A shareholder at a securities hall in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in east China, on Sept. 24, 2024.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China’s latest policy signals have a bigger impact on sentiment than resolving deeper issues such as real estate, analysts said.The Shanghai Composite rallied Thursday to close at a three-month high after state media reported Chinese President Xi Jinping led a Politburo meeting on the economy that morning.The unexpected high-level gathering called for halting the property market decline, and strengthening fiscal and monetary policy. It provided few specifics, while affirming central bank rate cuts…
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Beverly Hills Cop star John Ashton has died at the age of 76. The actor was known for playing Det. Sgt. John Taggart in the film franchise opposite Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold. Ashton died on Thursday, September 26 in Fort Collins, Colorado. His death was confirmed by his manager, Alan Somers, to Variety. Ashton recently reprised his role as John Taggart in the 2024 film Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, which premiered on Netflix in July. Taggart was a detective in the first two Beverly Hills Cop movies. In Ashton’s third and now final film in the franchise, Taggart had been upped to…
Amazon Great Indian Festival sale is live in India, and it brings lucrative deals on a wide range of products across categories such as smartphones, wearables, tablets, laptops, TVs, home appliances, and more. Thus, customers who wish to upgrade their existing gadgets can take advantage of multiple offers and get their desired products at considerably lower prices. We have compiled a list of top premium headphones you can buy during the Amazon Great Indian sale. However, if buying a new smartwatch is on your mind, then the sale comes at a perfect time, with bundling discounts, bank benefits, and other…
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Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, stop at a Sheetz gas station in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 18, 2024.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesAs she unveiled her most detailed economic plan yet this week, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris pledged to fight price gouging in order to rein in voters’ grocery costs.The vice president first teased the federal ban in mid-August, prompting former President Donald Trump to attack the plan as “Soviet-style” price controls. Although Harris released more detail Wednesday as part of her 82-page economic plan, it’s still unclear what price hikes…
Tiger Woods speaks during the launch of Tiger Woods and TaylorMade Golf’s new apparel and footwear brand “Sun Day Red” at Palisades Village on February 12, 2024 in Pacific Palisades, California.Kevork Djansezian | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesTiger Woods’ new logo for his Sun Day Red golf apparel line is facing a trademark dispute.Tigeraire, a company that makes cooling products for athletes, has filed a notice of opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, alleging that Sun Day Red and Tiger Woods have “unlawfully hijacked” Tigeraire’s design into their own branding.Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsApplicant’s Marks and the…
Kanye West revealed that he has a new album called ‘Bully’ coming while performing a new song, ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ live at his listening event in China. Check it out below. READ MORE: Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign – ‘Vultures 1’ review: mired in misogyny The moment took place at China’s Wuyuan River Stadium in Haikou last night (September 28) during a listening party where the rapper, who now goes by Ye, performed his new album – which arrived earlier this year and marked the second instalment in the ‘Vultures’ series with Ty Dolla $ign. It followed another listening event…
Federal prosecutors on Friday announced criminal charges against three Iranian nationals in connection with a recent hack of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign and other cyberattacks.The three “malicious cyber actors,” who were employed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, engaged in “a wide-ranging hacking campaign” that also targeted current and former government officials, media figures and non-governmental organizations, according to an indictment filed in Washington, D.C., federal court.The U.S. designates the IRGC a foreign terrorist organization.”There are few actors in this world that pose as grave a threat to the national security of the United States as does Iran,”…
The Undercurrent by Sarah Sawyer “The Undercurrent is a twisty, constantly surprising mystery, but more than that, a deep dive into the shifting nature of memory and the complicated bonds of motherhood and family.” “People don’t just disappear. Of course they don’t. They take up too much space in the world. They are pounds of flesh, gallons of blood. Teeth, bones, fingernails. It all has to go somewhere.” In Sarah Sawyer’s The Undercurrent, it is 2011, but it might as well be 1987. That is when a thirteen-year-old girl named Deecie Jefferies vanished from an empty field in Austin, Texas,…
