Stock futures fell slightly on Sunday night as traders weighed the latest events in the Middle East and braced for a slew of corporate earnings reports due out later in the week. 
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Traders weighed the latest events in the Middle East and braced for a slew of corporate earnings reports due out later in the week.

CNBC

Stock futures slip after U.S., Iran exchange airstrikes again: Live updates - CNBC

Paramount has made repeated entreaties to Bonta to strike a deal that would allow its merger with Warner Bros. to close.
The studio proposed a firm commitment, via a consent decree, to produce 30 fi… [+1599 chars]

David Ellison is wary of decamping, but his battle with state regulators is intensifying.

Semafor.com

Exclusive / Paramount weighs leaving California over Warner Bros. rift - Semafor

TheStreet

Palantir CEO has a blunt verdict on OpenAI and Anthropic - thestreet.com

The worlds most-envied retirement plan has another high-profile booster: President Donald Trump.Riding high off public enthusiasm for the Trump Accounts for children, Trump last week renewed his focu… [+4511 chars]

The system is on pace to be the world’s second-largest retirement plan within the next decade.

Fortune

Trump embraces Australian retirement system backed by Larry Fink - Fortune

A decade ago, then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said he saw autonomous vehicles as an existential threat to the ride-hail company's business model.
What would happen if we werent a part of that future? … [+3527 chars]

In at least two places, Uber has pushed a policy that could give it an advantage over developers of self-driving cars. The company says it’s fighting monopolies.

Wired

Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption - WIRED

High mortgage rates aren't the only reason homeownership remains out of reach for many Americans.
Behind the scenes, homebuilders are grappling with an overlooked challenge — a shortage of skilled w… [+2607 chars]

America's construction industry faces a monthly shortage of roughly 250,000 workers, slowing homebuilding, extending project timelines and driving up costs as the nation grapples with a 1.5 million-home deficit.

Fox Business

The overlooked obstacle keeping America from building the homes it needs - Fox Business

The US Justice Department launched a grand jury investigation into allegations that the head of the United Auto Workers pressured another high-ranking union official to secure benefits for his fiancé… [+368 chars]

The US Justice Department launched a grand jury investigation into allegations that the head of the United Auto Workers pressured another high-ranking union official to secure benefits for his fiancée and her sister, according to internal communications withi…

Bloomberg

DOJ Investigating Allegations Against UAW President Shawn Fain - Bloomberg.com

Delta Air Lines CEO issues stark warning for low-cost rivals - thestreet.com

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.The Layoff That Feels Like Retirement, But Isn’t
A 64-ye… [+3814 chars]

The Layoff That Feels Like Retirement, But Isn’t A 64-year-old laid off after decades at the same employer walks out with severance, convinced his working life is over. Within a week, he files for Social Security, assuming the layoff forced early retirement. …

24/7 Wall St.

Laid Off at 64, He Thought He Had Filed for Early Retirement. He Hadn't, and the Distinction Is Worth Thousands. - 24/7 Wall St.

Misery on the menu?
California shoppers could soon be paying even more at the checkout line as a sweeping new state recycling measure threatens to send grocery prices soaring, with dairy manufacture… [+3295 chars]

Senate Bill 54 is now entering its first phase of implementation.

New York Post

Misery for California shoppers as grocery bills set to spike due to new law - New York Post

The exterior of the Pea Soup Andersen's in Buellton, Calif. The century-old restaurant may be razed and redeveloped by its new owner. Pictured here on April 14, 2025. 
Andrew Pridgen/SFGATE
Pea Sou… [+3305 chars]

Pea Soup Andersen’s, the legendary California restaurant that served generations of roadtrippers, is headed for demolition.

SFGate

Pea Soup Andersen's to be demolished after losing historic status - SFGATE

WGRZ.com

Winning Powerball Double Play ticket sold in WNY - WGRZ

The most serious test to date of open source AIs viability is happening right now. Ive seen many waves of anti open-source AI rhetoric come and go since ChatGPT was launched, but none of them had obv… [+10964 chars]

The most serious test to date of open source AI’s viability is happening right now.

Interconnects.ai

6 months to live for open models - Interconnects AI

There are many theories about what makes KFC’s signature fried-chicken menu item so “finger lickin’ good” from the chain’s blend of herbs and spices to the chicken it uses and the breading technique … [+3808 chars]

KFC’s website says founder Colonel Harland Sanders spent nine years perfecting his secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.

Fox News

KFC’s secret to getting ‘finger lickin’ good’ fried chicken - New York Post

Vintage grocery store ads from the 1960s are giving Americans a nostalgic look at a time when many grocery staples cost just pennies compared with today's prices.
The decades-old newspaper advertise… [+2958 chars]

Vintage 1960s grocery ads show sirloin steak at 78 cents per pound, but adjusting for inflation reveals surprising truths about today's prices.

Vintage photos reveal what grocery shopping looked like in the 1960s - Fox News

On a cold winters night in the 1950s, a young Marine named Wayne Schell found himself in a desperate scramble under the hood of his 1950 Oldsmobile on a lonely stretch of Route 66. 
A tiny pinhole h… [+15535 chars]

Historic U.S. Route 66 is America's longest small town — a 2,400-mile neighborhood that one historian calls the "quintessential American experience." 90-year-old Wayne Schell has driven the entire route dozens of times and continues to drive it today.

Cowboystatedaily.com

America’s Longest Small Town: Why Route 66 Is The Quintessential American Experience - Cowboy State Daily

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free just click TechCrunc… [+7217 chars]

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum - TechCrunch

Toyota announced last week it would do something other automakers have been reluctant to do shift some production from Mexico to the United States.
The Japanese automaker will soon build half of its… [+4253 chars]

Toyota announced last week it would do something other automakers have been reluctant to do – shift some production from Mexico to the United States.

After a year of tariffs, automakers are still resistant to moving production to the US - CNN

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.If you count on Social Security to pay your bills in reti… [+3088 chars]

Social Security's 2027 COLA forecast just got a significant upgrade, and analysts say it could deliver the biggest raise seniors have seen in years. But Medicare and unfinished inflation data could quietly erase much of that gain before retirees ever see it.

The Average Social Security Check Jumps This Much in 2027 - 24/7 Wall St.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman criticized each other in new posts on X, highlighting the billionaires' long-standing tussle over OpenAI's evolution.
Musk and Altman helped to start OpenAI in 2015 as a non… [+3946 chars]

Sam Altman insisted that Elon Musk was again obsessed with him because of an OpenAI model release earlier this week.