Wealthy Americans Are Pulling Back: U.S. Luxury Spending Slumps Ahead of The Midterms.
U.S. luxury spending weakened for a third straight month in September, adding another warning sign for an industry that...
Most U.S. Voters Want Stricter AI Rules. Many Say Trump And Congress Are Falling Short.
Most U.S. voters say the federal government should impose stricter rules on artificial intelligence, with majorities also saying President...
Tarek El Moussa, Heather Rae El Moussa Reveal Why They Surprised His Daughter With Lavish Birthday Gift
That’s especially true for Heather and Tarek’s “threenager.” “So, I thought, ‘Oh, babies are so easy’ because he was...

Bond Yields Kept Climbing And Fed Minutes Showed Another Rate Hike This Year. Stocks Dropped.

Stocks dropped on Wednesday, pulling back from record highs as bond yields continued to climb.The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.22% each, while the Dow Jones...
California Insurance Reform Is Reshaping the Role of Independent Agencies
Newly Appointed Madre Director Eugenio Viola Sees the Museum as a Living Archive
Wealthy Americans Are Pulling Back: U.S. Luxury Spending Slumps Ahead of The Midterms.
U.S. luxury spending weakened for a third straight month in September, adding another warning sign for an industry that...
Most U.S. Voters Want Stricter AI Rules. Many Say Trump And Congress Are Falling Short.
Most U.S. voters say the federal government should impose stricter rules on artificial intelligence, with majorities also saying President...
Tarek El Moussa, Heather Rae El Moussa Reveal Why They Surprised His Daughter With Lavish Birthday Gift
That’s especially true for Heather and Tarek’s “threenager.” “So, I thought, ‘Oh, babies are so easy’ because he was...

Entertainment

Bond Yields Kept Climbing And Fed Minutes Showed Another Rate Hike This Year. Stocks Dropped.
Stocks dropped on Wednesday, pulling back from record highs as bond yields continued to climb.The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.22% each, while the Dow Jones...
Wealthy Americans Are Pulling Back: U.S. Luxury Spending Slumps Ahead of The Midterms.
U.S. luxury spending weakened for a third straight month in September, adding another warning sign for an industry that had been counting on affluent American consumers to offset sluggish...
Most U.S. Voters Want Stricter AI Rules. Many Say Trump And Congress Are Falling Short.
Most U.S. voters say the federal government should impose stricter rules on artificial intelligence, with majorities also saying President Donald Trump's administration and Congress are not taking the technology's...
Tarek El Moussa, Heather Rae El Moussa Reveal Why They Surprised His Daughter With Lavish Birthday Gift
That’s especially true for Heather and Tarek’s “threenager.” “So, I thought, ‘Oh, babies are so easy’ because he was really good, and I was like, ‘Oh, our teenager is...
California Insurance Reform Is Reshaping the Role of Independent Agencies
California's insurance market is undergoing a period of regulatory change as policymakers work to improve access to coverage amid wildfire exposure, rising costs, and pressure on the traditional insurance...
Newly Appointed Madre Director Eugenio Viola Sees the Museum as a Living Archive
Eugenio Viola, director of the Madre Museum in Naples. Photo: Amedeo Benestante Last month, the Madre Museum in Naples named Eugenio Viola its new director. Viola, a Naples native,...

Fashion

US stocks: Wall Street opens lower as bond yields and oil rebound; Fed minutes in focus
Published Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · 10:26 PMWALL Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday (Oct 7) as Treasury yields and oil prices rose again, keeping investors cautious as...
Bitcoin falls as US$650 million in risky crypto bets wiped out
Published Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · 10:17 PMCRYPTOCURRENCIES fell on Wednesday (Oct 7) as a wave of forced selling swept across digital-asset venues, with broader market jitters further weighing...
Assets of Tokenize Xchange founder and his ex-wife frozen by court order
Hong Qi Yu and Erin Koo are being sued by 249 ex-customers of the defunct crypto trading platform[SINGAPORE] Hong Qi Yu, former CEO and founder of the entity behind...
Crystal Jade closes four more outlets, cuts 120 jobs ahead of proposed sale
[SINGAPORE] Restaurant group Crystal Jade has closed four outlets in Singapore and issued termination notices to about 120 workers as part of a restructuring ahead of a proposed sale of...
Europe stocks retreat after three-day rally as rising yields, oil prices dent sentiment
Published Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · 07:20 PMEUROPEAN shares edged lower on Wednesday (Oct 7) after three straight sessions of gains, as higher oil prices and an ascent in...
US$7 trillion data-centre boom is creating gaps in insurance cover in Apac: report
There are interconnected and concentrated risks in power, construction, operations, cybersecurity and downtime[SINGAPORE] Insuring the Asia-Pacific’s rapidly expanding data-centre sector is becoming increasingly challenging.Global insurance broker Howden identifies the...

