Seventh-graders sit together in the cafeteria during their lunch break at a public school in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 10, 2023. Wong Maye-E/AP hide caption toggle caption Wong Maye-E/AP When Republican lawmakers secured cuts to the United States’ largest food assistance program last year, Paige Shoemaker DeMio wasn’t worried about children going hungry just at…
On Wednesday, I suggested that the rest of the week should be calm. Maybe I jinxed the market in a bullish way. Stocks rallied broadly on Thursday. The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) rose 1.3% as of 1:29 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) climbed 1.1%, and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) added…
The rate of the yen against the US dollar displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.Com Co. in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The yen strengthened sharply Thursday, reaching a one-month high against the U.S. dollar as traders weighed the possibility of further Japanese…
Reform UK-led Kent County Council (KCC) is considering a legal challenge over the government’s massive shake-up of local government. The KCC leadership says a judicial review is in the offing following the Secretary of State Steve Reed’s announcement in July to adopt option 4b. Cllr Linden Kemkaran’s preferred 1b option would have seen a single…
In a sign of rising European east-west tension, Germany has accused Russia of staging an unsuccessful drone attack last month on Ukrainian planes parked at the airport in the eastern city of Leipzig. Make Your Inbox Smarter Sign up for these free email newsletters from U.S. News: Pick Newsletters Russia’s Foreign Ministry strongly denied the…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite have declined since Aug. 31, 2026. September has historically been a sluggish month for the stock market. While there are several theories for this uncanny phenomenon, the most common notion is that investors take time off during the summer months, leading to an overall decline in…
News world ‘Iran’s Islamic Republic Could Soon Fall’: Netanyahu As US Resumes Strikes Last Updated:September 03, 2026, 22:43 IST Netanyahu said he is convinced that the Iranian threat can be removed once and for all. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AFP file photo) As the West Asia war entered its sixth month, Israeli Prime Minister…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday responded to a recent media report suggesting Syria is pitching itself as an alternative transit corridor to the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing Iran war, calling the proposal “GREAT!”. The conflict between the US and Iran has stretched on for six months now. With the Strait of Hormuz…
Among asset management firms, Affiliated Managers Group (AMG +1.20%) is not one that immediately jumps to mind for most investors. Yet this manager of managers, which owns stakes in several different boutique investment management firms, has had the type of performance that should get it noticed by more investors. Image source: Getty Images. Up 62%…
After waiting for months and years for some real JPY strength, are we really seeing it, or is it temporary? The big move started yesterday when a Bank of Japan board member said that a 25 basis point rate increase is “not necessarily set in stone” and that back-to-back rate hikes are possible. In today’s…