Northwesterns' Jayden Reid Drains a 3 and Draws the Foul for a Four-Point Play vs Illinois
Northwestern Wildcats’ Jayden Reid made a 3-pointer and was fouled for an and-one against the Illinois Fighting Illini. <
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How Huawei’s dominance hangs over China’s AI chip IPO boom
China’s artificial intelligence chip sector has drawn heavy investor interest following a string of successful initial public offerings. But while those newly listed firms have led market gains, analysts say they are not leading China’s effort to reduce reliance on Nvidia. Instead, most analysts point to tech giant Huawei and its secretive chip unit, HiSilicon,…
Trip.com shares plunge as China opens antitrust probe into company
Signage at the Trip.com Group Ltd. headquarters building in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Chinese online travel services provider Trip.com plunged nearly 22% in Hong Kong on Thursday after Beijing opened an antitrust probe into the company. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation late Wednesday said…
Iran briefly closes airspace as U.S. tensions rise, flights rerouted across region
Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Kermanshah, Iran on January 8, 2026. Kamran | Afp | Getty Images Iran temporarily closed its airspace late Wednesday to most incoming and outgoing flights amid escalating tensions with the U.S., according to a notice posted by the Federal Aviation Administration. The restriction was scheduled to…
Coaching Carousel: Giants Willing to Offer John Harbaugh ‘Almost Anything’
The New York Giants took the first shot, and their best shot, at landing John Harbaugh. Now they’ll have to wait to find out if it was enough. They met with the coveted former Baltimore Ravens coach at their facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Wednesday for his first in-person interview since his stunning…
Musk xAI blocks Grok chatbot from creating sexualized images of people
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI said late Wednesday that its Grok chatbot will no longer be able to create sexualized images of real people based on user prompts following extensive backlash from political figures in the U.S. and abroad. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the Grok account from…
Toyota Industries shares jump after Toyota Motor raises buyout offer to over $35 billion
The Toyota Industries Corp. logo at the company’s Nagakusa plant in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of forklift producer Toyota Industries jumped Thursday, a day after Toyota Motor sweetened the tender offer price for buying out the carmaker by more than 15% to over $35 billion. Shares rose 5.8%…
NFL Divisional Round Report: Bears Action Becoming ‘Unprecedented’
There are plenty of interesting storylines in NFL Divisional Round odds. Among those is the rare case of a No. 1 seed, the Broncos, sitting as a home underdog. But perhaps the bigger story: The Bears’ cardiac comebacks — most recently on Wild Card Weekend vs. the Packers — are strongly resonating with the public…
Thursday's big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session
The three major averages posted a second straight losing session on Wednesday as tech stocks and big banks sold off. <
Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as investors await Bank of Korea decision
Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed as investors awaited a policy decision from the Bank of Korea. <