The 10 most important things in the world right now
REUTERS
1. Amazon beat their Q1 earnings projections across the board, and the stock went up 12% in after-hours trading.
2. The US Senate confirmed President Barack Obama's nominee for ambassador to Mexico on Thursday after a 10-month wait. Obama nominated career diplomat Roberta Jacobson for the Mexico City post in June.
3. ISIS is now running car dealerships and fish farms, making up for lost oil profits after its battlefield losses.
4. A labor protest in France turned violent and injured dozens of police officers. More than a hundred demonstrators were detained.
5. China and Russia will increase joint military exercises to strengthen security and defence cooperation. The move comes amid growing tensions in the disputed South China Sea.
6. Amazon is declaring war on Netflix. Amazon plans to "significantly" increase its spending in video content, the company stressed in its earnings call Thursday.
7. Former US House Speaker John Boehner called presidential candidate Ted Cruz "Lucifer in the flesh" while speaking at Stanford University. "I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life," Boehner said.
8. A giant Chinese media conglomerate has landed in Silicon Valley. LeEco just opened its new US headquarters with close to 300 employees in San Jose, California.
9. The Los Angeles Rams selected quarterback Jared Goff with the first pick of this year's NFL draft. Goff played college football at the University of California, Berkeley.
10. The former Mayor of London has been suspended from the Labour Party over comments about Adolf Hitler. Ken Livingstone told BBC Radio that Hitler "was supporting Zionism" in 1932, "before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews."
And finally ...
- In second consecutive week of decline, forex kitty drops $2.28 bn to $640.33 bn
- SBI Life Q4 profit rises 4% to ₹811 crore
- IMD predicts severe heatwave conditions over East, South Peninsular India for next five days
- COVID lockdown-related school disruptions will continue to worsen students’ exam results into the 2030s: study
- India legend Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 ambassador
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market