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‘March Madness atmosphere’: Vegas economy lifted from pandemic

Nevada casinos reported near-record March house winnings, while the airport in Las Vegas reported passenger traffic almost as heavy as pre-pandemic levels and tourism officials marked another big jump in visitor volume. The state Gaming Control Board reported Thursday the $1.35 billion that casinos statewide reaped was just shy of… Read More

Musk sells $4B in Tesla shares, presumably to buy Twitter

Elon Musk has sold 4.4 million shares of Tesla stock worth roughly $4 billion, most likely to help fund his purchase of Twitter. Musk reported the sale in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. The shares were sold over the past few days, at prices ranging… Read More

Elon Musk laughed at this “sensitive” Tweet

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has angered Twitter’s left-wing employees by buying the company and promising to respect free speech. In response, The Babylon Bee, an outlet for news satire, tweeted a video mocking Twitter employees for their sensitivity. Urgent: Common prescription drug now linked to Alzheimer’s? [Sponsored] Then Twitter flagged… Read More

American economy unexpectedly shrinks 1.4 percent

The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, and faces threats from high inflation and rising interest rates, yet economists remain optimistic for a return to growth for the rest of 2022 based on the strength of the job market and consumer spending. The 1.4% quarterly… Read More

Twitter sees rapid growth in number of users

Twitter’s quarterly profit, revenue and the number of daily users on its platform are rising but its quarterly report, released days after agreeing to be sold to billionaire Elon Musk, offered scant details about what it expects on the financial front for the rest of the year. The social media… Read More

Big Tech’s stock plunges, brining down the rest of Wall Street

After years of screaming higher, almost regardless of what the economy was doing, tech-oriented stocks are tanking and dragging down the rest of Wall Street. Many of these high-profile companies are still making billions of dollars in profits, and they continue to dominate the top of the rankings for most… Read More

New local law: Job postings must reveal the salary

Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City. Just four months ago, city lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to require many ads for jobs in the nation’s most populous city to include salary ranges, in the name of giving job… Read More

Lost for decades, Dorothy’s dress from ‘Oz’ now for sale

It’s one of the most recognizable outfits in American movie history, the blue-and-white checked gingham dress a young Judy Garland wore as Dorothy in the classic 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz.” For decades, one of the versions of the dress Garland wore in the movie was assumed lost at… Read More

Facebook sees slow growth but rising stock price

Facebook parent Meta’s first quarter profit and its count of daily users jumped past Wall Street’s expectations despite the company’s slowest revenue growth since going public a decade ago. Shares were up sharply in after-hours trading. Meta cut a sharp contrast with Google parent Alphabet, which on Monday reported what… Read More

Dem lawmaker reveals Biden’s next far-left spending spree

President Joe Biden has signaled he might forgive some student loan debt and further extend the federal moratorium on repayments, a lawmaker who discussed the issue with him said Wednesday. Is a $1.6 trillion spending spree of student loan forgiveness next? It would also be a win for socialist Democrats… Read More