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  • China revises up 2023 GDP, sees little impact on 2024 growth

    China revised upwards on Thursday the size of its economy by 2.7%, but said the change would have little impact on growth this year, as policymakers pledged more stimulus to spur expansion in 2025. Gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 was raised by 3.4 trillion yuan to 129.4 trillion ($17.73 trillion), Kang Yi, the head of the National Bureau of Statistics, told a presss conference, while releasing the fifth national economic census. China's economy has "withstood the test of multiple internal and external risks over the past five years, and maintained a generally stable trend while progressing," Kang said.

  • Can I travel around the UK by public transport on Boxing Day?

    Exclusive: Key questions and answers for travelling around the UK by train, bus, ferry and air for the rest of the year

  • OOO? No, just negotiating nap time with a toddler. How working parents are setting boundaries with creative auto-responder emails.

    As the holidays approach, some working parents are drawing boundaries with creative OOO messages.

  • End-of-year sales are here: Score discounts at Amazon, Walmart, Target and more

    Did Santa forget to put something under your tree? Scoop up savings on Apple, Dyson, Kate Spade, KitchenAid and more.

  • 2025 auto industry outlook: How to play auto market in new year

    Electric vehicles and trucks will be the focus of the US auto market in 2025, iSeeCars.com executive analyst Karl Brauer tells Brad Smith and Josh Lipton on Market Domination. The analyst takes a closer look at what to expect from the auto market in 2025 and what it means for investors. The EV market is expected to be challenged in the new year with President-elect Trump returning to the White House and ongoing slow consumer demand. "A lot of these companies are starting to already shift their EV product kind of into [a back-up] plan and moving forward with more internal combustion and hybrid vehicles, which is, I think, smart," Brauer says. The analyst highlights Toyota (TM) as a standout automaker in the hybrid space. Another challenge for the electric transition is that the US is "a truck country," Brauer says, adding, "It's going to be tough to ever really kill those truck sales [since] there's just so many uses for them here both commercially and privately." He says that Ram hybrid truck offerings, made by Stellantis (STLA), are "brilliant" since they provide consumers with an electrified truck option while easing range anxiety with an internal combustion engine. He adds, "We're going to watch how quickly the other full-sized truck makers, GM (GM) and Ford (F), struggle to catch up." To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination here. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.

  • Investing in AI: Why it's not to late to put money to work

    Listen and subscribe to Stocks In Translation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcast. In this episode of Stocks In Translation, Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre and producer Sydnee Fried welcome Callie Cox, the Chief Market Strategist at Ritholtz Wealth Management, to discuss investing in AI. If you're looking to identify companies poised to benefit from the AI revolution as it gradually integrates into the economy, Cox says “this year was all about the picks and shovels” and Nvidia (NVDA) is best example of that. Although, Nvidia isn't directly rolling out products like ChatGPT, it supplies the essential chips for neural networks and machine learning. “So the companies that are tangential to AI, products that we got excited about in 2022, are really the companies that did well this year,” Cox says. She also advises investors to be patient, reminding them that "the story is still early." Twice a week, Stocks In Translation cuts through the market mayhem, noisy numbers and hyperbole to give you the information you need to make the right trade for your portfolio. You can find more episodes here, or watch on your favorite streaming service. This post was written by Shelby Boamah.

  • NI tourism sector braced for hit as full rollout of visa waiver scheme looms

    The industry is concerned that international tour operators will omit the region from all-island itineraries if they have to apply for the new ETAs.

  • Exclusive: KKR and Bain each bid more than $5 billion for Seven & i assets, sources say

    TOKYO (Reuters) -Private equity firms KKR and Bain Capital each offered more than $5 billion in first-round bids for the non-core assets of Japan's Seven & i Holdings, according to people familiar with the matter. KKR offered around 800 billion yen ($5.1 billion) for York Holdings, an entity due to be spun out of the Japanese retailer, two of the people said. Rival U.S. firm Bain offered around 1.2 trillion yen, one person said.

