I know you’re overcomplicating things, because everybody does. Including me, the nerd who studies this stuff for a living. I shared a quick story the other day on Threads (and Instagram): A few thousand people resonated, and I couldn’t help but chuckle at the replies. Magdalena jokingly said it best: When life asks me to…
Getty Images Not long after buying and publicly consuming a $6.2m banana as part of an artworld stunt, Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun made another eye-catching purchase, investing $30m ($23.5m) into a cryptocurrency firm called World Liberty Financial. The company had foundered since its October launch, investors seemingly leery of its prospects and its terms….
The intricate relationship between Harrison Ford‘s Indiana Jones and Karen Allen‘s Marion Ravenwood became a central thread in the long-running movie franchise about the intrepid teacher-turned-adventurer. However, even though Allen made an unexpected appearance in 2023’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, seemingly completing the love story of Indy and Marion on a high…
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A valley business owner is left with thousands of dollars worth of damages after a vandal was caught on camera targeting his business. “I have no idea what motivates this individual to vandalize a pet store,” said Freddy Caseres, owner of Freddy’s Reptiles. Caseres shared a surveillance video taken on the…
In the main mvent rematch, WBO World Interim Super Featherweather champion Oscar Valdez was knocked out by defending against former WBO World Super Featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete in the sixth round on Saturday night in their rematch at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. In the co-feature, WBO World Featherweight champion Rafael ‘El Divino’ Espinoza…
Getty Images People’s Action protested against UnitedHealth Group this summer The “brazen and targeted” killing of health insurance executive Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, outside a New York hotel this week shocked America. The reaction to the crime also exposed a simmering rage against a trillion-dollar industry. “Prior authorisation” does not seem like a phrase…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Allianz has paused talks with Amundi and its majority shareholder Crédit Agricole over plans to combine its €560bn investment management arm with its larger French rival, according to people familiar with the situation. The two…
Kevin Winter/Getty Images The 2025 Golden Globes will kick off awards season in style. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association honors both achievements in movies and on television. The night allows all of our favorite TV and movie stars to brush elbows while honoring the best performances of the year. In 2024, Oppenheimer was the big…
Last week, I flew to Massachusetts to visit my 94-year grandmother in the hospital. Let me tell you about this amazing woman. Barbara, Auntie B, or Gramma to us grandkids, was born in 1930 to first-generation Newfoundlanders. (No wonder I love the music of Alan Doyle (and Great Big Sea), it’s in my DNA!) Gramma…
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) continues to shatter records in 2024 after a brutal crypto winter that began two years earlier. The world’s largest cryptocurrency reached beyond $100,000 for the very first time on Dec. 4 and continued in the plus-$100,000 range until the next day. Since then, bitcoin’s price has backed off somewhat. Bitcoin’s price, now up…
