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NBA team sponsorship revenue up 8% to $1.6 billion, boosted by jersey patches
Growth in sponsorships comes on the heels of the NBA’s landmark $77 billion media rights deal, which begins next season.
Silver jumps to highest level in 13 years, following gold's 2025 rally
Silver has been a high performing asset in 2025 and is now up more than 20% year to date. That is still lagging the move in ...
I've worked with over 500 couples—the ones who avoid 4 toxic habits have happier, healthier relationships
All couples fight, it’s a given,” says. But don’t make these toxic communication mistakes — here’s what to do instead.
Federal student loan interest rates just fell for the first time in 5 years—here's what borrowers will pay on new loans
The interest rate for undergraduate federal student loans disbursed between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 will be 6.39%, ...
Trump held call with Xi, Chinese media says
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Here's how tariffs could affect the price of goods like shoes and sweaters
A model from AlixPartners shows what items like sweaters and shoes imported from Vietnam could cost under President Donald ...
European Central Bank trims interest rates after inflation dips below target
The European Central Bank on Thursday announced a 25-basis-point interest rate trim taking the deposit facility rate to 2%, down from a mid-2023 high of 4%. Ahead of the announcement, traders had been ...
It's not just AI — China's quickly gaining an edge over the U.S. in biotech
For all the attention on U.S.-China AI competition, new studies point to China’s rapid rise in biotechnology, especially for drug and agricultural development.
5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday
The Dow Jones Industrial Average snapped its four-day win streak. Private sector hiring in May hit its lowest level since ...
Like it or not, NATO's hitting a 5% defense spending target, U.S. says
A 5% defense spending target for NATO members is looking increasingly likely as the alliance prepares for its big bang summit ...
Nintendo Switch 2 hype leads to shortages, special store opening hours
Nintendo says it expects to sell 15 million Switch 2s in the fiscal year ending March 2026. Analysts say that estimate is ...
Air quality alert issued for entire Chicago area, with poor, ‘unhealthy' levels due to wildfire smoke
As of early Thursday, the air quality for much of northeast Illinois, including multiple suburbs to the north and some to the west, fell into the "unhealthy for sensitive groups" category, which ranks ...