By Jim Edwards
Publication Date: 2026-05-04 09:57:00
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THE MARKETS
Wall Street shrugs at record high stocks—in a good way
- S&P 500 futures were flat this morning. The index was up 0.29% in the last session, setting a new record at 7,230.
- In Europe, the Stoxx 600 was down 0.26% in early trading and the U.K.’s FTSE 100 was down 0.14% before lunch.
- Asia: South Korea’s KOSPI was up 5.12%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 was up 0.38%. India’s Nifty 50 was up 0.31%. China’s CSI 300 was flat.
- Brent crude was $109 this morning.
- Bitcoin was up at $79K.
- Meme stock GameStop pitches $56 Billion takeover of eBay – Bloomberg
ONE BIG THING
How Google defeated its internal anti-military activist employees
Google signed a deal with the…
