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Shares of videogame retailer and original meme stock GameStop surged on no apparent news this week.

U.S. stocks have swung to an upbeat start in May, with Wall Street’s “fear gauge” easing to its lowest level since the end of March as investor anxieties tied to inflation appeared to subside.

Paramount Global has named Chris McCarthy as interim principal executive officer of its new three-executive leadership team, the media conglomerate said.

The electric utility company replaces Pioneer Natural Resources Co. after the latter’s acquisition by Exxon Mobil Corp.

Whirlpool Corp. said Friday that it plans additional layoffs to the 1,000 it announced as part of a global restructuring plan in late April.

Shares of Luminar Technologies Inc. dropped more than 9% in extended trading Friday after the maker of lidar and other sensors for self-driving vehicles said it was cutting its workforce by 20% as part of a restructuring plan.

“As more consumers make tequila their spirit of choice, we’ve seen them gravitate towards high-quality, premium tequilas,” Patrón executive says.

Apple said it will increase its cash dividend by 4%, which is good news for Warren Buffett’s company.

The Nasdaq stock exchange is “warming up” to the idea of continuing to list Canadian cannabis companies even if they have exposure to the U.S. market — and a U.S. cannabis company could be next, an analyst at Jefferies said.

New research sees gold lagging U.S. inflation by more than 7% a year over the next decade.

Safe & Green Holdings Corp. shares skyrocketed 86.7% Friday, a day after the design- and construction-services company completed its reverse stock split.

Egan-Jones has joined fellow proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis in stepping into activist Ancora’s board battle with railroad operator Norfolk Southern.