Earnings reports will flood the market next week. Could this be the juice the S&P 500 needs? Earnings reports will flood the market next week. Could this be the juice the S&P 500 needs?
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Tax refunds are projected to be larger this year, on average — and Americans are thinking hard about how to spend them. Tax refunds are projected to be larger this year, on average — and Americans are thinking hard about how to spend them.
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Ticketmaster parent Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday reported fourth-quarter sales that topped Wall Street’s expectations, helped by bigger shows, international expansion and more upsells at concerts. Ticketmaster parent Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday reported fourth-quarter sales that topped Wall Street’s expectations, helped by bigger shows, international expansion and more upsells at concerts.
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Kent Smetters, faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, is challenging the narrative that tariffs are a tool for protecting domestic industry. In a recent interview with Fortune, Smetters held forth on what he said was his long-held view that broad-based tariffs are a “dirty VAT” (value-added tax)—a policy he believes is significantly more damaging to the U.S. economy than traditional tax increases. While economists generally view a broad-based, flat VAT as an efficient method for raising government revenue, Smetters distinguishes tariffs as a “dirty” variation because they are far l…
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Visa entered Formula 1 in 2024 with Red Bull Racing its first new global sports sponsorship agreement in 15 years. But it was a bumpy launch as its entry came with a name mocked as one of the worst in motorsports history. Didn’t matter to Visa, which on Thursday announced a four-year contract extension through 2030 that expands its partnership with Red Bull Racing and Visa Cash App Racing Bulls. Some fans call it VCARB, others call it Racing Bulls, and some even say Visa Cash App. “When people embrace what you’re doing, people will find a way to talk a…
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Matthew McConaughey has built a career on a chilled type of confidence: “Alright, alright, alright.” But when a University of Texas student asked him during a CNN town hall about the future of artificial intelligence replacing actors, there was nothing breezy about his response. His face grew grave. He stared at the camera. “It’s not coming. It’s here.” “Don’t deny it,” McConaughey said in a recent conversation alongside actor Timothée Chalamet. “It’s not enough to sit on the sidelines and make the moral plea that this is wrong. That’s not going to last.” In light of th…
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Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates pulled out of India’s AI Impact Summit just hours before he was scheduled to address the event with a keynote speech. The Gates Foundation said in a statement that the decision was made “to ensure the focus remains on the AI summit’s key priorities.” Rumors had been swirling about Gates’ attendance throughout the week owing to renewed scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. However, just days ago, the foundation confirmed the tech leader was still planning to attend the event. Gates’ withdrawal comes weeks after the U.S. Department of Justice released emails r…
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MacKenzie Scott has made thousands of donations over the past few years, totaling an eye-popping $26 billion. Organizations focused on myriad causes including education, DEI, disaster recovery, and more have often said these gifts are record-breaking or life-changing—and much of it goes back to Scott’s philosophy: trust-based philanthropy. But there’s one gift that wasn’t used as intended, at least according to some stakeholders. In 2021, Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, donated a record $20 million to Santa Barbara City College (SBCC)—the largest…
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Business leaders and tech experts think AI has white-collar work on the chopping block. Now, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says not even the CEO’s job is safe from automation. Speaking at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, the tech billionaire warned an audience of technology and policy leaders that AI superintelligence could soon eclipse even the world’s most powerful executives—including his own job as CEO of OpenAI. “AI superintelligence at some point on its development curve would be capable of doing a better job being the CEO of a major company than any executive, certainly me,” Altman admitted.…
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The U.S. trade deficit slipped modestly in 2025, a year in which President Donald Trump upended global commerce by slapping double digit tariffs on imports from most countries. But the gap in the trade of goods such machinery and aircraft — the main focus of Trump’s protectionist policies — hit a record last year despite sweeping import taxes. Overall, the gap the between the goods and services the U.S. sells other countries and what it buys from them narrowed to just over $901 billion, from $904 billion in 2024, but it was still the third-highest on record, the Commerce Depa…
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Some people expect to receive letters in the mail filled with cash and checks on their birthday. For others, a knock on the door by those kind of cops is a welcome gift. For Prince Andrew, his 66th birthday started with a trip to the booking station in handcuffs. The disgraced second son of Queen Elizabeth II was escorted out of his temporary Norfolk home on Thursday morning by authorities who are investigating the former prince for possible misconduct while in public office. Authorities are looking into an allegation claiming Prince Andrew—now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—shared confid…
