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S&P 500 futures are little changed ahead of May jobs report: Live updates
The major Wall Street indexes are sitting on modest gains this week with one trading session to go.
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Buy these small-cap stocks with attractive dividends, Bank of America says
Investors looking for a bargain and income can find them in small-cap stocks, but they should be selective, according to the firm.
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Corporate layoffs have ramped up in recent weeks. Here are the companies making cuts
Many companies lumped layoffs in with larger cost-cutting strategies. Some have cited artificial intelligence as a factor in layoffs.
Business
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Corporate layoffs have ramped up in recent weeks. Here are the companies making cuts
Many companies lumped layoffs in with larger cost-cutting strategies. Some have cited artificial intelligence as a factor in layoffs.
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Walmart plans to expand drone deliveries to three more states
The big-box retailer has already tested drone deliveries in Arkansas and expanded them in the Dallas-Forth Worth area.
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Lululemon shares tumble 23% as it cuts full-year earnings guidance, citing 'dynamic macroenvironment'
Lululemon beat Wall Street expectations for fiscal first-quarter earnings, but cut its full-year earnings guidance, citing a "dynamic macroenvironment."
Technology
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Airlines, banks, casinos, package deliveries, and emergency services around the world are recovering today from what could be "the largest tech outage in history." the root cause was not a foreign agent but linked back to a software update issued by a u-s based cybersecurity firm called "Crowd Strike." Could this have been avoided?
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In London, a mobile phone is stolen every 6 minutes. "If I steal your phone, I'm stealing a thousand dollars," says digital identity expert David Birch. But "If I can get into your bank account, I can steal $100,000. So that's what they really want." So there are important steps to take immediately - including turning off message preview.
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"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in...The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in internet culture."