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Meme stocks are back. But this rally looks a bit different than 2021

It’s not just GameStop and AMC. Here are some of the other stocks benefitting from the rally—and why this trip ‘to the moon’ may be different than 2021. All it took for meme stocks to resume their lunar voyage was a single image posted by Roaring Kitty, a popular trader and Reddit celebrity who helped turn GameStop into a meme stock in 2021. But...

Wed May 15, 2024 00:19
There are too many ‘Dicks’ in the boardroom

The beauty brand E.l.f. found that men named Richard, Rick, and Dick claim a disproportionate number of boardroom seats. Now, E.l.f. is on a mission to change that. Out of the more than 4,200 publicly traded companies in the U.S., few have a corporate board that could be considered diverse. E.l.f.’s board is two-thirds women and one-third diverse—only...

Wed May 15, 2024 00:19
Last summer was the hottest since the height of the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago

A new study from the University of Cambridge finds global warming has become much more extreme in recent years. If you haven’t gotten in on the cold-plunge trend, now might be a good time. Thanks to global warming, summers are getting hotter and hotter . . . and hotter. According to new research published in the journal Nature, scientists from the...

Wed May 15, 2024 00:19
Tomb Raider, Schwarzenegger Santa, and MrBeast: Top news from Amazon’s first Upfront

A few short months after it added ads to its Prime Video service, the Seattle e-commerce giant is jumping into media-buying season with both feet. Amazon is coming out swinging in the streaming ad wars, announcing a myriad of projects at its inaugural Upfront event on Tuesday in New York City. 

Wed May 15, 2024 00:19
Tesla sued in California again over plant’s harmful emissions

The lawsuit filed federal court in San Francisco adds to pressure on Tesla to improve air quality surrounding the Fremont plant, its main U.S. factory. Tesla has been sued by an environmental nonprofit that accused Elon Musk’s electric car company of violating the federal Clean Air Act hundreds of times by letting its Fremont, California, plant emit...

Wed May 15, 2024 00:19
Raw milk sales are up despite bird flu outbreak in dairy cows

The virus has been found in high levels in the raw milk of infected cows. Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite years of warnings about the health risks of drinking the unpasteurized products — and an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows.

Tue May 14, 2024 23:23

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