>>Ahead Of The Bell 

(New York, NY)  --  The opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed mixed Monday to kick off the new trading month.  At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 115 points to 38-571.  The S&P 500 rose by five points to 52-83.  The Nasdaq gained 93 points to 16-828.

 

>>Business News 

(Undated)  --  Data on job openings and labor turnovers will be coming out today, with ADP releasing its employment report on Wednesday along with the latest stats on the U.S. trade deficit.  Weekly jobless claims are due Thursday with most analysts expecting a slight decline.  Things wrap up next Friday with the monthly jobs report, expected to show around 178-thousand new jobs created in May and the unemployment rate holding steady at three-point-nine percent.

 

>>Spotify Price Hikes

(New York, NY)  --  Spotify is raising prices.  The music streaming service announced Monday that it's ad-free premium plan will now cost 12-dollars per month, a one-dollar jump.  The cost of a Duo premium plan for two people is going up two-dollars to 17-bucks a month while a family plan will now cost three-dollars more at 20-dollars each month.  The price hikes will take effect next month.  They come less than a year from the last increases.

 

>>X Updates Pornography Policy

(San Francisco, CA)  --  The social platform X now allows pornography with some restrictions.  The Elon Musk-led company, formerly known as Twitter, just shared an update to its official usage policies.  It says "You may share consensually produced and distributed adult nudity or sexual behavior, provided it's properly labeled and not prominently displayed."  The update adds that X believes users should be able to create and share material with sexual themes as long as it's all consensual.  It calls it "a legitimate form of artistic expression."

 

>>Sandy Hook Families Seek Full Alex Jones Liquidation

(Newtown, CT)  --  Sandy Hook families are demanding that Alex Jones' media company be liquidated immediately.  The families successfully sued the internet host for claiming the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut school shooting was a hoax and the victims were paid actors.  They were awarded over a billion-dollars in damages.  They're now demanding that Jones' bankruptcy claims be changed from chapter eleven reorganization to a chapter seven liquidation, including his company Free Speech Systems.  A hearing will be held on the matter June 14th in Texas.