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Tesla last held a meeting more than a year ago, and a group of key shareholders, including pension funds and public financial officers, are voicing “deep concern” about the delay. ... Read full Story
By MarketWatch.com | Frances Yue | 7/9/2025 5:49 PM
Bitcoin briefly rose above $112,000 to a record high Wednesday afternoon. However, the rally may stall if the trade tensions intensify, according to some analysts. ... Read full Story
There was a general sense among most Federal Reserve officials that interest rates could be lowered by the end of the year, minutes of the Fed’s June 17-18 meeting showed. ... Read full Story
For four countries, the tariff rates announced Wednesday are below their April 2 levels, while two countries will see an increase and Algeria will not see any change. ... Read full Story
WPP shares sank Wednesday on the advertising giant’s second profit warning of the year, as it said clients were spending less and it was attracting fewer new clients than hoped. ... Read full Story
"For his part, [artist Adam] Leveille doesn't expect to see his painting again. ... Still, he feels compelled to speak out publicly about what happened and has asked on his Instagram account and on Reddit for anyone with information about the heist, or who might have seen his painting appear somewhere, to come forward. If anything, he just wants to let potential area art thieves know they can't steal from local artists with impunity." — Spencer Buell, The Boston Globe, 1 Feb. 2025
Did you know?
Impunity, like the words pain, penal, and punish, traces to the Latin noun poena, meaning "punishment." Poena, in turn, came from the Greek poinē, meaning "payment" or "penalty." Impunity has been around since the 1500s; in 1660, Englishman Roger Coke wrote "This unlimited power of doing anything with impunity, will only beget a confidence in kings of doing what they [desire]." While royals may act with impunity more easily than others, the word impunity can be applied to beings great and small. Take, for example, this 2023 quote from the Sidmouth Herald in England: "The [yew tree] fruits are readily eaten by birds but they do not digest the seeds as they are poisonous. Only one bird, the rare and shy Hawfinch, is able to eat the seeds with impunity."