Never underestimate a makeup enthusiast on a mission to sniff out a discontinued staple. They’ll track it vigorously from the depths of Reddit, snag it from international discount sales, barter with third-party sellers offering resale values upward of $300, and even start petitions for brands to resurrect the cult classic. (Yes, really!) Bloodhounds have nothing on a riled-up beauty fan.I’m now thrilled to report that, for many, all that work has paid off. Over the past few months, a slew of beauty brands have relaunched their old icons, dusting them off from the vault and bestowing OG devotees with exactly…
Kate Winslet ‘Lee’. Photo: Roadside Attractions & Vertical.Opening in theaters September 27th is ‘Lee,’ directed by Ellen Kuras and starring Kate Winslet, Josh O’Connor, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgård, and Marion Cotillard.Related Article: Kate Winslet Talks ‘Lee’Initial Thoughts(L to R) Marion Cotillard and Noemie Merlant in ‘Lee’. Photo: Kimberley French.Lee Miller is considered one of the greatest and most important war photographers of the 20th (or any) century, with her images from World War II – the horrors inside a concentration camp, the unspeakable contents of an abandoned train on its way to one of the camps, the haunted…
Julie Chen Moonves and the Big Brother 26 cast are in Week 11. Pic credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS Big Brother 26 spoilers from the Live Feeds reveal the excitement from the first 48 hours after the Double Eviction episode. After sending Leah Peters and Angela Murray to the jury house, the houseguests have moved on with the game Leah, Angela, Quinn Matin, and T’Kor Clottey are on the BB26 jury. Hopefully, the producers will provide some jury house footage soon. The remaining houseguests played in a new Head of Household Competition late Thursday (September 26) to disperse the power. Makensy Manbeck…
A federal judge narrowed a lawsuit accusing Apple of violating the privacy of iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users by collecting their personal data through proprietary apps such as the App Store, Apple Music and Apple TV.U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, dismissed nearly all claims based on the “Allow Apps to Request to Track” setting on Apple mobile devices, but let some claims proceed over the “Share [Device] Analytics” setting.Mobile device users said Apple violated their user agreements and several privacy and consumer protection laws by assuring that disabling the settings would limit its collection, storage…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presents Orion AR Glasses, as he makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. September 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | ReutersThe most impressive aspect of Meta’s Orion augmented reality glasses has more to do with size and comfort than flashy computer graphics.CNBC senior media and tech correspondent Julia Boorstin was able to use Orion this week at Meta’s annual Connect conference, and she was captivated by the prototype’s compact form relative to the various Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro virtual reality headsets.”What was really striking…
Blockchain technology and tokenization could challenge the traditional ETF model.Janus Henderson said recently that it’s partnering with Anemoy Limited and Centrifuge to create Anemoy’s Liquid Treasury Fund (LTF), an on-chain technology-based fund that will give investors direct access to short-term U.S. Treasury bills.”It’s not necessarily a threat to the ETF industry,” Nick Cherney, Janus Henderson’s head of innovation, said on CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “I think it’s more of a natural evolution of how we try to get the way in which we deliver investment services to clients to be more efficient and less costly.””We want to be early…
David Hester inspects damages of his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. Chandan Khanna | Afp | Getty ImagesHurricane Helene is ravaging communities across the southeastern United States as mass flooding and brutal winds descend on Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.As of Saturday, the Category 4 storm had killed at least 52 people, according to the Associated Press. Millions more have been left without electricity and some have been displaced from their homes, as trees get ripped from their roots and the torrent destroys people’s property.Evacuations began before the storm…
Bright Eyes are canceling their 2024 tour dates. The announcement comes after the band recently pulled out of Riot Fest and two other concerts. Bright Eyes have said that they’re canceling the shows because Conor Oberst “has developed a condition that is exacerbated by excessive singing, requiring both treatment and recuperation.” The band plans to return to the road in 2025. See Bright Eyes’ full statement on the Concerts below.Earlier this month, Bright Eyes played warmup shows, in Chicago, Cleveland, and Philadelphia, in advance of their new album, Five Dice, All Threes. They had been due to resume their 2024…
The chief advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams had her phone seized and her home searched by law enforcement authorities Friday, the same day that Adams pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan at his arraignment on corruption charges, NBC News reported.Adams is charged with receiving illegal campaign donations and gifts of undisclosed luxury travel while doing favors for Turkey’s government and Turkish businesspeople.His chief advisor, Ingrid Lewis Martin, arrived back in New York on Friday after a vacation in Japan.Upon her arrival, Martin’s phone was seized by investigators.Martin’s home also was searched by authorities for other…