Receiving a universal basic income makes people happier without causing a drop in employment, according to the results of a long-term study presented in Berlin on Wednesday.
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Day: April 9, 2025
United Airlines, Microchip Technology lead the stocks posting 20%-plus reversals on Trump tariff pause
More than a dozen companies swung more than 20% from their lows to their highs in Wednesday’s furious rally.
The UK’s BoE plans to track AI use by banks and hedge funds, saying their risk managers may not fully understand the AI being run, which may threaten markets (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
The UK’s BoE plans to track AI use by banks and hedge funds, saying their risk managers may not fully understand the AI being run, which may threaten markets — The Bank of England plans to closely monitor the use of artif…
Washington’s Soap Lake gets fictionalized in new novel
The Seattle Times chatted with Anacortes-based author Matthew Sullivan about his latest book “Midnight in Soap Lake.”
‘The Wedding Banquet’ gives Lily Gladstone a reason to make people laugh
The Mountlake Terrace High School graduate talks with The Seattle Times about the remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 arthouse classic, which opens in theaters April 18.
Macron says France could recognise a Palestinian state ‘in June’
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that France could recognise a Palestinian state at an upcoming UN conference, adding that in turn some countries in the Middle East could recognise the state of Israel. The Palestinian Authority welco…
Federal Reserve could be in ‘difficult’ spot with higher prices, slower hiring
The prospect of high inflation stemming from widespread tariffs along with weaker hiring could put the Federal Reserve in a difficult spot, Fed policymakers said in minutes from last month’s meeting.
Former Facebook executive tells Senate committee company undermined US national security with China
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former executive at Meta and author of an explosive insider account of her time at the social media giant testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, accusing the company of undermining national security and briefing…
Houthi rebels claim downing of US drone over Yemen
Houthi rebels claim to have shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen’s Al-Jawf, with images showing flaming wreckage.
U.S. Air Force Receives First TPY-4 for Testing
The U.S. Air Force has received the first TPY-4 radar from Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Syracuse site under the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) program after the completion of early phase […]