Major news organizations, including CNN, NBC and USA Today, have joined an effort to curb the storage of their content in a web archive used by artificial intelligence companies for training chatbots. Those outlets are part of a group of 20 publishers who have opted out of having their content saved in an online repository maintained by the nonprofit Common Crawl, according to a letter reviewed by Bloomberg. The News/Media Alliance , which represents newspapers and magazines, sent the letter Wednesday to Common Crawl urging them to honor publishers’ requests to remove content from dozens of their websites and prohibit the unauthorized use of their work, including for AI purposes. “AI developers, including some of the most powerful tech companies on earth, are in fact using Common Crawl’s content to power their commercial AI tools and products – causing significant harm to our members,” the nonprofit wrote. Common Crawl declined to comment on the letter. Danielle Coffey , president and chief executive officer of News/Media Alliance, said she found out about the rampant use of Common Crawl data in AI training about three years ago. “We do view this type of use of our content without permission as a copyright violation,” she said in an interview. Founded in 2007, Common Crawl uses a bot to traverse the web and download data in order to create a digital archive that anyone can access. Some companies, including OpenAI , Google and Meta Platforms Inc. have used this trove of content to develop chatbots like ChatGPT. Common Crawl has also received donations from AI companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic PBC . News outlets have been concerned that chatbots and AI-powered search results will steal their content, cut into web traffic and cost them valuable advertising dollars. New York Times Co. sued Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement that caused billions of dollars in damages. The newspaper claimed that its news articles were scraped from the w...

Iran’s new supreme leader gave a rare statement on Thursday, vowing not to give up the country’s nuclear or missile technologies and signaling Tehran would keep control of the Strait of Hormuz. Natasha Hall, Associate Fellow at Chatham House joins to discuss on Balance of Power. (Source: Bloomberg)

The US Senate voted unanimously Thursday to ban its members and staff from trading on fast-growing prediction markets, highlighting concerns about insider trading on the platforms after a US soldier was accused of using classified information to profit from trades. The Senate rule change proposed by Republican Bernie Moreno of Ohio and amended by Democrat Alex Padilla of California takes effect immediately. Read more: Insider Trading Cases Threaten Reckoning for Prediction Markets Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer applauded the prohibition on prediction market trading, which allows customers to place bets on just about anything. “We must never allow Congress to turn into a casino where members representing the public can gamble on wars or economic crises or elections,” the New York Democrat said. He called on Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately follow suit in the House. A number of companies and US states have recently introduced new rules to restrict employees from trading on prediction markets. The Justice Department last week indicted a US soldier on charges he used classified information to make more than $400,000 from trades on Polymarket on the timing of the operation to capture Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. The soldier pleaded not guilty to the charge. Read more: Soldier Charged With Using Classified Data to Bet on Maduro A spokesperson for Polymarket called the measure a step forward for the industry while noting their rules already prohibit insider trading. Kalshi Inc. CEO Tarek Mansour also said he supports the Senate’s resolution, adding his company already “proactively blocks members of Congress.” Kalshi recently took action against three politicians for trading on markets they may have been able to influence. “I applaud the Senate for passing this resolution to ban Senators and their offices from trading on prediction markets,” Mansour said in a statement. “Now let’s pass this in the House.”

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jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images One year ago, I initiated coverage on Carvana Co. ( CVNA ) with a buy rating, and since then, the stock's over 50% gains have greatly outperformed the S&P 500. While that article was more focused on the

Bipartisan measure includes funding for Secret Service and TSA, but excludes immigration enforcement operations Partial government shutdown ends after Congress votes to fund DHS The US House of Representatives has voted to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security – excluding immigration enforcement operations – and end the longest government agency shutdown in history. The deal struck on Thursday aims to draw a line under a 75-day impasse that had threatened airport chaos and exposed fresh strains within the Republican party. Continue reading...

Kimberly Forrest, CIO and founder of Bokeh Capital Partners, joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)

Earnings Call Insights: Kirby Corporation (KEX) Q1 2026 Management View "Earlier today, we announced first quarter earnings per share of $1.50" and management tied the quarter to "improving market fundamentals in marine transportation" plus "continued strength in underlying demand for Power Generation" (CEO David W. Grzebinski).

Earnings Call Insights: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH) Q1 2026 Management View “We’re very pleased to report a strong start to the year with first quarter results highlighting the strength of the value proposition we deliver to our owners in

Earnings Call Insights: The Hershey Company (HSY) Q1 2026 Management View CEO Kirk Tanner framed the competitive backdrop as stable on pricing while acknowledging earlier-than-expected activity in the aisle, saying, "competition continues to be highly rational. So it's no change in the pricing

Earnings Call Insights: Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) Q1 2026 Management View “We delivered strong results and exceeded expectations across our financial metrics,” said CEO Chrishan Anthon Villavarayan, adding, “we generated net sales of $1.25 billion, adjusted EBITDA of $259 million and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.56.”

Higher oil prices fail to lift Pemex as Q1 loss hits $2.6 billion Reuters

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Key PointsThe Big 3 indexes are up today, with the Dow leading the way for once.

