VENICE, Italy — No Hollywood star seems as intrinsically tied to Venice as George Clooney. Twenty-seven years ago he attended his first Venice Film Festival with the instant classic “Out of Sight”; 20 years ago, it’s where he debuted his sophomore film, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which earned him his first best director nomination;…
Swiss officials say the Iran war is making them more willing to intervene against any significant appreciation in the country’s currency, but doing so risks another dispute with the White House. The Swiss National Bank announced on Thursday that, as expected, it was holding its key interest rate at 0%. But its policymakers said: “Given…
A pedestrian walks by a sign at Google headquarters on Feb. 4, 2026 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Alphabet’s fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat Wall Street expectations. Its cloud unit dazzled, notching a nearly 48% increase in revenue from a year earlier. The tech giant expects capital expenditure for 2026 to…
Here comes the playoff push. It’s go-time for the quarterbacks, whose shoulders will bear the weight and pressure that come with the final stretch before the postseason. Let’s take a look around the league at how these guys are performing. In these quarterback rankings, I’m focused on monitoring the fluctuations of a quarterback’s performance throughout…
Leagues Cup is back for another chapter of the MLS-Liga MX rivalry – but with two twists! This edition of the tournament (July 29-August 31) will see all 18 Liga MX teams compete, while 18 from MLS will round out the competition. The first twist: Unlike previous editions of the competition, Phase 1 will see…
Thirty players heard their names called and had their lifelong dreams realized during the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday at the Barclays Center in New York. Now, on Thursday, 29 more players will earn the opportunity to get onto an NBA roster during the second round of the NBA Draft, which…
Stephen Miran, currently the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee September 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images Stephen Miran will take an unpaid leave of absence as the chair of the Council of Economic Advisors at the White…
U.S. President Donald Trump visits a Ford production center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., January 13, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday that he had “cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials,” and reiterated his support for protestors fueling one of the largest anti-government demonstrations in…
DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said markets are stuck in a holding pattern with few assets delivering meaningful returns, as he warned that stresses emerging in private credit could deepen if investors rush for liquidity. “It’s kind of a going nowhere market right now, sort of trendless. Almost nothing is up. Nothing is really down…
Maziar Mike Doustdar, CEO of Novo Nordisk, speaks in the Oval Office during an event about weight-loss drugs at the White House in Washington, DC on November 6, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Novo Nordisk entered 2026 with the momentum of a historic year in more ways than one – but recent…
