British Home Office: "a serious risk to the public order"...

CNN showcases "limits of US bombing plan"...

...momo meltdown continues as S&P rallies to longest win-streak in over a year...

A stellar month for (tech) stocks and bonds, ugly for oil, gold and bitcoin. 

CTA (modest), Retail (relentlessly) and Corporates (buybacks in full swing) are acting as sponsors of equities, with little regard for concentration considerations, or valuations.

The 83-page suit alleges that OpenAI allowed ChatGPT to aid and abet mass shooters, encourage people to take their own lives, degrade users’ critical thinking skills and addict minors to a tool that feigns human compassion.

Why have spot Brent futures fallen 22% from the late March peak despite still low flows through Hormuz? According to Goldman's commodity desk, there are two main demand-related drivers...

The only way L.A. can solve its problems is to hire the guy who wants to solve them, not just talk about it...

"I'm not going to get out on the stage there and say, Joe, you really screwed that up..."

"Discussions in the desk have gone from “make it stop!” in March, to “wow, this is still going up?” in May" - Goldman Sales and Trading.

BP will sell 5% in the $35-billion Browse LNG project in Australia, which Australian energy giant Woodside is looking to progress

Well, at least for now... 

 

This discovery marks another chapter in the disturbing wave of deaths and disappearances involving individuals tied to highly sensitive government programs. 

Indian refiners have frozen the price of jet fuel for domestic flights after airlines asked for a respite from fuel price hikes; this follows a 8.6% April jump in kerosene prices in response to tighter supply.

The erosion of Americans’ purchasing power has led to a debt-based economy...

Remarkably, Google revealed that it will use the bulk of the ATM offering to pay for tax obligations related to vesting of employee equity awards. In other words, the multi-trillion company is using retail investors to pay taxes

Malaria - primarily spread by mosquitoes - killed at least 597,000 people throughout 83 countries, according to the CDC.

Risk assets were mixed on Iran threats to block the Bab al-Mandab Strait and with initial reports that it stopped exchanging messages with the US, although the geopolitical headlines were much more positive later in the session.