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Top 5 Trades of the Hennessy Japan Small Cap Fund
Top 5 Trades of the Hennessy Japan Small Cap Fund

Fund reveals 1st-quarter portfolio

Ayanna Pressley: You
Ayanna Pressley: You 'Can't Be Anti-Racist' If You Don't Support Canceling Student Debt

Representative Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.) on Monday said that people can't be "anti-racist" unless they are in favor of canceling student debt. The...

Yellen Plans to Spare China From Currency Manipulator Label
Yellen Plans to Spare China From Currency Manipulator Label

(Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will decline to name China as a currency manipulator in her first semiannual foreign-exchange report...

Vice President Kamala Harris: COVID-19 unemployment calls for biggest jobs investment since World War II
Vice President Kamala Harris: COVID-19 unemployment calls for biggest jobs investment since World War II

Millions are unemployed. The American Jobs Plan will create blue-collar jobs. For those who need training, President Biden's plan will provide it.

This CEO Made 2,900 Times More Than His Employees
This CEO Made 2,900 Times More Than His Employees

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has long required public corporations to disclose the compensation of their top officers. The debate about...

CEO Pay Surged as Revenue Plummeted in 2020 Amidst Pandemic
CEO Pay Surged as Revenue Plummeted in 2020 Amidst Pandemic

In spite of unemployment rates as high as 14.8% during the height of the pandemic in April 2020, the salaries of CEOs at S&P 500 corporations rose to record ...

Intel wants to make chips for automakers to help with the global shortage
Intel wants to make chips for automakers to help with the global shortage

Intel has laid out a plan to help automakers dealing with the global semiconductor shortage that has left companies like GM canceling production shifts.

Amarin Announces CEO Succession Plan
Amarin Announces CEO Succession Plan

John Thero to Retire as President and CEO on August 1, 2021 Board Appoints Karim Mikhail, Current SVP and Head of Commercial for Europe, as Successor DUBLIN,...

Credit Suisse cuts bonuses following Archegos loss: FT
Credit Suisse cuts bonuses following Archegos loss: FT

The Swiss bank's pre-tax income for the first quarter was expected to be just over $3.7 billion, with about $600 million achieved through reductions to staff...

Antibody cocktail
Antibody cocktail 'rapidly' prevents and treats COVID, study finds. Here's how

It can reduce risks of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 81% if not already infected with the virus.

Chinese autonomous vehicle startup WeRide scores permit to test driverless cars in San Jose
Chinese autonomous vehicle startup WeRide scores permit to test driverless cars in San Jose

WeRide, the Chinese autonomous vehicle startup that recently raised $310 million, has received a permit to test driverless vehicles on public roads in San Jose, California. WeRide is the seventh company, following AutoX, Baidu, Cruise, Nuro Waymo and Zoox, to receive a driverless testing permit. In the early days of autonomous vehicle development, testing permits required human safety drivers behind the wheel.

Tech and auto execs tackle global chip shortage at White House summit
Tech and auto execs tackle global chip shortage at White House summit

A collection of tech and auto industry executives met with the White House to discuss solutions for the worldwide chip shortage Monday. CEOs from Google, Intel, HP, Dell, Ford and General Motors attended the virtual summit on semiconductors and resilience in supply chains. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese hosted the meeting, which President Biden also attended briefly.

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Google's Nest Audio smart speaker is 20 percent off across the web

Google's Nest Audio is on sale for $20 off at many online retailers, including Best Buy and Walmart.

Apple and Google will both attend Senate hearing on app store competition
Apple and Google will both attend Senate hearing on app store competition

After it looked like Apple might no-show, the company has committed to sending a representative to a Senate antitrust hearing on app store competition later this month. Last week, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mike Lee (R-UT) put public pressure on the company to attend the hearing, which will be held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights. Klobuchar chairs that subcommittee, and has turned her focus toward antitrust worries about the tech industry's most dominant players.

Docugami
Docugami's new model for understanding documents cuts its teeth on NASA archives

You hear so much about data these days that you might forget that a huge amount of the world runs on documents: a veritable menagerie of heterogeneous files and formats holding enormous value yet incompatible with the new era of clean, structured databases. Docugami plans to change that with a system that intuitively understands any set of documents and intelligently indexes their contents - and NASA is already on board. If Docugami's product works as planned, anyone will be able to take piles of documents accumulated over the years and near-instantly convert them to the kind of data that's actually useful to people.

