In this article GSBD SCHW GS U.S. stock index futures were modestly higher during overnight trading Sunday as Wall Street looks ahead to a busy week of earnings. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.25%. S&P 500 futures were up 0.4%, while Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.5%. The major averages are
Travelling wave: new computational research has revealed the role of friction in how dominoes topple. (Courtesy: iStock/Soulmemoria) Inspired by a video on YouTube, two researchers have uncovered new insights into the physics of toppling dominoes. Through an extensive set of simulations, David Cantor at Canada’s Polytechnique Montréal, together with Kajetan Wojtacki at the Polish Academy
A waiter works at a restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia, on June 3, 2022. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Jeff Rothenberg has grown accustomed to long wait times at restaurants, even when tables are visibly open. “Another restaurant we went to had open seats outside, but when we went to the host, they mentioned
Focus Features’ Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris will hit an estimated $1.9 million weekend gross at 980 theaters drawing women with those 55 years of age and older repping 44% of the total. Turnout was best on the coasts for the drama starring Leslie Manville and Isabelle Huppert. That’s a PSA of $1,939 and a
WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace is preparing for the second launch of its Alpha rocket in late August or early September, hoping that a successful mission can enable a “step change” in activity for the company. The second Alpha rocket is currently at the company’s launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as the
PUBG: Battlegrounds has launched Deston, its new map and the first one to be released since the battle royale game went free-to-play earlier this year, for PC. The game’s official Twitter handle confirmed the news with a tweet that read: “Deston and Update 18.2 are now live on PC servers. Can you win a Chicken
Spike Lee (L) and Wes Moore (R). Getty Images Maryland gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore is planning to head to a private fundraiser at the Martha’s Vineyard home of Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, according to an invitation obtained by CNBC. But the Democrat has to win Tuesday’s primary first. The invitation shows that Moore, an author
News Kid Cudi Replacing Kanye West as Rolling Loud Miami 2022 Headliner “We spent months working with him and his team on the performance. Unfortunately, Ye has decided that he will no longer be performing.”—Rolling Loud co-founders Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler By Matthew Strauss July 17, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kanye West, Kid Cudi (Getty
With remarkably high levels of uncertainty surrounding the economy and peak inflation, more investors are looking to reallocate their assets in the second half of the year. “The good news is a good portion of the multiple compression I think is behind us due to expectations for higher inflation,” Jason Trennert, chairman and CEO of
It was confirmed today that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have gotten married, and sources have shared some details of the Las Vegas ceremony with People. Court records for Clark County, Nevada, show the couple got their marriage license under their full legal names, Benjamin Geza Affleck and Jennifer Lynn Lopez. They had a “small”
If Evil Season 3 Episode 6 taught us anything, it’s that we should be terrified of the intrusive nature of social media and viral video apps. “The Demon of Algorithms” is a little less personal than recent outings, but it still calls attention to a topic that touches all of us, whether we know it
Finding a cheap fragrance is easy, but choosing the best cheap cologne can be tough. It seems like tons of colognes promise a manly musk at a dirt cheap price yet fade quickly. Meanwhile, scents that are seemingly worthwhile cost hundreds of dollars per ounce. When choosing your signature scent or the perfect gift, good
In this article WFC Charles Scharf Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wells Fargo said Friday that second-quarter profit declined 48% from a year earlier as the firm set aside funds for bad loans and was stung by declines in its equity holdings. Here are the numbers: Earnings per share: 74 cents, including an
Searchlight has announced that the next movie from American Beauty Oscar winning filmmaker Sam Mendes, Empire of Light, is coming out on Dec. 9. The release pattern hasn’t been specified yet. Searchlight went went with Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley before Christmas, and platformed Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch. The drama romance, which he also wrote, is set in and around
Provisions in the House NDAA urge DoD to use commercial space services for communications, space domain awareness and debris removal WASHINGTON — The House on July 14 passed the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 329-101. The bill authorizes $839 billion for military spending, or $37 billion more than the administration requested.
Amazon is pausing the construction of six new office buildings in Bellevue and Nashville to reevaluate the designs to suit hybrid work, the tech giant said on Friday. The pausing and delay of construction will not affect Amazon‘s hiring plans, a company spokesperson said, reiterating the firm’s proposal to create 25,000 jobs in Bellevue and
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden aimed to tout policy progress Friday after several highly criticized meetings with Saudi Arabia’s royalty, but the kingdom’s human rights abuses overshadowed all other topics. Biden said his team accomplished “significant business” in Jeddah following months of what he described as quiet diplomacy. Among the topics of progress, Saudi Arabia
Play video content It’s Tricky with Raquel Harper Amber Rose knows Kanye West, and she opens up about his divorce from Kim Kardashian … short story, she’s not surprised at all. Amber sat down with Raquel for the “It’s Tricky with Raquel Harper” podcast and Amber — though circumspect — seems to know of what