Learning AI is becoming more and more crucial for workers to get hired, as 42% of recent grads are still underemployed. Clara Shih, founder and CEO of the New Work Foundation and former Head of Business at Meta, says she wants AI to be profitable not just for businesses, but for everyone - including the millions of 25-year-olds currently unemployed. She joins Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)

Workers tend to fear the idea of a recession, since economic downturns tend to go hand in hand with job loss. As a retiree, you may not have to worry about a recession from a job-related perspective. If you're not working, there's no job to lose. But a recession could have a negative impact on your portfolio. While recessions and stock market downturns don't always happen simultaneously, they can. So it's important to build some resilience into your retirement plan. Here's how. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading

Magdalena Wygralak/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Shares of McDonald's Corporation ( MCD ) have had a challenging year, trading near 52-week lows and nearly 20% below 52-week highs (-7% YTD). Because of this price action, yesterday's Q1 earnings report represented a critical "show me" quarter. Prior to the report, the narrative surrounding the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) sector was decidedly negative. Investors have been pricing in headwinds, including: a "K-shaped" economy squeezing lower income consumers, volatile energy markets that may portend a rebound in inflation expectations, and geopolitical risks that threaten international margins. Furthermore, investors have aggressively purchased high beta names, particularly semiconductors ( SOXX ), piling into the AI "picks and shovels" trade while shunning lower beta, slower growing stalwarts. However, Q1 2026 earnings from McDonald's outperformed consensus estimates, beating on the top and bottom lines, along with a 3.8% increase in global comparable sales. McDonald's bucked the trend in a troubled sector, decoupling from fears that were realized on the same day in smaller QSR firms, such as Shake Shack ( SHAK ). Due to geopolitical uncertainty and company fundamentals that counter to the bearish narrative, the recent pullback in shares of MCD represents a highly attractive entry point. Shares trade for 21.8x 2026 EPS estimates, in-line with the 21.5x forward earnings multiple for the S&P 500 ( SPY ). Historically, 20% pullbacks are rare for MCD and have nearly always presented buying opportunities. Therefore, while slower growing, the defensive nature of McDonald's business earns a Buy rating. McDonald's: Q1 2026 Earnings Review In the Q1 report , McDonald's reported a definitive beat, delivering on management's "3 for 3" strategy that emphasizes value, marketing, and menu innovation. In a challenging environment, the company leveraged its scale to drive top-line growth, while gaining market share. Comparison...

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman both took a beating over their leadership styles in court testimony this week as a jury waded further into their OpenAI feud. As people who worked closely with the two men over the startup’s tumultuous 11-year history took turns under oath on the witness stand, jurors heard that Musk lacked technical competency to oversee the development of artificial intelligence — and had a hot temper to boot. Altman, meanwhile, came under fire by former OpenAI board members over for perceived deficiencies in honesty and integrity. These are not new criticisms of two of the world’s leading tech entrepreneurs. But for the jury and judge refereeing their high-profile dispute, the testimony may play into the credibility contest over who is wronging whom. Even US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has acknowledged that the case is much more about trustworthiness than it is about a smoking-gun corporate document or legal contract. “This trial, like many trials, boils down to who the jurors are going to believe,” she said Thursday. The trial, which just finished its second week, is revisiting OpenAI’s arc from scrappy startup founded in 2015 to benefit humanity to behemoth now valued at almost $1 trillion. The week started with attorneys questioning Greg Brockman , a software engineer by training who worked with Musk, Altman and others to launch the startup — before a dramatic falling out that eventually led to the court fight. The way Musk has told it in his own testimony, he was the one who brought the capital, connections and vision for OpenAI to serve the public good — only to see it stolen by Altman and Brockman and converted to a for-profit business for their own benefit. Read More: Brockman Says Musk’s Lack of AI Knowledge Was Concern at OpenAI But Brockman, OpenAI’s president, testified that when a power struggle broke out around 2017, a “major concern” was that Musk didn’t have AI chops and that he wasn’t going to “spend the time required to actually...