Search for LSU student missing nearly a week shifts to Mississippi River, officials say
Search for LSU student missing nearly a week shifts to Mississippi River, officials say

Kori Gauthier was last seen April 7.

Apple
Apple's iPad mini drops to $345 at Amazon

Save big the iPad mini -- Apple's tiny tablet is $55 off at Amazon right now.

Intel in talks to produce chips for automakers within six to nine months -CEO
Intel in talks to produce chips for automakers within six to nine months -CEO

The chief executive of Intel Corp told Reuters on Monday the company is in talks to start producing chips for car makers to alleviate a shortage that has...

U.S. budget deficit hits record high for March as aid swells outlays
U.S. budget deficit hits record high for March as aid swells outlays

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government posted a March budget deficit of $660 billion, a record high for the month, as direct payments to Americans under...

Netflix is working on a live-action Gundam movie
Netflix is working on a live-action Gundam movie

Kong: Skull Island's Jordan Vogt-Roberts will produce and direct the film.

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Here's Everything We Know About Donald Trump's Personal Finances

Well before he became president of the United States, Donald Trump's money and business savviness were the most interesting things about him -- at least from...

Facebook starts displaying state by state vaccination notifications
Facebook starts displaying state by state vaccination notifications

Facebook plans to start rolling out notifications to connect people to state-specific information from their local health departments about how they can get vaccinated.

Congo names new Cabinet, cementing president
Congo names new Cabinet, cementing president's power over predecessor

Democratic Republic of Congo's Prime Minister announced a new Cabinet on Monday, completing a government overhaul by President Felix Tshisekedi that...

Air France-KLM seeks about 1 billion euros via share issue
Air France-KLM seeks about 1 billion euros via share issue

Air France-KLM has launched a share issue to raise about 988 million euros ($1.2 billion) to strengthen its liquidity and finance its general needs in the...

Nvidia to Make Central Processing Units, Going After Intel
Nvidia to Make Central Processing Units, Going After Intel

(Bloomberg) -- Nvidia Corp. said it's offering the company's first server microprocessors, extending a push into Intel Corp.'s most lucrative market with a...

Pot Stock Plummets on Dismal Quarterly Report
Pot Stock Plummets on Dismal Quarterly Report

The cannabis company reported third-quarter losses of 91 cents per share

Biden to push sweeping jobs plan in meeting with bipartisan group of lawmakers
Biden to push sweeping jobs plan in meeting with bipartisan group of lawmakers

The president faces stiff opposition from Republicans on Capitol Hill to enact the $2 trillion proposal.

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SC can't house unaccompanied immigrant children, Gov. McMaster orders. Here's why

McMaster's order comes as Republicans continue to criticize the Biden administration's response to undocumented immigration along the southern border.

Bentley Continental GT3 grows wings to conquer the Pikes Peak Hill Climb
Bentley Continental GT3 grows wings to conquer the Pikes Peak Hill Climb

Apparently, this is a Bentley. You see, Bentley is headed on back to Pikes Peak for a third (and final) time. The company's first two visits saw the...

Biden, auto executives and chip makers meet in bid to solve crippling shortages
Biden, auto executives and chip makers meet in bid to solve crippling shortages

"Trying to address supply chains on a crisis-by-crisis basis creates critical national security vulnerabilities," said White House National Security Adviser ...

9 creative ways to celebrate Ramadan with kids
9 creative ways to celebrate Ramadan with kids

- Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed's editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn...

Rap Icon Nas Could Net $100M When Coinbase Lists on Nasdaq
Rap Icon Nas Could Net $100M When Coinbase Lists on Nasdaq

Nasir Jones' QueensBridge Venture Partners invested in 2013. A source familiar with the matter confirmed QueensBridge is still on the Coinbase cap table.

Minnesota police released the body-camera footage showing the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright:
Minnesota police released the body-camera footage showing the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright: 'Holy s---. I just shot him.'

Wright, 20, was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on April 11. Protests erupted in the city following his death.

GV partner Terri Burns is joining us to judge the Startup Battlefield
GV partner Terri Burns is joining us to judge the Startup Battlefield

One of the best parts of TechCrunch Disrupt is the Startup Battlefield competition, and one of the most important pieces of the Startup Battlefield is our lineup of expert judges - they're the ones the founders are trying to impress. Once the demos and presentations are done, the judges need to think quickly and ask probing questions about each startup. This year, at our second virtual Startup Battlefield, GV partner Terri Burns will be joining us as one of our judges.

Greece calls for foreign forces to quit Libya
Greece calls for foreign forces to quit Libya

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias called Monday for the pullout of foreign forces from Libya, during a visit to the eastern city of Benghazi.

