German inflation accelerated less than anticipated, supporting the European Central Bank ’s arguments to defer a decision on raising interest rates due to the Iran war. Consumer prices rose an annual 2.9% in April after a 2.8% increase in March — falling short of the 3.1% median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. Regional data released earlier suggested a drop in prices for package vacations offset h...
German inflation accelerated less than anticipated, supporting the European Central Bank ’s arguments to defer a decision on raising interest rates due to the Iran war. Consumer prices rose an annual 2.9% in April after a 2.8% increase in March — falling short of the 3.1% median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. Regional data released earlier suggested a drop in prices for package vacations offset higher fuel and heating costs. The outcome contrasts with Spain, which recorded an unexpected pick-up in price gains to 3.5%. Data from France and Italy are due Thursday, along with a reading from the 21-nation euro zone that’s set to show inflation of 3% — the quickest since 2023. The report is unlikely to prove conclusive for ECB officials meeting in Frankfurt this week to decide whether two months of fighting in the Middle East have jolted inflation sufficiently to require a monetary-policy response. While economic indicators from business surveys to polls of price expectations are signaling caution, there’s no cast-iron case just yet to lift the deposit rate from its current level of 2%. Chief Economist Philip Lane summed up the ECB’s position, saying officials probably won’t have clarity this week on the duration or severity of the shock. Economists and traders reckon a quarter-point hike is coming — but in June rather than April. Whether the ECB will deliver depends chiefly on how peace negotiations evolve — but also on how governments succeed in softening the blow of higher prices at the pump. In Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz ’s coalition agreed to temporarily reduce a gasoline tax and allow employers to pay tax-free bonuses, offering €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) in relief . Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has warned the country must prepare for a prolonged energy shock, saying the war’s economic consequences will be felt for “some time.” Spanish Inflation Unexpectedly Quickens Further Beyond 2% ECB Finds No Clear Case to Hike Yet on Lane’s Data Dashboard Merz’s B...
GameStop Corp. is putting physical shelf space behind a thesis the rest of retail has largely abandoned: that there’s still money in the analog past. The company is rolling out dedicated retro sections in every U.S. store by early May, targeting a global retro console market projected to grow from roughly $3 billion in 2025 to $8 billion by 2033. In exclusive commentary to Benzinga, GameStop detai...
GameStop Corp. is putting physical shelf space behind a thesis the rest of retail has largely abandoned: that there’s still money in the analog past. The company is rolling out dedicated retro sections in every U.S. store by early May, targeting a global retro console market projected to grow from roughly $3 billion in 2025 to $8 billion by 2033. In exclusive commentary to Benzinga, GameStop detailed how inventory gets sourced, how margins compare to new releases, and why a brick-and-mortar retr
ATLANTA, April 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cumulus Media Inc. (OTC: CMLS.Q) (the "Company," "Cumulus Media," "we," "us," or "our") today announced operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2026.
ATLANTA, April 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cumulus Media Inc. (OTC: CMLS.Q) (the "Company," "Cumulus Media," "we," "us," or "our") today announced operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2026.
Award-winning chef and husband ordered to stop offering lifts home from rurally located Hansom It was when people were bringing a change of shoes to walk home that a couple running an acclaimed restaurant in North Yorkshire thought: “Actually, why don’t we give you a lift?” But the arrangement, loved by customers, has fallen foul of the council, which has informed Ruth Hansom and her husband, Mark...
Award-winning chef and husband ordered to stop offering lifts home from rurally located Hansom It was when people were bringing a change of shoes to walk home that a couple running an acclaimed restaurant in North Yorkshire thought: “Actually, why don’t we give you a lift?” But the arrangement, loved by customers, has fallen foul of the council, which has informed Ruth Hansom and her husband, Mark, that were in breach of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. Continue reading...
Ahead of the US’s 250th birthday, the president has launched six mobile museums that celebrate a white, Christian rewriting of the nation’s story George Washington greets you as you enter the truck. The great man, dressed elegantly in a black velvet coat and white cravat, stares out from the 1796 Lansdowne portrait, the lifesize image of America’s first president painted during his final year in o...
Ahead of the US’s 250th birthday, the president has launched six mobile museums that celebrate a white, Christian rewriting of the nation’s story George Washington greets you as you enter the truck. The great man, dressed elegantly in a black velvet coat and white cravat, stares out from the 1796 Lansdowne portrait, the lifesize image of America’s first president painted during his final year in office. As you step towards the painting, something strange happens. Washington’s outstretched arm begins to move. His lips part. And lo and behold, the legend is talking to you! Continue reading...
