For: May 21, 2026
>>Watching Wall Street
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after stocks finished firmly in the green yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above 50-thousand to end the day. At the closing bell, the Dow climbed 645 points to 50-009. The S&P 500 gained 79 points to 74-32. The Nasdaq rose 399 points to 26-270.
>>Musk Could Be 1st Trillionaire With SpaceX IPO
(New York, NY) -- Elon Musk could soon be the world's first trillionaire. This after his SpaceX company confirmed plans to sell shares of its stock to the public for the first time. In a securities filing on Wednesday, SpaceX announced what's expected to be a record IPO next month. The company made over 18-billion-dollars in revenue in 2025 -- a 33-percent increase from a year earlier. Bloomberg reports Musk, who is also the CEO of Tesla, is already the wealthiest person on the planet, with a net worth of 667-billion-dollars.
>>Bezos: Bottom Half Earners Should Pay Zero Income Taxes
(Undated) -- Jeff Bezos [[ BAY-zos ]] says the bottom half of U.S. earners should pay zero income tax. In an interview with CNBC, the Amazon founder said the income tax paid by lower earners is "a small amount of money for the government." Bezos argues the top one-percent of taxpayers pay about 40-percent of all the tax revenue, and the bottom half pay three-percent. He believes that "We shouldn't be asking this nurse in Queens to send money to Washington." According to IRS statistics, the bottom half of taxpayers had an adjusted gross income of about 54-thousand bucks in 2023.
>>Nvidia Exceeds Q1 Estimates
(Santa Clara, CA) -- Nvidia exceeded earning estimates in the first quarter. Revenue came it a 81-point-six billion, thanks largely to the demand from artificial intelligence. The company increased its dividend and authorized 80-billion-dollars in buybacks.
>>Wages For Trade Workers Outpace College Grad Salaries
(Undated) -- A college degree is no longer the only path to a lucrative career. Challenger, Gray, and Christmas, one of the world's largest recruiting firms says skilled trade workers have seen a 30 percent wage bump in the lats few years. Electricians, plumbers and others who become masters in their skill areas can earn more than a hundred thousand dollars a year, and many work while they are learning their trade. That means they enter the work force, with much less debt than many college graduates do.
>>GasBuddy Predicts Most Expensive Summer Gas In Years
(Dallas, TX) -- Gas experts are predicting the most expensive summer at the pump in years. GasBuddy has released its Summer Travel Survey for 2026, and it forecasts an average price of four-dollars-and-80-cents per gallon from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The fuel savings platform says the price of gas could reach all-time highs if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed for much of the summer. Despite the costs, the survey results show 56 percent of Americans still plan to drive more than two hours this summer to reach their preferred destinations. That's down from 69 percent last summer.
>>Samsung Suspends Workers' Strike
(Suwon, South Korea) -- Samsung's labor union is calling off a planned general strike on a word of a tentative agreement. Nearly 50-thousand Samsung employees had been set to go on strike today as part of an 18-day protest. The workers' union called the protest over the South Korean tech giant's bonus payments. The reported agreement must now be voted on by union members.
