How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 1/26/2024

A company that just listed shares in the US is making a brazen bet that cocaine will be legalized.  Canada-based Safe Supply claims it’s on “the forefront of the third wave of drug policy reform” – and is lobbying for an end to the war on drugs and the legalization of banned substances like LSD…

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s central bank raised its key interest rate by another 2.5 percentage points on Thursday, pressing ahead with a series of hikes aimed at combating inflation that reached nearly 65% in December. The bank brought its benchmark rate to 45%. It’s the eighth interest rate hike since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has…

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned against some more brands of charcuterie meat sold at Costco and Sam’s Club as the agency expands a probe into a multi-state salmonella outbreak. The CDC, in an updated post on Thursday, asked people to throw away all the packs of Fratelli Beretta’s Antipasto Gran Beretta charcuterie meat bought at Costco and Busseto’s Charcuterie Sampler bought at Walmart’s Sam’s Club. This follows…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman insisted he’s not concerned about a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by The New York Times alleging that his company has used the newspaper’s content to train its AI models. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Altman claimed OpenAI was not concerned about a lawsuit brought by The…

NEW YORK — Recent mass layoffs from technology and media companies, including eBay, Riot Games and the Los Angeles Times, might have you thinking about your job security. If you’re worried you could be laid off — or if you’ve lost your job — personal finance professionals and career advisers have recommendations for how to…

Donald Trump storms out of court as closing arguments begin in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in New York