Explore the secrets behind successful ads, immerse yourself in a technology-driven retrospective exhibition on Arthur Ashe, blend music and drama in a play at a record store and an opera on local spies, and have “Dinner with Friends.” In Boomer’s top five picks – What’s Booming RVA: Super Bowl Ads and Arthur Ashe. “Arthur Ashe: … Read more
Elizabeth Warren (L) and Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) Getty Image | Reuters Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will ask the Senate on Thursday to condemn and call for the reversal of the sale of 500,000 advanced artificial intelligence chips to the United Arab Emirates. Warren’s resolution, shared exclusively with CNBC, comes after a … Read more
A handwritten letter to her pen pal Megan Lewis from April 1995 – Courtesy of Suzanne Pugh It wasn’t quite a reunion; since the women knew each other well. Their relationship, so far as they understood it, was that important one between an OB/GYN and their patient carrying a child. Little did Megan Lewis and … Read more
An Amazon Go store in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Layoff plans hit their highest January total since the global financial crisis while hiring intentions reached their lowest since the same period, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported Thursday. U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs … Read more
Bitcoin sank below $67,000 on Thursday as investor confidence continued to falter in the asset once hailed as “digital gold” and a unique store of value. Digital assets, including bitcoin, have fallen deeper into the red as investors re-assess the practical utility of a token that has been championed not only as a hedge against … Read more
Schatborn, Peter. “Young Lion Resting” (2017). In The Leiden Collection Catalogue, 4th ed. via Sotheby’s Yesterday, Sotheby’s oversaw the record $18 million sale of a drawing by Rembrandt: one of 6 drafts he made of lions, and the only one to have resided in private hands. Those hands belong to Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan and … Read more
This photograph shows a partial view of a Volvo X30 electric car with the company logo at the Volvo factory in Ghent on April 25, 2025. This factory will produce the Volvo X30 100% electric model for the European market. Nicolas Tucat | Afp | Getty Images Shares of Sweden’s Volvo Cars tumbled more than … Read more
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 05: Brad Karp attends the Paley Museum’s 50th anniversary celebration at the Paley Museum on November 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images) John Lamparski | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Brad Karp, chairman of the major corporate law firm Paul Weiss, resigned that … Read more
Peter Mandelson Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed regret on Wednesday for appointing Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to Washington, saying the Labour veteran had created a “litany of deceit” about his ties to U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer ceded to pressure from the opposition Conservative Party to release … Read more
The Shell petrol station is at 106 Old Brompton Road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom, on December 25, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images British oil major Shell on Thursday reported its weakest quarterly profit in nearly five years, amid a weaker crude price environment and unfavorable … Read more