In a year of turmoil, diversification is paying off for investors

Woman pays $6,000 for fake Picasso in pop-up auction scam

Signs luring customers to pop-up auctions with the possibility of getting fancy cars and fine jewelry at bargain prices have been showing up across the U.S., but the goods aren't always what they ...

CBS News - Feb. 24

Top London-listed groups plan US-style CEO pay

FTSE 100 companies seek to capitalise on investors’ ‘change in tone’ towards bigger payouts

Financial Times - Feb. 25

Judge orders Trump administration to pay bills to foreign aid contractors

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali issued a temporary restraining order on Feb. 13 that ordered the State Department and USAID to restore foreign assistance funds.

CBS News - Feb. 25

Amorim feels Manchester United staff ‘paying the price’ for poor on-field form

Manager says recruitment and team needs to improve Return of Luke Shaw and Mason Mount unknown Ruben Amorim believes Manchester United employees made redundant are “paying the price” for poor ...

The Guardian - Feb. 25

Israelis pay last respects to hostage mother and sons killed in Gaza

In a display of deep public grief, thousands lined roads of southern Israel for the funeral procession of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas.

BBC News - Feb. 26

Supreme Court delays deadline for Trump administration to pay $1.9B in foreign aid

Chief Justice John Roberts, in an order Wednesday night, has stayed a lower court order that the administration pay out $1.9 billion by midnight

ABC News - Feb. 26

New hope for new towns, but who will pay for UK’s housing plans?

Labour government is weighing up where to locate its flagship homebuilding projects

Financial Times - Feb. 27

Roberts halts decision ordering White House to pay USAID contractors

A federal district judge ordered the Trump administration to pay invoices and funding requests to State Department and USAID contractors by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.

CBS News - 6d

Norwegian Cruise on Trump’s call to pay U.S. taxes: It’s ‘really, really complicated’

Norwegian’s earnings show the cruise boom continued, but the outlook exposed some cracks and the stock turned lower.

MarketWatch - 6d

Unrivaled’s ‘summer camp’ vibes should pay dividends in WNBA season

A few days after Napheesa Collier won Unrivaled’s inaugural one-on-one tournament, which came with a $200,000 prize, she was greeted in one of the league’s hallways by a curious fan who wanted a ...

Yahoo Sports - 5d

Russia-linked Telegram channels ‘offering to pay for attacks on UK mosques’

Exclusive: Campaigners say cryptocurrency payments were offered to UK residents if they daubed anti-Muslim graffiti. A network of Telegram channels with Russian links is encouraging UK residents to ...

The Guardian - 6d

Economic Blackout: Does Paying in Cash Really Help Small Businesses?

A large consumer boycott aims to hit back at big businesses and banks. But many small companies have moved away from cash.

Inc. - 5d

Golden Globes ends policy of paying 50 voting members $75,000 salaries

The Golden Globes has terminated its policy of paying $75,000 annual salaries to former members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Los Angeles Times - 5d

Net neutrality is dead — welcome to the age of ‘pay-to-play’ and premium access

It's about time we added some fast lanes on the information highway.

The Hill - 3d

Oscars pays tribute to Los Angeles after devastating wildfires: ‘The work continues’

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande honor city in performance while host Conan O’Brien discusses fires in monologue. Oscars 2025 — follow live Academy Awards updates See complete list of winners ...

The Guardian - 3d

The Oscars pay tribute to first responders, who deliver some punchy lines

The ceremony honors firefighters who battled the recent wildfires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena

Los Angeles Times - 3d

Morgan Freeman pays tribute to Gene Hackman at the 97th Academy Awards

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman, introducing the In Memoriam segment at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, paid his respects to Gene Hackman.

NBC News - 2d

UK’s lowest-income workers to become eligible for sick pay

About 1.3mn Britons to benefit from legislative plan set to be laid out by ministers

Financial Times - 2d

Low-paid workers to get right to 80% of salary in sick pay

Those currently earning less than £123 a week are currently not eligible for sick pay.

BBC News - 2d

Figure Skating Stars Pay an Emotional Tribute to the D.C. Plane Crash Victims

Spectators, heavy with grief, packed Capital One Arena for the skating benefit.

The New York Times - 2d

BAE chief in line for bonus boost under ‘golden handcuffs’ pay deal

UK’s biggest defence contractor becomes latest FTSE 100 company to propose bigger rewards for top executives

Financial Times - 2d

People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a ...

Wired - 1d

Why Gen Z Is Willing to Pay Big Money for Concert Tickets

How can 20-somethings afford the high cost of seeing their favorite artists’ live shows? Some save; some go into debt.

The New York Times - 1d

PM pays tribute to British troops after Vance comments

US vice-president has faced criticism for saying "20,000 troops from some random country" will not deter Putin.

BBC News - 21h

NIL contracts raise big questions on employment and pay-for-play

Direct payments to athletes in the expected $2.8 billion NCAA settlement might not solve schools' legal woes

ESPN - 21h

Supreme Court rejects Trump administration's bid to avoid paying USAID contractors

The Supreme Court ensured the Trump administration must pay up to $2 billion to U.S. Agency for International Development contractors even as it works to dismantle the agency at a breakneck pace.

NBC News - 18h

Paddy Power ordered to pay £1m jackpot to winner offered £20,000

Corrine Durber was told her jackpot was a computer error, but a judge ruled in her favour.

BBC News - 14h

Barclays to pay out up to £7.5mn to customers after 3-day IT outage

Treasury select committee finds high street bank tops list for number of systems failures since January 2023

Financial Times - 1h

BP CEO was awarded no bonus pay from oil giant’s financial performance

BP’s under-fire chief executive was awarded no bonus from the company’s financial performance last year as his overall pay declined, the company said Thursday in its annual report.

MarketWatch - 1h

Federal workers laid off by DOGE sound off as they look for new jobs

Federal workers, some of whom are veterans, were filled with despair and frustration as they searched for jobs after Donald Trump and Elon Musk's cuts to the workforce.

ABC News - 4d

Hundreds of NOAA employees laid off

Some 880 employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were laid off on Thursday, a congressional source told CBS News.