Technology spending plans by Microsoft and Alphabet's Google boosted AI stocks on Friday, including Nvidia and Super Micro Computer.
Javier Milei's measures to tame Argentina's inflation have boosted the peso to the top, rising 25% against the US dollar in the last three months.
PEN America has canceled its annual World Voices Festival, as the literary and free expression organization continues to face widespread unhappiness with its response to the Israel-Hamas war. Earlier this week, PEN called off its awards ceremony after nearly half of the finalists withdrew from contention. The festival, which brings in writers from around the world, was to have taken place next month in New York and Los Angeles. PEN CEO Suzanne Nossel expressed regret over the cancellation, saying it contrasted with why Salman Rushdie among others established the festival 20 years ago.