格隆汇5月9日｜“美联储传声筒”Nick Timiraos：越来越多的卖方机构和美联储观察人士正在从其展望中撤销或推迟降息预期，其中包括在4月非农就业数据公布后做出调整的几位预测人士。目前半数人士认为今年不会降息（鉴于此类预测具有惯性特征，这一阵营的人数很可能继续增加）。

Nvidia has spent the past two years looking almost untouchable. The chipmaker’s graphics processing units have formed the backbone of the artificial intelligence boom, powering the data centers, cloud platforms and large language models that have turned AIinto Wall Street’s favorite growth story. ...

美国总统特朗普在Truth Social上的一则帖子中表示，俄乌冲突将从周六开始停火三天。 他说，停火将从5月9日持续至11日。 特朗普称：“此次停火将包括暂停所有军事行动，并且两国各交换1，000名囚犯。” 责任编辑：陈钰嘉

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【有線新聞】宏福苑大火聽證會，涉事的工程和顧問公司缺席。行政會議召集人葉劉淑儀在本台節目《有理有得傾》說，相關人士被刑事調查，就不便向獨立委員會賦予傳召權作公開調查，又說不應該因為一部分公務員失職，而影響全體公務員的薪酬調整。 宏福苑大火獨立委員會去年12月成立，目標9個月內交報告，目前已完成4輪聽證會。是否可以率先提交中期報告，行政會議召集人葉劉淑儀在本台節目說應該全部調查完畢，才發表報告。 行政會議召集人葉劉淑儀：「據我了解的聽證會，應該都接近尾聲，現在也五月了，到政府做完必要的調查，應該都可以寫好個報告，就公布結果，我看不到有需要中期報告。（記者：涉事的工程承辦商、顧問缺席，有些人關注其實是不是要給傳召權獨立委員會？）你看到發生大火之後，無論廉署、競委會、警察都去調查，所以如果有刑事調查進行的時候，（獨立）委員會再去傳召他們，可能就不太方便。」 公務員薪酬趨勢調查預料本月有結果。有聲音指宏福苑大火揭示多個部門失職，公務員加薪會惹起反彈。葉劉淑儀：「我知道很多市民對於這次宏福苑的調查牽涉公務員的表現都不滿，但我覺得不應該為一部分公務員的可能表現差，甚至失職，影響全體公務員。我想我們現在也要看薪酬趨勢的結果，目前來說根據機制是比較合理。」 每年除了薪酬調整，未到頂薪點的公務員亦有增薪點制度「跳POINT」，政府正檢討評核機制。葉劉淑儀認同要研究新方法，評估公務員表現，「不要好像每個人都吃大鍋飯，人人都差不多。（記者：是拉curve好，還是好像我們的私營機構，好的、特別優秀才有花紅、有增薪點？）政府也考慮過多年，為何沒有採納，始終公務員是每個部門做事，團隊合作，如果太過標誌某一個人做得好，可能影響合作。」她說以往上級評核下屬，有人手鬆、有人手緊，不獲增薪點的人比較少，常態分佈評級可以有量化的標準。

【有線新聞】宏福苑大火聽證會，涉事的工程和顧問公司缺席。行政會議召集人葉劉淑儀在本台節目《有理有得傾》說，相關人士被刑事調查，就不便向獨立委員會賦予傳召權作公開調查，又說不應該因為一部分公務員失職，而影響全體公務員的薪酬調整。 宏福苑大火獨立委員會去年12月成立，目標9個月內交報告，目前已完成4輪聽證會。是否可以率先提交中期報告，行政會議召集人葉劉淑儀在本台節目說應該全部調查完畢，才發表報告。 行政會議召集人葉劉淑儀：「據我了解的聽證會，應該都接近尾聲，現在也五月了，到政府做完必要的調查，應該都可以寫好個報告，就公布結果，我看不到有需要中期報告。（記者：涉事的工程承辦商、顧問缺席，有些人關注其實是不是要給傳召權獨立委員會？）你看到發生大火之後，無論廉署、競委會、警察都去調查，所以如果有刑事調查進行的時候，（獨立）委員會再去傳召他們，可能就不太方便。」 公務員薪酬趨勢調查預料本月有結果。有聲音指宏福苑大火揭示多個部門失職，公務員加薪會惹起反彈。葉劉淑儀：「我知道很多市民對於這次宏福苑的調查牽涉公務員的表現都不滿，但我覺得不應該為一部分公務員的可能表現差，甚至失職，影響全體公務員。我想我們現在也要看薪酬趨勢的結果，目前來說根據機制是比較合理。」 每年除了薪酬調整，未到頂薪點的公務員亦有增薪點制度「跳POINT」，政府正檢討評核機制。葉劉淑儀認同要研究新方法，評估公務員表現，「不要好像每個人都吃大鍋飯，人人都差不多。（記者：是拉curve好，還是好像我們的私營機構，好的、特別優秀才有花紅、有增薪點？）政府也考慮過多年，為何沒有採納，始終公務員是每個部門做事，團隊合作，如果太過標誌某一個人做得好，可能影響合作。」她說以往上級評核下屬，有人手鬆、有人手緊，不獲增薪點的人比較少，常態分佈評級可以有量化的標準。

