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President Biden said Tuesday that if a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade holds, it would represent a “radical” and “fundamental” shift in the rule of law. “It concerns me a great deal that we’re going to, after 50 years, decide a woman does not have the right to choose,” Biden told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. “But equally as profound is the rationale used.” On Monday night, Politico published… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Today’s newsletter is by Sam Ro, the author of TKer.co. Follow him on Twitter at @SamRo. You’d think that a big-time investor with exposure to lots of industries would pay close attention to what economists say. Not billionaire investing legend Warren Buffett. At least that’s what he tells people. “We think any company that has an economist… Source link

Tiger Woods is still weighing whether to attempt one of the most remarkable comebacks in sports history. Less than 14 months after a catastrophic February 2021 car wreck that nearly cost him his leg, Woods continues to consider whether to play the Masters this week. Woods spent time last week walking the steep hills of Augusta National and performed well enough to warrant keeping the door open. “I will be heading up to Augusta today to continue my preparation and practice. It will be a… Source link

Stock futures opened little changed Tuesday evening as traders stood by for the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision and updated economic outlook on Wednesday. Contracts on the S&P 500 drifted flat to slightly lower. Earlier, the index closed higher by more than 2%, gaining for the first time in four sessions as volatility gripped U.S. equities. The Nasdaq Composite also ended a three-session losing streak to end nearly 3% higher. Energy prices unwound more recent gains, and West… Source link

Stock futures jumped Wednesday morning as traders awaited the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision and updated economic projections later in the day. More positive developments on the outlook for Russia-Ukraine talks also helped boost U.S. and global equities. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq were each higher by more than 1% in pre-market trading. These moves built on gains from Tuesday, when the S&P 500 closed higher by more than 2% to shake off some of the volatility… Source link

The S&P 500 and Dow rose Monday to shake off some recent losses, with investors looking ahead to the Federal Reserve’s next monetary policy decision later this week amid an ongoing war in Ukraine and soaring inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than 0.7% just after market open as the index recovered some losses following five straight weekly losses. The Nasdaq erased earlier gains to trade lower. U.S. crude oil prices (CL=F) briefly dipped below $103 per barrel to a… Source link

Sonos has long accused other tech giants of stealing its patents and technology, but in 2020, it actually sued Google for patent infringement. Sonos said that it had disclosed details about how its technology worked during negotiations to integrate Google’s voice assistant and that Google had copied the tech and then released cheaper products it subsidized with revenue from search advertising. Sonos recently won that lawsuit at the US International Trade Commission, which ruled that… Source link

Stock futures opened lower Tuesday evening after another volatile session on Wall Street, as investors looked to the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy meeting and press conference to remove some uncertainty on the outlook for monetary policy.  Contracts on the S&P 500 sank. The index closed lower for a fifth time in six sessions on Tuesday, in a session which saw stocks rebound off their lows but fail to break into positive territory, as had been the case during Monday’s rollercoaster… Source link

European businesses face uncertainty over the use of a popular analytics tool from Google after a regulator found it breached privacy laws, the latest salvo by the European Union against big U.S. tech companies. The ruling from Austria’s data-protection regulator, published last week, could upend business practices for companies across Europe as regulators in the 27 EU countries are also preparing legislation on social-media content. Lawmakers are set to vote this week on a draft of the… Source link

Though the Nets could definitely use him, especially now with Kevin Durant sidelined with his MCL injury, Kyrie Irving isn’t going to change his mind on receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Irving insisted on Monday, after their 114-107 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, that he wasn’t going to budge. “I’ve made my decision already and I’m standing on it,” Irving said, via Nets Daily’s Matt Brooks. Irving, of course, is one of the last coronavirus vaccine holdouts in the NBA and is still… Source link