The Friday Five for May 3, 2024:

• iPhone Silent Alarm Bug Fix
• LinkedIn: Gaming & X Replacement?
• FOMC April/May 2024 Meeting
• Walmart Health to Shut Down
• DOJ to Reschedule Marijuana

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iPhone Alarms Bug:

Apple confirms bug that is keeping some iPhone alarms from sounding: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/apple-confirms-bug-that-is-keeping-some-iphone-alarms-from-sounding/

If your iPhone alarm has gone quiet, Apple says it’s working on a fix: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/30/24145296/apple-iphone-alarm-sounds-broken-ios-bug-fix-coming

Ring the alarm bells, the iPhone alarm isn’t working: https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/ring-the-alarm-bells-the-iphone-alarm-isnt-working/

LinkedIn: Gaming & X Replacement?

LinkedIn is the latest company to get in on gaming: https://www.theverge.com/24145605/linkedin-gaming-puzzle-game-nyt-wordle-netflix-games

LinkedIn is the Twitter/X rival no one is talking about: https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/01/linkedin-is-the-twitter-x-rival-no-one-is-talking-about/

LinkedIn launches gaming: 3 logic puzzles aimed at extending time spent on its networking platform: https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/01/linkedin-launches-gaming-three-logic-puzzles-aiming-to-extend-time-spent-on-its-networking-platform/

FOMC April/May 2024 Meeting:

Consumer Price Index - March 2024: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf/  

Personal Income and Outlays, March 2024: https://www.bea.gov/news/2024/personal-income-and-outlays-march-2024

Fed announces reduction in balance sheet runoff pace: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/fed-announces-reduction-balance-sheet-runoff-pace-2024-05-01/

Fed holds interest rates at 23-year high as inflation continues to push back timing of a rate cut: https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/markets-federal-reserve-meeting-05-01-24/index.html

Fed meeting recap: Powell pretty much rules out a hike as the central bank’s next move: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/01/fed-meeting-today-live-updates-on-may-fed-rate-decision.html

Federal Open Market Committee Meeting Schedule: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm

The Fed rate decision meeting is today. Here's their rate decision. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-reserve-interest-rate-meeting-may-1-2024/

Walmart Health to Shut Down:

Walmart closing health care clinics, ending virtual services: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4632752-walmart-closing-health-care-clinics-ending-virtual-services/

Walmart Health Is Closing: https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2024/04/30/walmart-health-is-closing

Walmart shuttering all 51 health centers, citing lack of profitability: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/walmart-shuttering-all-51-health-centers-virtual-care

Walmart will close all of its health care clinics: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/30/business/walmart-closes-health-clinics/index.html

DOJ to Reschedule Marijuana:

Biden gives cannabis industry a badly needed win: https://www.axios.com/2024/05/01/biden-marijuana-reclassification-cannabis-industry

Drug Scheduling: https://www.dea.gov/drug-information/drug-scheduling

Justice Dept plans to reschedule marijuana as a lower-risk drug: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/30/economy/dea-marijuana-rescheduling/index.html

Justice Dept. Recommends Easing Restrictions on Marijuana: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/us/politics/justice-department-reclassify-marijuana.html

US moves to reclassify marijuana in historic shift: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68932612

US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it’ll remain controlled substance: https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-biden-dea-criminal-justice-pot-f833a8dae6ceb31a8658a5d65832a3b8

What rescheduling marijuana would look like: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4634174-rescheduling-marijuana-look-like/

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