Investing.com -- Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone Inc. are in discussions with Broadcom Inc. regarding approximately $35 billion in financing to support the chipmaker’s artificial intelligence chip development, according to a Bloomberg report Friday.

iQoncept/iStock via Getty Images Midcaps - the sweet spot of investing? There are several compelling reasons to consider midcaps, including the broadening of market-cap performance and earnings growth. Justin Livengood, Senior Portfolio Manager, Invesco Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund, explains why. Transcript Since late 2025, we’ve seen a rotation away from megacap stocks and a broadening of performance towards other market caps, including mid-caps. Mid-sized companies are often described as the “sweet spot” of investing, combining some of the best features of large and small companies. The mid-cap universe spans companies from about $7 billion to $70 billion in market cap, representing a broad opportunity set for identifying high-quality businesses with meaningful growth potential. In our view, they have a lot going in their favor. Earnings can help drive stocks, and mid-cap earnings growth improved in 2025. And looking ahead, expectations for 2026 are roughly on par with large caps, while mid-caps continue to trade at lower valuations. What’s also compelling is that premier mid-cap growth companies have the potential to compound earnings and grow through market capitalizations. We’re excited about how many premier mid-cap companies we’re able to find. Compared to small caps, the opportunity set is more balanced across sectors, and it’s far less concentrated than large caps. The performance gap between winners and losers has been staggering lately, too, creating an environment where active management may shine. Our research has helped us find what we consider to be the best relative growth opportunities, and just as importantly, areas to avoid. One example is the tech sector. We built an overweight in semiconductors and hardware stocks, both of which have performed well in our Discovery Mid-Cap Growth Fund. Conversely, our research led us to avoid software, where we’ve held one of the largest underweights. Software has significantly underperformed the broader market...

Volatility hasn't dampened demand for municipal bonds. The assets performed dismally in March but rebounded in April. In fact, the ICE BofA US Municipals Securities Index posted its first positive April since 2021 and the strongest one since 2014. Munis are free of federal tax and, if the holder lives in the state in which the bond is issued, also exempt from state tax. Maybe as a result, investors have piled into muni bond funds at the fastest rate since 2021. Municipal mutual and exchange-traded funds saw net inflows of about $22.3 billion in the first four months of the year, according to LSEG Lipper Global Fund Flows. Investors were able to snap up some deals in April after March's repricing, but AllianceBernstein's Matt Norton still sees a compelling entry point right now. "The all-in yields are still over attractive from an income generation perspective," said Norton, the firm's chief investment officer for municipal bonds. A muni portfolio that has a 4% tax-free yield means investors in the higher tax brackets could approach a 7% tax-equivalent yield, he noted. Bond yields move inversely to prices. "Given the relative safety of the municipal bond market, and what we think are attractive valuations, that could lead to pretty strong performance over the next 12 to 18 months," he added. VTEB YTD mountain Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF year to date performance Meanwhile, UBS recently turned positive on the asset class too, shifting its house view to "attractive." "We believe munis are poised to deliver strong performance over the next several months," Sudip Mukherjee, senior fixed income strategist in the UBS chief investment office, said in a note last week. "Yields are attractive, technicals are expected to improve, the curve remains steep and credit remains resilient." Still, Barclays is reminding investors to stay on their toes in the event of any uptick in macroeconomic risk. "In our view, tax-exempts should do fine in May, but if rate volatility starts pickin...