Fed
Fed's Bullard Says 75% Vaccinations Would Allow for Taper Debate

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said that getting three-quarters of Americans vaccinated would be a signal that the ...

COVID-19 cases are up in more vaccinated parts of Chicago. One possible reason: People are dropping their guard
COVID-19 cases are up in more vaccinated parts of Chicago. One possible reason: People are dropping their guard

CHICAGO - Deleon Davenport lives in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood but manages a restaurant in River North, and he's seen the differences in the latest...

More women than men getting coronavirus vaccines
More women than men getting coronavirus vaccines

Experts cite demographic realities of those who were part of the initial rollout but also women's greater likelihood to seek preventive health care.

Microsoft to Acquire Nuance for $19.6 Billion in Health-Care Bet
Microsoft to Acquire Nuance for $19.6 Billion in Health-Care Bet

(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. is buying speech-recognition pioneer Nuance Communications Inc. in an all-cash deal valued at $19.6 billion, gaining...

Globant SA Stock Gives Every Indication Of Being Significantly Overvalued
Globant SA Stock Gives Every Indication Of Being Significantly Overvalued

The stock of Globant SA (NYSE:GLOB, 30-year Financials) is believed to be significantly overvalued, according to GuruFocus Value calculation.

HealthEquity Stock Shows Every Sign Of Being Significantly Undervalued
HealthEquity Stock Shows Every Sign Of Being Significantly Undervalued

The stock of HealthEquity (NAS:HQY, 30-year Financials) is believed to be significantly undervalued, according to GuruFocus Value calculation.

Guangshen Railway Co Stock Is Estimated To Be Fairly Valued
Guangshen Railway Co Stock Is Estimated To Be Fairly Valued

The stock of Guangshen Railway Co (OTCPK:GSHHY, 30-year Financials) appears to be fairly valued, according to GuruFocus Value calculation.

Steve Cohen's Manhattan Penthouse Sells After 74% Price Cut

(Bloomberg) -- Hedge fund manager Steve Cohen found a buyer for his midtown Manhattan penthouse. It took eight years and a 74% price cut.Cohen's 9,000-square-foot (836-square-meter) duplex at 151 East 58th St. is under contract in Manhattan's priciest deal last week, according to a report Monday by luxury brokerage Olshan Realty Inc.The sale marks the end of a journey that began in 2013 when Cohen, founder of Point72 Asset Management and owner of the New York Mets, listed the place for $115 million. The asking price was reduced several times since, most recently to $29.5 million, according to StreetEasy. The final sale price won't be known until the deal closes.A spokesman for Cohen,...

NVIDIA unveils pro-level Ampere GPUs for workstations
NVIDIA unveils pro-level Ampere GPUs for workstations

NVIDIA isn't letting gamers have all the fun. Today at its GTC conference, the company announced its next round of professional-focused graphics cards, based on the Ampere architecture first scene with its RTX 30-series GPUs.

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NVIDIA's Drive Atlan chip is headed to cars in 2025

NVIDIA detailed its next-generation Atlan Drive chip at its GTC keynote, promising a processor that will deliver 1,000 TOPS of performance.

Senate Republicans gave a brand new award to Trump the same weekend he called Mitch McConnell a
Senate Republicans gave a brand new award to Trump the same weekend he called Mitch McConnell a 'dumb son of a b----h'

Trump launched a full-scale attack on McConnell during an hour-long speech to lawmakers and donors at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Saturday.

Apple ditches its
Apple ditches its 'far beyond HDR' claim for the Pro Display XDR in the UK

The Advertising Standards Authority reportedly asked the company to stop using the phrase.

NVIDIA and MediaTek want to bring RTX graphics to ARM laptops
NVIDIA and MediaTek want to bring RTX graphics to ARM laptops

What would an ARM-based laptop look like with an RTX graphics card? That's something NVIDIA is exploring together with MediaTek, a company best known for building ARM-based chips.

NVIDIA
NVIDIA's Grace, its first datacenter CPU, is another major threat to Intel

Just like Apple did with its M1 chip, NVIDIA is taking on Intel directly with its own Arm-based CPU.

Biden
Biden's cybersecurity dream team takes shape

President Biden has named two former National Security Agency veterans to senior government cybersecurity positions, including the first national cyber director. The appointments, announced Monday, land after the discovery of two cyberattacks linked to foreign governments earlier this year - the Russian espionage campaign that planed backdoors in U.S. technology giant SolarWinds' technology to hack into at least nine federal agencies, and the mass exploitation of Microsoft Exchange servers linked to hackers backed by China. Jen Easterly, a former NSA official under the Obama administration who helped to launch U.S. Cyber Command, has been nominated as the new head of CISA, the...

