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S&P 500, Dow futures back away from records as Fed cheer fizzles

US stocks were poised for a retreat from record highs on Friday as rate-cut euphoria faded, with FedEx (FDX) earnings providing a reality check. S&P 500 futures (ES=F) fell roughly 0.3%, after the benchmark index ended at an all-time high. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) traded steady on the …

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Moo Deng Is More Than a Meme

Everyone, it seems, wants a piece of Moo Deng. The baby pygmy hippo is barely two months old and already famous. So beloved on TikTok, Instagram, and X is Moo Deng that workers at Khao Kheow Open Zoo, the place in Thailand where she was born, are doing all they …

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