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President Joe Biden is pushing proposals to help families pay for child care, preschool and elder care while he's running for reelection this year

Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify forecast its slowest quarterly revenue growth in two years against the backdrop of an uncertain economy and tepid consumer spending, sending its U.S. shares slumping nearly 20 per cent in early trading Wednesday.

Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines emerged as frontrunners, earning accolades for their commitment to customer experience excellence in the prestigious J.D. Power's North American airlines customer satisfaction survey for 2024. Released on Wednesday, the survey results underscored a noteworthy trend: airlines prioritizing investments in their personnel are reaping the rewards of heightened customer satisfaction, even amid a backdrop of elevated airfares compared to the previous year. This recognition serves as a testament to the pivotal role of dedicated and well-trained staff in shaping the overall travel experience, highlighting the enduring value of quality service in an industry marked by constant evolution and competition.

tornadoes across the US regions in Tennessee, Iowa, and other states that will see some critical destruction in the US regions according to a recent report by ABC News. According to reports, there were already reports of 21 different confirmed tornadoes across six US states that included the likes of Tennessee, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour has cemented Grammy winner singer's status as global superstar. However, ticket prices of Swift's concerts in the US have remained a topic of discussion among of her fans and other enthusiasts. Now, thousands of ride-or-die Taylor Swift fans who missed out on her US concert tour last year or didn't want to buy exorbitantly priced tickets to see her again found an out-of-the-way solution: Fly to Europe, as per an AP report.

social media users, including some of his fans, are claiming that his new French film that released in Theatres recently, has been 'pulled' from theatres due to low ticket sales, according to a TMZ report. Johnny Depp was featured in the French film Jeanne du Barry, which premiered back in 2023, and saw a release in US theatres recently, had to face flak of Depp fans based on a claim that it was pulled from theatres, especially in the Los Angeles area.

Amazon Prime Video has confirmed that 'Betty La Fea, the Story Continues,' the sequel to the Colombian telenovela that inspired ABC's 'Ugly Betty,' will premiere on July 19. Returning Cast Members

Tony and Ziva NCIS series, which had so far been untitled, now has a title. The official title is NCIS: Tony & Ziva, which was announced recently. The two stars working on the European series announced the title a call on Zoom. The stars had earlier sought suggestions for the title from their fans. The show will feature Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly, among others. The series will have 10 episodes and will follow the journey of Tony (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva (Cote de Pablo) across Europe as they struggle to survive, reunite and live together. The filming of this series, which is the second extension of the NCIS franchise beyond the US, will begin in the summer and is expected to release sometime in the second half of 2024. The earlier series, which was shot outside the US, was NCIS: Sydney.

Three American sports personalities, Rob Gronkowski, Victor Oladipo, and Landon Cassill, agreed on May 3 to collectively pay $2.42 million to settle allegations in the Voyager promotion case.

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 – The brand new ICO for Sealana ($SEAL), the all-American redneck seal on Solana, has taken in $300,000 in its first week of launch. In a sector dominated by land-roving sniffers like Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, one marine mammal is trading his way out of mom’s basement like a 21st-century patriot pursuing the lost American Dream.  Solana’s latest meme coin, Sealana, is a spin on South Park’s viral legend Gamer Guy, aka Fat Computer Nerd. Gamer Guy appeared in the hit cartoon’s side-splitting World of Warcraft episode. He quickly became a viral meme all on his own thanks to his milk-bottle glasses, screen-locked stare, messy room and gravity-defying girth. He has symbolized anyone from the legions of disgruntled keyboard warriors writing sharp, acerbic opinions in internet comments sections, to a kind of Everyman – a symbol of the idler in everyone. Sealana is Web3’s Everyman, beached at his desk and ballooning by the day. When he’s not making filthy degen trades, Sealana’s roving flippers reach for sustenance of chips and tinned tuna. 

Payments giant Mastercard joined several leading U.S. banks on Wednesday to test new distributed ledger technology to enable tokenized asset settlement between its entities.

ALSO READ: Wall Street today: US stocks slip as Treasury yields rebound https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/wall-street-today-megacaps-drag-down-us-stocks-treasury-yields-rebound-11715174072617.html The loss per share was 21 cents on revenue of $1.86 billion, Shopify said in a statement on Wednesday. Subscription Solutions revenue was $511 million, a 34 per cent jump from a year earlier, helped by the price increases and more merchants using its services. Last year, Shopify shares had rallied more than 120 per cent.

A US university commencement speaker for the class of 2024, entrepreneur Chris Pan, said he was high on ayahuasca while writing his speech, which, among other things, promoted Bitcoin and crypto.

In  an announcement on Tuesday , the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida said Todd pleaded guilty to “willfully causing” Digitex to violate the Bank Secrecy Act. Notably, authorities indicted the former CEO in February.

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has amassed billions of dollars more than it needs to cover what customers lost in its November 2022 collapse, setting them up to receive full recoveries, plus interest, a rare outcome in U.S. bankruptcy proceedings.

Remember the days when the price of oil would go up and the loonie would follow suit?

One of Canada’s biggest pension funds says it hasn’t been able to deploy the $10 billion it earmarked for energy transition investments, partly because it finds Asian governments’ long-term plans and support inadequate.

Shopify Inc. shares tumbled after the Canadian e-commerce company reported a surprise net loss in the first quarter after the sale of its logistics business last year.

Council of Economics Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett weighs in on the Fed's monetary decision, consumer credit data, oil prices and anti-Israel protests.

Ripple Labs and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have made significant progress in their ongoing legal battle as the SEC filed its final reply in the lawsuit’s remedies stage. 

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, used Pitroda's statement to corner the Congress party right in the middle of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Speaking during an election rally in Telangana, the Prime Minister demanded a response from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying that the country "won't tolerate disrespect on the basis of the colour of skin". Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lashed out at Congress leader Sam Pitroda for his ‘racist’ remark, saying it reveals the mindset and attitude of Rahul Gandhi’s mentor.