Buckling under 10% inflation, labor unrest, and never-ending drizzle, Britain’s economy is experiencing some of the slowest growth of any wealthy country. That’s why small-business owners and hospitality companies are counting on King Charles’s coronation tomorrow for a boost—if not in revenue, then at least in morale.

What’s going down: The coronation, which celebrates King Charles III’s ascent to the throne, will start with a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey. There, Charles will be anointed as the head of the Church of England, presented with a scepter and an orb, and given a crown worth $57 million to wear for a hot second before he ascends the literal throne in front of 2,200 guests (not including Meghan Markle).

With 1.2 million people expected to party it up in London, celebrations for the coronation—think pubs open all day long, hotels booked up, and cardboard cutouts of Charles and Camilla—will bring in an extra $437 million, UKHospitality estimates.

But all this pageantry costs money, too. According to Time, taxpayers will be on the hook for north of $125 million. Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation cost £1.57 million in 1953—or more than $70 million in today’s dollars.

King Charles inherits a beast of burden

Support for the monarchy has declined in recent years as controversies surrounding Prince Andrew, as well as Prince Harry and Meghan, have surfaced. One anti-monarchy group, Republic, is using the coronation as an opportunity to protest. They plan to chant “Not my king” at the procession on Saturday.

While most Britons support the monarchy, they still question the extent to which taxpayers, who support the monarch financially through a grant, should contribute to the sovereign’s wealth.

• King Charles’s net worth is the subject of much intrigue and is estimated to be between $750 million and $1.4 billion.
• Most of the royal family’s wealth can be attributed to vast real estate portfolios, such as the Duchy of Cornwall, the Duchy of Lancaster, and the Crown Estate, which account for nearly 500,000 acres of land.

As for the coronation itself, programming starts at 5am ET on several TV channels in the US. The BBC will provide coverage all day, but for Brits who aren’t tempted by the crown jewels, rival Channel 4 will offer a variety of their own programming, including comedian Frankie Boyle’s documentary Farewell to the Monarchy.—CC

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Protesters demanded justice for Jordan Neely. Demonstrators gathered at the Broadway-Lafayette subway stop in Manhattan to call for charges in the killing of Jordan Neely, a Black man who died after being put in a chokehold by a white passenger on a subway car on Monday. Neely, a Michael Jackson impersonator who was experiencing homelessness and mental health issues, had been yelling that he was hungry and thirsty and “ready to die,” an eyewitness told the NYT. While many Democratic leaders in NYC have condemned the killing as “public murder” and a “lynching,” Mayor Eric Adams said, “I’m going to let the process take its place.”

Ed Sheeran did not steal from Marvin Gaye, jury says. A federal jury in New York determined that the singer and Game of Thrones actor did not violate the copyright protection of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” with his own first-dance wedding favorite, “Thinking Out Loud.” Sheeran framed the lawsuit against him as a threat to all musicians, and claimed that he would quit making music if he were to lose. While Sheeran’s musical career will continue another day, he said after the decision, “I am unbelievably frustrated that baseless claims like this are allowed to go to court at all.”

J&J wakes the IPO market from its slumber. Kenvue, Johnson & Johnson’s consumer health business, climbed 22% yesterday in the biggest US IPO since 2021. If you haven’t heard of Kenvue, go directly to your medicine cabinet and take note of everything in there—it’s mostly Kenvue. It makes brands such as Tylenol, Band-Aid, Listerine, Neutrogena, Aveeno, and Benadryl, leading to a $42 billion valuation ahead of its IPO. Kenvue’s public offering is the largest in New York since electric vehicle-maker Rivian IPO’d in November 2021.

It was the Met Gala of earnings season yesterday as CEOs of huge companies summoned their favorite business jargon and told investors how their Q1s ended up. And because we don’t want you to look dumb in your morning meeting, here are six things to say so people think you paid attention to yesterday’s earnings reports.

