President Donald Trump last week ordered a “complete blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela — a giant escalation in his pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The idea appears to be to cripple the country’s economy dependent on oil exports, although no official sanctions have been imposed. Over the weekend, … Read more
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue by linking to the content below. Amid October’s government shutdown headlines, the IRS made a significant announcement without much fanfare: new tax brackets that will affect every taxpayer in the country (1). The changes to brackets are not new. These are adjusted … Read more
For more than a month, a Virginia high school football coach charged with felony child pornography charges has been missing after disappearing from his home without a trace. His sudden flight and subsequent disappearance left behind a stunned community – including his wife, children and the team he once led – and a host of … Read more
President Donald Trump is losing what author Michael Wolff calls “reflex control,” and no one in his inner circle is willing to give an honest assessment of his capabilities. This, Wolff argues, is causing the president to become increasingly uninhibited in his public statements. Discussing the president’s remarks this week about everything from the tragic … Read more
You lack an expansive personality. You are never on dates. You would be an absolutely terrible salesman. You hate public speaking. We have 10 jobs for you. Resume Genius, the website for job seekers, has created a list of 10 high-paying jobs for introverts. “None of these jobs are really lonely, but they are all … Read more
Broadcom benefits from artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure demand due to its strong market position in networking solutions and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). MercadoLibre operates the largest commerce and fintech ecosystem in Latin America, and the company is making smart investments in its logistics and credit businesses, which should strengthen its dominance. 10 Stocks We Like … Read more
Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images Palantir (PLTR) trades at 552 times trailing earnings and 175 times forward earnings. Bank of America has set a price target of $255. Michael Burry bought $9.2 million in Palantir put options at a $50 strike price expiring in 2027. Palantir maintains a free cash flow margin of 50%, with … Read more
Two NATO nations’ intelligence services suspect Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation with destructive clouds of shrapnel in orbit, with the aim of curbing Western space superiority that has aided Ukraine on the battlefield. Intelligence findings seen by The Associated Press say the so-called “area effect” weapon would … Read more
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — The teasing was relentless. AI-generated nude images of a 13-year-old girl and her friends circulated on social media and became the talk of a middle school in Louisiana. The girls begged for help, first from a school guidance counselor and then from a sheriff’s deputy assigned to their school. But the … Read more
NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) — When Dickson Ngome first rented his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley in 2008, it was more than 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the shore. The farm was on 1.5 acres (0.6 hectares) of fertile land where he grew vegetables to sell in local markets. At the time, the … Read more