If money has gotten unfathomably tight, you may be inclined to skip the holidays this year rather than stretch your budget or risk going into credit card debt to pull them off. In a recent CouponFollow survey, one in six Americans is making plans to skip out on the holidays to save money.
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Microsoft and Google showed investors that heavy artificial intelligence investment can pay off with rising revenue, allaying concerns raised a day earlier by Meta, which said its expensive foray into AI was not immediately paying off. Shares in Google-parent Alphabet were up over 11% in Frankfurt on Friday, while Microsoft shares rose nearly 5%. Microsoft beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, driven by gains from adoption of artificial intelligence across its cloud services.
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Consumer confidence is improving after the headline score on GfK’s long-running index rose two points to minus 19 in April, compared with minus 30 a year earlier. GfK’s client strategy director Joe Staton said the improvements reflect the impact on household budgets of lower inflation and the anticipation of further tax cuts. “But Spring has arrived and maybe consumer confidence is, at last, slowly becoming brighter and heading in the right direction.”
Commuters on the Tube are suffering serious morning rush-hour disruption as emergency workers respond to a casuality on the track. The incident has closed the District line between Tower Hill and Upminster with severe delays on the rest of the line. There is also now service on the Hammersmith & City line between Liverpool Street and Barking.
James Ballengee, CEO and 10% Owner of Vivakor Inc (NASDAQ:VIVK), has recently increased his stake in the company.
Spain will send a small number of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, El Pais newspaper reported on Friday, quoting unidentified sources. Spain ruled out delivering anti-aircraft launchers, but will give Kiev shells, the paper said. The defence ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
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Police had issued arrest warrant as well as community look-out notice after Pledger failed to appear in court
Tech Mahindra shares jumped 13.2% on Friday, their biggest intraday gain in nearly eight years, after India's No.5 IT company announced a turnaround plan that offered succour following declining revenue growth for the past three quarters. Including the day's move, Tech Mahindra is up 2% so far this year compared with a 4% fall in the IT index. Larger rival Infosys was down 6.8%, while Tata Consultancy Services was up 2.2%.
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Japan's Nikkei share average rallied on Friday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) opted to leave interest rates unchanged, as widely expected, and said accommodative monetary conditions are likely to continue for the time being. The Nikkei ended the day 0.8% higher at 37,934.76, extending a 0.4% rise from the morning session after the BOJ announced its policy decision during the midday recess. The BOJ maintained its short-term interest rate target at a range of 0-0.1% in a unanimous vote, and issued fresh estimates projecting inflation to stay near its 2% target in the next three years.
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