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Job openings fall
Markets end up; job openings down in April; Paramount outlines alternative to Skydance merger; Toyota recalls 100,000 cars.
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Job openings remain stuck at an elevated level
Job openings total 8.1 million, again; Bath & Body Works forecasts subdued sales; Volvo launches first EV battery passport; E-Trade considers kicking Keith Gill off platform, WSJ reports.
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Appeals court stops a program to help Black women entrepreneurs
A federal appeals court panel has suspended a competition to award grants to businesses that are majority-owned by Black women. The panel ruled the program, run by Atlanta-based venture capital firm Fearless Fund, is likely discriminatory. We’ll parse the details. Then, Shein is looking to go public in London rather than New York. Why is that? And the price of Forever stamps are about to go up yet again.
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India election: Modi poised for third term
From the BBC World Service: In India’s elections, early signs are pointing to a majority for a right-wing alliance of parties, led by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi. It won’t be a landslide win, however. What does that mean for policy and the markets? And later in the program: Nigeria’s government says it’s made a new offer to try to bring the country’s general strike to a close.
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Attempts to light a fire under oil prices are fizzling so far
At its recent meeting, the oil cartel OPEC+ agreed to keep its lower production limits in place to try to prop up fuel prices. To the concern of producers and the delight of consumers, crude has been going for less than $80 a barrel since the beginning of May. And that’s being reflected at the pump. Plus, what’s behind GM’s move from the landmark Renaissance Center in Detroit?
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Paris braces for a barrage of cyberattacks
The Summer Olympics, which kick off in Paris next month, are set to bring more than 10,000 athletes and an estimated 15 million spectators to the French capital. Officials hope to keep sports at center stage, but behind the scenes, they’re preparing to fend off cyberthreats in high volume. In recent years, several Olympic host cities have faced and managed cyberattacks, but as Antoaneta Roussi, cybersecurity reporter at Politico, tells Marketplace’s Lily Jamali, this year could be worse.