Leveraged ETFs snap back as casino crowd mints US$50 billion
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 12:09 PM[NEW YORK] Three weeks ago, Wall Street’s casino crowd took a beating....
Institutional investors reveal cautious approach to tech favorites in US quarterly 13F filings
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 11:36 AM[PROVIDENCE] Institutional investors pulled back slightly from key stock market segments such...
Oil climbs over US$1 on tanker attacks, no progress on peace
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 08:58 AM[HOUSTON] Crude oil futures climbed over US$1 a barrel on Friday (Aug...

Hedge funds halved short bets on yen since joint intervention

Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 03:23 PM[TOKYO] Hedge funds further dialled back on their wagers against the yen, signalling a reduction in negative sentiment surrounding the currency after...
Europe: Shares snap 4-week rally as higher oil prices temper strong earnings 
US: S&P 500 ends lower as investors weigh data, Middle East tensions
Leveraged ETFs snap back as casino crowd mints US$50 billion
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 12:09 PM[NEW YORK] Three weeks ago, Wall Street’s casino crowd took a beating....
Institutional investors reveal cautious approach to tech favorites in US quarterly 13F filings
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 11:36 AM[PROVIDENCE] Institutional investors pulled back slightly from key stock market segments such...
Oil climbs over US$1 on tanker attacks, no progress on peace
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 08:58 AM[HOUSTON] Crude oil futures climbed over US$1 a barrel on Friday (Aug...

Entertainment

Hedge funds halved short bets on yen since joint intervention
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 03:23 PM[TOKYO] Hedge funds further dialled back on their wagers against the yen, signalling a reduction in negative sentiment surrounding the currency after...
Leveraged ETFs snap back as casino crowd mints US$50 billion
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 12:09 PM[NEW YORK] Three weeks ago, Wall Street’s casino crowd took a beating. AI stocks buckled, semiconductor shares tumbled and leveraged trades unravelled.Now...
Institutional investors reveal cautious approach to tech favorites in US quarterly 13F filings
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 11:36 AM[PROVIDENCE] Institutional investors pulled back slightly from key stock market segments such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure and mega-cap technology companies during...
Oil climbs over US$1 on tanker attacks, no progress on peace
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 08:58 AM[HOUSTON] Crude oil futures climbed over US$1 a barrel on Friday (Aug 14) on tanker attacks and a lack of progress on...
Europe: Shares snap 4-week rally as higher oil prices temper strong earnings 
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 08:45 AM[BENGALURU] European shares finished lower on Friday (Aug 14) and snapped a four-week winning streak, as rising crude prices and renewed geopolitical...
US: S&P 500 ends lower as investors weigh data, Middle East tensions
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 08:31 AM[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 closed lower on Friday (Aug 14), dipping from a record high and weighed down by Applied Materials,...

Fashion

Hedge funds halved short bets on yen since joint intervention
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 03:23 PM[TOKYO] Hedge funds further dialled back on their wagers against the yen, signalling a reduction in negative sentiment surrounding the currency after...
Leveraged ETFs snap back as casino crowd mints US$50 billion
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 12:09 PM[NEW YORK] Three weeks ago, Wall Street’s casino crowd took a beating. AI stocks buckled, semiconductor shares tumbled and leveraged trades unravelled.Now...
Institutional investors reveal cautious approach to tech favorites in US quarterly 13F filings
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 11:36 AM[PROVIDENCE] Institutional investors pulled back slightly from key stock market segments such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure and mega-cap technology companies during...
Oil climbs over US$1 on tanker attacks, no progress on peace
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 08:58 AM[HOUSTON] Crude oil futures climbed over US$1 a barrel on Friday (Aug 14) on tanker attacks and a lack of progress on...
Europe: Shares snap 4-week rally as higher oil prices temper strong earnings 
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 08:45 AM[BENGALURU] European shares finished lower on Friday (Aug 14) and snapped a four-week winning streak, as rising crude prices and renewed geopolitical...
US: S&P 500 ends lower as investors weigh data, Middle East tensions
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 08:31 AM[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 closed lower on Friday (Aug 14), dipping from a record high and weighed down by Applied Materials,...

