Maybe it’s time to rename Lake Superior. Lake Erie, the smallest of the Great Lakes, was named by USA TODAY’s 10Best as the top lake in the United States. In a reader vote, Lake Erie topped Geneva Lake in Wisconsin as the top body of water surrounded by land. Lake Erie borders Ohio, New York […]
Dow Jones futures dropped, as did the other major stock indexes Thursday, as Wall Street reacted to the Labor Department’s GDP report and weekly unemployment claims. One of the losers on the stock market today was memory-chip maker Micron Technology (MU), plunging a day after it reported earnings. ↑ X NOW PLAYING Nasdaq Edges Higher, […]
“We can plunge Lebanon completely into the dark and take apart Hezbollah’s power in days,” former Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz declared Tuesday at a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel. It was just the latest threat from a prominent Israeli public figure against Lebanon and Hezbollah as tensions flare. It won’t be difficult for Israel to plunge Lebanon […]
Big news in the electric vehicle (EV) sector led to gains in several names today. Electric heavy truck maker Nikola (NASDAQ: NKLA) was one of them. Shares jumped as much as 16% in early Wednesday trading. The stock lost most of those gains, but still traded higher by 3.4% on the day as of 3:30 […]
Joao Cancelo and Portugal play Georgia this afternoon in the Euro 2024 tournament. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) The UEFA Euro 2024 tournament is now in full swing. This Wednesday, Europe’s prestigious international soccer tournament continues with a match between Georgia and Portugal at 3 p.m. ET. The Euro 2024 tournament will consist of 51 games played […]
It can be interesting to play what-if games with the stock market. We all probably know that the answer to “What if I’d bought $10,000 of stock in Apple 10 years ago?” will be a huge sum. Indeed, you’d have more than about $95,000 — and more than around $100,000 had you reinvested dividends. With […]
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The last of a series of hurricane-hunting satellites is getting its most powerful ride ever to space today aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The rocket that is essentially three Falcon 9’s strapped together is set to lift off from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A at 5:16 p.m. at the opening of a […]
Shares of housing-related stocks Pool Corp. (NASDAQ: POOL), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), and Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) were falling in Tuesday’s trading, down 6.9%, 4.1%, and 4.6%, respectively, as of 1:12 p.m. ET. When housing-related names all fall in tandem, it’s likely a sign of something going awry with either one major name, or more generally […]
John Stones and England play Slovenia this afternoon in the Euro 2024. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images) The UEFA Euro 2024 tournament is now in full swing. This Tuesday, Europe’s prestigious international soccer tournament continues with a match between Slovenia and England at 3 p.m. ET. The Euro 2024 tournament will consist of 51 games played across […]
Dow Jones futures edged lower early Tuesday, while those of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose modestly. On the mend was Nvidia (NVDA), which rebounded along with other artificial intelligence plays such as Broadcom (AVGO), Micron Technology (MU) and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) on the stock market today. ↑ X NOW PLAYING Injured Players Don’t Stop […]
Here’s How Much Profit Donald Trump Would Make If He Sold His TRUMP Memecoin Today Donald Trump, Republican candidate and former President, finds himself at the center of another lucrative intrigue — not real estate or business, but the crypto world. His charismatic virality makes him a leading figure in PoliFi meme coins. With over […]
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) once was most associated with its work with governments, helping them better harness the power of their data. But in recent times, this software-as-a-service (SaaS) player has become a key partner of companies as well. That and Palantir’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to boost its capabilities have helped earnings take […]