Conference tournaments are underway, the first sign that March Madness has arrived! Each of women’s college basketball’s 31 conference tournament champions earn an automatic berth to the 2026 NCAA Tournament, while the other 37 spots are awarded to at-large participants by the tournament’s selection committee. Follow along to see which teams have locked up an…
SpaceX headquarters is shown in Hawthorne, California, U.S. June 5, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is leaning toward listing its shares on the Nasdaq for what could rank as the biggest initial public offering of all time, according to four people familiar with the company’s thinking. SpaceX wants…
Bank of America says the defense contractor V2X is benefiting from a “scale and scope strategy coming to fruition.” BofA upgraded the 11-year-old, Reston, Virginia based manufacturer to buy from neutral on Wednesday, raising its price target to $65 per share from $55. The bank’s forecast implies more than 19% upside from Tuesday’s $54.56 close….
A mugshot of Jeffrey Epstein released by the U.S. Justice Department. Source: U.S. Justice Department Brad Karp, chairman of the major corporate law firm Paul Weiss, resigned on Wednesday after fallout over emails between him and notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made public. “Leading Paul, Weiss for the past 18 years has been the…
Japan’s Topix hits record high as Asia-Pacific trading starts Japan’s broad-based Topix rose 1.2% to hit a record high in early Asia trading hours, data from LSEG showed. The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.09%, extending gains from Wednesday following the announcement of Japan’s trade deal with the U.S. South Korea’s Kospi rose 1.17% at the open,…
Saquon Barkley willingly joined the Philadelphia Eagles as a free agent in 2024, but he did so despite his past feelings toward head coach Nick Sirianni. The Eagles’ star running back admitted that he strongly disliked Sirianni when Barkley was still with the New York Giants. “I couldn’t stand that motherf—er. I could not,” Barkley…
At least one team is going to break the system in 2025. It happens every year — a so-called nobody storms into the College Football Playoff race and sends shockwaves through the sport. We saw it last year with Arizona State, Boise State, Indiana and SMU making the CFP after being excluded from the preseason…
Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. Mahsa | Afp | Getty Images Crude oil prices rose more than 2% on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump canceled all meetings with Iranian officials and promised protesters that help is on the way. U.S. crude oil rose…
An Android character is displayed in front of a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Investors can have a reputation of being penny pinchers. For one, they tend to push up share prices on layoff announcements because of the associated cost savings….
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday expressed trepidation about circular transactions between tech companies as Wall Street weighs the value of artificial intelligence heavy hitter OpenAI. “These days, we’re constantly hearing about what I’d call these ‘Lazy Susan’ deals, except they’re being celebrated as good news for both parties,” he said. To Cramer, a “Lazy Susan”…
