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Business - MarketWatch
Holiday sales growth could slow to pre-pandemic levels, retail group says
U.S. holiday-season spending is likely to hit another record, a major retail-industry group said Tuesday, but it added that sales growth is likely to slow as consumers continue to grapple with ...2 days ago -
Business - MarketWatch
What’s ‘surprising’ about interest rates in the stock market’s two-year bull run
The bull market for stocks has been running for two years. Here’s what’s unusual about it, according to DataTrek Research.2 days ago -
Business - MarketWatch
10-, 30-year U.S. government debt rallies for second day on lower oil and weak manufacturing reading
Long-term Treasury yields fell for a second day on Tuesday as traders reacted to a weaker-than-expected manufacturing reading from the New York Fed and new developments from the Middle East that ...2 days ago -
Business - MarketWatch
Fed’s Daly open to skipping rate cut at one of two remaining meetings this year
San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly on Tuesday said she is open to skipping an interest-rate cut at one of the Federal Reserve’s two remaining policy meetings this year.2 days ago -
World - ABC News
A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say
A Saudi cartoonist who once drew for a Qatari newspaper as a yearslong diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha has been sentenced to 23 years in prison2 days ago -
World - The Guardian
Two men wounded at Trump rally shooting say Secret Service failed them
Jim Copenhaver, 74, and David Dutch, 57, allege ‘100% negligence’ as they consider lawsuit for damages. Two men who survived being shot during the attempt to assassinate Donald Trump in July at a ...2 days ago - Donald Trump -
World - The Guardian
Global public debt to hit $100tn this year, says IMF; Boeing to raise up to $25bn to shore up balance sheet – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as IMF warns that future debt levels could be higher than currently projected. Cooling labour market adds to Reeves’s tax-raising ...2 days ago -
Business - Financial Times
Global public debt to pass $100tn this year, says IMF
Fund calls for tougher action by big economies, with debt set to approach 100% of world GDP by end of decade3 days ago -
Business - MarketWatch
‘Modern masterpiece’: Hugh Jackman makes another try at selling his $40 million NYC triplex condo
Jackman lived there with his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, but in 2023 the couple stunned the world by announcing they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage.3 days ago -
Top stories - BBC News
‘I say bye to my kids, in case we don’t wake up’ – A year in Gaza under attack by Israel
Over the past year, Aya and Khalid have been filming their lives for a BBC documentary.3 days ago - Israel -
Sports - CBS Sports
Can Cam Rising return to Utah in 2025? How Utes star QB could come back with eighth year of eligibility
Rising has only played in three games this season, which would help his cause should he choose to return3 days ago -
Business - MarketWatch
The bull market is entering its 3rd year. Here’s what history says will happen next.
U.S. stocks were kicking off their third year in the bull market with the S&P 500 scoring a fresh record on Monday — but history suggests investors need to be prepared for a potential setback in ...3 days ago -
Sports - The New York Times
The Dark Spiral of a Modern Sports Gambler
He thought he had found a hack. Then the losses piled up, and Jordan Holt “couldn’t stop.”3 days ago -
Top stories - NBC News
Two men wounded when a gunman opened fire on Trump at rally say Secret Service failed them
Two men who were shot when a gunman tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally said the U.S.3 days ago - Donald Trump -
Entertainment - Los Angeles Times
Demi Moore confirms Bruce Willis 'is stable' in aphasia battle, two years after diagnosis
Demi Moore says ex-husband Bruce Willis 'is stable' amid his battle with aphasia. 'The disease is what the disease is,' she says at a film festival.3 days ago -
World - ABC News
Father of 10-year-old girl found dead in the UK called police from Pakistan to say he killed her
A jury has heard that the father of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England fled to Pakistan and called U.K. police from there to say he had killed her3 days ago - United Kingdom -
World - The Guardian
‘A five-year-old could play this!’ How Razorlight made Golden Touch
‘I was living in flat with a bed, a record-player, a desk and a fridge for beer. I thought, “If I just sit and play three chords for eight hours, hopefully a good song will come”’. I was working at ...3 days ago -
World - ABC News
China employs 125 military aircraft in exercises aimed at Taiwan in single-day record, Taiwan's government says
China employs 125 military aircraft in exercises aimed at Taiwan in single-day record, Taiwan's government says4 days ago - China -
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Business - MarketWatch
Hedge-fund manager who could be Trump Treasury secretary says tariffs can be negotiated lower
A hedge-fund manager who is reported to be in the running to be Treasury secretary if former President Donald Trump is re-elected said in an interview that a proposed across-the-board tariff rise — ...4 days ago - Donald Trump -
Sports - Yahoo Sports
Hurricanes Reassign Two Prospects To ECHL
The Canes have moved two player to the ECHL this weekend.4 days ago -
Sports - Yahoo Sports
Lonzo Ball says he plans to play in two of Bulls' remaining preseason games
Ball has had three knee surgeries since he last played in an NBA game in January 2022.5 days ago -
Lifestyle - The New York Times
Modern Love Essayists Write Letters to Their Younger Selves
We asked essayists to write a letter to the person they were when they published their Modern Love essay. Here’s what they shared.6 days ago