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Qantas names chief financial officer Vanessa Hudson next CEO 05/01/2023 11:29pm • SYDNEY (AP) ��� Australian airline Qantas Group said Tuesday Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Hudson will become its next chief executive and managing director, replacing Alan Joyce in November. Hudson has been with the airline in various roles for 28 years. Joyce was appointed Qantas CEO in 2008 and I Bonds: The Risk-Free Asset Yielding 4.3% 05/01/2023 08:00pm • The U.S. consumer price index, or CPI, rose by 5% year over year in March, well above the Federal Reserve's long-term target of 2% inflation. For Americans concerned about falling stock prices and soaring inflation, U.S. I bonds may be an attractive option. The U.S. Department of the Treasury recent ETF or Mutual Fund: How to Choose 05/01/2023 08:00pm • Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are quite popular among American investors. An estimated 16.1 million Americans--about 12% of U.S. households--held $6.5 trillion in ETFs at the end of 2022, according to data from the Investment Company Institute. That's a whopping 9,748% increase from 2000, when ETF 9 Short Squeeze Stocks That Could Take Off in May 05/01/2023 08:00pm • Short squeezes have been among the most popular and controversial topics on Wall Street in the past couple of years. In 2021, groups of online stock traders on Reddit made headlines by orchestrating targeted buying campaigns to trigger short squeezes in some of the market's most heavily shorted stoc Paraguay: Ex-president's influence in question after victory 05/01/2023 07:14pm • ASUNCI��N, Paraguay (AP) ��� Conservative Santiago Pe��a's overwhelming win in Paraguay's presidential election not only reaffirmed the long-ruling Colorado Party's hold on power but raised questions about the future role of his powerful political mentor, who has been accused of corruption by the Un Treasury's Yellen says US could default as soon as June 1 05/01/2023 07:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Monday that the U.S. could default on its debt as early as June 1, if legislators do not raise or suspend the nation's borrowing authority before then and avert what could potentially become a global financial crisis. In a lett About 46% of Gov. Wes Moore's blind trust in cannabis stock 05/01/2023 06:42pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's administration announced Monday he has formally created a blind trust for his assets, which include nearly $1.2 million in shares of stock in a cannabis company ��� or about 46% of his assets outlined in the trust. Moore, a Democrat who worked as an Pot consulting paid Oregon secretary of state $10K monthly 05/01/2023 06:40pm • SALEM, Ore. (AP) ��� Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan apologized Monday for taking a job as a consultant for a marijuana company ��� part of an industry that her office just audited ��� that paid far more than her state salary. After previously refusing to disclose the terms of her contract, F Moore puts millions into blind trust, will sell off major portion of cannabis holdings 05/01/2023 06:27pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. A blind trust overseeing Gov. Wes Moore���s investment holdings will have to divest a large portion of the Democrat���s holdings in the stat Mid Atlantic Daybook 05/01/2023 04:30pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Monday, May. 01. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 an Democratic Sen. Cardin of Maryland retiring after 3 terms 05/01/2023 04:14pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland announced Monday that he plans to retire at the end of his third term, triggering what is likely to be a highly competitive primary to replace him in the blue-leaning state. The decision by Cardin, a longtime fixture of Maryland politics Canada contract accord ends strike for most public workers 05/01/2023 03:00pm • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) ��� The Canadian government reached a tentative contract agreement Monday with its largest workers union, ending a 12-day strike by more than 120,000 public servants. The four-year deal affects a majority of the Public Service Alliance of Canada workers, including immigration wo As 149th Derby nears, Kentucky prepares for sports betting 05/01/2023 12:25pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� The Kentucky Derby figures to draw 150,000-plus to Churchill Downs, with many beneath the Twin Spires impeccably dressed as they drink mint juleps, puff cigars and hope their bets on horse racing���s marquee event pay off. Countless more aim to cash in on Saturday���s 149 After more than a half-century in public office, Cardin won���t seek reelection in 2024 05/01/2023 11:55am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Ben Cardin (D), Maryland���s senior U.S. senator and one of the longest-serving elected officials in American history, does not plan to seek Del. Norton introduces resolution to make Monday 'DC Statehood Day' 05/01/2023 08:48am • D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton brought a resolution to the House of Representatives that would recognize May 1, 2023, as ���D.C. Statehood Day.��� In a news release on Thursday, Norton said that ���highlighting the District���s need for statehood, as early and as often as possible, only serves t