy/resilient… ” Jadrosich noted. The analyst said shareholders…
First Windows PC powered by Nvidia chips to debut next week, Axios reports Source link
Stanley Plotkin, 93, was instrumental in developing a number of vaccines over the course of his career. He recently said that he’s “beginning to regret having lived so long—because we’re going downhill.” How could we possibly have gotten here? Maybe we’ve always been here. It turns out that the anti-vaccine arguments currently flooding the Internet have been around for as long as vaccines have. In his new book A Pox on Fools, Thomas Levenson breaks them down into three categories, as made clear in the book’s subtitle: “The True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject Vaccines.” The…
A driver refuels a vehicle with regular gasoline at a Shell gas station in Hercules, California, May 21, 2026.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFor some Americans’ finances, the Iran war was over almost as soon as it began. Those with access to stocks — a majority of Americans have some, though the ultrawealthy have most — saw the S&P 500 dip about 8% when the war started, only for it to bounce 19% starting in late March, more than making up its losses. The index is now up 10.7% for the year, which if it held would make…
Hollywood can breathe a sigh of relief: Generation Z is not only going to the movies, it’s driving box office growth.During the pandemic, when theaters shut down and streaming became a dominant force in the media landscape, fears rose that this young cohort would shun the big screen as they matured into more engaged consumers. However, this generation, which ranges from around 14 to 29 years old, is one of the most active moviegoing demographics and attends more films per year than some older generations, according to data from Fandango.In 2025, members of Gen Z saw an average of seven movies…