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Elaine Kaltenbach and Matt Ott, business writer for the Associated Press Wall Street is poised to make a profitable and open up without changing interest rates, when the Federal Reserve put together a two-day policy meeting and President Donald Trump pleads for interest rate cuts to pursue a global trade war. Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose 0.6% before the bell on Wednesday. Dow Jones’ industrial average futures rose 0.7%. Walt Disney Co. rushed over 6% at Prema Market after the entertainment giant easily beat Wall Street’s profit target in the second quarter. Disney revenues rose 7%…

When naive do-gooders continue to insist on this insanely nasty document, don’t you just hate it?Daniel Ruth (Tampa Bay Times)There’s no good going forward. And would you like to thank the Florida Legislature and Governor Ron DeSantis for the wisdom of R-rights? You don’t need the right to release a foul smell! As long as the lights are burning in Tallahassee, good is not allowed.Now, make sure that the constitutional one includes applause for allowing citizens to “pet the government for relief for their grievances.” Really now.And even the Florida Constitution has a blather on the rights of “petting for…

If the environment is ruined, destruction will not arrive at once. There is no sudden onset of poison or a tsunami wave. Nature’s splendor and species degradation was a slow process, pushing the uphill by humans who “made decisions over decades.”These are the words of Bethany Burns, Associate Research Editor of the Tampa Bay Times. He equated years of effective Florida environmental regulations with watching slow moving horror stories. On Monday, she and the team behind the Tampa Bay Times investigation gathered in a restaurant filled with environmentalists, scientists, students and readers. The journalist spoke about the painstakingly reported project…

The Baekryeong Art Center apologised for the cancellation and said they were not acting on their own will. “The Ministry of Education has insisted.”A South Korean court has determined that Shen Yun Performing Arts will be able to continue its planned two-day performance amid Beijing’s chaos efforts.The hosting venue at Kang Won National University greenlighted the application of the New York Classical Chinese Dance Company, which will perform at the Baeklyon Art Center on April 1st.The university said the decision to cancel the show had something to do with the school’s public interest. Because universities are national institutions under the…

NEW YORK (AP) — WeightWatchers said Tuesday it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to eliminate its $1.15 billion in debt and focus on moving to telehealth service providers. Parent WW International Inc. said it has received support from nearly three-quarters of its debtors. It is expected to come out of bankruptcy within 45 days. Founded over 60 years ago, WeightWatchers has been struggling recently. In 2023, the company moved to the prescription drug weight loss business. In particular, with the $106 million sequence acquisition, it is now a telehealth service that helps users get prescriptions for drugs such…

Ybor City – Over half a million bowls whip the tableside each year. at Columbia Restaurant in Sand Keys, Sarasota, St. Augustine and Celebration. Tourists munch on food at Tampa International Airport before returning home. This recipe is prepared on Kelly RIPA’s live television and is smashed over the internet with food blogs and ticutocs. However, the original 1905 salad swears a different flavour at Ybor City, washed away by a sangria pitcher and sopped up with a chunk of lasegunda Cuban bread at the original location of the restaurant. “This is definitely one of Tampa’s signature dishes,” said Andy…

Prices could rise from $4.82 to an average of $8.44 per gallon, the report said.California gas prices could surge by 75% or 75% by the end of 2026, potentially surged by the state’s expected closing of oil refineries in the state, according to an analysis published May 5 by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC).A report written by Professor Michael Michet of the Marshall School of Business says that regular gasoline prices could rise from an average of $4.82 in April 2025 to $8.44 per gallon by the end of next year.Two Phillips 66 refineries in Los Angeles…

The University of Florida has never been stronger. And our commitment to becoming the country’s top public university was by no means clear. As we enter the next chapter, bold leadership is essential to maintaining the extraordinary momentum that defines gatorianation. Therefore, the University of Florida Presidential Search Committee recommends unanimously make Dr. Santa J. Ono the 14th president as UF’s sole public finalist.Rahul Patel (University of Florida)This transition comes at a time of rapid change in higher education. From artificial intelligence to the growing talent, to the evolving role of public institutions, leading the university today requires the ability…

Lenny Glasgow, who has been with the Social Security Administration for 15 years, sees something new in his work: dead people.Of course, they are not really dead. In four cases over the past few weeks, he told KFF Health News that his Schenectady, Office, in New York, “is just that there’s no information on the record, they’re dead.” Therefore, employees need to “revive” them. They are able to receive their benefits as they assert that they are alive.According to Glasgow, the revival was previously “sporadic” and in such cases it has risen in upstate New York. He is also an…

The ODNI report could affect the administration’s efforts to use alien enemy laws to expel gang members. The National Intelligence Council report, which was released to the public on May 6, appears to contradict President Donald Trump’s claims. Gang Tren de Aragua (TDA) coordinates with the socialist regime in Venezuela.The Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)’s office specifically discovered, “The tolerant environment in Venezuela has allowed TDA to operate, but the Maduro administration is probably not cooperating with the TDA and has not directed the US to the TDA movement.”Rather, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “treates TDA as a threat,” the report…