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Thanks very much. And while US bond yields have been hitting new highs recently, German debt yields fell this morning after surprisingly low services data raised concerns about European growth. Paul Hannan is the economics editor for Dow Jones Newswires.

Thanks very much. And while US bond yields have been hitting new highs recently, German debt yields fell this morning after surprisingly low services data raised concerns about European growth. Paul Hannan is the economics editor for Dow Jones Newswires.

Meanwhile, existing home sales for April are due out at 10 a.m. Eastern this morning. It's the second month of the crucial spring home buying season, which is shaping up to be a bit of a dud. Morgan Stanley's US housing strategist Jim Egan told WSJ's Take on the Week podcast that rising inventories and tepid demand are hurting sales.

Meanwhile, existing home sales for April are due out at 10 a.m. Eastern this morning. It's the second month of the crucial spring home buying season, which is shaping up to be a bit of a dud. Morgan Stanley's US housing strategist Jim Egan told WSJ's Take on the Week podcast that rising inventories and tepid demand are hurting sales.

You can hear much more about the state of the US housing market on the latest episode of WSJ's Take on the Week on YouTube or wherever you listen to your podcasts. And in a quick roundup of corporate news, we're exclusively reporting that popular fitness app Strava has completed a fresh round of fundraising valuing the business at $2.2 billion, including debt.

You can hear much more about the state of the US housing market on the latest episode of WSJ's Take on the Week on YouTube or wherever you listen to your podcasts. And in a quick roundup of corporate news, we're exclusively reporting that popular fitness app Strava has completed a fresh round of fundraising valuing the business at $2.2 billion, including debt.

We've also learned that Walmart plans to cut around 1,500 corporate jobs in a US restructuring, aimed at trimming its expenses and speeding up decision making. And Nike has said it will begin selling its products on Amazon's US site after a five-year hiatus. This as Nike looks to increase sales under CEO Elliot Hill, who returned to the company in October.

We've also learned that Walmart plans to cut around 1,500 corporate jobs in a US restructuring, aimed at trimming its expenses and speeding up decision making. And Nike has said it will begin selling its products on Amazon's US site after a five-year hiatus. This as Nike looks to increase sales under CEO Elliot Hill, who returned to the company in October.

And it seems that fans attending Oasis' sold-out world tour are gearing up for some supersonic spending, beating out Taylor Swift fans. British Bank Barclays found that people attending Oasis' concerts are spending more than they had planned. An average of $228 on tickets. But if you're going, please don't look back in anger.

And it seems that fans attending Oasis' sold-out world tour are gearing up for some supersonic spending, beating out Taylor Swift fans. British Bank Barclays found that people attending Oasis' concerts are spending more than they had planned. An average of $228 on tickets. But if you're going, please don't look back in anger.

That was Tom Corbett, Managing Director of Sponsorships and Media at Barclays. He told us that consumers are prioritizing spending their money on experiences that will live forever. And that includes buying bucket hats and parkas or even getting a Noel Gallagher-like haircut.

That was Tom Corbett, Managing Director of Sponsorships and Media at Barclays. He told us that consumers are prioritizing spending their money on experiences that will live forever. And that includes buying bucket hats and parkas or even getting a Noel Gallagher-like haircut.

Es klingt, als ob die Gallagher-Brüder es nur mitnehmen müssen. And that's it for What's News this Thursday morning. Today's show was produced by Kate Bullivant and Daniel Bark. Our supervising producer is Sandra Kilhoff. And I'm Azhar Sukri for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Luke Vargas. We'll be back tonight with a new show. Until then, thanks for listening.

Es klingt, als ob die Gallagher-Brüder es nur mitnehmen müssen. And that's it for What's News this Thursday morning. Today's show was produced by Kate Bullivant and Daniel Bark. Our supervising producer is Sandra Kilhoff. And I'm Azhar Sukri for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Luke Vargas. We'll be back tonight with a new show. Until then, thanks for listening.

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FOR THE FAMILY IS SUING AFTER THEIR SON FELL FROM A ZIPLINE AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK. A WORD OF WARNING, THE VIDEO MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME VIEWERS. YOU CAN SEE THE 10-YEAR-OLD COME AROUND THE CORNER AND THEN FALL 20 FEET FROM THE ZIPLINE. An investigation by the Florida Department of Agriculture found the boy's harness was not properly secured at the time of the incident.

FOR THE FAMILY IS SUING AFTER THEIR SON FELL FROM A ZIPLINE AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK. A WORD OF WARNING, THE VIDEO MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME VIEWERS. YOU CAN SEE THE 10-YEAR-OLD COME AROUND THE CORNER AND THEN FALL 20 FEET FROM THE ZIPLINE. An investigation by the Florida Department of Agriculture found the boy's harness was not properly secured at the time of the incident.

Urban Air says the employees involved in the incident don't work there anymore and others have been retrained.

Urban Air says the employees involved in the incident don't work there anymore and others have been retrained.

Urban Air says the employees involved in the incident don't work there anymore and others have been retrained.