U.S. President Donald Trump walks after disembarking Marine One as he arrives at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 6, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The United States will impose 25% blanket tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea starting Aug. 1, President Donald Trump revealed Monday. Trump, in a pair of…
BlackRock’s new acquisition pushes the asset manager one step deeper into private markets. The news The asset management giant on Monday announced an agreement to buy ElmTree Funds, a real estate investment firm that manages roughly $7.3 billion in assets. ElmTree, which leases commercial properties to single-tenant renters, will be integrated into BlackRock’s new group…
Are we on the cusp of crowning a new home run king in Major League Baseball? Out of nowhere, Seattle’s Cal Raleigh is swinging with the big dogs. He leads the sport in home runs (35), smashing more dingers than both Aaron Judge (33) and Shohei Ohtani as of July 7 (30). Where will…
White House trade advisor Peter Navarro criticized Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday over the company’s response to pressure from the Trump administration to make more of its products outside China. “Going back to the first Trump term, Tim Cook has continually asked for more time in order to move his factories out of China,”…
Avishek Das | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Lithuania’s central bank on Monday said it has contacted Robinhood seeking clarifications over its tokenized equities after OpenAI raised concerns over the product last week. “We have contacted Robinhood and are awaiting clarifications regarding the structure of OpenAI and SpaceX stock tokens as well as the…
PARIS — For years, Dutch wunderkind and celebrity-favorite Iris Van Herpen has occupied fashion’s edge, conjuring couture from unexpected sources — banana leaves, cocoa beans and even 3D-printed polymers — while exploring the intersection of biology, art and design. Monday’s collection at Paris Couture Week, “Sympoiesis,” felt like the culmination of her restless experimentation: A…
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist HOUSTON — The objective of the U.S. men’s national team on Sunday was to win a trophy. It would be against chief rival Mexico, a team featuring its top players and in front of a sellout crowd of 70,000 of mostly El Tri fans at NRG Stadium. They didn’t get it….
The good times for the stock market will not last long, if Stifel is correct in its assessment. Strategist Barry Bannister said in a note Sunday he expects the S & P 500 to fall 12.4% to 5,500 in the second half of the year. His comments came after the benchmark index made fresh record…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said the Trump administration will make “several” trade-related announcements in the next 48 hours, signaling imminent progress even as U.S. tariff deadlines appear to be shifting. Speaking on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Bessent also declined, yet again, to rule out the possibility that he could serve as the next chair…
FILE PHOTO: Russian Minister of Transport Roman Starovoit arrives at a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2025. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Russia’s sacked transport minister has been found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal hypothesis…
