Lujiazui Business Districk in Pudong, Shanghai, China. Liqun Liu | Construction Photography | Hulton Archive | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were poised for modest gains on the holiday-shortened and final trading day of the year. Markets in Hong Kong and Australia will close early for the holidays, while Japan and South Korea are shut for…
Joe Bae, co-chief executive officer of KKR & Co., during the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Getty Images Private equity fund managers are bracing for a wave of consolidation as investors demand higher returns and stronger governance, forcing a shakeout in an overcrowded industry,…
While much of the market has bulked up on artificial intelligence and large technology companies in 2025, billionaire fund manager Ron Baron said on this week’s CNBC “ETF Edge” that investors should be looking across more market caps and sectors for the best opportunities. That is starting to happen, as many investors rotate out of…
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani present a signed agreement as they meet at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 10, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced an agreement to build a Qatari Emiri Air…
NEW YORK — When Paul Thomas Anderson told his cinematographer Michael Bauman that he wanted to shoot “One Battle After Another” on VistaVision — a large-scale film format born in the 1950s — he had some questions. “Question one was: Is this even going to be reliable?” Bauman recalls. For much of the past 60…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks at a press conference at the State Emergency Operations Center in Blaine, Minn. on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. Alex Kormann | The Minnesota Star Tribune | Getty Images The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials including Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over an alleged conspiracy to…
After seven years of trying to break through resistance, Bloom Energy (BE) has finally done it. Bloom Energy is known as a “picks-and-shovels” infrastructure play for the booming artificial intelligence build-out. Prior to the AI-boom, BE was focused on being a clean distributed power provider for businesses that needed reliability and lower emissions. Now, BE provides on-site…
An inflated pig with the message “Medicaid Is Not A Piggy Bank For Billionaires” is stationed at a rally opposing House Republicans Tax Proposal prior to the final House Vote on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Jemal Countess | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images While some Medicaid cuts proposed in…
Each week, we offer up the very best of the NFL on a given Sunday, kind of like the fantasy football team you wished you had. All year, we’ve picked one quarterback, two running backs, two receivers and a tight end — OK, this sounds a lot like a super-hindsight fantasy football team. We’re also…
Kaden Wetjen returned the kickoff for a touchdown to give the Iowa Hawkeyes the early lead over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. <