How this 21-year-old entrepreneur got plant-based nuggets into Walmart

Ben Pasternak is the founder of Simulate, maker of Nuggs. He says the company's new partnerships will help it grow beyond its millennial audience.

A Nobel-prize winning economist says we shouldn't tax the wealthy because they'd find a way to dodge it

One issue with taxing the ultrawealthy to pay for pandemic losses is they may just avoid the tax. Inequality expert Angus Deaton says so, too.

GSK vaccine research: failures, departures, uncertain future

The world's largest vaccine business is facing muscular threats from the biotech industry, with researchers leaving in the past year.

Biden likely to cut about $700 billion from his infrastructure plan in compromise, Goldman says

Goldman also predicted the infrastructure package will be a solitary reconciliation bill with a 25% corporate tax rate, not Biden's desired 28%.

Honest Company plots a comeback in its IPO

Jessica Alba’s consumer product startup tests the public markets

Facebook execs bonuses in 2020 tied to 'election integrity efforts'

Two Facebook executives collectively got just shy of $1 million in bonuses in the second half of 2020, according to a new SEC filing.

Joel Greenberg accused of wide-ranging misconduct in office: NYT

Greenberg, who faces 33 federal charges, is an associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz and a key player in the federal investigation into the congressman.

Why these Amazon workers voted no to joining a union

A majority of Amazon workers at a Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse voted against joining the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union.

China’s Message to America: We’re an Equal Now

President Xi is confronting the Biden administration with a new world view, that Beijing’s decades of not challenging the U.S. as global leader are over

Elon Musk vs. Bill Gates: Why they're feuding over the coronavirus

While the Microsoft billionaire and the Tesla titan have never had a particularly cozy relationship, things have heated up over the past year.

Insiders are buzzing about Subway's attempts to sell itself to Arby's or Burger King's parent companies

Franchisees and corporate insiders are buzzing about rumors that Subway explored deals with Restaurant Brands International and Inspire Brands.

Microsoft will buy AI firm Nuance for $19.7 billion to bolster healthcare tech

Satya Nadella said the company intends to integrate Nuance's technology with Microsoft Cloud in Healthcare.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's social-media site Frank is now set to launch on April 20

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is launching a social-media site focused on free speech that he says will be a cross between Twitter and YouTube.

Microsoft to Buy Nuance Communications for $19.7 Billion

Software giant agrees to pay $56 per Nuance share, a 23% premium over Friday’s close

Uber Posts Record Rider Demand in March

Gross bookings rose to highest monthly level in company’s history as Covid-19 vaccinations pick up

11 DTC brands like Bite, Bearaby see success in pandemic and beyond

Brands like toothpaste company Bite and weighted-blanket maker Bearaby found their mojo in the pandemic. Their CEOs say that success is here to stay.

Companies earned the ‘great place to work’ honor this year by supporting women and caregivers

The Broadsheet, Fortune Most Powerful Women by Kristen Bellstrom, Claire Zillman, and Emma Hinchliffe

Iran Blames Israel for Attack on Nuclear Facility, Vows to Retaliate

Tehran says attack at Natanz took out centrifuges and marked an attempt to scuttle talks with the U.S.

For EV Startup Faraday Future, the Road Back From the Brink Runs Through a SPAC

Electric-vehicle maker plans to start selling cars next year after new investors buy in following its brush with bankruptcy

Lululemon retail employees describe a toxic culture

Insider spoke with more than a dozen current and former retail employees who said they believe the company is only a welcoming place for some workers.

Teaching people how to make better Google Sheets earned me $34,000 in a year

Andrew Kamphey set up Better Sheets last April after he challenged himself to launch a new venture within 24 hours.

Boeing Shareholders Will Weigh Need for More Changes to Board

Plane maker has replaced directors and bolstered management oversight since the second 737 MAX crash, but a proxy firm says more is needed

Tech’s work-from-home boom is leaving frontline workers behind. How leaders can close the gap

In the COVID and post–George Floyd era, what works for headquarters staff doesn’t always meet the needs of essential workers.

Jack Ma’s Ant Group Bows to Beijing With Company Overhaul

People’s Bank of China said Ant representatives were summoned to a meeting Monday

Larry Page, Sergey Brin net worths reach $100B: Bloomberg

Larry Page and Sergey Brin are two of eight centibillionaires in the world thanks to surging tech stocks. They join Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and others.

