Warner, Scott spar over DOGE Treasury access

Bessent to divest from assets on road to leading Treasury

President-elect Trump’s Treasury Secretary pick Scott Bessent has plans to divest from funds and other investments as he prepares to take over as the country’s top economic official. In an ...

The Hill - Jan. 13

A Real Pain review – Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin spar in sublimely bittersweet Holocaust tour movie

The stars play Jewish American cousins touring Poland in honour of their grandmother in Eisenberg’s sharp, highly personal comedy boasting an Oscar-tipped performance from Culkin. It’s a slip of a ...

The Guardian - Jan. 12

Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts

Financial disclosure forms show hundreds of millions of assets including property in the Bahamas and investments in Bitcoin and bets against China’s currency.

The New York Times - Jan. 11

Major corporations are rushing to issue bonds as Treasury yields spike

Higher bond yields are spooking stocks, but retirees are helping to drive demand for annuities and corporate debt.

MarketWatch - Jan. 11

Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros., Comcast and others pledge money for fire relief and rebuilding

Entertainment companies, including Netflix and Amazon, said they would steer more than $65 million to disaster relief and recovery efforts.

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 11

Treasury yields jump after US jobs report smashes expectations

Bank of America says ‘gangbusters’ figures will dash hopes for further Federal Reserve rate cuts

Financial Times - Jan. 10

MLB rumors: Pete Alonso, Scott Boras pitch Mets on three-year contract, Yankees looking to move Marcus Stroman

Here are your hot stove rumors for Friday, Jan. 10

CBS Sports - Jan. 10

Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Drop Venu Sports Streaming Service

Venu Sports, a joint venture among Disney, Fox and Warner Bros., was announced to great fanfare last year but was discontinued before it ever became available.

The New York Times - Jan. 10

DOGE’s Anti-Regulatory Offensive May Have Merit but Mistakes Its Target

The Elon Musk-led government-slashing initiative seeks to eliminate thousands of costly federal agency regulations, but needs to fix a broken Congress to succeed.

Inc. - Jan. 10

Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery call off plans to launch Venu sports streaming service

Venu was first announced in February and intended to combine the live sports assets of Fox, WBD and Disney-owned ESPN.

CNBC - Jan. 10

Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery call off Venu sports streaming service

Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery have called off plans to launch their sports streaming service, Venu, the companies said in a joint statement Friday.

NBC News - Jan. 10

Disney, Warner Bros., Fox kill streamed sports joint venture

Three of the nation's largest broadcast media companies have scrapped plans to launch a joint direct-to-consumer streaming platform for live sports, the group announced Friday. Warner Bros. ...

The Hill - Jan. 10

Disney, Fox and Warner Won't Move Forward With Venu Sports

The companies called off what would have been a major bet days after Disney struck a deal with rival streamer Fubo.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 10

Treasury yields fall in shortened trading session

U.S. Treasury yields fell during a shortened trading session as the bonds market will close early in honor of the late former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

CNBC - Jan. 9

Musk: Cutting $2T through DOGE ‘best-case outcome’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the best-case scenario would be to make $2 trillion in cuts to federal spending through the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) he is co-leading. “I ...

The Hill - Jan. 9

Before Elon Musk and DOGE, there was Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter's Inspector General Act of 1978 led to the creation of the Department of Justice's Inspector General, which has since issued reports critical of the FBI's role in the 2016 election, ...

The Hill - Jan. 9

Why a 5% 10-year Treasury yield could be a buying opportunity

Investors may look back and “see points in time” when Treasury yields were approaching 5% and investors should have been buying, according to PGIM’s head of global bonds.

MarketWatch - Jan. 9

Scott Burton’s Civic Engagement and Eroticism Merge at the Pulitzer

Paradigm-shifter for public art in the ’80s, groundbreaking (and openly queer) performance artist in the ’70s, Burton showed new ways of connecting.

The New York Times - Jan. 9

Treasury: Covid Stimulus May Have Contributed to Inflation

Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said spending could have have contributed ‘a little bit’ to rising inflation.

Inc. - Jan. 8

How To Get Into Path Of Exile 2 Early Access

Path of Exile 2 is out now in early access ahead of its 1.0 launch in the future. Naturally, that means the game will change a lot over the months ahead. While the ARPG will feature three acts of ...

GameSpot - Jan. 8

UnitedHealth shareholders demand review of policies that 'delayed or denied' health care access

Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) are calling on the company's board of directors to release a report on how its policy of limiting or delaying access to health care may be impacting the ...

The Hill - Jan. 8

‘We need to be in the room’: DOGE Caucus Democrat works with GOP to slash spending

Rep. Val Hoyle (D-Ore.), a member of the new House caucus partnering with President-elect Trump’s announced Department of Government Efficiency, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the bipartisan ...

NBC News - Jan. 8

Treasury yield curve steepens for all the wrong reasons

Investors continued to sell off the 30-year Treasury bond for a sixth straight session on Wednesday, pushing its yield further into its highest closing level in more than a year.

MarketWatch - Jan. 8

Elon Musk's DOGE says it's hiring. Here are the jobs it wants to fill.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's Department of Government Efficiency says it's now hiring. Here's how to apply.

CBS News - Jan. 8

Warner Bros. shakes up studio leadership amid film underperformance

The move comes as the Warner film studio faces pressure to increase its profitability. The exiting executives, Josh Goldstine and Andrew Cripps, were not in charge of picking movies.

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 8

Warner jokes Purdy will buy chains, cars with expected 49ers contract

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner made fun of teammate Brock Purdy over the potentially massive contract extension the quarterback may sign this offseason.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 8

Adam Scott has a full plate as part of Saudi negotiations over LIV Golf and inside the ropes

Adam Scott made it back to Kapalua and returned to the top 20 in the world ranking, and it's a wonder how he managed with so much on his plate. This coincided with his first full year on the PGA ...

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 7

US stocks slide as strong data sends Treasury yields higher

Investors bet Fed likely to lower interest rates just once this year after better than expected jobs and services figures

Financial Times - Jan. 7

Bitcoin drops below $97,000 as Treasury yields pressure risk assets

Bitcoin slumped on Tuesday as a spike in Treasury yields weighed on risk assets broadly.

CNBC - Jan. 7

Warner on Gabbard meeting: 'I had questions going in. I have questions coming out'

Sen. Mark Warner (Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that his meeting with former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) has left him with more questions as she looks to win ...

The Hill - Jan. 7

Trump White House seeks to limit staff who have direct access to the president

The number of individuals with direct access to the president will be more limited when Donald Trump takes office in two weeks.

NBC News - Jan. 7

DOGE is unconstitutional

Bizarrely, most people seem to be pretending that this is normal.