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Mercedes-Benz vehicles sit parked, on the day U.S. President Donald Trump is set to announce new tariffs, at a dealership in Copiague, New York, U.S., April 2, 2025. Shannon Stapleton | ReutersMercedes-Benz could find itself shut out of the U.S. auto market — banned from making or selling new vehicles in the country — under legislation making its way through Congress.New bipartisan legislation aimed at limiting Chinese involvement in the U.S. auto market may sweep in Mercedes-Benz unless the bill is changed or the German automaker’s largest shareholder sells its stake. The bill, the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act of 2026, would…

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Although the Shift app website claims “there is no catch” for the free cleaning, the FAQ notes that booking an appointment requires payment information and warns that clients may be charged if they cancel appointments with less than 24 hours’ notice or are not available to let cleaners in at the appointment time. The Shift app terms of service document also seeks to absolve the platform of responsibility for any property damage, theft, or personal injury that may ensue from the cleaning appointments. The reason behind the promotion So why would a tech startup offer free cleaning? The first-person cleaning…

A mail-in ballot featuring California’s Proposition 50 is seen in this illustration taken in Encinitas, California, U.S., October 21, 2025. Mike Blake | ReutersThe U.S. Postal Service proposed new rules Friday that would require states to provide voter-level data on mail-in ballots in federal elections, one day after a federal judge declined to immediately block President Donald Trump’s executive order tightening mail-in voting rules.The proposal would require states to submit to the Postal Service the names and addresses of voters receiving mail-in or absentee ballots, along with unique barcodes tied to each voter’s outbound and return ballot envelopes.USPS said the rule…

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on May 28, 2026. NYSEThe rally in software stocks has gone from recovery to raging bull market, and traders are betting there’s more to come.The iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF (IGV) is up 35% from its April low after a 5% rally Friday on the back of double-digit percentage gains in ServiceNow and Workday. Options traders are piling into bullish positions on the ETF, where trading is more than 5x the daily average of the past 30 days and call volumes outpace puts four-to-one.Traders bought more than 50,000 calls on IGV in Friday’s…

Don’t fight the tape. That’s the message from strategists at Piper Sandler on Friday morning, and you know what, it’s hard to argue with their take. “The market’s price action continues to remind us of a simple mantra from the movie Maverick— ‘Don’t Think, Just Do,'” they wrote. “The primary trends are firmly bullish, rewarding investors who avoid over-analyzing the macro noise and instead follow the tape’s leadership. By sticking with momentum leaders and avoiding laggards, investors are capturing the market’s grind into new highs.” Importantly, in many cases, the winners are winning thanks to earnings, not simply multiple expansion. Take…

Lucid to recall over 2,000 vehicles in US due to drive power issues Source link

This photograph shows the logo of the logo of SentinelOne during the 18th edition of the “InCyber” Forum, an international cyber security event, at the Grand Palais in Lille, northern France on April 1, 2026. Sameer Al-doumy | Afp | Getty ImagesSentinelOne shares sank 6% as the cybersecurity company laid off 8% of its full-time workforce to focus on artificial intelligence and data investments. “This is not a reactive measure, it is a deliberate evolution to reduce complexity, raise the performance bar, and build a leaner, more agile SentinelOne,” CEO Tomer Weingarten told analysts on the earnings call Thursday.Over the…

On Sunday, Reform sources claimed to a newspaper that their leader’s phone may have been hacked. Source link

Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman on Friday cautioned against raising interest rates to address the current spike in prices.With inflation running well above the central bank’s 2% target, markets are expecting the Fed to stay on hold this year then possibly start raising rates in early 2027. Current pricing is indicating virtually no chance of cuts anytime through at least 2027.But Bowman said adjusting policy to offset energy-driven inflation surges has proven ineffective.”Reacting to temporarily elevated energy price inflation would add unwarranted policy restraint, weighing unnecessarily on economic activity and labor market conditions,” the policymaker said at a conference in…