(Bloomberg) — Oil edged lower in thin pre-holiday trading as the dollar strengthened and Russia’s Druzhba pipeline resumed flows. Most Read from Bloomberg West Texas Intermediate slid 0.3% to settle near $69 a barrel while Brent settled below $73. Both benchmarks pared losses after the close and were trading little changed. Belarus and Hungary are … Read more
Strategists at Evercore ISI believe Nike’s stock is set for a rebound in 2025, after falling nearly 28% in 2024. – Getty Images Happy New Year from MarketWatch! As we near the end of 2024, we see a typical slew of articles on tax-loss harvesting — the practice of selling losing stock positions before the … Read more
In a bombshell lawsuit filed on Dec. 20, Blake Lively accused Justin Baldoni, her co-star and the director of It Ends With Us, of sexual harassment, fostering a toxic workplace environment and orchestrating a smear campaign to tarnish her public image. The legal filing comes after months of escalating tension between the two stars. Baldoni’s … Read more
EDMONTON — Nobody saw that coming. Latvia defeated Canada at the World Junior Championship yesterday in a stunning turn of events. Canada didn’t get blown out of the water, but the team they lost to makes it feel like they were. Matthew Schaefer had been injured after playing just 2:08. In his stead, Edmonton Oilers … Read more
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Monday it was considering major changes to its annual bank “stress tests” in light of recent legal developments, including allowing lenders to provide comment on the models it uses, in a major victory for Wall Street banks. The Fed said it may also allow … Read more
Though Willem Dafoe has starred in dozens of movies, acting in Nosferatu offered him the chance to try something he’s never done before — film with thousands of rats. “That was very special,” he told Yahoo Entertainment about sharing the screen with 2,000 trained rodents. “My only anxiety was, I love animals! I was worried … Read more
Team Canada was defeated by Team Latvia in the World Juniors which was one of the all-time biggest upsets in hockey history. If you are American, you love to see it. But a major upset isn’t absent from the Chicago Blackhawks’ history. This specific instance when the Blackhawks should’ve not only won, but dominated a … Read more
What Would Warren Do? – Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Six blue-chip stocks aggressively backed by Warren Buffett are on sale on Wall Street as the year draws to a close, mainly due to broad economic factors and stock market fashion. That makes them worth a look, even for lower-risk investors whose retirement accounts are mostly invested … Read more
Though A Complete Unknown is about Bob Dylan, the film also dives deep into the life of Pete Seeger. The folk singer was instrumental in discovering and mentoring Dylan, and the film follows how Dylan ultimately grows restless with the genre over the course of the 1960s. Despite their diverging paths, Seeger is still there, … Read more
Novak Djokovic has been speaking prior to the Brisbane International, where the former world No 1 will partner Nick Kyrgios in the doubles – Getty Images/Patrick Hamilton Novak Djokovic has hit out at perceived double standards in tennis doping investigations as he claimed the sport is being “kept in the dark” over the Jannik Sinner … Read more