April

Poland’s crucial local elections will be held in April, newly appointed prime minister says

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WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s new Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Monday crucial elections to choose city mayors and provincial and county administration leaders would be held April 7, with a runoff April 21. The elections will test the new pro-European Union coalition government’s popular support, just six months after it won parliamentary elections. Tusk and … Read more

US Congress pushes warrantless wiretapping decision off until April next year

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Congress has extended Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for a few more months to April 2024. According to The New York Times, the program was included in the $886 billion National Defence Authorization Act, which passed the House by a vote of 310 to 118, with support from the majority of … Read more

Bitcoin tops $44,000 first time since April 2022

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Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Bitcoin is building on its upward momentum, with the flagship cryptocurrency topping $43,000 for the first time since April 2022 on Tuesday. The price of bitcoin was last higher by more than 4% to $43,794.99, according to Coin Metrics, extending gains from the previous day, as the drumbeat … Read more

Wholesale prices fell 0.5% in October for biggest monthly drop since April 2020

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Wholesale prices in October posted their biggest decline in 3½ years, providing another indication that the worst of the inflation surge may have passed. The producer price index, which measures final-demand costs for businesses, declined 0.5% for the month, against expectations for a 0.1% increase from the Dow Jones consensus, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. … Read more

Nintendo’s Wii U and 3DS online services will shut down in April

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Next spring, Nintendo will shut down the online services behind nearly all of its 3DS and Wii U software, affecting multiplayer and other connected features. According to Nintendo, “This also includes online co-operative play, internet rankings, and data distribution.” News of this early April 2024 shutdown follows the return of online features for the Wii … Read more

Kaiju No. 8 Anime Will get New Trailer, April 2024 Launch Window

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Kaiju tales usually stay and die not simply on the monster itself, however whoever’s combating towards (or with) it. Whether or not it’s the navy, different monsters, or big robots, a part of the enjoyable could be seeing what’s capable of go blow-for-blow with an enormous beast that shoots fireplace out of its eyes or … Read more

Inflation rose 0.4% in April and 4.7% from a 12 months in the past, in line with key gauge for the Fed

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Inflation stayed stubbornly excessive in April, probably reinforcing the probabilities that rates of interest may keep greater for longer, in line with a gauge launched Friday that the Federal Reserve follows carefully. The private consumption expenditures worth index, which measures a wide range of items and companies and adjusts for adjustments in shopper habits, rose … Read more

CPI inflation April 2023:

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A broadly adopted measure of inflation rose in April, although the tempo of the rise supplied some hope that the price of dwelling will head decrease later this yr. The buyer worth index, which measures the price of a broad swath of products and companies, elevated 0.4% for the month, according to the Dow Jones … Read more