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Aluminum Giant Alcoa To Sell Dormant Smelter To Bitcoin-Miner NYDIG: Report Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, US aluminium giant Alcoa is reportedly nearing a deal to offload its long-idle Massena East smelter in upstate New York to Bitcoin mining firm New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG). The company is in advanced discussions and expects the transaction to close “in the middle part of this year,” CEO Bill Oplinger told Bloomberg on Friday. The site, located along the St. Lawrence River, has been inactive since 2014 after Alcoa shut it down amid rising energy...

Spencer Pratt Surges As Karen Bass Odds Wobble In Final Days Before LA Mayor Primary As the June 2nd primary approaches in Los Angeles, prediction markets are showing a notable shift in the Los Angeles mayoral race: incumbent Karen Bass's odds have been all over the place - recently dropping sharply - while challenger Spencer Pratt has seen his implied probability climb. According to the latest Polymarket snapshot, Bass sits at 59% to win the election outright, down from higher levels above 70% seen earlier in the week. Pratt has risen to 21%,...

Conference Board Confidence Unexpectedly Jumps To Highest In 2026 Despite war (and rising gas prices) now fully embedded in respondents' minds, it is perhaps surprising that The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence rose considerably more than expected to 92.8 in April (89.0 exp) from an upwardly revised 92.2. Present Situation dipped very modestly from 124.1 to 123.8 (120.1 exp) while Expectations rose from 71.0 to 72.2 (69.2 exp) Source: Bloomberg That is the highest headline print in 2026. “Consumer appraisals of current and expected business conditions declined moderately compared to last month," said Dana M Peterson,...