Global bond yields cratered in the wake of U.S. Donald Trump’s tariff announcement last Wednesday, as investors hunt for any safe havens amid the stock market sell-off — but economists warn the rally may not be sustainable if inflation concerns weigh. The yield on Germany’s 10-year bund — the benchmark for the euro area —…
Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell expects to be out for two weeks while he recovers from shoulder inflammation. Snell, who agreed to a $182 million, five-year contract with Los Angeles in November, said the shoulder issue has been lingering for three weeks. The two-time Cy Young Award winner had an MRI that came back…
Donald Trump has threatened to impose an additional 50% tariff on imports from China on Wednesday unless the country rescinds its retaliatory tariffs on the United States by Tuesday. The news comes on the third day of catastrophic market falls around the globe since Trump announced his trade war last Wednesday with tariffs on the…
(L-R) Apple CEO Tim Cook, Vivek Ramaswamy and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th U.S. President in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images While the stock market broadly fared better…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Monday that although he believes an economic recession is on the horizon, investors should stay the course rather than panic and sell. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs continued to roil stocks on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting a record-high intraday swing of 2,595 points before closing down…
The NFL Draft is almost here. We’re less than three weeks out from the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, and every team still holds its Day 1 pick. As draft day nears, Nick Wright is getting ready for the big event. He unveiled his first mock draft in Monday’s episode of “First Things…
Shares in the US stemmed their losses on Monday, as investors clung to hopes that US President Donald Trump would turn from tariffs to trade deals. The S&P 500, which tracks 500 of the biggest companies in the US, ended the day down about 0.2%, after a wild day of trading that saw shares gyrating…
The Stella prize, Australia’s award for women and non-binary authors, has made history this year with a shortlist featuring only works by women of colour, for the first time since the award was established in 2013. Announced on Tuesday morning, this year’s shortlist includes Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist Amy McQuire’s essay collection, Black…
The Carolina Panthers announced on Monday that they signed a tight end prospect — not exactly earth-shattering news. What makes it interesting? He’s a former Division I basketball player who has never played football. Colin Granger, who stands at 6-foot-9 and most recently played as a forward for Coastal Carolina, is “making the transition to…
The US and Iran are holding “direct talks” over a possible nuclear deal on Saturday, Donald Trump has said. Discussions between Washington and Tehran will be at a “very high level”, the US president said on Monday, before warning it would be a “very bad day for Iran” if no agreement was reached. Last month,…