Raw Materials Prices Have Surged. Corporate Profits Are Likely Next.

Higher input costs generally accompany broad economic growth, allowing companies to pass along added expenses and fatten margins

DoorDash’s CFO measures success with this metric

The pandemic “accelerated the adoption curve for on demand delivery,” Prabir Adarkar said.

Gun rights advocates are pushing to create Second Amendment sanctuaries in a bid to flout federal gun laws

Texas is among the latest states to push to become a Second Amendment sanctuary — a gesture meant to signal resistance to federal gun laws.

S&P 500 Futures Slip After Index Hits Record

Stock futures ticked down ahead of a busy week of corporate earnings and economic data

Covid-19 Drug Prevents Symptomatic Disease in Study, Regeneron Says

Drugmaker says it will ask federal health regulators to clear use among people who haven’t been vaccinated

Covid-19 Drug Prevents Symptomatic Disease in Study, Regeneron Says

Drugmaker says it will ask federal health regulators to clear use among people who haven’t been vaccinated

Alibaba, Hit by Antitrust Fine, Vows to Help Vendors With Fee Cuts

Days after Chinese regulator imposed a record $2.8 billion penalty, the e-commerce giant says it will invest in steps to help merchants

Inside Larry Ellison's new $80 million Palm Beach mansion: Photos

The billionaire Oracle cofounder said in December that he had moved to Lanai, the Hawaiian island he owns.

Working Mothers Derailed by Pandemic Face a Tough Road

After a year of sacrifices, many working mothers are trying to regain their momentum. Some have re-tooled their careers. Others hit new obstacles.

Hideki Matsuyama Wins the Masters and Makes History for Japan

The 29-year-old became the first Japanese man to win a major when he survived late drama and miscues to earn a green jacket

Iran blames blackout at atomic facility on 'nuclear terrorism'

Suspicion for Sunday's attack fall on US ally Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday.

Iran Says Its Foes Targeted Nuclear Plant to Derail Potential Talks With U.S.

Apparent blackout disrupts operations at Iran’s main nuclear facility at Natanz, a day after it went back online after a fire last summer

Corporate executives set to join effort to increase voter access in the wake of new voting laws: WSJ

The statement from business leaders in support of increased voter access could be released as soon as this week, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Microsoft reportedly in talks to purchase AI and speech technology firm Nuance Communications

Nuance, the firm that built the technology that underlies Apple's Siri, would be valued at roughly $16 billion in the deal, a 23% premium to the market.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the greatest risk to the US economic rebound is another wave of the coronavirus

Powell said the US economy is at an "inflection point" more than a year after the virus forced widespread lockdowns and business closures.

The Other Reason the Labor Force Is Shrunken: Fear of Covid-19

Around 4 million adults aren’t looking for jobs, not because they’re scarce but because of worries about catching the coronavirus

CEOs Plan New Push on Voting Legislation

Companies from PayPal to AMC have signaled they will support joining effort for voter access, people say

Pfizer vaccines may be less effective against some variants

The study suggests that the Pfizer vaccine is less effective against two variants, though both were quite rare in Israel. It has yet to be peer reviewed.

Facebook warned of risk in phone number lookup tools years before hack

After Facebook fixed the issue, researchers found a near-identical vulnerability in WhatsApp. They were initially told it wasn't a problem.

How 2 parents in San Francisco find work-life balance: Eric Bahn and Beatrice Kim

Eric Bahn is a cofounder and general partner at Hustle Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm. His wife, Beatrice Kim, runs a life-coaching practice.

Goldman Sachs' Marcus unit is struggling with burnout, blown deadlines, and a tech-talent exodus

Nearly every significant leader in the business has walked out the door.

Corporate greenwashing is all the rage. How can we stop it?

Commentary: Corporations seeking a strong ESG reputation are greenwashing their activities as they relate to climate change.

Digital real estate, metaverse investing tips: Republic's Janine Yorio

A real estate lead at Republic shares the firm's digital real-estate strategy and 3 things investors should know about digital-land investing

CEO Pay Surged in a Year of Upheaval and Leadership Challenges

The executives’ compensation for 2020 is on track for a record even as shareholders voice displeasure with some pay packages

Trump wants you to start calling it the 'Trumpcine' instead of the COVID-19 vaccine, report says

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his frustrating that he isn't receiving credit for the coronavirus vaccine rollout.

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