Key Events This Week: ISM, FOMC Minutes And Fed Speakers

Canada's Culture Minister: Regulating Online Content A Duty Of Federal Government Authored by Olivia Gomm via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Culture Minister Marc Miller says the federal government has the role of regulating content on the internet and that Canada is years behind other countries when it comes to regulating “online harms.” Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Marc Miller rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Feb. 25, 2026. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby Miller told reporters on Parliament Hill April 29 that when...

SpaceX Acquires Cursor AI In $60 Billion Deal As Coding Agent Race Heats Up SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion, giving Elon Musk's artificial intelligence empire a leg up in the chatbot coding race currently led by frontier AI labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. The Cursor acquisition was announced in a SpaceX 8-K filing with the SEC on Tuesday morning. Details of the deal show that Cursor shareholders will receive SpaceX Class A common stock, implying a Cursor equity value of $60 billion. The...

Sacked Russian Minister Flees To US Amid Corruption Probe In First Of Ukraine War A Russian minister has become the first known high-ranking official to flee Russia and seek asylum in the United States since the Ukraine war began over four years ago, amid a fraud probe. Denis Butsayev, a senior Russian official recently dismissed from the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, fled to the US to avoid criminal prosecution, regional media reports say. President Putin meets with then General Director of the Russian Environmental Operator Denis Butsayev He was officially removed from his post as...