adventtr/E+ via Getty Images By Elior Manier US stock indexes are bouncing back to new record highs in this morning session, quickly recovering from yesterday’s brief, fear-driven momentum break. The pullback occurred as traders reduced risk following reports of sporadic military clashes in southern Iran , while the market awaited Tehran’s response to a US peace deal. Today, though, Wall Street is ignoring the geopolitical headlines. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 are still moving higher, driven mostly by the technology sector. Most of the biggest tech companies are dancing higher, with the exception of Microsoft ( MSFT ); semiconductor stocks are especially strong. The AI trade just continues to generate traction and is pushing the Nasdaq up by another 1.50% today. Daily Market Performance (11:13). May 8, 2026 – Courtesy of Finviz Meanwhile, the Dow Jones is showing more hesitation from investors. Staying flat most of the morning, the index couldn't withstand its few rebound attempts, with most of the money still going into faster-growing AI stocks. Markets did receive further economic clues: today’s Non-Farm Payrolls report was stronger than expected, which the market welcomed as a sign of US economic resilience despite recent Middle East tensions. However, some analysts are worried about the gap between the steady unemployment rate and the strong job numbers – Dangerous signs when many are still looking to see the impact of the change in the Bureau of Labor Statistics that happened at the end of 2025. At the same time, the University of Michigan’s early consumer sentiment index stayed weak and continued to fall – Yet, this bleak consumer data is doing absolutely nothing to prevent equities from printing fresh all-time highs. A key reminder that stock markets and the economy are two very different things University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment and S&P 500 – Source: Koyfin, X To get ready for a potentially volatile weekend, dive into intraday charts and trading levels fo...

Earnings Call Insights: The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP) Q1 2026 Management View "We are progressing rapidly on executing our comprehensive transformation strategy, which has helped drive significant improvement in our first quarter net leverage to under 4x" (Executive VP & CFO Jason Combs). "Our Local Media division delivered a strong performance with industry-leading 7% core advertising revenue growth, driven by our unique live sports strategy" (Executive VP & CFO Combs). "We launched the Scripps Sports Network, a premium free streaming channel" (Executive VP & CFO Combs), and "we continue to optimize our portfolio through strategic asset transactions, generating $123 million in gross proceeds from recent sales of 2 stations" (Executive VP & CFO Combs). "In addition to those recent highlights, we are pleased to have just successfully completed a new affiliation agreement with our largest network partner, ABC, covering 17 ABC affiliates" (Executive VP & CFO Combs). "At Scripps, we are in the midst of executing a significant transformation, moving now from the detailed planning stage into execution, and I'm pleased to report that we're right on track" (President, CEO & Director Adam Symson). "Connected TV continues to be a growth driver for Scripps, up 26% in the first quarter" (President, CEO & Director Symson), and "in March, to capitalize on the marketplace growth and our success in connected TV revenue, we launched the Scripps Sports Network" (President, CEO & Director Symson). Outlook "For the second quarter, we expect Local Media division revenue to be up low single digits" and "we expect core advertising to be down low single digits without the benefit of live sports for most of the quarter" (Executive VP & CFO Combs). "Based on that timing, we still expect full year gross distribution revenue to grow in the low single-digit range, but now expect net distribution revenue to grow in the low double-digit range, a slight change from our previous guidance" (Executi...

