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Nike’s activewear line with Skims.Courtesy: Nike SKIMSNike’s highly anticipated activewear line with Kim Kardashian’s intimates brand Skims is set to launch this week after it was pushed back due to production delays, the companies announced Monday. The partnership, dubbed NikeSKIMS, is a key part of the sneaker company’s strategy to win over more female shoppers and take back market share from brands like Lululemon, Vuori and Alo Yoga, which cater more closely to women. The new line will launch on Friday with three core collections – Matte, Shine and Airy – that will be updated seasonally. It will include around 40 new…

As President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa fee plan rattles corporate America, Baird has data that can give clues on which technology and services sector companies could be hit the hardest. Trump said late Friday he would place a $100,000 tax on the visa program, which is known to help companies get highly skilled workers from places like India and China. The White House clarified that it would be applicable only to new visas and is not an annual charge. Still, the change sent companies and governments around the world scrambling to assess implications over the weekend. Given that, Baird provided…

As a safe-haven investment, gold tends to perform well in low-interest-rate environments and during periods of political and financial uncertainty. Investors see gold as protective against “bad economic times,” according to research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.”Gold checks all of those boxes,” Sameer Samana, head of global equities and real assets at the Wells Fargo Investment Institute, told CNBC earlier this month.More from Financial Advisor Playbook:Here’s a look at other stories affecting the financial advisor business.According to Wells Fargo Investment Institute’s recent investment strategy report, its analysts “expect ongoing gold purchases by global central banks and heightened geopolitical strife to support demand growth…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism as his administration announced a wide-ranging effort to study the causes of the complex brain disorder.“Don’t take Tylenol,” Trump instructed pregnant women around a dozen times during the unwieldy White House news conference, also urging mothers not to give their infants the drug, known by the generic name acetaminophen. He also fueled long-debunked claims that ingredients in vaccines or timing shots close together could contribute to rising rates of autism in the…

Zohran Mamdani, Democratic candidate for mayor speaks during a press conference celebrating his primary victory with leaders and members of the city’s labor unions on July 2, 2025 in New York. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty ImagesZohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, said Monday that he was canceling an upcoming town hall with an ABC affiliate in protest of the network’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show under pressure from the Trump administration.”I am withdrawing not as an indictment of the local affiliate or the hardworking journalists, but rather in response to the…

Packages of Michelob Ultra are displayed at a BevMo store on December 16, 2024 in Larkspur, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesMichelob Ultra has overtaken Constellation Brands’ Modelo Especial as the best-selling beer in the United States.Michelob Ultra claimed the top spot as the best-selling beer in retail channels in the 52 weeks ended Sept. 14, parent company Anheuser-Busch announced Monday, citing data from Circana. The light lager is also the top seller in bars and restaurants, according to Nielsen IQ data for the 52 weeks ended July 12.For brewer AB InBev, Michelob Ultra’s triumph reverses the company’s struggles from…

PETAL, Miss. (AP) — Preschoolers kneel on a kaleidoscope rug, their clumsy hands reaching for wooden blocks, little socked feet tucked underneath.Block by block, they build a tower that only teeters a little, and for a moment, stands tall. The kids grin proudly. And when it tumbles to the ground a few seconds later, the classroom corner is filled with the sound of giggles.A bystander might think this is just play. But the teacher watching nearby knows they’re learning essential fine-motor skills. They’re also learning social skills by sharing with their classmates. Thanks to a statewide investment in early education…

A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesSpirit Airlines is planning to furlough about 1,800 flight attendants, roughly a third of its cabin crew members, to cut costs as the budget airline struggles in its second bankruptcy in less than a year.”As we work to return Spirit to profitability, we face difficult decisions about our network, our fleet, and ultimately our workforce,” John Bendoraitis, Spirit’s chief operating officer, wrote in a memo sent to flight attendants on Monday, which was reviewed by…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading : Better Home & Finance Holding — The mortgage lender briefly soared as much as 176% Monday after hedge fund manager Eric Jackson in a social media post on X called Better Home “the Shopify of mortgages” and said the company is rebuilding a $15 trillion industry from scratch using artificial intelligence. Oracle — The software company’s stock rose nearly 5% after it named Clay Magouyrk, president of Oracle’s cloud infrastructure business, and Mike Sicilia, preside of Oracle Industries, as chief executive officers . The pair replace Safra Catz, who will…

Jeff KassoufSep 22, 2025, 12:32 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve and president of business operations Carley Knox are the newest investors in Minnesota Aurora FC, the community-owned amateur women’s soccer team that hopes to join the NWSL.”Our partnership was a no-brainer to help fuel this pathway to professional soccer,” Reeve told ESPN. “The Twin Cities will be an incredible market.”The Lynx are in…