Chevrolet Silverado trucks at a Chevrolet dealership in Vallejo, California, US, on Monday, March 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s steep new tariffs on imported cars will likely jack up prices for U.S. buyers of both foreign and locally made vehicles, according to Wall Street analysts.Trump on Wednesday said he will slap 25% tariffs on imported passenger vehicles and light trucks, as well as on key auto parts including engines, transmissions and powertrain components.Prices that consumers pay on the lot could increase by $4,000 to $15,000 per vehicle, depending on how much of the car is imported,…
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On Jan. 9, Ubisoft said it was postponing the launch of “Assassin’s Creed Shadows” and had appointed advisors to review strategic options.Ina Fassbender | AFP via Getty ImagesUbisoft on Thursday announced that it’s creating a new gaming subsidiary with Chinese technology giant Tencent investing 1.16 billion euros ($1.25 billion) into the unit.The subsidiary will focus on Ubisoft’s best-known games brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, according to the company.It will “focus on building game ecosystems designed to become truly evergreen and multi-platform,” Ubisoft said in a press release Thursday.”Backed by greater investment and boosted creative…
Years before it became obvious that Alex Ovechkin was going to smash the NHL’s all-time goals record, he had an unbroken five-season run leading the league in power-play goals.The 101 pucks he pumped home with the man advantage over that stretch, from 2012-13 to 2016-17, prompted opponents to significantly adjust how they gameplanned around him. And how the Washington Capitals superstar adjusted back offers a pretty good window into why he now finds himself knocking at history’s door.“His game, it really changed within that period because teams started on the penalty kill just standing a guy by him,” former Capitals…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacts as he delivers a press conference at the headquarters of French national public television broadcaster “France Televisions” in Paris, on March 27, 2025. Julien De Rosa | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday Russian artillery had damaged Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the front-line city of Kherson, two days after the U.S. announced that each side had agreed to a truce on energy strikes.”Two days ago, there was a night when there were no strikes on the energy sector, today energy infrastructure in the city of Kherson was damaged by Russian artillery,” Zelenskiy said…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Auto stocks — Major automobile manufacturers slipped following President Donald Trump’s plans to impose a 25% tariff on “all cars that are not made in the United States,” effective April 2. Shares of General Motors , Ford Motor and Stellantis respectively fell 6%, 2% and 1%. GameStop — The meme stock tumbled more than 17% Thursday, following an almost 12% rally the previous session. The reversal came after the video game chain announced plans to raise $1.3 billion through the sale of convertible senior notes due in 2030 to buy bitcoin.…
Thursday’s sell-off in auto stocks may look tempting to investors who are used to buying the dip. However, Josh Brown warns the worst isn’t over for the sector — and to avoid exposure. Major carmakers declined Thursday after President Donald Trump announced his plans to impose a 25% tariff on “all cars that are not made in the United States,” effective April 2. General Motors dropped around 6%, while Ford and Stellantis pulled back 2% and 1% each. Within the 14 publicly traded companies in the auto manufacturer industry trading on the NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange, five…
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is betting that by rolling out a large enough portfolio of digital investment products, more consumers will be willing to pay a monthly subscription for its product suite.Subscribers to Robinhood Gold pay $5 a month or $50 a year for perks like 4% interest on uninvested cash, access to professional research, and no interest on the first $1,000 of margin borrowed.Now the company is adding wealth management features called Robinhood Strategies, which offers curated access to exchange-traded fund portfolios and mixes of handpicked stocks. The service, available to Gold Subscribers, carries a 0.25% annual management fee,…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — This fall will mark the 10-year anniversary of the Carolina Panthers’ second Super Bowl season, a magical run that featured a 14-0 start, rollicking sideline celebrations and an MVP award for Cam Newton, who was in the middle of everything.The team has yet to announce plans for how or if it intends to honor the 2015 team and its players. Presumably there will be a reunion at a home game to give fans a chance to cheer for former coach Ron Rivera and star players like Luke Kuechly, Thomas Davis, Greg Olsen, Jonathan Stewart and Ryan Kalil…
Tom Moore got the call just before Christmas in 2021. The head of the University of Durham’s Archaeology department, Mr. Moore was well-known in history circles in Yorkshire, in northeast England. It was why he had received the urgent message, from a man who claimed to have stumbled on something big.“I think it’s Iron Age,” said the caller, Peter Heads, an amateur metal detectorist. And then, no one said a word. Now, after more than three years of painstaking excavation, conducted in near-total secrecy, Mr. Moore and his colleagues say that it could be one of the most significant archaeological…
Options skew refers to the difference in implied volatility (IV) across various strike prices or expiration dates for options on the same underlying asset. It reflects the market’s perception of risk and the demand for specific options, often indicating how traders anticipate potential price movements. Typically, skew arises because out-of-the-money (OTM) options — puts or calls — can exhibit higher or lower implied volatility than at-the-money (ATM) options, depending on market conditions and sentiment. When the implied volatility for out-of-the-money (OTM) calls exceeds that of OTM puts, it is referred to as “positive skew” or “call skew.” This signifies that…
