AI could be causing ‘quiet time’ in labor market, top Trump economic aide Hassett says

AI could be causing ‘quiet time’ in labor market, top Trump economic aide Hassett says

Artificial intelligence could be increasing worker productivity so much that companies slow hiring, top Trump administration economic advisor Kevin Hassett said Monday. “I think that there have been mixed signals in the job market,” the National Economic Council director said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” adding that he has seen “really, really positive signals in the … Read more

Stolen 18th-Century Painting of St. Francis Returned to a Mexican Church

Stolen 18th-Century Painting of St. Francis Returned to a Mexican Church

– supplied to Art Net as a courtesy by Morton Subastas Auctioneers 7 years ago, a Mexican fine art auctioneer submitted their upcoming auction catalogue to a database of stolen art as part of a due diligence process that’s pretty standard in the industry. Analysts flipped through the pages of paintings and portraits, clearing each … Read more

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang surprised investors with a ‘half a trillion’ forecast. It’ll come up at earnings

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang surprised investors with a ‘half a trillion’ forecast. It’ll come up at earnings

Jensen Huang attends a reception for the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, at St James’ Palace in London, Brirain, Nov. 5, 2025. Yui Mok | Via Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed in October that his company has $500 billion in orders, in 2025 and 2026 combined, for its chips that are at the … Read more

S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures rise to start the week: Live updates

S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures rise to start the week: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on November 14, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Stock futures were mixed on Monday following a choppy week in which valuation fears, a rotation within the market and a recalibration of Federal Reserve rate cut expectations pressured … Read more

Shut Eye Without Shutting Off Lights and Devices Increases Risk of Heart Disease

Shut Eye Without Shutting Off Lights and Devices Increases Risk of Heart Disease

Andrew Petrischev – unsplash A street lamp outside your window, the orange charging light on a plug adapter next to your nightstand, a flash of your phone late at night indicating you’ve received an email—these artificial light sources would never occur in nature, and recent studies suggest they harm your brain. Higher levels of artificial … Read more

China slow-walks U.S. soybean purchases as stockpiles hit multi-year highs, undermining Trump’s trade deal claims

China slow-walks U.S. soybean purchases as stockpiles hit multi-year highs, undermining Trump’s trade deal claims

China’s imports of U.S. soybeans have shown little sign of rebounding as Beijing’s stockpiles swelled to their highest levels in years, undermining U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that a recent trade truce would spur major new Chinese purchases. China, the world’s largest consumer of soybeans, has built up a glut of supplies after months of … Read more

UK’s Reeves walks a Budget tightrope, as money markets eye unpopular choices

UK’s Reeves walks a Budget tightrope, as money markets eye unpopular choices

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks on stage during the Labour Party conference on Sept. 29, 2025, in Liverpool, England. Ian Forsyth | Getty Images U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves is walking a tightrope as her critical Autumn Budget looms, as pressure mounts to appease voters, shore up public finances and convince money markets … Read more

Trump reverses stance on Epstein records, presses Republicans to support release

Trump reverses stance on Epstein records, presses Republicans to support release

A protester holds a sign related to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Nov. 12, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Republicans in Congress to vote to release files related to deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey … Read more

Alibaba is helping Chinese military to target U.S., White House memo claims: FT

Alibaba is helping Chinese military to target U.S., White House memo claims: FT

BEIJING — Alibaba is helping the Chinese military to target the U.S., according to a White House memo, the Financial Times reported Friday. The memo alleged “Alibaba provides tech support for Chinese military ‘operations’ against targets in the U.S.,” according to the FT. The FT said it could not independently verify the claims, and did … Read more