Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally in support of the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Feb. 28, 2023. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is pitching a new bill to stop seniors from having money withheld from their Social Security checks…
An AI-themed ‘AGI Bar’ in Beijing’s tech-focused Zhongguancun district on Aug. 9, 2026. Pedro Pardo | Afp | Getty Images Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I’m seeing and hearing from local businesses. Is the AI race about…
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul. Kim Jae-Hwan | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images A wave of South Korean investors is flocking to U.S. markets to avoid a correction at home, even as global investors pile in. Korean retail investors net…
Minority owner Jeanie Buss of the Los Angeles Lakers and her husband, Jay Mohr, prior a first round NBA playoffs game between the Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, April 19, 2025. Keith Birmingham | MediaNews Group | Pasadena Star-News | Getty Images Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is…
Chris Kubasik, chief executive officer of L3Harris, during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Friday, July 10, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Defense contracting giant L3Harris Technologies ousted CEO Chris Kubasik on Sunday after learning he engaged in “certain conduct … that was…
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic’s annualized revenue run rate hit $65 billion at the end of July, CNBC confirmed on Monday, a sevenfold increase from a year ago. The Claude…
The Paramount Pictures logo is displayed on a water tower in Los Angeles, California, on August 6, 2026. Michael Yanow | Nurphoto | Getty Images Paramount Skydance will seek to force the states holding up its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to pay for the fees and costs associated with the delay, according to a…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 23, 2026 in New York. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Treasury yields were higher on Monday as oil prices rose, with worries growing among investors about persistent inflation and government borrowing. The 30-year Treasury yield, which is typically sensitive…
Paramount and Warner Bros logos are seen in this illustration. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Prediction markets traders still see Paramount Skydance as likely to succeed in its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but a battle in court with 12 state attorneys general is increasing the chances that the merger falls through. Traders on prediction…
Crude oil prices edged higher Monday as Iran ruled out talks to extend the memorandum of understanding with the U.S. A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran would shift to offense rather than relying on defense if diplomacy with the U.S. fails. U.S. crude oil futures rose 10 cents to $82.50 per barrel. Brent…
