US stocks closed on Thursday with a mixed result, led by gains from Eli Lilly and Co. The S&P 500 Index rose 0.13%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.33%. Webull, a popular online trading platform, underperformed in contrast. The mixed outcome may reflect market volatility amid fluctuating economic indicators. Source: https://www.barrons.com/articles/u-s-markets-closed-mixed-thursday-as-eli-lilly-led-webull-lagged-db2c20c5
Lenovo has announced its latest ThinkPad P14s mobile workstation-class laptop with a significant performance boost from its Gen 6 series. The new model features the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 Strix Point processor, which offers 12 cores and 24 threads of processing power. This powerful processor is combined with an M.2 2280 slot … Read more
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage has been sparking curiosity among fans since its release in February. The narrative adventure game follows a group of female friends, who are reunited by a mysterious package that threatens to expose a dark secret they’ve suppressed for 27 years. The story has received praise for its characters and LGBT … Read more
US stocks paused on Thursday as investors took heart from trade talks between the US, Japan, and Italy, despite Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s cautious tone about cutting interest rates. The dollar ticked up while gold pulled back from a record high. The S&P 500 index rose 0.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.1%. Technology … Read more
Target’s decision to retreat from its diversity efforts has sparked controversy, with civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton calling for a meeting with the company’s CEO, Brian Cornell. Sharpton described the meeting as “very constructive and candid” in a statement provided by the National Action Network. The meeting comes amid calls from activists to boycott … Read more
A growing number of measles cases and outbreaks in several states are being linked to declining vaccination rates, with pertussis, also known as whooping cough, showing a record increase. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 7,599 cases of pertussis reported this year, up from 3,473 cases at this time … Read more
China’s team behind the rescue of a pair of lunar satellites has revealed the challenges they faced in salvaging the mission. Initially launched on March 13, 2024, to send the DRO-A and DRO-B spacecraft into distant retrograde orbit (DRO) around the moon, an anomaly experienced by the mission’s Yuanzheng-1S upper stage left the satellites in … Read more
A power outage has left nearly 620,000 people in Puerto Rico without electricity for more than 24 hours. The blackout, which occurred when the island’s power plants were knocked out of service, affected over 1.4 million customers. Luma Energy, the electricity distributor, has restored power to around 850,000 customers, or 57.9% of its customer base. … Read more
Davenport’s St. Ambrose University will present the classic operetta The Pirates of Penzance, a beloved Gilbert & Sullivan masterpiece, from April 25 through May 4 in its Studio Theatre. The show is set during the reign of King Richard IV and tells the story of Frederic, a pirate apprentice who falls in love with Mabel, … Read more
US President Donald Trump has escalated his criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, suggesting that “termination” could be on the horizon. The situation raises questions about the extent of Trump’s power to remove Powell from office. A key court case is watching this scenario closely. In recent days, Powell stated that the independence of … Read more