As the New York City Public School system grapples with the Canvas service hack affecting schools nationwide, one of its Manhattan campuses is contending with a separate incident. Officials discovered malware installed on computers at one school community’s shared lab, according to a memo sent to affected school community members and seen by Bloomberg. The malware has since been removed, and the district is investigating with local police, per the memo. The largest K-12 district in the US, which includes about one million students and staff at over 1,600 schools, was already dealing with the cyberattack on Instructure Inc. ’s Canvas service. Seven of its schools were impacted by that, according to a spokesperson for the district. The Canvas system, used by students to take tests and get grades, was infiltrated by hackers on May 1, leading to service disruptions at campuses across the country. The company, owned by KKR & Co. , restored much of the service Thursday, though it’s suspended the teacher accounts for now. “We are continuing to investigate these matters and are committed to keeping all affected communities informed. We will share more information as soon as it is available,” said Kamar Samuels, chancellor of New York City Public Schools, in a Friday statement. “In such cases, we work around the clock with any vendor that may be involved, as well as all appropriate law enforcement agencies and NYC Cyber Command to drive towards resolution and safeguards.” It’s unclear whether the hackers gained access to sensitive information in either attack. Hackers have previously found schools to be easy targets. For instance, last year a series of hacks at Ivy League schools including Harvard University, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania exposed the information of alumni, donors and students. Last month, a cyberattack stole $4.8 million in taxpayer money from Spotswood, a New Jersey suburb, after hackers accessed a school district employee’s email account.

Earnings Call Insights: TTEC Holdings (TTEC) Q1 2026 Management View "For the first quarter of 2026, revenue was $496 million. EBITDA was $46 million, and we generated $21 million in free cash flow this quarter" (Founder, Chairman & CEO Kenneth Tuchman), alongside balance-sheet commentary that the quarter contributed to "our reduction of $79 million in our credit facility borrowings since the first quarter of 2025." "Our first quarter EBITDA was impacted by a delayed receivable on one of our large public sector projects" (CEO Tuchman); he said this timing item "would have resulted in first quarter EBITDA of $49 million or 9.7% of revenue" and added, "We expect the $3 million of EBITDA to be reflected in our Q2 financials." "We're continuing to focus our efforts on three specific areas of the business" (CEO Tuchman) within Engage: offshore expansion, client mix refinement, and "embedding AI across our associates' life cycle from recruitment to learning and performance management"; he also said offshore mix increased "from 34% to 38%" over the last 12 months and "We expect, by the end of the year, we will be delivering over 40% offshore." "On a consolidated basis for the first quarter of 2026 compared to the prior-year period, revenue was $496 million compared to $534 million" (Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Wagers), and he also reported "EPS was $0.15 compared to $0.28" and "As of March 31, 2026, cash was $89 million with $892 million of debt." Outlook "Regarding our outlook, we're reiterating our full-year guidance" (CEO Tuchman), and he linked year-over-year dynamics to "our offshore expansion in Engage, a changing market remix in digital and the deliberate rationalization of a handful of underperforming clients," adding, "we expect these dynamics to improve our year-over-year profitability as the year progresses." "Based on embedded base expansion and new client launches, we are still on track to return to top line growth in the second half of the year at higher ...

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Key PointsThe Nasdaq-100 gained more than 5% this week, hitting fresh all-time highs alongside the S&P 500.

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Bank of America Corp (Symbol: BAC), where a total of 230,268 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 23.0 million underlying shares. That amounts to abou

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in The Trade Desk Inc (Symbol: TTD), where a total volume of 105,023 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approxima

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in First Solar Inc (Symbol: FSLR), where a total volume of 12,666 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximatel

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in SanDisk Corp (Symbol: SNDK), where a total of 203,534 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 20.4 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 126.2

Key PointsStock splits artificially manipulate a company's stock price and outstanding share count.

佛得角卫生部8日发布公报说，此前从停泊在普拉亚港外海域的“洪迪厄斯”号邮轮上转运的三人中，两人的生物样本经实验室检测后确认感染汉坦病毒家族中的安第斯病毒。公报说，转运前采集的相关生物样本被送往位于塞内加尔首都达喀尔的巴斯德研究所检测。结果显示，三名转运人员中，两人近期感染安第斯病毒，且此前均出现症状。目前基因组测序工作正在进行，以进一步明确病毒毒株的完整特征。（新华社）

格隆汇5月9日｜路透调查：哥伦比亚2026年经济增长预测从上次调查的2.8%下调至2.5%；哥伦比亚2027年经济增长预测从上次调查的2.8%下调至2.3%。

Some schools are warning users not to log back into Canvas yet, after a ransomware group claimed credit for a data breach. Half of North America's higher education institutions use the platform. (Image credit: Michael Warren)