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Prediction markets traders aren’t confident in GameStop’s ability to take over eBay, according to contracts launched on Monday. Traders on Kalshi give GameStop just a 26% chance to pull off the acquisition in 2026, though total trading volume on the new contract was low at just over $2,000. GameStop announced on Sunday that it was making a play to acquire the online marketplace in a cash-and-stock deal that valued the company at $55.5 billion. That valuation raised questions about how GameStop could finance its proposal. The video game retailer has a market cap of just under $11.9 billion.In an appearance on CNBC’s…

Lizzo is opening up about her new music amid a yearslong legal battle and why she indefinitely placed a project on hold last year. Her highly anticipated album is set to be released on June 5 and the singer hopes it empowers women with the use of a single word.”The album is called ‘Bitch,'” Lizzo said. “After the song … I always have a title track.”The album’s title track samples Meredith Brooks’ feminist anthem of the same name as well as Missy Elliott’s song, “She’s a Bitch.””I feel like what both of those women did was they pushed that word forward…

Businesses along Argyle Street in downtown Halifax are raising concerns about construction just ahead of the busy summer season and the impact it will have on foot traffic in the area. For one business owner, it feels eerily similar to what happened in 2017. “Yeah, 2017 was disastrous,” said Philip Holmans, the owner of World Tea Shop.“We went down 75 per cent in income, almost lost the business. We had to take out loans for rent, laid off most of my staff.”He says it’s been “jarring” seeing construction crews back outside his store, and that he didn’t even realize the scope…

Lawrence Shankland scored the decisive goal in the 71st minute as the Jambos came from behind to secure three vital points against Rangers at Tynecastle.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tarik Skubal, the Detroit Tigers’ ace and two-time defending AL Cy Young Award winner, is set to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow that will keep him sidelined for months, manager A.J. Hinch said on Monday.Skubal isn’t done for the season, but he is expected to be out two to three months following the surgery to remove loose bodies in his left elbow, ESPN reported.Hinch called it an “easy process and procedure” while delivering the news, but it’s certainly a blow to the Tigers’ staff and Skubal personally that he is…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge on Monday decried the prison treatment of President Donald Trump’s alleged would-be assassin, and apologized to him for restrictive confinement imposed by jail staff.Cole Allen, 31, has been in federal custody since prosecutors say he attempted to gain access to the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner ballroom and kill Trump along with other high-level government officials.Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui told an attorney representing the Department of Corrections (DOC) that he was “fascinated and disturbed” by Allen’s treatment in jail. Allen was placed on suicide watch when he was first…

Dealing with emissions could help alleviate effects of Iran crisis on global energy supply, says report.Published On 4 May 20264 May 2026Tackling methane emissions in the fossil fuel sector would help efforts to hold back climate change and increase energy security, especially as the Iran crisis threatens global supplies, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).The oil, gas and coal industries account for about 35 percent of all methane emissions from human activity, notes the IEA’s Global Methane Tracker 2026, released on Monday. However, there is little progress in reducing them, the report points out.Recommended Stories list…

This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” as gas prices skyrocket and Spirit Airlines shuts down, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and Minneapolis Fed president and CEO Neel Kashkari join. Plus, Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government’s promised new national AI strategy will consider the technology’s impacts on the labour market, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said on Monday. It’s been six months since the government wrapped up fast-tracked consultations on the strategy — Solomon initially promised it would be tabled by the end of last year. He said last fall Canada couldn’t afford to wait and had to move quickly.When he was asked Monday to explain the delay in introducing the strategy, Solomon said it would be released “very soon.”Solomon said the impact of AI…

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