Business
Wall Street opens lower on anxiety over Alphabet’s capex plans
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Feb 5) as investors fretted over Alphabet’s spending plans and Qualcomm’s downbeat…
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Business
Holiday shoppers spent a record amount online, searching out deals amid economic anxiety
Consumers splurged this last holiday season, enticed by good deals even as they worried about growth and inflation. Online shoppers spent…
Politics
Trump Dismisses Economic Anxiety at His Own Peril
As Oscar Wilde might have said, to lose one presidency over economic angst may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like…
Business
'Artists should have a choice.' WME opts clients out of Sora update as AI anxiety deepens
As anxieties among Hollywood talent increase surrounding artificial intelligence, Beverly Hills talent agency WME is drawing a line on…
Culture
Fake actor deepens anxiety over AI in Hollywood
Scary. Terrifying. Deeply misguided. Those were among the visceral reactions this week from Emily Blunt, Whoopi Goldberg, Natasha Lyonne…
News
Coming of Age in Panic Mode
The books of Michael Clune, or at least the ones written for a nonacademic audience, have focussed on very particular chapters of his…
Politics
Trump’s Team Should Shake Off Biden-Era Anxiety About Russian Nukes
The Biden administration was too receptive to Moscow’s nuclear hostage-taking tactics. Trump should strike a more stolid posture. Source…
Politics
Trump’s Threat of ‘Foreign’ Film Tariffs Stirs Anxiety in the U.K.
President Trump’s desire to “make Hollywood great again” by wielding his preferred economic weapon — tariffs — has sent a shiver through…
Business
Hong Kong stocks drop on trade war anxiety, China inches higher
Hong Kong shares fell on Wednesday (Apr 16), dragged by technology stocks, after the US restricted Nvidia chip sales to China, raising…
Politics
Bruised dollar languishes near three-year lows on tariff anxiety
The dollar drifted lower on Monday (Apr 14), while the Japanese yen and the euro progressed higher as investor confidence in the world’s…
Business
Stocks Fall as Inflation Anxiety Dampens Mood on Wall Street
Concerns about inflation and weak consumer sentiment dragged down the stock market on Friday, as Wall Street keeps struggling to assess…
Lifestyle
American Travel Anxiety Grows for Those Headed Abroad
As Franck Verhaeghe and two friends planned a March trip to Mexico City, they plotted out not only where they would stay and which museums…
Politics
Trump’s Rage at Canada Gets Darker as GOPers Admit to Rising “Anxiety”
After President Donald Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on most goods from Canada and Mexico and 10 percent tariffs on China, he…
Politics
Trump’s Tariff Threat Stokes Anxiety in Canada’s Auto-Industry Hub
Since 1988, the hulking presses at Lanex Manufacturing on the edge of Windsor, Ontario, have been stamping out door strikers, folding-seat…
News
Election anxiety curbs Olympic enthusiasm among Parisians ahead of the Summer Games
PARIS (AP) — Just three weeks before the Olympics, the excitement that was building up in the host city is now mingled with anxiety about…