Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. A lot of leaders are big-picture people who don’t sweat the details. Donald Trump takes the approach to the extreme: He hates details. He has never sweated a detail for a fraction of an…
Key Takeaways U.S. equities were mostly lower at midday as tech shares once again weighed on the overall market. Target named a new CEO and reported lower revenue. JPMorgan upgraded Hormel Foods on expected demand for the company’s protein products and those with fewer artificial ingredients. U.S. equities were mostly in the red at midday,…
Despite a barrage of new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration this year on dozens of U.S. trade partners, the prices of goods and services across the U.S. have defied many economists’ expectations and remained relatively stable. Economists caution that just because tariffs have yet to trigger a renewed bout of inflation, there is no…
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C. – A 95-year-old South Carolina woman is still running her own boutique and doesn’t plan to slow down any time soon. Mae Buzhardt is the woman behind the counter and has been running Mae’s of Batesburg-Leesville for over 60 years. Now, Buzhardt can wear whatever she wants, but she remembers a time when…
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Wednesday for his second-ever visit as China’s leader to mark the 60th anniversary of Tibet’s founding as an autonomous region. Six years after the 14th Dalai Lama fled into exile in India following a failed uprising, China’s ruling Communist Party established the Tibet…
Hundreds of employees at a Target distribution hub in Chicago have been fired, news outlets report, after allegedly exploiting a glitch in the company’s health care loan program — costing the retailer more than $1 million. According to Block Club Chicago, the flaw allowed workers to borrow $3,000 and erase the balance after repaying just…
By Hoang Vu  August 18, 2025 | 06:45 pm PT The main dining room of Michelin-starred Alma by Juan Amador in Singapore. Photo courtesy of Alma by Juan Amador Eight one-Michelin-starred restaurants in Singapore closed last year while two more suspended operations this year, reflecting the challenges of rising costs and reduced travel spending….
Exclusive gathering to bring together leading investors, innovators and media for discussions on the current state and future of digital assets NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alpha Edge Media, Inc., the online-first financial media subsidiary of Aether Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHR), will host the Alpha Edge Summit Hong Kong 2025 on August…
After months of lead-up — and years of planning, strategic acquisitions and seismic changes to a consumer foundation it is built on — ESPN will launch its new direct-to-consumer streaming service Thursday, along with a reconfigured app to get customers to live sports and programming they have paid for. The network going direct-to-consumer reflects a…
Between Hailey Bieber‘s belated Pucci girl summer and Dua Lipa’s third Jacquemus-clad yacht birthday party, it might not look like celebrity street style is setting fall 2025 fashion trends quite yet. But as Marie Claire‘s senior fashion news editor, I know better. Celebrities are actually getting a head-start on their fall outfit planning with help…