Author: Tim Hodges

Footwear brand Skechers to be taken private in $9 billion deal  Yahoo Finance Skechers to be acquired by 3G Capital in take-private deal, shares soar 25%  CNBC 3G Capital to buy shoe brand Skechers in $9bn deal  Financial Times Skechers to Go Private in 3G Merger  WSJ Skechers is going private during the middle of a trade war  CNN

Taiwan dollar jumps 6.5% in two days over trade deal fears  Financial Times TWD/USD: Taiwan Dollar Surges Another 4%, Jumping Most Since 1988  Bloomberg.com Taiwanese dollar hits 3-year highs as Asian currencies rally amid greenback weakness  CNBC The one-in-a-trillion event tying Taiwan’s dollar, Trump trade policy and the AI revolution all together  MarketWatch Taiwan president calls for end to […]

Indus Tensions: Pakistan Warns of Nuclear Response to Indian Aggression  Deccan Herald With militaries upgraded, risks multiply in any potential India-Pakistan conflict  Reuters India and Pakistan face off over Kashmir attack. Here’s where the rivals stand  ABC News Pakistan warns of an Indian attack, while quietly urging de-escalation  The Washington Post India and Pakistan Edge Toward a Conflict Neither […]

Yemen’s Houthis announce campaign targeting Israeli airports  Reuters France condemns Houthi strike on Ben Gurion, says attacks ‘must stop immediately’  The Times of Israel Netanyahu vows response after Houthi missile hits near Israel’s main airport  BBC Houthi drones drain billions from West as Red Sea chaos escalates, experts say  The Jerusalem Post As Houthi Front Heats Up, a Serious […]

What the restart of defaulted student loan collection means for borrowers  CNN Collections Coming for Millions of Student-Loan Borrowers  WSJ Student Debt Collections Restart on May 5. Here’s What to Know.  The New York Times Seriously delinquent student loan borrowers hit record high and climbing, TransUnion says  USA Today Man arrested in connection to deadly hit-and-run on Westside Parkway […]

‘Incredibly distasteful’ says TenHaken to Trump’s AI Pope photo  KELOLAND.com Catholic leaders recoil from Trump’s pope post  The Washington Post ‘It’s very unfortunate’: Milwaukee archbishop reacts to AI image of Trump as pope as conclave will begin this week  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Vance defends Trump’s post depicting AI-generated image of himself as pope  Politico AI image of Trump as […]

Trump Says He Wants to Reopen Alcatraz as a Functioning Prison  The New York Times Trump wants to reopen one of America’s most notorious prisons. Here’s how Alcatraz earned its reputation  CNN Live updates: Trump says he is reopening Alcatraz prison  AP News President Trump shares intent to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison in social media post  KCRA […]

Israel approves plan to expand Gaza war, including occupying territory  The Washington Post Israel security cabinet approves plan to ‘capture’ Gaza, official says  BBC Israel trying to ‘leverage’ Trump’s Mideast visit to push Hamas toward hostage deal, Israeli official says  The Times of Israel Middle East crisis live: Trump visit offers only chance to avoid new Gaza onslaught, […]

Scientists question NIH project’s use of 20th century technology to make a universal flu vaccine  statnews.com Exclusive | RFK Jr. Bets $500 Million on Universal Vaccines in Shift From Covid-19 Funding  WSJ HHS redirects $500 million to Trump appointee’s vaccine project, bypassing reviews  CBS News HHS, NIH launch next-generation universal vaccine platform for pandemic-prone viruses  National Institutes of Health […]

Measles Updates: More Than 930 Cases As Texas Outbreak Spreads  Forbes World may be ‘post-herd immunity’ to measles, top US scientist says  The Guardian Weekly measles cases hit new record amid worst outbreak since 1990s  CBS News Why is measles spreading in Canada, Mexico and the US?  Al Jazeera ‘This should not be happening,’ doctor says as measles cases […]