Retailers across the UK experienced a 40% increase in product sales over the summer of 2024, according to data from e-commerce marketing platform Omnisend. The boost came after a busy sales season in June, July, and August, with 237,000 more sales recorded compared to the same period in 2023. Online retailers using Omnisend saw their total revenue climb to £40 ...
BlackRock has announced a partnership with Microsoft to create a fund targeting up to $100 billion in investments to build the infrastructure needed to support the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI). The Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership aims to attract $30 billion in private equity capital from investors, corporates, and asset owners, with the potential to mobilise $100 billion ...
Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket chain, may soon use artificial intelligence (AI) and data from its Clubcard loyalty scheme to nudge shoppers toward healthier food choices, according to CEO Ken Murphy. The move, designed to encourage healthier diets, could see customers being informed if they regularly buy items with high sodium content, with suggestions to swap them for healthier alternatives. ...
Vice President Harris spoke to the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Philadelphia on Tuesday, about a month after former President Trump spoke to the same group and made waves when he questioned Harris’ race. The event marks Harris’ first solo interview with the national media. It was held at NPR’s Philadelphia station, WHYY, and was moderated by three ...
The broader stock market indexes are still in a holding pattern as investors await the Fed’s decision on Wednesday. Tuesday’s price action was a little like a “Whac-a-Mole” game for the S&P 500 ($SPX) and Nasdaq Composite ($COMPQ). Both indexes poked above their downward-sloping trendlines (the Nasdaq’s line is steeper) but fell back below them by Tuesday’s close. The Dow ...
Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, told Fox News Digital Monday that she would ‘be honored to serve’ in a potential Trump administration. If tapped, Gabbard expressed her desire to work in a position where she can make the greatest impact, particularly in areas related to foreign policy or national security. Gabbard is an active-duty military veteran who ...
Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu landed in Iran on Tuesday for talks with his counterpart just one day after reports surfaced suggesting the U.S. and the U.K. are increasingly concerned over an alleged nuclear deal between Tehran and Moscow. Details of Shoigu’s meeting in Iran remain scarce, but U.S. officials have increasingly begun sounding the alarm that the burgeoning ...
The Biden administration is moving to reinstate a Trump-era rule that lifted endangered species protections on gray wolves in the U.S. Wolves were delisted from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) under President Trump in 2020, returning management of gray wolf populations to state and tribal wildlife professionals, according to a press release from the Department of Interior. However, a federal ...
As of Tuesday, the CME’s FedWatch Tool gave a 67% chance of a 50 basis-point rate cut—way up from the 25-point cut everyone was betting on just days ago. A rate cut could send the price of gold soaring past its all-time high, so investors and goldbugs are on edge, waiting for the results of this week’s FOMC meeting. Suppose ...
David J. Bier The Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS) released its latest data from 2022 last month. The MEPS is a set of large-scale government surveys that are “the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage.” The data show that immigrants accounted for 19 percent fewer Medicaid and Medicare expenditures ...