• Wall St opens higher but weekly losses loom

    Published Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 09:43 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Aug 21) after getting hammered in the previous session, though markets remained on track to end the week in the red as surging government bond yields and geopolitical tensions weighed on risk appetite.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 9.7 points, or 0.02 per cent, at the open to 52,768.87.The S&P 500 rose 24.5 points, or 0.32 per cent, at the open to 7,665.68​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 131.7 points, or 0.51 per cent, to 26,198.835 at the opening bell. REUTERS Source link

  • July CPI Report: US Inflation Cools to 3.4%

    U.S. consumer prices rose 0.1% in July, cooling the annual inflation rate to 3.4% from 3.5% in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The reading matched Wall Street…

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  • Wall Street’s Blistering Rally Lost Steam On Thursday. Stocks Were Mixed.

    Stocks were mixed on Wednesday following a blistering rally that sent indexes to all-time highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average made new gains, climbing 0.49%, while the S&P 500 edged down, falling 0.17% The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite underperformed, declining 0.83%. Google underperformed, falling almost 4% after the company announced a…

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  • Don’t let RFK Jr distract from the big health threat: Sugar

    It’s not the food dye in Froot Loops that Americans should fear; it’s the more than 66 pounds of sugar they consume a year ARE there “toxic chemicals” in food killing Americans? That fear is getting lots of attention thanks to Robert F Kennedy Jr, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to…

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  • It’s a Wynn Win

    Wynn Palace, Macau There’s a particular kind of ease that comes from walking into a hotel for the second time on the same assignment. The first year, you’re cataloguing everything, the scale of the lobby, the choreography of the fountains, the sheer logistics of moving a thousand-plus industry guests through…

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  • Upset Taylor Swift says she was told Ticketmaster could handle demand

    POP superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday it was “excruciating” for her to watch fans struggle to secure tickets for her upcoming U.S. tour after she had been assured that Ticketmaster could handle large demand. The New York Times reported that the US Justice Department was investigating whether Ticketmaster parent…

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