Gossip

One Fine Show: The Holy See’s “The Ear is the Eye of the Soul” at Giardino Mistico
Installation view: The Pavilion of the Holy See, “The Ear is the Eye of the Soul” in the Giardino Mistico, Venice. Photo: David Levene It takes a lot for...
Liwei Liao Creates a Tasting Menu of His Own at The Butcher’s Counter
The Butcher’s Counter opens at Joint Seafood in Los Angeles on August 14th. Evan Robinson Dry-aged fish guru Liwei Liao has influenced how elite chefs all over the country...
Who Owns Mars? Inside the $129B Reclusive Family Behind the Candy Empire
Snack vending machine / snack dispenser selling colourful sweets and chocolate bars in public place. Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images When candy maker Mars completed its $35.9 billion...
Judy Glickman Lauder’s Vast Trove of Photography Is a Portrait of Its Collector
Norman Seeff, Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith, New York, 1969. Archival pigment print, 15 x 22 in. Portland Museum of Art, Maine / Promised Gift from the Judy Glickman...
Centro Botín Champions Marisol’s Drawings and Rethinks Her Legacy
Marisol, Get Away From My Fish, 1975. Colored pencil on paper, 72 1/4 x 84 1/4 inches (183.52 x 214 cm). Collection of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, bequest...
What Heirs Need to Know to Establish a Lasting Inheritance
Rosecliff, the 1902 Newport mansion, has endured as a symbol of what it takes to preserve, not just inherit, a fortune Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images Imagine...

Health

South Korea’s Kospi Is Back In A Bull Market. But Analysts Wonder If The Run Is Sustainable.
South Korea's stock market has pulled off a dramatic turnaround, surging back into bull-market territory just weeks after a punishing selloff rattled investors and raised questions about whether the...
OpenAI’s Revenue Is Soaring, Topping $40 Billion Ahead of Its IPO
OpenAI's revenue growth is accelerating ahead of a highly anticipated initial public offering, with the artificial intelligence giant now on pace to generate more than $40 billion annually, according...
New Data Showed Consumer Sentiment and Retail Sales Declined In July. Stocks Declined.
Stocks declined on Friday after figures related to consumption in the U.S. fell in July, dampening the outlook of the U.S. economy.The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.20%, while...
Sandisk Has Had a Scorching Rally This Year. JPMorgan Thinks It Can Go Much Higher.
Sandisk shares have already surged more than 500% in 2026, but JPMorgan believes the flash memory company still has significantly more room to run as artificial intelligence fuels soaring...
Jeff Bezos Is Now Dabbling In Sports As Part Of a Group With Minority Ownership In a Premier League Giant
A group including Jeff Bezos is becoming a minority owner in legendary English soccer team Liverpool. Getty Images A group including Jeff Bezos is becoming a minority owner in...
There Is No End To The U.S.-Iran War In Sight. Just Two Ships Made It Through The Hormuz Strait On Friday.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is practically at a standstill with no end to the war between the U.S. and Iran in sight. Intelligence firm Kpler detailed that...

Innovation

Tyga Reacts to Doja Cat Calling Him a “Penis” Over Using AI for Album $tarface
Tyga wants everyone to know he’s still got it—even after his latest album $tarface. The "Rack City" rapper spoke out after Doja Cat—with whom he had most recently collaborated with on...
Taylor Swift Debuts Chic Haircut in First Outing Since Travis Kelce Wedding
Who attended Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding?There was quite the evergreen group of friends that stepped out at Madison Square Garden to see Swift and Kelce say “I...
How Mark Ruffalo Reacted to Son Keen Ruffalo Following in His Acting Footsteps
“I wasn’t auditioning at the start, obviously. My dad didn’t want to hand me or my siblings anything because it’s just not how he was raised,” he shared in...
Julie Andrews Reveals She Won’t Reprise Her Role in Princess Diaries 3
Shut up and listen: Julie Andrews won't be making her royal return. As Anne Hathaway prepares to wear her crown in the upcoming The Princess Diaries 3 as the...
How Today’s Craig Melvin Scored a Winning Partner in Sportscaster Wife Lindsay Czarniak
Craig Melvin talks for a living, but he forgot his words for a second when he met his future wife, Lindsay Czarniak. The Today co-anchor knew who Czarniak was...
Adam Demos Reveals Whether He’d Ever Reprise His Role in Sex/Life
Adam Demos knows he got lucky when it came to Sex/Life. The Netflix series—which ran between 2021 and 2023—became a bit of a phenomenon, something the 41-year-old is still...

