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Midsize Bank Panic to Test Regulators’ Skepticism of Mergers

Wall Street Journal Some banking experts say the best way to shore up depositors’ and investors’ confidence is for more lenders to buy each other. https://www.wsj.com/articles/midsize-bank-panic-to-test-regulators-skepticism-of-mergers-dd0893bf

Why Graduates Aren’t Hot on Accounting Careers: Low Starting Pay, Onerous Testing

Wall Street Journal Accounting majors in the class of 2023, the first to enter a postpandemic professional world, will find no shortage of demand for their services as the industry grapples with a scarcity of candidates. They will, however, find starting salaries to be relatively low compared with other possible professions and an evolving workplace…

Many Americans Have Moved On From Covid. She’s Trying.

Wall Street Journal The U.S. has ended its crisis response to the pandemic. But for people with long Covid, the struggles aren’t over. https://www.wsj.com/articles/long-covid-symptoms-recovery-not-over-2e535790

Milk shake-up: High school student sues school district over dairy flap

Washington Post A 17-year-old high school student claims her L.A. school violated her rights by telling her to praise cow’s milk, which many of her generation dislike. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/12/dairy-milk-lawsuit-school-lunch/

Zelenskyy predicts deaths of Kremlin officials: Medvedev experiences aggressive outburst

Pravda Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is convinced that those in the Kremlin will end badly and will not die by their own death. Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, gave a hysterical and aggressive response to this. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/12/7401910/

Tesla may gain as Musk’s Twitter distraction to ease

Jerusalem Post Musk said on Thursday he had found a new CEO for Twitter, without naming the person. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-742860

EU proposes formal halt of Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany — Bloomberg

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that there is no discussion about banning Kazakh oil running through Druzhba after suspension of Russian oil deliveries https://tass.com/economy/1616657

Turkish opposition wants to maintain relations with Russia, favors NATO enlargement

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Kemal Kilicdaroglu reiterated that Turkey has close economic ties with Russia, signaling that he would pursue a delicate balance in foreign policy with regard to relations with Moscow https://tass.com/world/1616653

Russian forces are exhausted on Bakhmut front – Ukraine’s Armed Forces spokesperson

Pravda Ukraine The Ukrainian Armed Forces see signs of Russian forces’ exhaustion on the Bakhmut front. Source: Army Inform military news agency, citing Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesperson for the East Grouping of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: “40 combat engagements occurred here over the past 24 hours,…

Italian media confirm possible Zelenskyy’s visit to Rome

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/12/7161555/