Gossip

Newly Appointed Madre Director Eugenio Viola Sees the Museum as a Living Archive
Eugenio Viola, director of the Madre Museum in Naples. Photo: Amedeo Benestante Last month, the Madre Museum in Naples named Eugenio Viola its new director. Viola, a Naples native,...
At David Zwirner New York, Scott Kahn’s Landscapes Open Windows Onto Other Worlds
Scott Kahn. Photo: Chase Barnes There is something deeply mystical, almost archetypal, about Scott Kahn’s paintings, which accounts for much of their charm. Their universal resonance with very different...
At the Getty, the Beauty of Medieval Manuscripts Is in the Materials
The Rejection of Joachim and Anna’s Offering from a book of hours About 1410-30. Attributed to the Rohan Master or immediate circle; tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment,...
Saying No for Change: Dawn Chan On Grounding Herself in a Jet-Setting World
Critic Dawn Chan’s project proposes both serious and absurdist alternatives to the constant jet-setting that’s become an art-world norm. Courtesy of Dawn Chan Editor’s note: This article was originally...
Untitled Art Finds Its Footing in Houston With Its Second Edition
Strong opening-day sales suggested a buyer base deeper than many outsiders expected. Photograph by Casey Kelbaugh / CKA Following its Texas debut in 2025, Untitled Art returned to Houston,...
Corporate Cultural Investments Are Finding Their Place in ESG Reporting
For a long time, culture was viewed at best as an economic driver, and more narrowly as a generator of tourism. Successful culture-led development strategies around the world have...

Health

Bond Yields Kept Climbing And Fed Minutes Showed Another Rate Hike This Year. Stocks Dropped.
Stocks dropped on Wednesday, pulling back from record highs as bond yields continued to climb.The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.22% each, while the Dow Jones...
Wealthy Americans Are Pulling Back: U.S. Luxury Spending Slumps Ahead of The Midterms.
U.S. luxury spending weakened for a third straight month in September, adding another warning sign for an industry that had been counting on affluent American consumers to offset sluggish...
Most U.S. Voters Want Stricter AI Rules. Many Say Trump And Congress Are Falling Short.
Most U.S. voters say the federal government should impose stricter rules on artificial intelligence, with majorities also saying President Donald Trump's administration and Congress are not taking the technology's...
California Insurance Reform Is Reshaping the Role of Independent Agencies
California's insurance market is undergoing a period of regulatory change as policymakers work to improve access to coverage amid wildfire exposure, rising costs, and pressure on the traditional insurance...
The Hidden Price of Healthcare Staffing
Healthcare staffing has become one of the most expensive pressure points in an industry already struggling to control costs. According to Health Affairs, nearly half of U.S. nursing homes...
SpaceX Could Borrow $40 Billion for Nvidia Chips as Musk Makes a Massive New Bet on AI. Its Stock Fell.
SpaceX is reportedly preparing to borrow as much as $40 billion to finance a massive purchase of Nvidia chips, a move that would dramatically expand the Elon Musk-led company's...

Innovation

Tarek El Moussa, Heather Rae El Moussa Reveal Why They Surprised His Daughter With Lavish Birthday Gift
That’s especially true for Heather and Tarek’s “threenager.” “So, I thought, ‘Oh, babies are so easy’ because he was really good, and I was like, ‘Oh, our teenager is...
Jessica Biel Reveals How Matchbox Stunts Earned Her Cool-Mom Points
Jessica Biel isn’t a regular mom, she’s a cool mom.  Especially as her new movie Matchbox the Movie led to her picking up a slew of new driving skills...
Kim Kardashian Says She Has to “Hold” North West Back From Fame Aspirations 
Kim Kardashian, Kanye West Step Out to Support North West at First Headlining ShowKim Kardashian is keeping North West under certain boundaries. The Kardashians star—who shares the 13-year-old, along...
Gypsy Rose Blanchard Detailed Future Wedding With Ken Urker Months Before His Death
Gypsy Rose Blanchard had a vision of what her wedding with Ken Urker would look like before tragedy struck. Four months before the Life After Lockup star’s boyfriend died...
TikToker Brooke Eby Dies at 37 After ALS Battle
“Everyone was a lot more comfortable with my situation when I was laughing,” she wrote in a January 2025 essay published in People, “and that came back around to...
Halle Berry’s Ex Olivier Martinez Accuses Her of Choking Their 12-Year-Old Son
In response to the filing, Berry’s attorney Marina Beck told E! News in a statement, "In a way, today’s filing is not entirely unexpected from an individual with a...

News

‘Diverging’ trajectories: Taiwan dethrones South Korea atop global markets as AI trade widens
The Taiex and Kospi have traded places at the top of the global leaderboard in 2026Published Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · 11:25 AM[SINGAPORE] As equity investors enter the final...
DeepSeek to raise at least US$12 billion in Tencent-backed funding
The funding round sets the stage for one of the most highly anticipated Chinese market debuts in yearsPublished Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · 01:49 PMDEEPSEEK is close to securing at...
Singapore sets aside S$118 million for research into bio-based chemicals
The announcement comes as a new research centre opens, focusing on engineering biology[SINGAPORE] Some S$118 million in public funding has been set aside for research into producing chemicals from...
US$5 billion Firmus IPO divides investors after valuation triples in two months
Published Sun, Oct 4, 2026 · 04:24 PM[SYDNEY] As Australian data centre operator Firmus prepares to launch a US$5 billion initial public offering, the country’s second-largest ever, prospective investors...
Tesla’s EV sales top estimates with auto business rebounding
The automaker delivered 486,532 vehicles worldwide in the period, according to a statement on FridayPublished Fri, Oct 2, 2026 · 09:54 PMTESLA reported better-than-expected sales for the third quarter,...
US Fed’s Cook sees AI inflationary push as a top 2027 risk
Inflation has been above the Federal Reserve’s goal of 2% for more than 5 and a half yearsPublished Fri, Oct 2, 2026 · 06:25 AMFEDERAL Reserve Governor Lisa Cook...

