US stocks rose on Thursday as the AI trade continued to power a push for fresh records amid new buzz around OpenAI (OPAI.PVT). Meanwhile, investors kept an eye on developments in Washington, weighing the chances of a lengthy US government shutdown. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) rose 0.4%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) gained 0.1%. The…
This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. It’s a fast-moving runway season with new designers at Chanel and Dior, among other houses, and in Milan last week, Miuccia Prada and her co–creative director, Raf Simons, seized the moment to be more contrarian…
As Washington and its allies continue to slap sanctions related to Xinjiang on Chinese companies, citing allegations of human rights violations, a group of scholars is trying to challenge some of those claims, digging into their years of field research and networks of contacts in the far western autonomous region. Yet in their efforts to…
KPMG’s latest Consumer Pulse survey of 3,000 UK consumers saw the number of people feeling that the economy is worsening increase from 51% to 62% in the last three months – up from 43% since 2025 began. The majority of consumers (58%) continue to feel financially secure, with no change since the last quarter. However,…
OpenAI currently has two apps in the App Store’s top 3, but it’s still behind Gemini, thanks to the sustained success of Google’s Nano Banana image model. Here’s why that matters. On September 30, OpenAI released Sora, a social app powered by a much-anticipated revamped version of its original generative video model. Despite being invite-only,…
The latest incarnation of Antonio di Salvo’s Germany U21 squad features some interesting changes from the September round of call-ups. The youngsters representing Germany at the highest youth level return to action after winning both of their fixtures last month. Di Salvo’s charges bested Albania 2-0 in a friendly and ensured that their 2027 UEFA…
Federal officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, a regulatory formality that quickly triggered pushback from anti-abortion groups and politicians aligned with the Trump administration. Drugmaker Evita Solutions announced on its website that the Food and Drug Administration signed off on its low-cost form of the pill, which is approved to…
ISTANBUL Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday that the world is entering a “polycentric era” where no single power can dictate rules, warning Europe against militarization, expressing conditional support for US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposals and placing responsibility for the continuation of the Ukraine war on Western states. “Discussions at the Valdai forum provide…
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — South Florida Jews are rallying together in the face of hate on their holiest day of the year. Congregants at Temple Judea, a synagogue in Coral Gables, said a deadly terrorist attack targeting Jews in Manchester, England on Yom Kippur will not stop them from practicing their faith openly. 3 p.m….
(These are the market notes on today’s action by Mike Santoli, CNBC’s Senior Markets Commentator. See today’s video update from Mike above.) -No news, no government services, no problem for the stock market. -The lack of scheduled economic data today and tomorrow keeps investors in the dark on the latest labor trends and factory orders,…