An intrepid way to save stale pitta bread by turning it into moreish and wonderfully seasoned snacks Three years ago, I helped my friend, the chef Sam Webb, set up Babette , a street food stall at Newquay Boathouse. Webb and his team make everything from scratch and, wherever possible, using only local Cornish produce, from their hot honey (sourced from the Rescued Bee ) to pitta with freshly mill...
An intrepid way to save stale pitta bread by turning it into moreish and wonderfully seasoned snacks Three years ago, I helped my friend, the chef Sam Webb, set up Babette , a street food stall at Newquay Boathouse. Webb and his team make everything from scratch and, wherever possible, using only local Cornish produce, from their hot honey (sourced from the Rescued Bee ) to pitta with freshly milled flour from Cornish Golden Grains ; he also grows his own produce with fellow restaurateur Matt Comley at Gannel Valley Gardens . As you might expect, saving food waste is at the top of Webb’s agenda, which is how he came to create waste-saving pitta chips to serve with hummus. It’s a recipe I couldn’t resist, not least because they take minutes to cook. What makes Webb’s pitta chips unique is their wonderful seasoning of sumac, za’atar and sea salt just before serving. Continue reading...
Microsoft stock defied tech weakness on Tuesday, rising for a third straight session as investors shrugged off fears of slowing growth at one of the software giant's key stakes, OpenAI. On Tuesday, many tech giants linked to the artificial intelligence boom were hit after The Wall Street Journal reported OpenAI missed internal targets for ChatGPT revenue and user growth. Is Microsoft stock a buy o...
Microsoft stock defied tech weakness on Tuesday, rising for a third straight session as investors shrugged off fears of slowing growth at one of the software giant's key stakes, OpenAI. On Tuesday, many tech giants linked to the artificial intelligence boom were hit after The Wall Street Journal reported OpenAI missed internal targets for ChatGPT revenue and user growth. Is Microsoft stock a buy or sell now?
Ed Davey attacks Reform calling it ‘Maga franchise’ and says Elon Musk funnels far-right ideas into UK via X UK politics live – latest updates The Liberal Democrats are pushing for a ban on MPs accepting payments from X as part of a proposed wider crackdown on what Ed Davey will call a “serious threat” to UK democracy from Donald Trump’s US and other countries. Announcing the plan on Tuesday, the ...
Ed Davey attacks Reform calling it ‘Maga franchise’ and says Elon Musk funnels far-right ideas into UK via X UK politics live – latest updates The Liberal Democrats are pushing for a ban on MPs accepting payments from X as part of a proposed wider crackdown on what Ed Davey will call a “serious threat” to UK democracy from Donald Trump’s US and other countries. Announcing the plan on Tuesday, the Lib Dem leader renewed his attacks on Reform UK – a series of whose MPs have taken money from X – calling it “a franchise of Maga politics” rather than a British political entity. Continue reading...
OpenAI could have prevented one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canada's history, a string of seven lawsuits filed Wednesday in a California court alleged. Ultimately, the AI company overruled recommendations from its internal safety team. More than eight months prior to the school shooting, trained experts had flagged a ChatGPT account later linked to the shooter as posing a credible threat of...
OpenAI could have prevented one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canada's history, a string of seven lawsuits filed Wednesday in a California court alleged. Ultimately, the AI company overruled recommendations from its internal safety team. More than eight months prior to the school shooting, trained experts had flagged a ChatGPT account later linked to the shooter as posing a credible threat of gun violence in the real world. In those cases, OpenAI is expected to notify police—which, in this case, already had a file on the shooter and had proactively removed guns from their home previously—but that's not what happened. Apparently, OpenAI decided that the user's privacy and the potential stress of an encounter with cops outweighed the risks of violence, whistleblowers told The Wall Street Journa l. Leaders rejected the safety team's urgings and declined to report the user to law enforcement. Instead, OpenAI simply deactivated the account, then quickly followed up to tell the shooter how to get back on ChatGPT to continue planning by signing up with another email address, the lawsuits alleged. Read full article Comments
In this article AMZN GOOGL META MSFT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman speaks during the 2026 Infrastructure Summit of government officials, corporate executives, and labor leaders, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters With the four tech hyperscalers — Amazon , Alphabet , Meta and Microsoft — set to report quarterly earnings after...
