Workers picket in front of a Starbucks outlet in New York City, U.S., Oct. 1, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Starbucks Workers United launched an open-ended strike in at least 40 cities Thursday on Red Cup Day, one of the chain’s biggest sales days of the year. The protest, which the union says involves more than…
Mug shot of Eric Gillespie, Govini Founder and Chairman. Courtesy: Pennsylvania Attorney General The founder of Virginia-based defense startup Govini was arrested on charges of attempting to solicit a pre-teen girl for sexual contact in Pennsylvania, authorities said Monday. The founder, Eric Gillespie, 57, was charged with four felonies, including multiple counts of unlawful contact…
Tencent on Thursday posted 15% year-on-year revenue growth, with AI boosting the Chinese tech giant’s performance in advertising targeting and gaming. Here’s how Tencent performed in the third quarter of 2025, per earnings released on Thursday: Revenue: 192.9 billion Chinese yuan ($27.12 billion), surpassing the 189.2 billion Chinese yuan expected analysts, according to data compiled by…
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, at The Brookings Institute in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will hear oral arguments in the case challenging President Donald Trump‘s authority to fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook on…
Shoppers and visitors on London’s Oxford Street brave the bad weather using Union Flag umbrellas on 6th May 2024. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images The U.K. economy grew a meager 0.1% in the third quarter, according to preliminary figures from the Office for National Statistics. Economists polled by Reuters expected the economy…
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Nov. 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images Key economic reports for October may not be released at all because of the government shutdown, a senior White House official…
Skims underwear is displayed on a shelf at a Nordstrom store on March 25, 2025 in Corte Madera, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kim Kardashian’s Skims brand has raised $225 million in new funding led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, valuing the shapewear and apparel company at $5 billion — up from roughly $4 billion…
Susan Collins, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins on Wednesday…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Nov. 12, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The divergence between the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite on Wednesday stateside reinforces the suggestion that there are two markets operating in the U.S.: one…
View of the Skytree from Ueno and Asakusa in Tokyo Jackal Pan | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific shares mostly rose Thursday, tracking a mixed session on Wall Street and a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, which passed a short-term funding bill that will end the longest federal shutdown on record. Japan’s benchmark…
