Ulsan city skyline from the Hamwolru Pavilion. People can enjoy beautiful cityscape for free. Ulsan, South Korea.Insung Jeon | Moment | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets traded mixed Monday , after the U.S.-Russia summit concluded without a ceasefire.Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark rose 0.62%, while the broader Topix index added 0.42%.In South Korea, the Kospi index fell 1.06%, while the small-cap Kosdaq was down 1.44%.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 started the day flat.Futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index stood at 25,214, pointing to a stronger open compared with the HSI’s last close of 25,270.07.U.S. equity futures ticked up in early Asia hours on hopes for rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve,…
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 12, 2025. Brendan McDermid | ReutersStock futures traded nearly unchanged Sunday evening after hopes for lower interest rates fueled a winning week on Wall Street.Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose about 13 points. S&P 500 futures and the Nasdaq 100 futures were both flat.Sunday night’s action comes after the three major averages notched their second straight positive week. The Dow climbed 1.7%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose 0.9% and 0.8%, respectively. It was also the fourth week of gains…
Private-equity group Advent International said on Sunday it has agreed to take over Switzerland’s U-Blox in a cash offer worth some 1.05 billion Swiss francs ($1.30 billion).Advent said its public tender offer for U-Blox’s shares would be carried out by its indirect subsidiary ZI Zenith.The 135 Swiss francs per share offer represents a 53% premium to the undisturbed volume-weighted average share price of the last six months, Advent said in a statement with U-Blox.The tender offer is subject to terms and conditions, and regulatory approvals customary for such transactions, and is expected to be settled within the next six months,…
Seri Thompson has been on the job market for eight months. In that time, she’s applied to over 180 jobs.Some of them are related to her new communications degree, like for social media or marketing jobs. Lately she’s also applied to jobs unrelated to her field, like assistant or retail positions.In the meantime, she has a part-time internship with a local San Diego bakery and keeps a steady rotation of babysitting, pet-sitting, house-sitting and other odd jobs to pay her bills.Thompson, 22, graduated from college in December 2024 and is pragmatic about her job search, but still finds it frustratingly…
Much of Rafael Perales’ daily life revolves around his 11-year-old daughter’s education. Considering that the pre-teen is already a college graduate, that’s very much by design.In May, his daughter Alisa earned two associate degrees — in mathematics and general science — from Crafton Hills College, a public community college in Yucaipa, California, where she matriculated as an 8-year-old. She’s set to start at the University of California, Riverside this fall, studying for a bachelor’s degree in computer science so she can eventually work in the tech industry, she says.Rafael, 51, left his full-time career as a trial attorney in San…
A drone view shows people protesting after families of hostages called for a nationwide strike to demand the return of all hostages and an end to the war in Gaza, in the area of the so-called Hostages Square, in Tel Aviv, Israel on Aug. 17, 2025.Aviv Atlas | ReutersIsraeli police blasted crowds with water cannons and made dozens of arrests on Sunday as thousands of protesters demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza aimed to shut down the country with a one-day strike that blocked roads and closed businesses.Groups representing families of hostages organized the demonstrations as frustration grows…
One of the most common myths about long-term relationships is that couples eventually run out of things to say. It’s easy to believe: Life gets busy, routines take over and conversations become more about logistics than connection.As a psychologist who studies couples, and based on my own experience being happily married, I know how tricky communication can become if you’re convinced there’s nothing left to say. But couples in healthy relationships make a habit of talking about things that matter, every single day.Their conversations stay fresh, connected and meaningful because they never stop learning about each other. Here are five…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Brussels, Belgium, where he will participate in a meeting of European leaders, on Aug. 17, 2025.Bart Biesemans | ReutersEuropean leaders will join Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet Donald Trump in Washington, they said on Sunday, seeking to shore up Zelenskyy’s position as the U.S. president presses Ukraine to accept a quick peace deal to end Europe’s deadliest war in 80 years.Trump is leaning on Zelenskyy to strike an agreement after he met Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin in Alaska and emerged more aligned with Moscow on seeking…
Even as Amazon expands further into same-day grocery delivery, analysts still see room for DoorDash and Instacart to compete. Amazon announced Wednesday that it will expand its same-day delivery of perishable items like meat and dairy to more than 1,000 cities, with plans to reach at least 2,300 locations by year-end. The news put pressure on DoorDash and Instacart, which saw their stocks tumble 4% and 14%, respectively, over the past week. Shares of Walmart, which also provides same-day grocery delivery, lost more than 3% over the same period. But Bernstein analyst Zhihan Ma said the sell-off for Instacart and…
A softer-than-expected July inflation report has improved investor sentiment and revived hopes for a rate cut. Traders await more economic data to gain further insights about the state of the U.S. economy.Looking beyond macro uncertainties and tariff pressures, it is always a good idea for investors to search for stocks that have strong long-term growth potential and enhance their portfolio returns. To this end, recommendations from top Wall Street analysts can help pick attractive stocks, as these experts perform an in-depth analysis of a company’s financials and growth prospects.Here are three stocks favored by the Street’s top pros, according to TipRanks, a…
