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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…
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMeta is once again trying to prove it can make money by doing something other than selling ads. It’s not a strategy that’s worked in the past, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting artificial intelligence will bring better results. The company said this week that it will begin testing two subscription services for its ChatGPT-like Meta AI app and website. Those paid offerings, available first in Singapore, Guatemala and Bolivia,…
15 May 2026, Bavaria, Würzburg: Carsten Breuer, Germany’s chief of defence, takes part in a panel discussion at the 104th German Catholic Day under the motto “Between deterrence and diplomacy”. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa – ATTENTION: For editorial use only and only with full reference to the above credit (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesChina is losing a chance at dialogue by not having a ministerial-level delegation at an annual defense forum in Singapore, Germany’s chief of defense General Carsten Breuer said on Saturday.Speaking at a media roundtable on the sidelines of…