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© Reuters. Investing.com — Fear that the OPEC+ alliance of world oil producers could announce a third production cut in nine months led crude prices to rally again on Friday, significantly paring weekly losses. By 10:30 ET (14:35 GMT), or four hours to market settlement, New York-traded West Texas Intermediate, or , crude was up $1.63, or 2.3%, to $71.73 per barrel. For the week, WTI was down 1%. On Wednesday, the U.S. crude benchmark hit a four-week low of $67.03. London-traded was up $1.75, or 2.4%, to $76.03. Like WTI, Brent was down 1% on the week. The global…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken a giant leap forward in just the last six months.OpenAI stunned the world with its release of GPT-4 powered, generate AI chatbot ChatGPT last November.ChatGPT quickly became the fastest platform in the world to reach 100 million users, with users shocked at the AI-powered bot’s ability to process information, problem-solve and generate high-quality human-like responses to queries.The chatbot was quickly hailed as a breakthrough technology that could radically transform the way information workers and businesses operate.ChatGPT can be used for all manner of tasks including, varied content creation, text summarization, business idea generation and brainstorming, code production, social…

Two House Republicans sponsored a resolution this week that condemns New York officials for using elementary and secondary school facilities to house illegal aliens.New York City has been struggling to cope with a wave of illegal immigrants, many of whom were bused into the city from border states that have also been struggling with a surge in illegal immigration since President Biden took office. Last month, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the city’s shelters were full and that school gyms would be used to house them.On Thursday, Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, and Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., proposed a resolution…

A new survey finds that 61% of us are more afraid of running out of money in our old age than we are of dying itself. Life insurance giant Allianz, which conducted the survey, found the result “remarkable,” but actually it sort of makes sense. Death is inevitable, running out of cash isn’t. And when you’re dead, you’re dead. Maybe it sucks, but you don’t know about it. Being old and broke: Not the same. The findings emerged from a survey of a representative sample of 1,000 middle-class Americans aged 25 and over. (Those surveyed either had $150,000 or more of investable…

Lauren Boebert missed the vote to raise the debt ceiling after criticizing the deal for weeks.The House passed the bill 314-117, but Boebert failed to appear and vote no as pledged.Boebert’s absence sparked criticism and questions about her effectiveness as a Congressman. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Despite vocally opposing the deal for weeks, Rep. Lauren Boebert is unable to explain why she missed Wednesday’s pivotal vote to raise the federal debt ceiling.The Colorado Republican emerged as one of the most…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Stellantis is seen on a company’s building in Velizy-Villacoublay near Paris, France, February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/ By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chrysler-parent Stellantis and General Motors (NYSE:) paid a total of $363 million in civil penalties for failing to meet U.S. fuel economy requirements for prior model years, documents seen on Friday by Reuters show. The record-setting penalties include $235.5 million for Stellantis for the 2018 and 2019 model years and $128.2 million for GM covering 2016 and 2017, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which administers the…

Best crypto 2nd June / Source: Cryptonews.comCryptocurrency markets are choppy in wake of a mixed US labor market report that saw a beat on the headline non-farm payrolls number (i.e. the number of jobs added in May), but also a larger than expected rise in the unemployment rate and a slowdown in the MoM pace of average hourly earnings growth.Bitcoin was last changing hands close to but just below $27,000, with its recent technical downtrend seemingly still intact, while Ethereum was last trading in the upper-$1,800s.As crypto investors mull the outlook for the Fed’s interest rate policy (key policymakers have…

Sen. Peter Welch, Sen. Joni Ernst, and Sen. Mitt Romney. Mariam Zuhaib/AP; Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Bonnie Cash/ReutersSenators from both parties on Thursday night defended their decision to support the debt ceiling deal, despite their concerns about the legislation.Sen. Peter Welch, a Democrat, noted that while he had some concerns about the deal, he planned to vote for it anyway. He said his “biggest concern” is that there is no default. “We gotta pay our bills in full and on time,” the Vermont senator said. “I’d like to get rid of the debt ceiling, because this hostage-taking sort of approach is becoming institutionalized,…

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Will Summer Be a Quiet Season for the Markets?Photo credit: Shutterstock As we head into June, it’s a good time to take stock of where we are with the markets and economy—especially the risks. May Quiet for Markets Last month, financial markets generally pulled back. A notable exception here was the Nasdaq. Made up largely of technology companies, the Nasdaq was up by just under 6 percent on positive earnings surprises and general enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. At the same time, other U.S. markets were flat or down slightly, declines driven by worries over the debt ceiling debate in Washington.…