1. “People around the world got their first iPhones.” With Apple scouring the globe for more iPhone buyers, people living in regions such as India, Indonesia, and the Middle East stepped up to the plate. Demand in emerging markets helped iPhone sales blow by estimates, but Apple’s total revenue fell for the second straight quarter.

2. “Live Nation is stronger than ever.” Despite being the most hated company on social media, Live Nation’s revenue jumped 73% last quarter to an all-time high of $3 billion as demand for big-name concerts surged.

3. “Get ready for even more Bud Light commercials than usual.” The brand will triple marketing spending in the US this summer and compensate front-line workers who took a hit from a boycott sparked by Bud Light’s brief partnership with trans actor Dylan Mulvaney in early April. Anheuser-Busch’s CEO Michel Doukeris said, “It is still too early to have a full view” of the boycott’s impact on sales.

4. “Shopify followed tech giants in trimming staff.” Despite better-than-expected earnings, the e-commerce platform said it was laying off 20% of its 11,600-person workforce—its second round of layoffs in the past 12 months. Shares popped nearly 24% as investors continued to reward companies that are cutting costs.

5. “Cruises are back, baby.” Royal Caribbean said first-quarter bookings lapped 2019 levels. Pandemic be damned, Midwesterners will get plastered in a floating hotel.

6. “If you want a Ferrari, you’ll have to wait.” Ferrari said orders are backed up into 2025 due to huge demand.—MM

The hip-hop legend who gave his blunt roller an inflation raise really wants to buy a hockey team. Snoop Dogg has joined entrepreneur Neko Sparks to vie for the Ottawa Senators in what may become the most expensive bidding war in the NHL ever.

It’s an “impeccable” opportunity for the D-O-double-G, he told The Athletic. Snoop loves hockey and Canada’s capital city, where he says he’d assume the role of a community activist.

Snoop has competition

It’s Ryan Reynolds. Fresh off his purchase of Wrexham AFC, the Canadian is reportedly working on a record-breaking $1 billion-plus bid with the real estate developer Remington Group. But Snoop’s team isn’t afraid to enter ten-figure territory.

If they win…

• They’ll be the first Black ownership group in the NHL, and they plan to prioritize placing women in key operations roles.
• Snoop is expected to leverage his connections to bring more concerts and events to the team’s home arena, which doesn’t host an NHL game for 300 days out of the year.

Full-circle moment: The NHL team that holds the soon-to-be-broken record for highest sale ($900 million) is the same one whose jersey Snoop wore in the 1994 music video for Gin and Juice: the Pittsburgh Penguins.—ML

Stat: Americans are more worried about the money they’ve put in banks now than they were during the 2008 financial crisis. Nearly half (48%) of US adults said they were concerned about the safety of their money deposited in banks, compared to 45% after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, according to a Gallup poll from April. And this survey was taken before the collapse of First Republic Bank this week.

Quote: “a lotta yall still dont get it…ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape”

This week marks the first anniversary of the most early 2022 time-capsule-of-a-tweet in existence. An NFT marketplace called Rare Candy tweeted this message of desperation at a time when combining “ape holders” and “multiple slurp juices” in the same sentence made sense to...at least someone. Looking back, we really didn’t get it, and now all our slurp juice has expired.

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Friday puzzle

The letters below may seem incoherent, but each line contains two six-letter words that are antonyms of each other. The letters that form each of these individual antonyms appear from left to right.

Example: Given CLLUOOTSCEHN, the answer would be CLUTCH and LOOSEN.
Can you find the antonyms in the clues below?

1. DEARPRAIRVET

2. AVAPNPISEAHR

3. RAECCFEUPTSE

4. DSUEMPAPNLDY

5. SDANAFGEETRY

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1. ARRIVE and DEPART

2. APPEAR and VANISH

3. ACCEPT and REFUSE

4. DEMAND and SUPPLY

5. DANGER and SAFETY

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