News

Wall St opens mixed as investors weigh Middle East tensions, data
Published Fri, Aug 14, 2026 · 09:46 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes were mixed at the open on Friday (Aug 14), a day after the S&P 500 closed...
Ackman unveils six new investments in biggest portfolio overhaul in years
Published Thu, Aug 13, 2026 · 08:51 PM[NEW YORK] Bill Ackman unveiled six new holdings including Netflix, Visa and Mastercard, marking the billionaire investor’s biggest portfolio overhaul in years.Ackman...
Switzerland launches consultation on stricter bonus rules for banks
The measures will boost financial stability following the 2023 collapse of Credit SuissePublished Wed, Aug 12, 2026 · 09:33 PM[ZURICH] Switzerland launched a public consultation on Wednesday (Aug 12)...
MetaOptics H1 revenue grows by nearly six times; company on track to fill orders in H2
It says its growth is underpinned by an order backlog for its metalens production equipment[SINGAPORE] MetaOptics , which listed on the Catalist board of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in...
Google’s AI team tells job seekers its HR filters are unreliable
Applications risk being automatically screened out by the company’s AI systems, a document viewed by Bloomberg showsPublished Tue, Aug 11, 2026 · 07:23 AM[SAN FRANCISCO] Alphabet’s Google pitches its artificial...
Oil gains as Iran deal proves elusive 
Published Mon, Aug 10, 2026 · 09:16 AMOIL extended its gains in early Monday (Aug 10) trading as Iran rejected talks with the US and a deal to reopen the...

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

‘Deli Boys’ Canceled After Two Seasons At Hulu
EXCLUSIVE: After two seasons, the Onyx Collective series Deli Boys has been canceled at Hulu. The crime dramedy stars Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, and Poorna Jagannathan. The reason for...
Kenan Thompson Pays Tribute To ‘All That’ Co-Star Christy Knowings
Saturday Night Live‘s Kenan Thompson is remembering his former All That co-star Christy Knowings, who died at 46 Tuesday after being taken off life support following a devastating asthma...
Karoline Leavitt To Leave Role As Trump’s White House Press Secretary
Karoline Leavitt plans to exit her role as White House press secretary at the end of the month, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday. Leavitt is leaving to spend...
Everything We Know About Marvel’s Upcoming ‘X-Men’ Movie So Far
Since Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox in 2019, the clamor for a new X-Men movie has been loud, and Marvel inches closer every day to delivery on their...
A Twink And A Redhead Duo Signs With CAA (EXCLUSIVE)
EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Grant Gibbs and Ashley Gill, the comedy duo known as A Twink and a Redhead, for representation. A pair of comedians, musicians and digital creators,...
Summer Box Office Crossing $4B Thanks to ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Odyssey’
Forget the woes of a potential Paramount-WBD merger, the summer domestic box office is on fire, just $14.8M away from crossing $4 billion. This is all according to Rentrak....

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Mason Thames Reveals “Favorite” Part About Working With Girlfriend Mckenna Grace
Megan Fox and Machine Gun KellyFrom the moment the Jennifer's Body star met the rapper born Colson Baker on their shared movie set in 2020, she knew their relationship was...
Why Nicole Kidman Was Ready to “Throw” Her Career Away for Tom Cruise Marriage
Cruise met Mimi Rogers in 1985 at a dinner party when she was dating a friend of his.  They quietly tied the knot on May 9, 1987, in upstate...
Rod Stewart Undergoes Heart Procedure, Cancels His Remaining Tour Dates
Emilia Clarke's Brain AneurysmEmilia Clarke filmed battle scenes for Game of Thrones, but in 2019, she published an essay in The New Yorker titled "A Battle for My Life."Having...
Secrets Behind Nickelodeon’s Ren & Stimpy, Rugrats, Doug and SpongeBob Revealed
If you were watching the first Nicktoons slate during its original run, you might have a few rug rats of your own running around by now. But there's also...
Every Time Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet Reminded Us Their Relationship Is Doing Amazing, Sweetie
A few months later, Jenner—who may not have grown up a New York Knicks fan but proved herself a true-blue (and orange) cheering partner last season—caught multiple playoff games...
Best Believe Kylie Jenner is Bejeweled as She Celebrates Her 29th Birthday
Kylie Jenner is feeling purr-fectly marvelous about her birthday. With her 29th birthday coming up on Aug. 10, the Kylie Cosmetics founder kicked off the celebrations by sharing an...