Politics

Croatia vacation hot spot may ban alcohol sales during key hours in sweeping new crackdown
The nightlife in Croatia’s second-largest city could soon look quite a bit different for visitors on vacation getaways. The city of Split is proposing a ban on the sale of...
2 teens charged in connection with TikTok stunt gone wrong that left 16-year-old trapped inside shaft of NYC bridge
Two teens have been charged in connection with a foolish TikTok stunt that caused a 16-year-old boy to plummet 50 feet and become trapped inside a shaft on the...
CBS Sports making big March Madness coverage change for 2026
Nate Burleson will add NCAA Tournament host to his ever-growing résumé at CBS.  The network announced Thursday morning that Burleson will host men’s March Madness coverage for CBS Sports...
New Tahoe ski death as student found on black diamond trail – after eight killed in nearby avalanche
A missing skier has been found dead at a Lake Tahoe resort — just days after eight were killed by an avalanche in the backcountry nearby. Colin Kang’s body...
UCLA hasn’t learned its lesson
UCLA must think it is off the hook for antisemitism and bigotry after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from imposing a billion-dollar fine for blatant discrimination against...
Savannah Guthrie never ‘coming back’ to ‘Today’ show after her mom’s disappearance: report
Savannah Guthrie is probably never returning to the “Today” show after her mother Nancy’s heartbreaking disappearance, according to a new report. The “Today” anchor has not appeared on the...

Special Edition

‘Doctor Who’ Bids Revealed: Producers Pitch To Regenerate Sci-Fi Show
EXCLUSIVE: Could Jed Mercurio be about to take control of the TARDIS? Deadline can reveal that the Line of Duty showrunner is spearheading a bid to produce Doctor Who...
Scripted Veteran Jason Simms Switches On Fusebox Entertainment
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran scripted exec Jason Simms has delved into his toolkit and launched TV’s latest drama house, Fusebox Entertainment. We can reveal the London-based company launches in the run...
Gillian Anderson Explains Confrontation With “Distracting” Super Fans
Gillian Anderson has explained why she asked a group of superfans not to sit in the front row of her West End stage show, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?....
‘SNL’s Weekend Update Tackles Cornell Controversy & Return Of ‘Glee’
After cracks about Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem and President Donald Trump’s vendetta against CNN, Michael Che on Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update touched on the ongoing controversy at Cornell...
DOJ Argues CNN & Other Outlets Can Be Banned From White House
The Justice Department argued that Donald Trump can legally ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House because he determined that they didn’t meet the “minimum requirements...
Ben Affleck Used AI For “Lots Of Things” In Netflix’s ‘Animals’
After unloading his AI firm on Netflix earlier this year, Ben Affleck is showing off the tech in action with his latest project. The 2x Oscar winner recently revealed...

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Drake’s Rep Responds to Rumor He’s Father of Keshia Chanté’s Baby
Drake Picks “Goth Baddie” Pinkchyu as His Ideal Wife After Barking at Her in Flirty ExchangeDrake is looking to correct these headlines.  After his longtime friend Keshia Chanté shared...
Shemar Moore Reveals He Had 3 Surgeries to Fix His “Ugly Ass Feet”
Shemar Moore had to call in reinforcements to fix his feet. While the S.W.A.T. actor may be one of the internet’s favorite heartthrobs, he reflected on the physical imperfection...
Jack Osbourne, Daughter Pearl Honor Ozzy Osbourne Undercover at Universal Halloween Horror Nights
Jack Osbourne and his daughter jumped on the crazy train to honor Ozzy Osbourne. Over a year after the Black Sabbath rocker died at the age of 76, the...
Drew Starkey and Cailee Spaeny Confirm Romance While Stepping Out Hand-in-Hand in L.A.
Drew Starkey and Cailee Spaeny Confirm Romance While Stepping Out Hand-in-Hand in L.A.Drew Starkey and Cailee Spaeny will have you all shook up with their romance. The Outer Banks...
This Morning’s Alison Hammond Hospitalized After Abruptly Walking Off Show Live on Air
Alison Hammond is recovering after an on-air health emergency.  During the Oct. 2 episode of This Morning, Hammond abruptly walked off camera in the middle of a segment. While taking a...
Aubrey Plaza Makes First Public Appearance Since Welcoming Baby With Christopher Abbott
A Private Life in the Public EyeAubrey—who had been in a relationship with husband Jeff Baena for 14 years until his death in January 2025—previously reflected on navigating life...