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Global stocks mixed after strong US factory data prompt Wall St retreat
HONG KONG – Global stocks were mixed on Tuesday after Wall Street retreated as surprisingly strong U.S. manufacturing data cast doubts over how soon the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates. European markets opened mostly higher, but Germany’s DAX then slipped, losing 0.1% to 18,525.79. In Paris, the CAC 40 was flat at 8,206.00. In … Read more
Stock market today: Wall Street sinks on rate worries as health care stocks and Tesla tumble
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are sinking Tuesday, as worries about interest rates staying high continue to hit Wall Street. The S&P 500 was 1% lower in morning trading and on track for a second drop after setting an all-time high to close last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also pulled further from its … Read more
‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” roars to an $80 million box office opening
LOS ANGELES — The Godzilla-King Kong combo stomped on expectations as “ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ” roared to an $80 million opening on 3,861 North American screens, according to Sunday studio estimates. The monster merger from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures starring Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry brought the second-highest opening … Read more
Stock market today: Wall Street slips as bond yields jump on surprisingly strong manufacturing data | National News
NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks slipped Monday after a surprisingly strong report on U.S. manufacturing cast doubts on how much interest rates can ease this year. The S&P 500 dipped 10.58 points, or 0.2%, from its all-time high to finish at 5,243.77. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 240.52 points, or 0.6%, from … Read more
Asian shares are mixed and Shanghai gains on strong China factory data
BANGKOK – Asian shares were mixed on Monday, with Shanghai gaining 1% after surveys showed improvements in manufacturing conditions in China. Sydney and Hong Kong were closed for the Easter Monday holiday. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell more than 1.2%, to 39,883.96, after a Bank of Japan quarterly survey on business conditions showed sentiment among large … Read more
Anniversary: Gmail is turning 20
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. One year, Google posted a job opening for a Copernicus research center on the moon. Another year, … Read more
Oklahoma State Patrol says it is diverting traffic after a barge hit a bridge
SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Patrol said Saturday that it closed a highway south of Sallisaw after a barge struck a bridge over Arkansas River. Troopers closed South U.S. Highway 59 about 1:25 p.m. after receiving word of the incident and diverted traffic from the area, state patrol spokesperson Sarah Stewart said. The … Read more
Shoplifter chased by police on horses in New Mexico, video shows
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in New Mexico had all the horsepower in this chase: A shoplifter was detained outside a Walgreens this month after trying to outrun a horse-mounted police officer. Albuquerque police bodycam video shows a dark-brown horse trotting through a parking lot behind a man in black clothing. The horse catches up … Read more
Baltimore bridge collapse: Cranes arrive to remove wreckage
BALTIMORE (AP) — The largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard was being transported to Baltimore so crews on Friday can begin removing the wreckage of a collapsed highway bridge that has halted a search for four workers still missing days after the disaster and blocked the city’s vital port from operating. As the sun rose … Read more