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Bank of England chief Mark Carney said there could be more interest rate increases than currently thought. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2JgDnG1 via Online Shopping

Beyond Meat, which makes vegan burgers and sausages, has had a stunning debut on New York's Nasdaq stock exchange. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Wi7nEN via Online Shopping

How kites and drones could generate electricity to supplement conventional wind turbines. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Ltiw4G via Online Shopping

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Flanked by uniformed commanders, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday urged the armed forces to combat "traitors" as he sought to project strength after opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for a military uprising two days earlier. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2WmuvCm via Latest News

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The latest: The alleged gunman has been identified as a former student Trystan Andrew Terrell. A vigil is planned for Wednesday. Exams are postponed. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2J8Efwm via Latest News

Biden soared from "will-he-or-won't-he-run?" status to the head of the crowded Democratic field just days after announcing his candidacy last week, pulling away from Senator Bernie Sanders and a host of other rivals in opinion polls. A CNN poll gave Biden a 15-point lead in a field of 20 Democratic candidates. Some Trump advisers see the former vice president, with his mainstream blue-collar appeal, as a tough opponent in the three states that carried Trump to his improbable victory in 2016 - Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2DKLtTt via Latest News

None of them have made it through the Senate, raising doubts about the president’s central bank acumen and the White House’s vetting process for nominees. Conservative economic pundit Stephen Moore on Thursday was the latest Fed candidate to flame out, following businessman Herman Cain and economists Nellie Liang and Marvin Goodfriend. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Vc1HQo via Latest News

Drug distributor McKesson Corp has agreed to pay $37 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of West Virginia alleging it helped fuel a U.S. opioid epidemic by failing to stop suspicious orders of painkillers by pharmacies in the state. The settlement announced by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Thursday came in one of hundreds of similar lawsuits by states and local governments against McKesson and other distributors over their roles in the opioid crisis. The settlement was the largest that a distributor has agreed with a state in the litigation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2UVyLaj via Latest News

Frustrated by the lack of quality lightsabers in toy shops, Makoto Tsai did what any self-respecting hardcore Star Wars fan would do -- he studied engineering at college and then spent years perfecting a replica. As fans gather globally on May 4th for what has become the unofficial Star Wars Day -- this year mourning the death of towering Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew -- many will be clutching one of Tsai's lightsabers, made in his workshop near Taipei. Local and ethnic Chinese fans are offered a half price discount, providing that they pass a written test "to prove they have enough passion for Star Wars". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2ZP9X7y via Latest News

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco billionaire is donating $30 million to the University of California, San Francisco, to research root causes of homelessness and potential solutions. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2WfOpyK via Latest News

Nicolás Maduro retains power and support from country’s military top brass but the opposition challenge is not deadSupporters of Maduro display an image of the South American liberator Simon Bolivar during a May Day rally in Caracas on 1 May 2019. Photograph: Yuri Cortéz/AFP/Getty ImagesWhen Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó appeared outside one of the most important military installations in Caracas on Tuesday flanked by defecting soldiers toting assault rifles, many supporters hoped the game was finally up for Nicolás Maduro and his embattled regime.“The time is now,” Guaidó announced in his dramatic pre-dawn declaration, calling on Venezuela’s armed forces to turn on their Chavista commander-in-chief.But they did not.Maduro remains in power and most of Venezuela’s military top brass has pledged loyalty to Hugo Chávez’s unpopular successor. And Guaidó’s attempt to spark a nationwide uprising appears to have flatlined – at least for now.“Clearly this was a failure in the sense that this left th

Alec Baldwin's wife had opened up about her pregnancy journey and when a critic commented it should be "private," she asked for compassion. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2POyLbm via Latest News

A former student at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte was due to appear in court on Thursday, accused of murdering two students and attempting to kill others when he opened fire in a crowded classroom on Tuesday. Trystan Andrew Terrell, 22, was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with two counts of murder and four counts of attempted murder after police and witnesses say he began firing a handgun in a classroom full of nearly 50 students on UNC Charlotte's campus shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday. One of the two students killed in the shooting, 21-year-old Riley Howell, charged Terrell and managed to knock him over, enabling authorities who arrived quickly on the scene to disarm him, police said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Y05Gwj via Latest News

(Bloomberg) -- The House of Representatives has agreed to extend the time for Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp. to respond to subpoenas seeking the bank records of President Donald Trump, his family and several of his companies, until seven days after a federal judge rules on the Trumps’ request to block them. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2GWhg5P via Latest News

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has witnessed a rare handover of its Chrysanthemum Throne by a living emperor. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2LgFWdG via Latest News

Bruce and Davina Isackson, who live in the Bay Area, became the first parents to plead guilty in the college admissions cheating scandal, and USC students shared their thoughts on the development. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2IX0HJs via Latest News

Sri Lanka's Catholic Church scrapped plans to resume Sunday services following a "specific threat" against two religious locations after the deadly Easter attacks. The archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, said Thursday that a "reliable foreign source" had alerted him to possible attacks this weekend. "The information we have from a reliable foreign source is that attackers are planning to hit a very famous church and a Catholic institution," the Cardinal said in a statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2IXchUW via Latest News

Caterpillar Inc on Thursday provided investors with details on its push to grow its services business while also laying out dividend increases and more consistent share repurchases in the coming years. Deerfield, Illinois-based Caterpillar's main customers are in businesses like mining and construction, which are prone to wide swings with the business cycle. "Services will help dampen the impact of cycles, but we will never be immune from the cycle,” Chief Executive Jim Umpleby said at an investor meeting at a Caterpillar equipment factory in Clayton, North Carolina. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2VaJuCW via Latest News