
Oil’s Push Toward $90 Gets Lift From Physical Markets Everywhere
As headline oil prices edge ever closer to $90 a barrel, there’s little sign of a let up
2023-08-15 10:23

China central bank unexpectedly cuts rates to support sputtering economy
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE China's central bank unexpectedly cut key policy rates for the second time in three months on Tuesday,
2023-08-15 10:23

Lebanon's interim central bank governor freezes assets of former chief and close associates
Lebanon’s interim central bank governor has frozen the accounts of the banks embattled former chief and close relatives and associates
2023-08-15 10:22

Prosecutors say Trump's bid to discuss classified evidence in documents case at Mar-a-Lago is 'unnecessary and unjustified'
Special counsel Jack Smith's office argued Monday that allowing Donald Trump to set up a secure room for discussing the classified evidence in the documents case at his Florida residence, as the former president has requested, would be giving him "special treatment" that no other defendant would receive.
2023-08-15 08:54

Testimony from Sam Bankman-Fried's trusted inner circle will be used to convict him, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say they'll use testimony from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's “trusted inner circle” of former executives at his collapsed cryptocurrency empire against him at an October trial
2023-08-15 08:30

Chance the Rapper will discuss his career and the impact of hip-hop at an Apple store in Chicago
Chance the Rapper will take Apple store customers in Chicago on his hip-hop journey as part of an audio series celebrating the genre’s 50th anniversary
2023-08-15 08:26

Asian Stocks Look Mixed After US Tech Shares Gain: Markets Wrap
Asian shares were poised for a mixed opening, with the region’s focus turning to China’s growing signs of
2023-08-15 07:28

College football rankings 2023: 5 teams in Top 25 who will be the first to lose
The preseason college football rankings have been set with the AP Top 25 announced. Which ranked teams will be the first to lose this season?The AP Top 25 rankings have arrived right on schedule with the 2023 college football season set to kick off in just a couple of weeks.Last year, nine t...
2023-08-15 07:24

Warren Buffett's firm invests in the biggest homebuilders while reducing GM stake in portfolio moves
Warren Buffett’s company appears to be betting on the housing market picking up because Berkshire Hathaway bought more than $700 million worth of homebuilder DR Horton’s stock this spring along with smaller stakes in fellow builders Lennar Corp. and NVR Corp. Berkshire revealed those new investments Monday in a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that shows the conglomerate’s holdings as of the end of June
2023-08-15 07:17

Clarence Avant, ‘Black Godfather' of entertainment, and benefactor of athletes and politicians, dies
Clarence Avant, the manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and many others and came to be known as the "Black Godfather" of entertainment and beyond has died at 92
2023-08-15 06:47

Michael Oher, depicted in 'The Blind Side,' alleges he was never adopted by Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, but signed into a conservatorship
Former NFL player Michael Oher, whose life story was portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie "The Blind Side," has filed a petition in a Tennessee court to end Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy's conservatorship over him.
2023-08-15 06:47

Privately held Esmark makes offer for US Steel, sets up bidding contest for iconic steelmaker
Industrial conglomerate Esmark says it has made an all-cash bid to buy U.S. Steel that values the iconic steelmaker at $7.8 billion
2023-08-15 06:15