Israeli soldiers organize military equipment while standing on armored personnel carriers near the border with the Gaza Strip on Aug. 6, 2025 in Southern Israel. Amir Levy | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Israeli military on Saturday said Palestinians in Gaza City should leave for the south, as its forces advance deeper into…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered $100 million signing bonuses to top OpenAI employees. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The artificial intelligence arms race is heating up, and as tech giants scramble to come out on top, they’re dangling millions of dollars in front of a small talent pool of specialists in what’s…
Avishek Das | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of advertising technology company AppLovin and stock trading app Robinhood Markets each jumped about 7% in extended trading on Friday after S&P Global said the two will join the S&P 500 index. The changes will go into effect before the beginning of trading on…
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Labour leader Keir Starmer and Deputy leader, Angela Rayner, at an event to launch Labour’s election pledges at The Backstage Centre on May 16, 2024, in Purfleet, United Kingdom. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned on Friday after saying she deeply…
A garment worker sorts tailored shirts and denim jeans at an apparel manufacturing unit in Bengaluru on August 25, 2025. Idrees Mohammed | Afp | Getty Images The Indian government’s move on Wednesday to formally reduce the goods and services tax on a variety of items is expected to spur consumption and ease the impact…
U.S. long-term borrowing costs came under pressure this week — but the bond market may still not be fully factoring in the fiscal challenge facing the world’s biggest economy, according to Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. “I think we’ll be able to finance the U.S. government,” Stiglitz told CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick on Friday at the annual…
Job creation sputtered in August, adding to recent signs of labor market weakening and likely keeping the Federal Reserve on track for a widely anticipated interest rate cut later this month. Nonfarm payrolls increased by just 22,000 for the month, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report…
Office workers are seen reflected in a window as they walk to a train station. Chris Mcgrath | Getty Images News | Getty Images Japanese real wages turned positive for the first time in seven months on the back of hefty summertime bonuses, but elevated inflation added to pressure on consumption, data showed on Friday. Inflation-adjusted real wages,…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 19: A help wanted sign hangs in the window of a store in the Fashion District on June 19, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Markets have been rising on hopes that weak jobs data will lead to rate cuts. But they…
Burbo Bank, Liverpool Bay, England, viewed from the sea turbines on Burbo wind farm off the U.K. coast. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Renewables giant Orsted on Friday received approval from shareholders for its emergency 60 billion Danish kroner ($9.4 billion) rights issue, shortly after issuing a fresh profit warning. Orsted’s pitch…
