For: May 6, 2026
>>Watching Wall Street
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed higher on Wall Street yesterday with the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq both setting new records. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 356 points to 49-298. The S&P 500 added 58 points to 72-59. The Nasdaq rose 258 points to 25-326.
>>Job Openings Rose Slightly In March
(Washington, DC) -- The number of job openings rose slightly in March. The Labor Department says six-point-nine million jobs were available which is up about 100-thousand from February Hiring also increased by more than a half-million during the month with little change in the number of separations According to the JOLTS report, finance and insurance led the increase in available jobs last month.
>>Americans Anticipate Higher Prices A Year From Now
(Undated) -- More than half of Americans believe prices will be higher than they currently are in a year from now. A new survey from The Economist/YouGov found that 59 percent of respondents said they believe prices are set to be "higher" than they currently are in 12 months while 15 percent said prices are set to be "about the same," 13 percent said they are set to be "lower" and another 13 percent were "not sure." Survey results come after data from the Commerce Department last week found prices increased at a far more rapid rate in March as the U.S. conflict against Iran caused a significant increase in inflation.
>>Elon Musk To $1.5 Million SEC Lawsuit Settlement
(Washington, DC) -- Elon Musk is marking the end of his SEC lawsuit with a one-point-five-million-dollar settlement. The tech billionaire settled the lawsuit which accused him of failing to properly disclose stock he was amassing in Twitter in violation of securities laws. According to a SEC legal filing, Musk consented to the settlement "without admitting or denying the allegations," and it "permanently restrains and enjoins" Musk's trust from violating the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Musk is also facing a class-action civil suit filed in California on behalf of Twitter shareholders.
>>Future Of Proposed CA Billionaire Tax
(Sacramento, CA) -- Opponents of California's proposed billionaire tax say they've collected enough signatures to qualify two countermeasures for the November ballot. They believe the proposed countermeasures would block or at least weaken the controversial tax initiative. The initiative would impose a one-time, five percent tax on the assets of California residents with more than a billion dollars. One of the countermeasures is called the Retirement and Personal Savings Act, which bans retroactive taxes and new state taxes on personal assets. It could effectively cancel out the billionaire tax if both measures passed and the savings measure received more votes. The other proposed countermeasure is called the Improving Transparency, Effectiveness and Efficiency in California Government, which requires audits of programs funded by new state special taxes.
>>Artemis 2 Boosts Tourism On Space Coast
(Cape Canaveral, FL) -- NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission is credited with boosting tourism for Florida's Space Coast. The Space Coast Office of Tourism has announced a new record was set last month with over 345-thousand visitors the week of the launch. That helped generate over 40-million dollars in local spending. By comparison, over 200-thousand more people visited for Artemis 2 than Artemis 1 about four years ago.
