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  • Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq edge higher with Amazon set to highlight earnings rush

    Investors are braced for a busy day of earnings, with Amazon the highlight.

  • 'Jesse Eisenberg always played Mark Zuckerberg as a movie villain'

    Jesse Eisenberg doesn't want to be associated with Mark Zuckerberg any more. But his role as the Facebook boss in The Social Network was far from flattering.

  • The never-ending Emilia Perez fiasco has created the most open Oscar race in decades

    STATE OF THE ARTS: A scandal over offensive tweets has made Netflix’s former Oscars frontrunner a toxic proposition, writes Louis Chilton. Now, all bets are off – but that might not be such a good thing

  • Steam will label early access games that haven't been updated in a year

    Steam has started adding notes on early access games' official pages if they haven't been updated in a while.

  • Map shows cold weather alert warning as UK temperatures to plunge to -7C

    Yellow cold health alerts have been issued for large swathes of the UK over the coming days after the Met Office forecast temperatures of -7C.

  • Liz Cheney takes a swipe at Elon Musk's citizenship as pair trade blows on X

    Cheney undermined Musk’s knowledge of the U.S. by calling out his 22-year-long citizenship

  • Lightspeed shares tumble as company ditches potential sale, remains public

    The stock fell as much as 18% in early trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Thursday.

  • Ohio State coach Ryan Day gets contract extension through 2031 following national title

    The extension adds three years to Day's previous contract.

  • DeepSeek limits model access due to overwhelming server demand

    DeepSeek said it would temporarily limit access to its application programming interface service in response to a shortage of server capacity.

  • Why Trump's tax policy could be a 'challenge' for yields

    Treasury yields (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX) are in focus Thursday morning as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled a strategic focus on the 10-year yield rather than the path of Federal Reserve interest rates. Raymond James Managing Director Ed Mills joins Morning Brief to discuss the administration's policy perspectives. Mills highlights the Trump administration's plan to extend and permanently implement the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) tax cuts. He warns that this could potentially add $4 trillion to the US debt and deficit, with additional proposed policies like eliminating taxes on tips and social security potentially pushing the deficit to $5 trillion or more. "If we see a bill that would add to the debt and deficit by more than $5 trillion, it is going to be a challenge to keep the long end of the curve down," Mills explains. However, he also notes potential offsetting factors, including efforts to cut government spending, tariff policies that could generate government revenue, and deregulatory measures aimed at promoting economic growth. Mills suggests that these elements, "in combination... would help bondholders get more optimistic about the future fiscal path of the United States, and therefore bond yields should reflect that." To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. This post was written by Angel Smith

  • LIVE: Stocks rise as traders await Amazon earnings and UK rate cut and US jobs data

    The Bank of England cut its benchmark rate from 4.75% to 4.5%.

  • Now Trump is boosting a bogus MAGA conspiracy theory about USAID funding Politico

    Trump jumped on board the false claim that the USAID had been propping up Politico and other media outlets, calling it the ‘biggest scandal of all time.’

  • House Democrats push security probe of Elon Musk's team

    The Democrat-led U.S. House oversight committee on Thursday called for an investigation of potential national security threats posed by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. In a letter on Thursday, the lawmakers urged deputy inspectors general at several federal agencies to investigate potential national security breaches involving Musk's team.

  • DC plane crash updates: Crews to recover Black Hawk; investigators to brief lawmakers

    More than a week after the deadly collision of a passenger jet and a helicopter, crews forged ahead with salvage efforts in the Potomac River.

  • Q4 2024 Regional Management Corp Earnings Call

    Q4 2024 Regional Management Corp Earnings Call

  • A dangerous mix: Snow and ice coating the Northeast, first in parade of storms

    February is typically the snowiest month in the northeastern U.S., and this month appears to be no exception.

  • Eli Lilly's Q4 results beat Wall Street estimates

    Eli Lilly's (LLY) fourth quarter and full-year earnings mostly met Wall Street estimates but missed expectations for sales of its weight loss GLP-1 drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound. Mizuho healthcare equity strategist Jared Holz joins Morning Brief to speak on the company's latest results and 2025 guidance. "There are some analysts who thought earnings could even be higher ... but I think when you see the totality of the numbers, I thought they were fairly strong," Holz says. "From a manufacturing standpoint, I really wouldn't want to be anyone other than Lilly or Novo [Norsdisk] (NVO) at this point when you can kind of consider how much they've invested behind CapEx and the supply chain, logistics, all those items," Holz says. Holz also highlights Eli Lilly's significant investments in manufacturing and supply chains, ensuring strong demand. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. This post was written by Josh Lynch

  • Roblox fans gaming industry gloom with weak forecast, shares tank

    (Reuters) -Roblox forecast annual bookings below estimates on Thursday, sparking fears that growth at the videogame platform was slowing after years of breakneck progress, sending its shares down 17%. The company expects bookings for 2025 to be between $5.20 billion and $5.30 billion, the midpoint of which was below estimates of $5.27 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. Roblox's forecast adds to worries about the videogame industry, after a lackluster outlook from Electronic Arts, which blamed weak bookings - a key measure of in-game spending - on its struggling soccer franchise.

  • How to get Beyoncé tickets for 2025 UK tour

    The singer's Cowboy Carter tour is heading to London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

  • Thomson Reuters sees revenue growth picking as AI spending continues

    (Reuters) -Thomson Reuters on Thursday forecast a pickup in underlying revenue growth over this year and next as it continues to invest in AI-driven products for its legal, accounting and other professional customers. The Toronto-based content and technology company said it expects organic revenue, which strips out the impact of currency moves, acquisitions and asset sales, to rise by 7% to 7.5% in 2025 and 7.5% to 8% in 2026. Adjusted earnings per share of $1.01 beat Wall Street's expectation of 96 cents per share.