FYF, May 9-the financial news of the US stock market that investors need to focus on are as follows: 1. Us stock index futures fell slightly. So far, Dow futures are down 0.32%, S & P 500 index futures are down 0.35%, and NASDAQ 100 index futures are down 0.51%. 2. Most European stock markets fell, with Germany's DAX index down 0.38%, France's CAC index down 0.97% and the UK's FTSE index down 0.48%. 3. A former economic adviser to the Biden administration said it would take a wave of financial market shocks for Congress to break the current debt ceiling impasse. 4. Gallup, a research company, released a report on the support rate of US economic leaders, and Powell has become the Fed chairman with the lowest approval rate since the survey was carried out. 5. Musk said that Tesla's goal is to complete the construction of the lithium refinery next year and is expected to start production in a year's time. 6. Goldman Sachs, Microsoft and Chicago options Exchange (CBOE) will launch blockchain networks. 7. Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other major American technology companies have launched or plan to release 8 server chips (CPU) and cloud AI chips. 8. Novax Pharmaceuticals plans to lay off about 25% of its staff worldwide. 9. Lucid GroupQ1 revenue rose 159 per cent year-on-year to $149 million, net loss widened to $779 million, and car deliveries of 1406 vehicles fell short of expectations. 10. PaypalQ1 revenue rose 9 per cent year-on-year to $7.04 billion and net profit rose 56 per cent year-on-year to $795 million, both better than market expectations. 11. Western Digital's fiscal year-on-year Q3 revenue fell 36% year-on-year to $2.803 billion, with a net loss of $581 million, turning from profit to loss compared with the same period last year. Q4 revenue guidance of $2.4 billion-2.6 billion fell short of market expectations. 12. Warner Music Q2 revenue rose 2 per cent to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2023, with a net profit of $34 million, a decrease of 63 per cent.