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    Yahoo Finance

    Trump is seeking crypto donations in the latest 2024 campaign outreach for digital wallets

    Donald Trump's campaign announced Tuesday that it would now accept donations in crypto, the latest move by candidates on the 2024 campaign trail to embrace the digital coins and votes of crypto enthusiasts.

  • Business
    Yahoo Finance Video

    Target likely to see its 'turnaround story' in Q2: Analyst

    Target (TGT) is reporting first-quarter earnings Wednesday morning. What are Wall Street analysts hoping to see out from the big-box retailer as it is currently opting to slash prices on certain item categories? D.A. Davidson Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst Michael Baker finds expectations for Target to be "very low" and is hoping for its comparable sales to be positive moving into the second quarter. "Target we see as a turnaround story, again, likely the fourth quarter in a row of negative comps for the first quarter. But we think that turns back to positive margins, should then benefit, we think get back to closer to historical trends, which are about 6% prior to the pandemic," Baker says. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Catalysts. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • Business
    Bloomberg

    US Futures Steady as Nvidia Results Grab Spotlight: Markets Wrap

    (Bloomberg) -- US equity futures pointed to a steady open for Wall Street as investors awaited pivotal earnings from Nvidia Corp. to see if the artificial intelligence powerhouse can keep this year’s equity rally going. Most Read from BloombergOne Dead After Singapore Air Flight Hit By Severe TurbulenceThese Flight Routes Suffer the World’s Worst Turbulence‘It Felt Like We Had Crashed’: Singapore Air Passenger Describes Turbulence TerrorBarclays Managers Warn Some Staff to Prepare for Five Days

  • Business
    The Canadian Press

    At international energy conference, delegates push to make clean cooking accessible to all

    NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Participants at a global conference on how to reduce the world's energy use are calling for universal access to clean cooking through government incentives and subsidies to unlock more private sector funds. The Paris-based International Energy Agency's 9th annual conference on energy efficiency brings together ministers, CEOs and thought leaders from around the world to discuss how to speed up progress on energy efficiency, which experts say can drastically reduce planet-wa