In this article AMZN GOOGL META MSFT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman speaks during the 2026 Infrastructure Summit of government officials, corporate executives, and labor leaders, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters With the four tech hyperscalers — Amazon , Alphabet , Meta and Microsoft — set to report quarterly earnings after the close, hovering over their results is a single company that doesn't even release its financials to the public: OpenAI. The ChatGPT creator, now valued at more than $850 billion by private investors, has become a major market mover over the past year as its revenue and hefty spending are increasingly viewed as a proxy for the artificial intelligence trade. OpenAI would be all over the headlines this week anyway because of a high-profile legal battle between CEO Sam Altman and Tesla CEO Elon Musk . The two ex-friends were among a group of techies who created OpenAI as a nonprofit lab in 2015, and they're now facing off in court after Musk sued Altman and OpenAI in 2024, alleging they breached the founding agreement. Before opening arguments could begin on Tuesday, shares of companies including Oracle , Nvidia , Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom were sinking from a Wall Street Journal report that OpenAI missed revenue and user growth projections. The report, which OpenAI characterized as "ridiculous," also suggested that OpenAI leaders are worried about the company's ability to keep pace with its massive financial commitments tied to building out data centers. All eyes then turned to the earnings reports scheduled for Wednesday. The four tech giants that are reporting are among the most valuable businesses in the world and all have clear ties to OpenAI, whether as an investor, customer, strategic partner, competitor, or some combination of those traits. watch now VIDEO 3:35 03:35 Amazon needs to spend more to keep AWS as the premiere AI play: Intelligent Alpha's Doug Cl...
Tim Robberts/DigitalVision via Getty Images Co-authored by Kody's Dividends In recent years, the utilities sector has undergone a significant transformation. They have shifted from an abandoned bond proxy to the underlying engine for the AI revolution. As data center power demand continues to surge and geopolitical tensions keep the interest rate environment elevated, the market is waking up to pu...
Tim Robberts/DigitalVision via Getty Images Co-authored by Kody's Dividends In recent years, the utilities sector has undergone a significant transformation. They have shifted from an abandoned bond proxy to the underlying engine for the AI revolution. As data center power demand continues to surge and geopolitical tensions keep the interest rate environment elevated, the market is waking up to pure-play regulated utilities that provide a clear growth catalyst. For income-oriented investors, this environment demands an uncommon combination: the scale required to finance a massive infrastructure build-out and the reliability of a multi-decade dividend streak. One such standout reached a historic milestone earlier this year; we’re referring to Black Hills ( BKH ), which upped its quarterly dividend per share by 4% to $0.703 in January. That marked the 56th consecutive year of dividend growth for the regulated utility. When Kody last covered BKH with a "Buy" rating in September , he thought the announced merger with NorthWestern Energy Group ( NWE ) was a strategically and financially sound move. The investment-grade credit rating was another plus. Finally, shares looked to be deeply undervalued at the time. Seven months later, we’re reaffirming our "Buy" rating. The regulated utility’s ongoing merger is progressing, with it still on track to close by the end of 2026. BKH maintains a BBB+ S&P credit rating. While shares aren’t the value that they were last September, the stock still looks buyable here. The Growth Picture Is Intact Black Hills Q4 2025 Earnings Press Release On February 4, BKH released its earnings report for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025. The company’s total revenue rose by 6.4% year-over-year to $635.5 million during the quarter. For more perspective, that came up $174.4 million short of Seeking Alpha’s analyst consensus in the quarter. We’re not worried about this topline miss, however. That’s because this topline miss was largely tied to...
New integration powered by PayPal connects merchant catalogs to AI-driven discovery and checkout experiences across Microsoft Copilot, Meta and PerplexityAUSTIN, Texas, April 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Commerce (Nasdaq: CMRC), the parent company of leading ecommerce platform BigCommerce today announced the integration of PayPal’s Store Sync offering in the BigCommerce App Marketplace and Channel...
New integration powered by PayPal connects merchant catalogs to AI-driven discovery and checkout experiences across Microsoft Copilot, Meta and PerplexityAUSTIN, Texas, April 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Commerce (Nasdaq: CMRC), the parent company of leading ecommerce platform BigCommerce today announced the integration of PayPal’s Store Sync offering in the BigCommerce App Marketplace and Channel Manager, enabling BigCommerce merchants to seamlessly connect their product catalogs, inventory, an
LAKE MARY, Fla., April 29, 2026--Team Cymru today announced the general availability of the Pure Signal™ MCP Server, the first purpose-built, production-grade Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for threat intelligence. Available immediately, the server connects any MCP-compatible AI agent — including Claude, Microsoft Security Copilot, Copilot Studio, GitHub Copilot and custom agents — directly t...
LAKE MARY, Fla., April 29, 2026--Team Cymru today announced the general availability of the Pure Signal™ MCP Server, the first purpose-built, production-grade Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for threat intelligence. Available immediately, the server connects any MCP-compatible AI agent — including Claude, Microsoft Security Copilot, Copilot Studio, GitHub Copilot and custom agents — directly to Team Cymru’s Pure Signal platform, the world’s largest threat intelligence data ocean.