• Summer Holiday Food Favorites Are Costlier, Surveys Find
  
  Recent surveys show that it's a lot more costly to feed family and friends on this year's holidays like Memorial Day , with fixings for a backyard barbecue reportedly at steeply higher prices.
• Nvidia Builds Israeli Supercomputer as AI Demand Soars
  
  Nvidia Corp said Monday it was building Israel's most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer to meet soaring customer demand for AI applications.
• State Farm No Longer Offering Home Insurance in Calif.
  
  Count State Farm homeowners insurance in on the mass exodus from Democrat-run California. State Farm General Insurance Company will no longer be accepting new applications including all business and personal lines of property and casualty insurance...
• Debt Ceiling Deal May Shift Investor Focus to Further Fed Action
  
• US Review of China Tariffs Won't Depend on Trade 'Breakthrough'
  
  The United States is taking an analytical approach to its review of whether to keep tariffs on Chinese goods in place and will not base outcomes on any "breakthrough" in U.S.-China trade relations, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi told Reuters. The Biden...
• Debt Deal May Only Provide Short-Term Relief for Markets
  
  Good news of a tentative deal for the U.S. debt ceiling impasse may quickly turn out to be bad news for financial markets. U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy on Saturday reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government's $31.4...
• US-Led Indo-Pacific Talks Produce Deal on Supply Chain Early Warnings
  
  Trade ministers of 14 countries in the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) talks "substantially completed" negotiations on an agreement to make supply chains more resilient and secure, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Saturday.
• Yellen: US Could Run Out of Money to Pay Its Bills by June 5
  
  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress on Friday that the U.S. could default on its debt obligations by June 5 - four days later than previously estimated - if lawmakers do not act in time to raise the federal debt ceiling.
• Billionaire Gifts $1K Each to UMass Boston Graduates
  
  University of Massachusetts-Boston graduates got a big surprise during the school's commencement ceremony Thursday: $1,000 in cash, courtesy of billionaire philanthropist Robert Hale.Hale, who was the co-keynote speaker along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gave each ...
• Blaine Holt: Global, Climate Elites May Wind Up Starving You
  
  For now, the potential for a food security crisis at the hands of the elites is real. Starvation is on the table. It's time to align with values that promote independence and self-reliance, not the Bill Gates bug smorgasbord.
• Tech Leads More Wall Street Gains, Nasdaq Soars 2.2%
  
  Stocks rose on Wall Street, led by more gains in technology stocks as another chipmaker reported strong demand related to artificial intelligence. The S&P 500 rose 1.3% Friday, and the Nasdaq rose 2.2%. The Dow, which soared by 328 pointns, added 1%.
• Biden Says Debt Deal 'Very Close';' Deadline Shifts to June 5
  
  President Joe Biden said a deal to resolve the government's debt ceiling crisis seemed "very close" late Friday, even as the deadline for a potentially catastrophic default was pushed back four days until a week from Monday.The later "X-date" threatened to open another week...
• Disney to Invest $17B in Fla. Despite DeSantis Feud
  
  Even as Disney spars with Gov. Ron DeSantis, it plans to invest $17 billion into central Florida's Walt Disney World Resort over the next decade, CNBC reported.
• Dollar Set for 3rd Week of Gains as Debt Talks Loom
  
  The dollar was set for a third straight weekly gain Friday, as markets raised bets on higher-for-longer interest rates and amid closely watched last-ditch talks on the U.S. debt ceiling.
• US Motorists Kick Off Summer With Gas at $3.56
  
  Jason Turcotte of Southern California moved up a cross-country driving trip this year to April instead of summer, fearing that gasoline prices would repeat last year's sharp run-up as vacation season unfolded.
• Expect Big Crowds & Prices This Summer Travel Season
  
  The unofficial start of the summer travel season is here, with airlines hoping to avoid the chaos of last year and travelers scrounging for ways to save a few bucks on pricey airfares and hotel rooms.
• US Airlines Gear Up for 'Super Bowl' of Travel Season
  
  After two successive summers of travel chaos, U.S. airlines are going all out to prevent large-scale flight disruptions in the face of rising demand.
• Regulators Target AI to Protect Consumers, Workers
  
  As concerns grow over increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the nation's financial watchdog says it's working to ensure that companies follow the law when they're using AI.
• Target Partners With Group Pushing Wokeness
  
  Retailer Target, already feeling major backlash for its Pride Month displays, has partnered with a group seeking gender ideology in all public-school classes, it was reported Friday.
• FDA Approves Neuralink Human Brain Implant Trials
  
  Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given the green light to its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone after earlier struggles to gain approval.
• JPMorgan Cut 500 Jobs This Week: CNBC
  
  JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut around 500 jobs this week, mostly among technology and operations groups, CNBC reported Friday.
• OpenAI Chief Seeks to Calm Fears About Job Losses
  
  The boss of OpenAI, the firm behind the massively popular ChatGPT bot, said Friday that his firm's technology would not destroy the job market as he sought to calm fears about the march of artificial intelligence (AI).
• Sally Pipes: State Public Plans No Blueprint for Affordable Healthcare
  
  A divided Congress has prevented "Medicare for All" from taking off. So progressive activists have turned their attention to the states. ... The results have not been impressive.
• Manhattan DA Must Give JPMorgan Epstein Documents
  
  The Manhattan District Attorney's office must give JPMorgan Chase & Co. documents relevant to a lawsuit against the bank over its ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a U.S. judge ruled Friday.
• Ford Shares Jump 7% on Tesla Superchargers Deal
  
  Ford Motor Co. shares jumped by more than 7% on Friday after the No. 2 U.S. automaker announced a deal allowing its owners to gain access to rival Tesla Inc. charging stations in North America. Ford CEO Jim Farley told CNBC on Friday that Tesla's Superchargers could become...

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