The Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books of Fall

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Auction sales fall 6% in the first half, raising fears for art market

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Ups and Downs by KAWS, estimated£30000-£50000, on display during a preview at the Phillips showroom in central London, ahead of their forthcoming Evening and Day Editions auction. Picture date: Friday January 17, 2025. (Photo by Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images) Ian West – Pa Images | Pa Images | Getty Images A version of […]


Michelle Obama Announces New Book Coming This Fall

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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Michelle Obama Announces New Book Coming This Fall I really didn’t know what to expect from Michelle Obama’s next book. Becoming was a sensation, but it didn’t seem like it left a lot of meat […]


Target lowers outlook after sales fall 3.8% amid tariffs, DEI boycotts

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Target lowered its full-year sales forecast after a tough first quarter marked by weak discretionary spending, tariff pressures and fallout from consumer boycotts stemming from its DEI policies. The Minneapolis-based retailer now expects net sales to fall by a low single-digit percentage, abandoning earlier hopes for a modest increase, the company said in in its […]


Home sales fall 5.9% in March, biggest drop since 2022

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Sales of previously occupied US homes slowed in March, a sluggish start to the spring homebuying season as elevated mortgage rates and rising prices discouraged prospective home shoppers. Existing home sales fell 5.9% last month from February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. The […]


Global Stocks Fall Sharply, Extending Rout Caused by Trump’s Tariffs

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Financial markets around the world were slammed on Monday, as investors recoiled from the prospects of a severe economic downturn sparked by the escalating trade war. In Asia, trading was extremely volatile throughout the day. Among the markets hardest hit were Hong Kong, where stocks plunged more than 12 percent, and Taiwan, which tumbled 10 […]


RFK Jr. could further deter childhood vaccinations as U.S. rates fall

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, on the day he is sworn in as secretary of Health and Human Service in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 13, 2025.  Nathan Howard | Reuters The nation’s new top health official could further erode already falling U.S. vaccination rates against once-common childhood […]


Cryptocurrencies fall after Trump officially establishes U.S. bitcoin reserve

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Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies fell Thursday night after President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a strategic bitcoin reserve for the United States and, separately, a “digital asset stockpile.” The price of bitcoin was last lower by 3% at $87,586.86, according to Coin Metrics. Shortly after the news broke, it […]


Never-Before-Published Harper Lee Stories Coming This Fall

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Never-Before-Published Harper Lee Stories Coming This Fall Big book season just got bigger. A new collection of Harper […]


Nvidia shares fall 9% on tariff fears

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gives a keynote address at CES 2025, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 6, 2025. Steve Marcus | Reuters Nvidia shares fell nearly 9% on Monday after President Donald Trump confirmed that tariffs from Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday. The chipmaker’s […]