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Dow leaps 1,100 points and S&P 500 rallies 3.3% following a 90-day truce in the US-China trade war

May 12, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Dow leaps 1,100 points and S&P 500 rallies 3.3% following a 90-day truce in the US-China trade war

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rallied Monday after China and the United States announced a 90-day truce in their trade war. Each of the world’s two largest economies agreed to take down temporarily most of its tariffs against the other, […]

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US and China reach a deal to slash sky-high tariffs for now, with a 90-day pause

May 12, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on US and China reach a deal to slash sky-high tariffs for now, with a 90-day pause

GENEVA (AP) — The United States and China agreed Monday to slash their massive recent tariffs, restarting stalled trade between the world’s two biggest economies and setting off a rally in global financial markets. But the de-escalation in President Donald […]

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Wall Street and other markets hold steady ahead of a highly anticipated US-China meeting on trade

May 10, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Wall Street and other markets hold steady ahead of a highly anticipated US-China meeting on trade

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted through a quiet Friday as Wall Street closed an unusually calm week. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% to finish the week with a modest dip of 0.5%. It’s […]

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Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission

May 10, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission

Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday. Attorney General Ken Paxton described the settlement as sending a message to tech […]

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Federal Reserve official sees signs of slowing economy but not ready to cut rates

May 10, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Federal Reserve official sees signs of slowing economy but not ready to cut rates

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official said Friday that massive uncertainty created by President Donald Trump’s tariffs has caused some businesses to cut back on hiring and spending, threatening to slow the economy, […]

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Wednesday 5/27

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was in what restaurant commercial?

Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a famous international television commercial for Pizza Hut in 1997. The ad, which originally aired in 1998, was shot in Moscow and featured the former Soviet leader visiting a Pizza Hut restaurant in Red Square with his granddaughter.

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Who was Sherlock Holmes’s assistant?

Sherlock Holmes' legendary assistant, biographer, and roommate is Dr. John H. Watson. A former British Army doctor wounded in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Watson serves as Holmes’s emotional anchor, moral compass, and the first-person narrator for the vast majority of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.

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What popular toy was invented by taking empty pie plates are throwing them in the air?

The Frisbee is the popular toy you are thinking of. College students in the 1930s and 1940s (famously at Yale University) would toss empty pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The students would yell "Frisbie!" to warn others of the incoming tins. This popular pastime inspired inventor Walter Morrison to create a better-flying plastic version. The toy company Wham-O bought the design in 1955, and eventually released it under the name "Frisbee" as a tribute to the pie company that started the craze. 

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What reddish-colored ant common in the southern U.S. delivers painful, venomous stings that can cause severe allergic reactions?

The red imported fire ant (or simply the fire ant) is the reddish-colored ant common in the southern U.S. that delivers painful, venomous stings capable of causing severe allergic reactions.

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What is the only US state with an official jelly?

Louisiana is the only US state with an official state jelly. In fact, it has two: mayhaw jelly and Louisiana sugar cane jelly, which were both officially adopted by the state legislature in 2003. 

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