Shipping containers are stacked at the port of Los Angeles in Long Beach, California, U.S., March 10, 2026. Caroline Brehman | Reuters Retail firms are warning that the conflict in the Middle East is driving up costs and could lead to price hikes if the war continues beyond the short term. Instability in the Middle…
A bottle of Olaplex N.4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo arranged in Denver, Colorado, US, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. David Williams | Bloomberg | Getty Images German consumer brand Henkel announced Thursday that it has agreed to acquire all of prestige haircare brand Olaplex for $1.4 billion. The company said the deal, at an offer price…
Commuters cross London Bridge in London, England. Peter Summers | Getty Images News | Getty Images While the impact of the war in Iran is sparing no major global economy, the U.K. is predicted to bear the greatest economic hit of any developed market nation, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)….
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Bots have taken over the internet. The State of AI Traffic report released Thursday by Human Security, a cybersecurity firm, showed that artificial intelligence and bots have officially eclipsed human users. “The internet as a whole was created with this very basic notion that there’s a human being on…
WASHINGTON — Bill Maher will win the prestigious Mark Twain humor prize, the Kennedy Center said Thursday, less than a week after the White House forcefully denied that the comedian, who has had a hot-and-cold relationship with President Donald Trump, would win it. “For nearly three decades, the Mark Twain Prize has celebrated some of…
As March Madness rolls into Sweet 16 odds, one of the most interesting developments is not about the Thursday-Friday eight-pack of games. Rather, at least for Caesars Sports, it’s about the quantum shift over the past week in March Madness championship liabilities. In short, what was recently good is now bad, and vice-versa. “We’ve written…
Wells Fargo is likely to gain ground as the bank continues to emerge from recently removed restrictions on its total assets, according to Jefferies. The investment bank initiated research coverage of Wells Fargo with a buy rating and put a $100 price target on shares, implying about 25% upside from Wednesday’s close. Wells was the top…
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Maximilian Hess from Ementena Advisory says it’s a lose-lose for Washington, with Gulf pressure and Iran’s drone edge increasing the likelihood of U.S. ground intervention. <
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Memory stocks — Shares of memory chipmakers tumbled following the unveiling of Google’ s new AI model, which the company said could reduce the amount of memory required to run large language models. Sandisk dropped nearly 4%, Micron Technology , Western Digital and Seagate…
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) speaks at a news conference on his marathon overnight speech on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol Building on Oct. 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A group of congressional Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation that would ban prediction market bets on elections, government actions, war…
