Tory wipeout as Conservatives lose every single council and Labour is decimated... while Nigel Farage's Reform bags local election landslide

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 21:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The Conservative Party has lost every council it was defending in the elections after it found itself squeezed between Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats.

Assisted deaths could top 4,000 in 10th year after law change

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 21:25 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Estimate included in official review of costs and impact of passing assisted dying law in England and Wales.

Q2 GDP Tracking: Back to Growth, Wide Range

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 21:25 UTC

a story from Calculated Risk › Calculated Risk

From BofA (forecast, not tracking):

GDP contracted by 0.3% q.q saar in 1Q, despite solid final demand (+2.3%). In our assessment, the surge in imports (which took 5.0pp off 1Q growth) due to front-r…

Waltz used Signal-like app at White House day before ouster as national security advisor

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 20:50 UTC

a story from CNBC › US News

President Trump recently discouraged the use of the Signal app after controversy over a group chat of administration officials detailed military plans.

Trade talks will be key next week for a market striving to leave tariff turmoil behind

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 20:50 UTC

a story from CNBC › US News

Investors are hopeful progress with any of the U.S.'s key trading partners will mean stocks have turned a corner and have put in a bottom.

Trump aims to cut $6 billion from NASA budget, shifting $1 billion to Mars-focused missions

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 20:50 UTC

a story from CNBC › US News

The Trump administration is floating a plan to trim about $6 billion from the budget of NASA while emphasizing the importance of going to Mars.

Footwear giants Nike, Adidas and others ask Trump for tariff exemption

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 20:50 UTC

a story from CNBC › World News

Nike, Adidas and Skechers co-signed a footwear industry letter to President Donald Trump this week asking him to exempt shoes from his broad tariffs.

Trade talks will be key next week for a market striving to leave tariff turmoil behind

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 20:50 UTC

a story from CNBC › World News

Investors are hopeful progress with any of the U.S.'s key trading partners will mean stocks have turned a corner and have put in a bottom.

Trump aims to cut $6 billion from NASA budget, shifting $1 billion to Mars-focused missions

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 20:50 UTC

a story from CNBC › World News

The Trump administration is floating a plan to trim about $6 billion from the budget of NASA while emphasizing the importance of going to Mars.

Temu halts shipping direct from China as de minimis tariff loophole is cut off

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 20:50 UTC

a story from CNBC › World News

Earlier this week, Temu increased prices and added "import charges" ranging from 130% to 150% on products shipped direct from China.