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Donald Trump says he doesn’t like the word “woke,” despite using it many times in the past. Ron DeSantis appears to love using the word, boasting that “Florida is wear woke goes to die.” DeSantis’s attacks on “wokeness” come straight out of Trump’s playbook. 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 Former President Donald Trump said he doesn’t like the word “woke” — despite many years of explicitly using the word and directly attacking “wokeness,” a move his 2024 rival Florida Gov. Ron…

Online threats to companies do not disappear in economic downturns. So says George Kurtz, chief executive of CrowdStrike. Yet after reporting revenue growth of 42 per cent in the first quarter, the US cloud cyber security company is predicting full-year growth will drop to about 35 per cent. That is the slowest on record.CrowdStrike is not alone. Okta is also predicting a slowdown in revenue growth. Both share prices have dipped accordingly.This is despite Crowdstrike’s addition to the fashionable generative artificial intelligence market with an ‘AI security analyst’ called Charlotte. It says it uses AI to identify threats via its…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Office workers and shoppers walk through Sydney’s central business district in Australia, September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s independent wage-setting body said on Friday it would raise the minimum wage by 5.75% from July 1, as families grapple with soaring living costs. The lowest-paid employees will receive A$22.61 ($15.34) an hour from July 1, according to Reuters calculations based on the current rate of A$21.38. The decision from the Fair Work Commission would affect more than 2 million workers. “The level of wage increase we have determined is, we consider, the most that…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for The Walt Disney Company on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) -A federal district court judge on Thursday disqualified himself from hearing the Walt Disney (NYSE:) Co’s civil suit against Governor Ron DeSantis and other officials in Florida. Judge Mark E. Walker wrote that a relative has a financial interest – 30 shares of Disney stock – that could be affected by the outcome of the proceeding, so he disqualified himself. Walker denied…

Former President Donald Trump participates in a CNN Republican Town Hall moderated by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, May 10. Will Lanzoni/CNNThe 2024 presidential campaign is only beginning, but former President Donald Trump made clear that his third bid for the White House will feel very much like the first two.Trump might be trying a new tack in this campaign, running what is, to date, a more conventional race with less internal drama. But when pressed by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, the 76-year-old showed on Wednesday night that he is very much the same person…

WeWork Inc. bonds have been sinking deeper into distressed territory after two top executives left the company on the heels of a complex debt restructuring. WeWork’s roughly $163 million of 7.875% bonds due May 2025 were trading hands at about 45 cents on the dollar on Thursday, down from about 55 cents in mid-May, according to BondCliQ data. Corporate…

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3/3 © Reuters. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen welcomes incoming World Bank President Ajay Banga at the Treasury Department in Washington, U.S. June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 2/3 By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday told incoming World Bank Group President Ajay Banga to “get the most out of the bank’s balance sheet” and mobilize more private capital for climate finance and global development objectives, the Treasury said. During a meeting with Banga a day before the former Mastercard (NYSE:) CEO takes office at the World Bank, Yellen “conveyed her strong desire for Treasury to continue…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: JetBlue Airways aircrafts are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York June 15, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (Adds media packaging code SPIRIT AIRLINES-M&A/JETBLUE AIRWAYS) (Reuters) -JetBlue Airways Corp said on Thursday it would sell Spirit Airlines (NYSE:) Inc’s holdings at New York’s LaGuardia Airport upon completion of their planned merger. Spirit’s holdings, which JetBlue intends to sell to Frontier Group Holdings Inc, includes six gates at the Marine Air Terminal and 22 takeoff and landing slots. JetBlue said the agreement with Frontier would help maintain the same level of low-cost carrier…

 Despite recent legislative action in the United States to avert a government debt default, Bitcoin and other leading cryptocurrencies are experiencing price declines. This drop coincides with the U.S. House of Representatives voting to suspend the national debt ceiling. The bill passed 314 to 117, garnering bipartisan support. Next in its legislative journey the bill will go to the Senate for approval. If enacted by June 5, it permits the U.S. Treasury to issue new debt, averting a potential default on its fiscal obligations.Financial analysts predict this move could lead the Federal Reserve to consider hiking interest rates during their June…