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Debra Whitman was traveling for work when her father was suddenly admitted to the hospital in serious pain. She jetted home to Maryland and took several days off to care for him in his rural community in eastern Washington state and to set him up with a motorized lift chair that would help him stand up. Fortunately for Whitman, who serves as chief public policy officer at AARP, her employer offers paid time off for caregiving for elderly family members, a benefit which experts say is growing in popularity as the U.S. population ages. “Instead of having to take all my vacation, I co…
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Pediatrix anticipates $280M–$300M adjusted EBITDA in 2026 with focus on practice alignment and telemedicine
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Gentherm outlines $1.7B 2027 revenue target and details Modine Performance Technologies combination amid accelerated adjacent market growth
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Tandem Diabetes rises following Q4 earnings beats
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Perseus Mining GAAP EPS of $12.02, revenue of $608.5M misses by $100.31M
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VivoPower announces executive departures amid data center strategy shift
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Blue Owl Capital outlines $1.4B asset sale at book value while advancing share repurchases and portfolio resilience
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TPG prices $500M 4.875% senior notes due 2031
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It’s hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you look, now is as good a time as any to splurge on the pair you’ve been eyeing. The market has come a long way since the early era of true wireless earbuds, when we had to deal with mediocre sound quality and unreliable performance, all for the sake of ditching cables. Things are much different now. After several product generations, companies like Sony, Apple, Bose, and others are releasing their most impressive earbuds to date. You can get phenomenal noise cancellation and sound…
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With Ring facing fierce backlash over its Search Party feature, a new program is challenging developers to move Ring doorbell footage off of Amazon's cloud - and into users' own devices. The Fulu Foundation, the consumer advocacy group cofounded by YouTuber Louis Rossmann, is offering an initial bounty of $10,000 to anyone who can integrate Ring doorbells with a local PC or server, while cutting off access to Amazon's servers. Ring users currently have to pay a subscription fee to store recordings in Amazon's cloud. While the company has a local storage option through Ring Edge, it's only avai…
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Does "bouba" sound round to you? How about "maluma"? Neither are real words, but we've known for decades that people who hear them tend to associate them with round objects. There have been plenty of ideas put forward about why that would be the case, and most of them have turned out to be wrong. Now, in perhaps the weirdest bit of evidence to date, researchers have found that even newly hatched chickens seem to associate "bouba" with round shapes. The initial finding dates all the way back to 1947, when someone discovered that people associated some word-like sounds with rounded shapes, and o…
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Diablo II is one of those storied classic PC games that's pretty much always fun to come back to—so much so that some players have put thousands of hours into the game over more than two decades. Across all those years, though, the game itself has barely changed , becoming something of a familiar, comfortable blanket of hellfire for longtime players. That makes last week's introduction of a new playable Warlock class in Diablo II Resurrected ’s new "Reign of the Warlock" DLC a pretty big deal. And after playing through a few Acts with the Warlock over the recent holiday weekend, I found the ne…
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There’s something special about the gadget that "just works." Technology can open opportunities for those devices but also complicate and weigh down products that have done just fine without things like sensors and software. So when a product like the beloved Rubik’s Cube gets stuffed with wires, processors, and rechargeable batteries, there’s demand for it to be not just on par with the original—but markedly better. The Cubios Rubik’s WOWCube successfully breathes fresh life into the classic puzzle, but it’s also an example of when too much technology can cannibalize a gadget’s main appeal. R…
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NASA on Thursday announced it has formally classified the 2024 crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft as a "Type A" mishap , an acknowledgement that the test flight was a serious failure. As part of the announcement, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman sent an agency-wide letter that recognized the shortcomings of both Starliner's developer, Boeing, as well as the space agency itself. Starliner flew under the auspices of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, in which the agency procures astronaut transportation services to the International Space Station. "We are taking ownership of our shortcoming…
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Hull KR held off an almighty Brisbane Broncos fightback to win 30-24 and secure the World Club Challenge for the first time in the club's history at the MKM Stadium. Hull KR held off an almighty Brisbane Broncos fightback to win 30-24 and secure the World Club Challenge for the first time in the club's history at the MKM Stadium.
