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Regan Charles-Cook scored a memorable first goal for Motherwell to take their early promise under Jens Berthel Askou up a notch and book a trip to Hampden following a 1-0 win at Aberdeen.Charles-Cook’s swerving long-range strike in the second half at Pittodrie proved enough to earn a Premier Sports Cup semi-final place and continue Aberdeen’s miserable start to the season. The Scottish Cup holders were looking for a break from their league form, which leaves them bottom of the William Hill Premiership without a goal.But, despite making a decent start and hitting the bar twice, they suffered a fifth defeat…

What do you get for the market that already has everything? All right, maybe not everything, but investors have been blessed with an abundance of advantages and good fundamental fortune, along with the policy help the market both hoped for and expected. The bulls got a dovish turn from the Federal Reserve without much noticeable slowing in growth, with stock indexes at a record, credit markets blissfully sedate and capital investments running in torrents into the economy. Sectors geared to consumer spending, lending, securities trading and industrial activity have outperformed along with tech, hardly the behavior of a market desperate…

WASHINGTON (AP) — An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that U.S. companies control the algorithm that powers the app’s video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing U.S. operations, the White House said Saturday.A central question to the tug of war between Washington and Beijing has been whether the popular social video platform would keep its algorithm after the potential divestment of Chinese parent company ByteDance.Congress passed legislation calling for a TikTok ban to go into effect in January, but President Donald Trump has repeatedly signed orders that have allowed TikTok to…

Sep 20, 2025, 09:35 AM ETMikel Arteta said Manchester City are “without a doubt” in contention to win the Premier League ahead of their clash at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.Arteta is bidding to steer Arsenal to back-to-back victories against City for the first time in a decade following their 5-1 thrashing of Pep Guardiola’s side in February.City finished third last season and have already tasted defeat twice so far this term to leave them nine points behind Liverpool following the unblemished opening to their title defence.But when asked if City are still in the race to dethrone Arne Slot’s…

Gravenberch opened the scoring in the 10th minute at Anfield with a fine finish and then teed up Ekitike to double the Reds’ lead on the half-hour mark.Idrissa Gueye pulled one back for the Blues in the second half, but Arne Slot’s men held on to maintain their perfect start to the defence of the Premier League title after five gamesTeam newsThere were four changes to the line-up that secured the late, late Champions League win against Atletico Madrid three days earlier. Ekitike, Alexis Mac Allister, Conor Bradley and Milos Kerkez were the quartet that returned to the hosts’ starting…

Torsten Asmus | Istock | Getty ImagesLonger-term Treasury yields jumped this week, flying in the face of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut, as bond investors didn’t get the assurances they sought.The 10-year Treasury yield jumped as high as 4.145% after briefly falling below 4% this week. The 30-year Treasury yield — closely followed for its connection to home mortgages — traded around 4.76%, up from a low of 4.604% earlier in the week.Stock Chart IconStock chart icon10-year Treasury yield, 1 monthThe Fed lowered its benchmark lending rate a quarter percentage point to 4.00%-4.25% at the end of its meeting…

Across the U.S., Americans didn’t see a huge boost to their incomes between 2023 and 2024. The national median household income ticked up just over 1%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.But incomes rose much more significantly in some places. In Tampa, Florida, the median household income jumped over 15% between 2023 in 2024 — from $72,851 to $97,219 — according to a SmartAsset analysis of Census Bureau data. That’s the biggest jump in any of the 50 largest U.S. cities for the one-year period.Most of the cities SmartAsset analyzed experienced more significant income growth than at the national level. The median…

Three years ago, Sam Altman lit the fuse for what’s become the most explosive bull run in the history of tech startups with the launch of ChatGPT.Along with OpenAI’s rapid rise to a $500 billion valuation, other prominent names like SpaceX, Anthropic and Anduril have seen astronomical markups of late. In total, a basket of seven of the highest-valued private tech companies is now worth $1.3 trillion on paper, almost doubling in the past year, according to Forge Global, which provides a marketplace for private investments. Forge’s value assessments are based on trading activity as well as funding round valuations…

Costco Wholesale, Sam’s Club and BJ’s Wholesale stores.Getty ImagesOn Costco’s last earnings call, executives were grilled about a problem few companies have: how is the company managing crowded stores and jammed-up parking lots?That dilemma is a sign of the times for membership-based warehouse clubs. More Americans have literally joined the club — fueling growth for Costco, Walmart-owned Sam’s Club and BJ’s.All three retailers are opening more locations across the country. Shares of the companies have shot up in the past five years, with Costco’s stock up about 215% and BJ’s up about 305% since the day the Covid pandemic began…

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears a pair of Meta Ray-Ban Display AI glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWhen it comes to the new $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, it’s the device’s accompanying fuzzy, gray wristband that truly dazzles.I was able to try out Meta’s next-generation smart glasses that the social media company announced Wednesday at its annual Connect event. These are the first glasses that Meta sells to consumers with a built-in display, marking an important step for…