Inside Wall Street’s booming $1tn ‘synthetic risk transfer’ phenomenon

How Databricks is using synthetic data to simplify evaluation of AI agents

Multiple enterprises are using Databricks' synthetic data API, seeing a significant time reduction to improve agent quality and deployment.

VentureBeat - Dec. 9

Wall Street has a new high bar for the S&P 500 in 2025. Here’s what’s driving that.

Oppenheimer Asset Management’s chief investment strategist, John Stoltzfus, predicts the S&P 500 will reach 7,100 in 2025, thanks in part to a resilient economy.

MarketWatch - Dec. 9

How to Avoid Pickpockets and Street Scams When Traveling

Staying aware, keeping your valuables close and employing “layers of security” are among the ways to improve your street savvy.

The New York Times - Dec. 9

Advertising revenues set to hit $1tn in market dominated by tech groups

Google, Meta, ByteDance, Amazon and Alibaba expected to earn more than half the annual total

Financial Times - Dec. 9

Inside the Four-Day Workweek Experiment

A British group is pushing for more companies to offer their workers shorter hours. Here’s what it looks like for two companies willing to test it out.

The New York Times - Dec. 8

The weight-loss drug boom has become one of the internet's biggest scams

As demand for obesity drugs like Wegovy, Zepbound, Mounjaro and Ozempic, outpaces supply, online scams are rising, according to cybersecurity experts.

CNBC - Dec. 8

Top Wall Street analysts tout these energy stocks for attractive dividends

TipRanks' analyst ranking service spotlights three dividend-paying stocks, including Chevron and Energy Transfer.

CNBC - Dec. 8

My wife’s noisy eating is driving me up the wall

In some ways it’s not really about the chewing, Philippa Perry suggests. The question My wife’s eating habits drive me crazy. What can I do? We’ve been married for 30 years and we are a good ...

The Guardian - Dec. 8

Inside the Unpredictabe Jameis Winston Experience

The Steelers should be on upset alert as they prepare to face the Browns, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

The New York Times - Dec. 7

10 of Wall Street’s favorite dividend stocks for 2025 with yields of at least 4%

Short-term interest rates are still high enough for you to get a yield of more than 4% on a savings account. But stocks with attractive dividend yields might also be appropriate for you, depending ...

MarketWatch - Dec. 7

Wall Street isn’t worried about a stock-market crash. That’s why you should be.

Stock traders have become even more bullish and complacent — and that’s a bearish sign.

MarketWatch - Dec. 7

A Uranium-Mining Boom Is Sweeping Through Texas

State leaders want nuclear reactors to provide consistent, low-carbon power for AI, oil extraction, and more. But in South Texas, people worry mining for fuel will poison their water.

Wired - Dec. 7

Cheap dates and close contact: How people are falling in love on climbing walls

Climbers say they didn't start bouldering to find a partner - but it ended up happening along the way.

BBC News - Dec. 7

Transfer rumors, news: Liverpool and Tottenham zero in on Sudakov

Both Liverpool and Tottenham have their sights on midfielder Georgiy Sudakov. Transfer Talk has the latest news, gossip and rumors.

ESPN - Dec. 6

The Inside Story of Apple Intelligence

Apple’s leaders claim the company wasn’t late to generative AI, but instead following what has become its familiar playbook: try to be the best, not the first.

Wired - Dec. 6

Inside the Faithful Restoration of Notre-Dame

After Notre-Dame caught fire in 2019, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, promised to reopen the cathedral in five years. The timeline seemed a Hail Mary. Yet here we are. Michael Kimmelman, ...

The New York Times - Dec. 6

Wall Street veteran David Rosenberg offers up apology for his stock-market pessimism

The bears are capitulating — first Morgan Stanley, then JPMorgan, and now David Rosenberg, the former Merrill Lynch strategist who runs his own firm, Rosenberg Research.

MarketWatch - Dec. 6

What’s next after bitcoin tops $100K? What one top Wall Street technician says.

Bitcoin’s rally above the $100,000 milestone Wednesday night has former doubters pondering how much higher it could go.

MarketWatch - Dec. 6

Inside the Collapse of Florida State

The Seminoles had one of the biggest nosedives in college football history. What went wrong?

The New York Times - Dec. 6

Formula 1 Driver Said Max Verstappen Threatened to ‘Put Me in the Wall’

Ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix, Mercedes driver George Russell said that “people have been bullied by Max for years now.”

The New York Times - Dec. 6

Labour MP's family transferred farm before Budget

Questions are being raised about whether Henry Tufnell knew about farming inheritance tax changes.

BBC News - Dec. 5

Signet Jewelers’ stock drops as it faces competition from lab diamonds and misses Wall Street’s profit and sales estimates

Retailer warns its revenue may fall short of expectations in the coming quarter.

MarketWatch - Dec. 5

Portal preview: Top offensive transfers available

The transfer portal officially opens on Monday and USC QB Miller Moss will be one of the top players available.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 5

George Russell claims Max Verstappen threatened to ‘put my head in the wall’

Mercedes driver revealed tensions boiled over in Qatar World champion was ‘going to purposefully crash into me’ George Russell has claimed his Formula One rival Max Verstappen threatened him ...

The Guardian - Dec. 5

Sooners QB Arnold set to transfer, sources say

QB Jackson Arnold, who started 10 games over his two seasons with the Sooners, is entering the NCAA transfer portal and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining at his next school.

ESPN - Dec. 5

World economy has exited the ‘boom and bust’ cycle, BlackRock says

‘Mega forces’ including artificial intelligence technologies are reshaping the global economy in a way that has seen it leave behind traditional boom and bust cycles, BlackRock said

MarketWatch - Dec. 5

How far she went: why did the Moana films become such a phenomenon?

Record-breaking box office of animated sequel shows how the first film became an unlikely smash hit on streaming. If you want a quick explanation of why Moana 2 is on target to gross more than a ...

The Guardian - Dec. 5

AI Hits a Wall: What This Means for the Tech Industry

AI commercialization is a game of musical chairs and the music has stopped. For now.

Inc. - Dec. 5

Tech Stocks and AI Propel Wall Street’s Record-Setting Streak

AI is fueling the rise of tech stocks to soaring levels.

Inc. - Dec. 4

Inside France's impending no-confidence vote

A no-confidence vote will be held in France Wednesday in a bid to remove French Prime Minister Michel Barnier after Barnier tried to force through a budget bill without a vote. CBS News reporter ...

CBS News - Dec. 4

Stocks and bonds haven’t moved together like this in three decades – and that’s putting portfolios at risk, says State Street

A so-called balanced portfolio is anything but given the correlation of stock and bond returns as well as concentration in stocks.

MarketWatch - Dec. 4

Latest in Inside Wall Street’s booming $1tn ‘synthetic risk transfer’ phenomenon

Topics