Month: August 2025
FDA approves new Covid shots with limits on who can get them, as RFK Jr. changes vaccine precedents
Pfizer’s Covid vaccine Comirnaty, seen at a CVS Pharmacy in Eagle Rock, California, Sept. 14, 2023. Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the latest round of Covid vaccines in the U.S., but set new limits on who can get them. The agency ended its […]
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Nvidia reports second-quarter earnings after the bell
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends the “Winning the AI Race” Summit in Washington D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters Nvidia reports fiscal second-quarter earnings on Wednesday after the bell. Here’s how Nvidia is expected to do versus LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings per share: $1.01, adjusted Revenue: $46.02 billion That would represent 53% […]
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Taylor Swift’s engagement is such a big deal it’s moving the stock market. Here’s what’s moving
Tight end Travis Kelce, #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs, celebrates with Taylor Swift after the AFC championship football game against the Buffalo Bills, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 26, 2025. Brooke Sutton | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Taylor Swift’s engagement announcement on Tuesday sparked the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Paramount Skydance, Krispy Kreme, Kohl’s, Nvidia and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Paramount Skydance — The media stock lost more than 5%, marking its fourth straight day of losses, as the parent company of CBS continued to give back some of its sharp August gains. J.M. Smucker — The maker of Cafe Bustelo coffee and Jif peanut butter […]
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Two children dead, 17 people injured in Annunciation school shooting, Minneapolis police say
Officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to a an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Aug. 27, 2025. Ben Brewer | Reuters Two young children were killed and 17 people were injured after a mass shooter opened fire at Annunciation Catholic church and school in Minneapolis on […]
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Gusto agrees to buy retirement plan provider Guideline
Gusto CEO Josh Reeves and Guideline CEO Kevin Busque talk at Gusto’s San Francisco headquarters. Elliott Morin | Gusto Gusto, a startup with payroll and human resources software, said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Guideline, a startup specializing in corporate retirement plans. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Founded in 2011 and based […]
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Saudi Arabia wants to be world’s third-largest AI provider after the U.S. and China, Humain CEO says
Tareq Amin, CEO of Humain, and Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, attend the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Saudi Arabia is on the road to making data its new oil — if artificial intelligence and data center company Humain gets its way. The company, owned […]
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Trump White House pressures Fed Governor Lisa Cook to go on leave as lawsuit looms
White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett prepares to give a live television interview at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 4, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, said Wednesday that Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook should go on leave from the central […]
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Google might lose its $26 billion search deals. Analysts say that could fuel its AI growth
Any day now, a federal judge is expected to issue a landmark ruling that could upend some of the most lucrative deals in Silicon Valley: Google’s default search contracts. At stake is more than $26 billion a year, $20 billion of which goes to Apple. That’s nearly a quarter of Alphabet’s operating income. For decades, […]
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Feds fail to get indictment against DC sandwich thrower fired by DOJ: Report
A person walks past Banksy-style posters of a protester throwing a sandwich on August 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Federal prosecutors failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former Department of Justice employee who allegedly hurled a Subway sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in […]
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