  • Why Nvidia bulls shouldn’t fear Amazon and Broadcom

    Nvidia has trounced rivals when it comes to AI. But could the chip giant be at risk of losing its crown? Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi asked Bank of America chip analyst Vivek Arya to walk through whether or not Nvidia (NVDA) investors should be afraid of Amazon (AMZN) and Broadcom (AVGO) taking too much of the pie. The short answer? No. The long answer? "When you look at Nvidia's market share, it is 80-85% in the next 12-18 months," he explains. Of course, he cautions that changes are always possible, so staying diligent about your investments is key. For full episodes of Opening Bid, listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on our website. This post was written by Rachael Lewis-Krisky, producer for Opening Bid.

  • How Robbie Williams’ ‘Better Man’ Pulls Off Its Wild Human-Monkey Sex Scenes

    There are plenty of ways to spice up a biopic, a genre of film often derided for being exasperatingly formulaic. You can play with multiple timelines, focus on a singular, specific moment in someone’s life—or, if you’re the fantastic Better Man, you throw all the rules out the window and cast a chimpanzee to play the person you’re portraying. Everyone else is a human. And it’s a musical! Yes, a chimpanzee is portraying British pop superstar Robbie Williams, who rose to fame as a member of the bo

  • 'It's a lot easier - especially for beginners': Here's why you should try birding in winter

    Winter might seem like a quiet time for wildlife, but for birders, it's a season full of surprises.With clearer views through leafless trees, it's the ideal time to kick off Christmas bird counts in Waterloo region and Guelph.Ethan Gosnell is the coordinator of Waterloo region's bird count. He said he started it with his mother five years ago."It kind of just became a bit of a tradition," said Gosnell.The Christmas bird count is an annual event across North America and other parts of the world.

  • China raises its estimate for the size of its economy in 2023

    China's economy grew a bit more in 2023 than earlier thought, but the revision has not affected forecasts for “about 5%” growth in the GDP this year, the government said Thursday. The estimate for total economic activity, or GDP, in 2023 for the world's second largest economy was increased by about 2.7% to 129.4 trillion yuan ($17.7 trillion), based on an economic census conducted once every five years. The exact impact on China’s annual economic growth in 2023 was not given.

  • Staffordshire: woman arrested on suspicion of murdering man on Christmas Day

    Police say postmortem being carried out to determine cause of death of man, in his 30s, in Norton Canes

  • Did Smithy say yes to Nessa in Gavin and Stacey special?

    The final episode is here, with millions of fans tuning in to find out whether Smithy said yes.

  • Four found dead from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

    The state fire marshal says the victims were discovered on Christmas day after family members asked for a welfare check.

  • Bosch claims wicket of his first ball as Pakistan reaches 88-4 in 1st test against South Africa

    Fast bowler Corbin Bosch made a dream test debut with a wicket on his first ball to provide South Africa a perfect start in the Boxing Day test against Pakistan on Thursday. Bosch lured Pakistan captain Shan Masood (17) to play a lose drive and had him caught in the slips as Pakistan reached 88-4 at lunch on a seamer friendly SuperSport Park pitch, losing four wickets for 20 runs.

  • Russian survivors of Kazakhstan plane crash arrive in Moscow

    A special Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations flight carrying nine Kazakhstan plane crash survivors, including a child, landed early on Thursday at Zhukovsky airport outside Moscow.

  • Funeral for five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

    A funeral has taken place for five journalists killed in an Israeli strike outside a hospital in Gaza, according to its health ministry.

  • Tsunami 2004: what are the biggest earthquakes in history?

    It’s been 20 years since a Boxing Day tsunami caused devastation in nations in the Indian Ocean

  • Gavin and Stacey tops Christmas Day TV ratings

    More than 12 million viewers tuned in to watch the finale of Gavin and Stacey on Christmas Day.