Buckingham Palace nearly put the kibosh on one of Elton John‘s most legendary performances to honor his friend Princess Diana … only allegedly giving him the go-ahead in hopes the display would help turn public opinion in favor of the Royal Family. According to newly released documents, obtained by SkyNews, the Palace believed lyrics to
U.S. Treasury yields dipped on Friday, the last trading session of 2021, but the 10-year held above the 1.5% threshold. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.5117% by 1:30 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond edged down to 1.9205%. Yields move inversely to prices and 1 basis point is
It’s the hottest collaboration of the (new) year. And we do mean hottest. Johnny and Daniel trying to set aside their differences long enough for Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang to join forces against Cobra Kai was top-tier entertainment during Cobra Kai Season 4 Episode 1. And if most of the brats have tested your nerves
A Hangzhou location of the Element Fresh chain, which entered the bankruptcy liquidation process in December 2021, as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Sluggish consumer spending has dragged down China’s economy since the pandemic, with little relief in sight for 2022. Along with the property
A recruiter hands out information to a job seeker during a job fair in Miami, Florida, on Dec. 16, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Initial claims for unemployment benefits ended 2021 near pre-pandemic levels, after an improving labor market led claims to fall roughly fourfold over the course of the year. However, a
THURSDAY AM UPDATE, Wednesday box office numbers: In its 13th day of release, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home counts $536.6M at the domestic box office, making it the No. 12 highest grossing movie in U.S. and Canada of all-time. Spider-Man: No Way Home swings past Disney’s 2016 Christmas hit Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($532.1M) and Warner Bros.’ top
WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace is pausing preparations for its next Alpha launch, originally scheduled for early 2022, after the government asked its largest shareholder to divest its stake for national security reasons. Noosphere Venture Partners, a fund run by Ukrainian-born investor Max Polyakov, said Dec. 29 that it will retain an investment banking firm to
Xiaomi Watch S1 and Xiaomi Buds 3 were unveiled alongside the Xiaomi 12 series and MIUI 13 on Tuesday. While the Xiaomi Watch S1 is the company’s most premium smartwatch offering to date, the Xiaomi Buds 3 are its latest truly wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds. The Xiaomi Watch S1 comes with a refined stainless-steel frame
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Congressional Democrats discuss the ‘Build Back Better Act’ and climate investments during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, November 17, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Congressional Democrats will return next year and try to check a few long-floundering items
News Ezra Koenig Tells Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus About Next Vampire Weekend Album: Listen “We almost have an album’s worth of songs,” Koenig told Hoppus on After School Radio on Apple Music Hits By Matthew Strauss December 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, October 2021 (Steve Jennings/WireImage) Facebook Twitter Ezra Koenig was a guest
Warren Buffett (R) talks with Mark Donegan, CEO of Precision Castparts, at the Precision Castparts booth in exhibit hall during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, April 30, 2016. Ryan Henriksen | Reuters Warren Buffett will not intervene in a steelworkers strike at a company owned by his
Harry Styles reportedly met his girlfriend Olivia Wilde’s two children, Otis, seven, and Daisy, five, and it’s a sign that things are getting very serious for the couple. A source told The Sun that it’s actually the most serious relationship that Styles has ever been in. “This looked like quite a showbizzy thing at first,
The 2021-22 season has not been great for ABC. Its roster of shows continued to sag in the ratings, leaving many on the bubble for renewal or cancellation. TV Fanatic is examining the numbers and whether they spell doom for your favorite shows. Will your favorite shows make the cut for another season? Scroll down
One day a friend of mine went on an anti-Covid rant. We were out in public with a big group of people. He began shouting so everyone could hear. “The pandemic isn’t even real! The only people who have died from Covid were going to die anyway! So, they should just die.” I was dumbfounded.
Taken from the December 2021 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline “Joining the dots”. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. (Courtesy: NASA) John Gribbin must like counting. Following on from his books Six Impossible Things (2019) and Seven Pillars of
If the millennial and Gen Z investing generations’ biggest, boldest bull market calls are best represented by the star turn of ARK Funds’ Cathie Wood, her funds’ struggles in 2021 are a microcosm of where risk-on investing runs into the reality of a market that, at least in the short-term, can’t always go gangbusters —
Wednesday AM Update: Tuesday box office figures To all the cynics out there who believe that the pandemic and streaming have annihilated theatrical moviegoing, well, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home just beat the final $515.2M domestic total of 2019’s Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker with $516.4M. Worldwide with $1.16 billion, Spider-Man: No Way Home is officially Sony’s
SEOUL, South Korea — Japan’s recently elected prime minister set an end-of-the-decade goal for sending Japanese astronauts to the moon as part of the U.S.-led Artemis program. “We will promote the Artemis project to perform manned activities on the moon, and in the late 2020s, we will try to realize the lunar landing of Japanese