At a time when some events are banning phones to ensure the audience is properly engaged in the experience, the perceived success of the new Champions League format was instead captured by the image of Aston Villa and Club Brugge players huddled around various devices anxiously checking the scores in Barcelona and Zagreb to see if they’d made the top eight and play-offs respectively.Wednesday’s scenes at Villa Park and the Etihad Stadium had a palpable charm to them. Here was a modern twist on transistor radios being held to one ear, game-states being passed by word of mouth followed by…
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Sick and wounded people left Gaza for Egypt through the Rafah border crossing on Saturday for the first time in nine months under a key provision of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas.But officials in the Gaza Health Ministry said that only 50 of the thousands of ill and injured people in need of treatment abroad would be able to cross on Saturday.Al Qahera News, an Egyptian state-owned TV channel, live-streamed ambulances arriving at Egypt’s side of the crossing, carrying some of the ill and injured.The crossing had been closed after Israel invaded Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza,…
Klaus Vedfelt | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesLooking for travel inspiration for 2025 and beyond?Look no further: CNBC asked 10 travel agents for their recommendations of the most underhyped destinations in the world. We compiled their written answers below, including can’t-miss activities for each locale and the best times of year to visit.You’ll also find average round-trip airfare from U.S. airports. The data, provided by travel app Hopper, is based on average fares that were available to book from Jan. 15 to Jan. 22. Prices are for May-July 2025, when most Americans plan to take their longer vacations, Hopper said.Travelers should…
Electing a pro-cryptocurrency president was more than most investors ever thought possible. Almost three months after the election, however, the initial euphoria is fading and turning to alarm for those who worry that President Trump’s own moves into crypto could be sowing the seeds of the next crypto winter. Just last month, Trump dropped the “only official Trump meme coin.” According to Chainalysis, nearly half of those who bought the token – or the Melania meme coin released the next day – were likely new investors who created their first crypto wallets the same day. But as much as investors…
We’ve all dealt with emotionally immature people: They get defensive at the slightest criticism, they constantly deflect blame, and then they try to guilt you into feeling sorry for them.Emotional immaturity is a growing problem, and whether it’s in your personal or professional life, communicating with them can be a real struggle.As experts on the psychology of communication, we know that if you’re not careful, you can also easily run the risk of seeming emotionally immature to others. Why? A lot of us automatically use certain emotionally immature phrases without even thinking about it.Here’s a list of the most common…
President Trump is planning to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Saturday, and 10% tariffs on China, making a signature campaign promise and core economic philosophy of his administration reality, with implications for everything from oil to autos to the U.S consumer. But for many companies across the economy, the preparations for a new tariffs war began long ago — well before Trump won the 2024 election.From large companies in consumer sectors like Walmart, Columbia Sportswear and Lenovo, to a wide range of critical goods for infrastructure projects, importers moved quickly throughout 2024 to get as much product…
Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Getty ImagesCompany: Soho House & Co Inc (SHCO)Business: Soho House provides a global membership platform of physical and digital spaces that connects diverse groups of members from across the world. The members use the platform to work, socialize, connect and create all over the world. The company’s segments include United Kingdom, North America and Europe, and the rest of the world. Soho House’s global portfolio consists of approximately 42 Soho Houses, nine Soho Works, Scorpios Beach Club in Mykonos, Soho Home (its interiors and lifestyle retail brand) and its digital channels.Stock Market Value: ~$1.53B…
How has the market managed to hold its ground near record highs against a jarring breakdown in the bull market’s bell cow Nvidia , a jumpy bond market, some uninspiring results from Apple and Microsoft and on-and-off-and-on tariff threats against the America’s largest trading partners? By relying on the two most powerful forces blowing through Wall Street: the tenacious bid for stocks among retail investors and an immaculate rotation among sectors that insulates the tape against more violent moves. Whether Friday’s sharp intraday wobble on some tariff headlines was a sign that these salutary factors are losing their hold on…
When Dennis Nixon started working at a regional bank in Laredo, Texas, in 1975, there was just a trickle of trade across the border with Mexico. Now, nearly a billion dollars of commerce and more than 15,000 trucks roll over the line every day just a quarter mile from his office, binding the economies of the United States and Mexico together.Laredo is America’s busiest port, and a conduit for car parts, gasoline, avocados and computers. “You cannot pick it apart anymore,” Mr. Nixon said of the U.S. and Mexican economies. Thirty years of economic integration under a free trade deal…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella commented on its “real innovations.” OpenAI’s Sam Altman described it as “clearly a great model.” Apple CEO Tim Cook said “innovation that drives efficiency is a good thing.” And Palantir’s Alex Karp said it shows the importance of “an all-country effort.”The tech CEOs were all talking about China’s DeepSeek, which burst out of obscurity and into the center of the tech universe this week. In the past few days, those execs and many of their peers have addressed questions about the startup lab’s new artificial intelligence model, which has stunned experts and was reportedly much more…
