Hydrogen-powered ferry in San Francisco is a US first
The Sea Change, a hydrogen-powered...
The Sea Change, a hydrogen-powered ferry that is the first to be authorized for commercial transit in the US, received its certificate of inspection from the US Coast Guard last Friday and will start a six-month pilot period in June. The 75-passenger catamaran ferry has an integrated hydrogen power system, 360 kilowatts of fuel cells and 600 kilowatts of electric motor propulsion.
Spain, Norway, and Ireland will recognize a Palestinian state
The three European countries ...
The three European countries announced the largely symbolic diplomatic moves yesterday as Israel continues to fight in Gaza, saying they hoped to help bring about a two-state solution. Israel recalled its ambassadors from the countries in response, and Prime Minister Netanyahu called the recognition “a reward for terrorism.” The US also opposed the decisions, with the White House saying the president “believes a Palestinian state should be realized through direct negotiations between the parties, not through unilateral recognition.”
Home sales unexpectedly fell last month. People aren’t ...
Home sales unexpectedly fell last month. People aren’t buying houses, and it’s not because they’re splurging on too much avocado toast. High interest rates coupled with high home prices led existing home sales to drop 1.9% in April from March. The sluggish sales during the usually busy homebuying season come as the median price of a previously owned home rose 5.7% from last year to $407,600, according to the National Association of Realtors. Although it was the second consecutive monthly decline, analysts weren’t expecting it.
The Department of Justice is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation today, at least in part over the dominance of Ticketmaster.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak set a national general election for July 4 to determine who will rule the country. It’ll be the UK’s first such election for Parliament in five years, and Sunak’s Conservative Party looks poised to lose.
OpenAI made a content licensing deal with News Corp. valued at $250 million to use the news publisher’s content to improve ChatGPT.
The Biden administration said it had canceled an additional $7.7 billion in student loans for 160,000 Americans as it works to chip away at the problem after the Supreme Court tossed its larger student debt forgiveness program.
More Americans report using marijuana daily than drinking alcohol daily for the first time as recreational weed becomes legal in more states, according to a new study.
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell $1.09 to $77.57 per barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for July delivery fell 98 cents to $81.90 per barrel.
Wholesale gasoline for June delivery fell 4 cents to $2.47 a gallon. June heating oil fell 3 cents to $2.43 a gallon. June natural gas rose 17 centsto $2.84 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Stocks stumble after Fed minutes raise rate-hike fears as Nvidia earnings await
Stocks ended the day with losses, after falling in afternoon action in...
Stocks ended the day with losses, after falling in afternoon action in the wake of minutes from the Federal Reserve's April 30-May 1 meeting that showed "various" officials were willing to hike rates if deemed necessary.
"The investing world will have to wait at least another month to hear anything about rate cuts but the kicker in this report was the willingness of some participants to restrict policy further which apparently according to the markets action was quite the surprise," said Alex McGrath, chief investment officer at NorthEnd Private Wealth, in a note.
Attention now turns to what many anticipated to be the main market event of the week, earnings due after the bell from chip maker and standard bearer of the stock market's AI-fueled rally Nvidia Corp.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended with a loss of around 202 points, or 0.5%, near 39,672, according to preliminary figures.
The S&P 500 finished around 14 points lower, down 0.3%, near 5,307.
The Nasdaq Composite closed near 16,802, down around 31 points, or 0.2%.