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Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds

May 7, 2025

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. Municipal Funds: National Funds Ticker Distribution Expand Declaration- 5/1/2025 Ex-Date- 5/15/2025 Record- 5/15/2025 Payable- 6/2/2025 Taxable Municipal Fund: Declaration- 5/1/2025 Ex-Date- 5/15/2025 Record- 5/15/2025 Payable- 5/30/2025 Fund Ticker Distribution Change From Prior Distribution BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust* BBN $0.092900 – […]

Fed and Powell face ‘tug-of-war’ with Trump and his tariffs looming

May 7, 2025

Tilley said underlying demand was actually inflated during the first quarter by businesses stocking up on inventory ahead of the president's tariffs. "They will hold where they are at this meeting, citing all of the uncertainty and that, if you look through the GDP data that still looks pretty strong and domestic demand was strong," […]

SCOOP: Republicans discuss defunding ‘big abortion’ like Planned Parenthood in Trump agenda bill

May 7, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are discussing measures that could potentially end federal funding of groups like Planned Parenthood as cost-savings in their multitrillion-dollar bill advancing President Donald Trump's agenda. Two sources close to the House Energy & Commerce Committee told Fox News Digital that the move was being floated as lawmakers look to find at least […]

Goldman Says Bear Market Rallies Are the Norm

May 7, 2025

(Bloomberg) — The steep recovery in equity markets over the past two weeks is typical of bear market rallies, and the erratic swings mean almost every investor will experience pain whichever direction the market suddenly moves. Most Read from Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) strategist Peter Oppenheimer said “the asymmetry for equity investing is […]

Teen mental health – when to seek help and what parents can do themselves

May 7, 2025

Teen mental health: When to seek help and what parents can do 8 hours ago Share Save Nick Triggle • @nicktriggle Health correspondent Share Save Getty Images Lucy says she's always been a bit of worrier, but two years ago she began to get anxious and started having panic attacks. "I didn't know what was […]

Patience Wears Thin In Washington As Ukraine Peace Deal Eludes Trump

May 7, 2025

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL's newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe's Eastern neighborhoods. I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two issues: Why EU and Ukraine trade will be less free going […]

Becoming More Bullish on Stocks, But…

May 7, 2025

The 90 day tariff hiatus has led to a joyous bounce for stocks. We are now half way between the lows and the highs which is a nice balancing act. I sense there is no resistance for more upside til we hit the 200 day moving average for the S&P 500 (SPY) at 5,748. Or […]

Mastercard And Visa Unleash AI Agents To Shop For You

May 7, 2025

Within days of each other, MasterCard and Visa announced AI Agent capabilities to their users … More advancing agentic commerce. getty A new era of intelligent, autonomous shopping is quickly taking shape — and two of the world’s biggest payments networks are leading the charge. Within days of each other, Mastercard and Visa both unveiled […]

AMD posts better-than-anticipated Q1 earnings, stock jumps on strong Q2 outlook

May 7, 2025

AMD (AMD) announced its first quarter earnings Tuesday, beating expectations on the top and bottom lines and providing a better-than-expected Q2 outlook. Shares rose more than 5% on the news. For the quarter, AMD saw adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.96 on revenue of $7.4 billion, ahead of analysts' expectations of $0.94 on revenue […]

Government not taking climate seriously – advisers

May 7, 2025

The government has made very little progress in preparing the UK for the growing threats posed by rising temperatures since coming to power, its climate watchdog has warned. In a highly critical report, the independent Climate Change Committee says progress is "either too slow, has stalled, or is heading in the wrong direction". From hospitals […]