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Manchester United reached the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals for the first time after easing past Atletico Madrid with a 2-0 second leg win to progress 5-0 on aggregate. Manchester United reached the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals for the first time after easing past Atletico Madrid with a 2-0 second leg win to progress 5-0 on aggregate.
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Highlights of the semi-final game between Luke Littler and Jonny Clayton on Night 3 of the Premier League in Glasgow. Highlights of the semi-final game between Luke Littler and Jonny Clayton on Night 3 of the Premier League in Glasgow.
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Jannik Sinner crashed out of the Qatar Open quarter-finals in a shock 6-7 6-2 3-6 defeat to World No 16 Jakub Mensik. Jannik Sinner crashed out of the Qatar Open quarter-finals in a shock 6-7 6-2 3-6 defeat to World No 16 Jakub Mensik.
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Celtic's hopes of Europa League progress are all but over after a 4-1 thrashing at home by Stuttgart in their knockout play-off first leg. Celtic's hopes of Europa League progress are all but over after a 4-1 thrashing at home by Stuttgart in their knockout play-off first leg.
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Jonny Clayton enjoyed one of the darting performances of his life as he crushed Gian van Veen, a misfiring Luke Littler and Gerwyn Price to win Premier League Night Three in Glasgow. Jonny Clayton enjoyed one of the darting performances of his life as he crushed Gian van Veen, a misfiring Luke Littler and Gerwyn Price to win Premier League Night Three in Glasgow.
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Jakub Mensik prevents Jannik Sinner from reaching another final as he knocks the world number two out of the Qatar Open quarter-finals, while Carlos Alcaraz reaches semis. Jakub Mensik prevents Jannik Sinner from reaching another final as he knocks the world number two out of the Qatar Open quarter-finals, while Carlos Alcaraz reaches semis.
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Duhan van der Merwe's try-scoring X-factor makes him perfectly suited to return to the Scotland XV against Wales on Saturday, writes Tom English. Duhan van der Merwe's try-scoring X-factor makes him perfectly suited to return to the Scotland XV against Wales on Saturday, writes Tom English.
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Megan Keller scores in overtime to clinch Winter Olympic gold for the United States in a last-gasp 2-1 win over great rivals Canada. Megan Keller scores in overtime to clinch Winter Olympic gold for the United States in a last-gasp 2-1 win over great rivals Canada.
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Eileen Gu is the most decorated female Olympic freestyle skier in history, and a global superstar, but continues to divide opinion. Eileen Gu is the most decorated female Olympic freestyle skier in history, and a global superstar, but continues to divide opinion.
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Paris St-Germain are showing interest in Erling Haaland, several European clubs want Bernardo Silva and Carlo Ancelotti intends to extend his stay as Brazil boss. Paris St-Germain are showing interest in Erling Haaland, several European clubs want Bernardo Silva and Carlo Ancelotti intends to extend his stay as Brazil boss.
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Alysa Liu ends USA's 24-year wait for a women's figure skating gold medal, as the reigning 20-year old world champion wins her first singles Olympic title at Milan-Cortina 2026. Alysa Liu ends USA's 24-year wait for a women's figure skating gold medal, as the reigning 20-year old world champion wins her first singles Olympic title at Milan-Cortina 2026.
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Great Britain's men's curling team react to their thrilling 8-5 win over Switzerland in the Winter Olympics semi-finals, describing Saturday's final as the "biggest match of our lives". Great Britain's men's curling team react to their thrilling 8-5 win over Switzerland in the Winter Olympics semi-finals, describing Saturday's final as the "biggest match of our lives".
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Keely Hodgkinson breaks the long-standing women's indoor 800m world record, set by Slovenia's Jolanda Ceplak on the day the Briton was born almost 24 years ago. Keely Hodgkinson breaks the long-standing women's indoor 800m world record, set by Slovenia's Jolanda Ceplak on the day the Briton was born almost 24 years ago.
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Team GB will go for gold after beating Switzerland 8-5 to reach the final of the men's curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Team GB will go for gold after beating Switzerland 8-5 to reach the final of the men's curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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