Kenneth Cheung Vehicles equipped with Google Assistant will be getting an upgrade with Google’s ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ) Gemini AI Assistant, enabling drivers to ask for directions, get updates on their journey, and select radio stations or playlist options in a conversational tone, rather than

Kenneth Cheung Vehicles equipped with Google Assistant will be getting an upgrade with Google’s ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ) Gemini AI Assistant, enabling drivers to ask for directions, get updates on their journey, and select radio stations or playlist options in a conversational tone, rather than

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks surged on the last day of April . The S & P 500 hit an all-time, intraday high and went above 7,200 for the first time ever. The Nasdaq also rallied and traded just under Monday's record high. Both indexes were on track for their best months since 2020. Ahead of the close, the S & P 500 is up more than 10% in April, while the Nasdaq is up over 15% for the month. Lower oil prices and lower bond yields certainly helped stocks on Thursday. Brent crude pulled back from Iran wartime highs of $126 per barrel. The 10-year Treasury yield dipped on slower-than-expected U.S. economic growth. The big four hyperscalers — Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta — all boosted their already hefty full-year capital expenditure guides, alongside their earnings on Wednesday evening. It's a rarity that they all delivered their quarters on the same night, which gave us an immediate picture of how much more they're all prepared to spend to keep pace in the artificial intelligence race. Normally, we're left piecing it together over several days. With all four outlooks in hand, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are committing to spend a total of at least $695 billion this year. That's an over 14% increase from the previous estimate of $608 billion. Here is how that $695 billion number breaks down for this year. (The following order is also how Jim Cramer ranked the earnings.) Alphabet: $180 billion to $190 billion, up from the previous estimate of $175 billion to $185 billion Amazon: unchanged at $200 billion Microsoft: roughly $190 billion (Microsoft did not give a total in its previous guide, which was estimated from analysts estimates on FactSet) Meta Platforms: $125 billion to $145 billion, increased from its prior range of $115 billion to $135 billion One thing is clear. All four companies are not letting ...

Thapana Onphalai/iStock via Getty Images By Catherine Yoshimoto, Director, Product Management, Benchmark Product Development As the June 2026 reconstitution of the Russell US Indexes nears, we share three key considerations: 1. The Russell recon follows a well-orchestrated timeline The

Sternlicht's Starwood Real Estate Fund Gates Redemptions Earlier this month, when much of the attention was largely focused on private credit, we warned that one of the old, familiar credit market time-bombs, commercial real estate which for many years had been penned as the "Next Big Short", was deteriorating rapidly: according to the latest TREPP CMBS monthly report, March saw a surge in the CMBS delinquency rate, which jumped by 41bps to 7.55%, the highest in years, led by a surge in the lodging rate, a category which until now was not a source of concern. It now appears that this particular time bomb is about to go off, as the huge redemptions wave that rocked private credit in recent months is making a move into commercial real estate. According to Bloomberg , Barry Sternlicht's high-profile Starwood Capital Group Management is halting redemptions from a $22 billion real estate fund aimed at retail investors as it seeks to prevent a flight of assets amid mounting pressure on its bet that the commercial real estate markets would quickly recover from interest rate rises in 2022 and 2023 The asset manager is “temporarily suspending” share repurchases from its Starwood Real Estate Income Trust with a few exceptions following a strategic review, according to a letter to shareholders . It will also cut its annualized distribution to 4.7% for Class I shares, down from 6.3% as of March. Sternlicht's fund, one of the first retail private markets funds, pinned its decision to temporarily suspend most redemptions on interest rates that have “remained high”. The move comes after Sreit had restricted investors’ liquidity rights by more than 80% two years ago “We recognize this decision may be frustrating for some shareholders,” Starwood CEO Barry Sternlicht said in the letter. “However, taking this step now allows us to preserve the opportunity to realize better outcomes as market conditions improve.” The issue was “not the real estate,” said Sternlicht in the letter, but r...

Continuing my "Bull vs. Bear" series of articles examining the bullish and bearish arguments for some popular stocks, I come to D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) . D-Wave has been a volatile stock, up nearly 150% over the past year but down around 30% year to date, as of this writing. Meanwhile, the stock has drawn about a 16% short interest from investors. Let's delve into the bullish and bearish cases for the quantum computing stock . Image source: The Motley Fool. Continue reading

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is best known for its industry-leading search technology, and for good reason. While estimates vary, Google continues to dominate with a roughly 90% market share. In recent years, however, the focus has been on the company's emergence as a force in cloud computing and -- more recently -- its prowess in artificial intelligence (AI) . That shift was front and center when Alphabet reported its financial results, as the company's cloud growth stunned market watchers, fueled by surging demand for AI. Image source: The Motley Fool. Continue reading

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The wave of layoffs that made their way through the tech sector has raised a lot of questions. Most notably, what’s the cause of the latest wave of cuts? Some would argue that a correction from overhiring during the COVID days is to blame, while others might point the finger at the rise of generative ... The Latest Tech Layoffs Look Less Cyclical and More Like the First Wave of AI‑Driven Efficiency

Key PointsSprouts grew sales by 4% as it lapped tough year-over-year comparables.

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美股震荡走高，标普500指数涨幅扩大至1%。

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today

Meta threatens to shut down Instagram, Facebook in New Mexico if judge orders ‘impractical’ kids protections New York Post

WTI原油期货价格收于每桶105.07美元，下跌1.81美元，降幅为1.69%。