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Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian’s rocky path to profit

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, right, arrives on stage as Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai exits during the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco on April 9, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Google hired Oracle’s Thomas Kurian four years ago to run its cloud business, the …

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What’s next for SpaceX’s Starship after dramatic launch

Starship launches for the first time on its Super Heavy booster from Texas on April 20, 2023. SpaceX The dust has settled in Texas, but the work to clean up after the world’s most powerful rocket and get the next one flying in a matter of months is already underway. …

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The Acrobatics of Viewing Art

After spending an afternoon in a crowded gallery, an artist discovers there’s more to view than just what’s on display. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. April 29, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET Image

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Consumer goods stocks are set to keep running, and it’s not too late to buy

Food and consumer goods stocks are poised to keep running, Jim Cramer said Friday, at least if no external news drags down the entire market.  The resilience of snack and packaged goods stocks will hold particularly true as debt ceiling talks flounder, he added.  related investing news In that context, …

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After 3-year pause, student loan payments expected to resume soon

Viktorcvetkovic | Istock | Getty Images Know your lender During the Covid pandemic, a number of the largest companies that service federal student loans announced they’ll no longer be doing so, meaning many borrowers will have to adjust to a new servicer when payments resume. Three companies that serviced federal …

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Where the trucking, rail recession is showing up in supply chain data

J.B. Hunt Transport Services president Shelley Simpson recently said the industry was in the midst of a “freight recession.” Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images A common talking point from executives on logistics company earnings calls this quarter when discussing weak performance — a slowdown in freight volumes — …

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California bans the sale of new diesel trucks by 2036

Cars, trucks, SUVs, and other vehicles drive in traffic on the 405 freeway through the Sepulveda Pass in Los Angeles, California, on August 25, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images California regulators on Friday voted to ban the sale of new diesel big rigs by 2036 and …

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Elon Musk made ‘huge mistake’ with Twitter Blue marketing

Mark Cuban is riled up about Twitter’s new subscription protocol. The billionaire investor and owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks recently took to Twitter to air his grievances and present ideas, after the platform removed blue checkmarks from countless previously verified accounts. Cuban wrote that Twitter CEO Elon Musk botched …

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Tech earnings calls show mega-cap companies going big on A.I.

Google launched Bard AI, it’s own chatbot to rival Microsoft and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tech investors are eager to hear how much industry leaders are bolstering profitability now that they’re in cost-cutting mode. But there’s one area where they also want to see hefty …

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House votes to restore solar panel tariffs, Biden vows veto

Workers install solar panels during the completion phase of a 4-acre solar rooftop atop AltaSea’s research and development facility at the Port of Los Angeles, in the San Pedro neighborhood, on April 21, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday …

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