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Qnity Electronics — now spun off from DuPont — moved higher in its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. The stock quickly earned an endorsement from Jim Cramer. “We have a nice position in Qnity, but we don’t own enough,” Jim said during Monday’s Morning Meeting . The Club received 812 shares of Qnity, one for every two DuPont shares the Club already owned. Qnity’s weighting in the Charitable Trust is 2.04% as of Monday, compared to DuPont’s 1.45% weighting. With its long-awaited split from DuPont in the rearview mirror, Jim touted Qnity as a great…
Andrew Cuomo, New York City mayoral candidate, during a campaign event in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Christian Monterrosa | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Monday night explicitly called on New York City residents to vote for Andrew Cuomo over Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral election.Trump’s endorsement of the independent candidacy of Cuomo came on the eve of the election, where Curtis Sliwa is the Republican nominee, and where Mamdani has consistently held a solid lead in polls.”A vote for Curtis Sliwa (who looks much better without the beret!) is a vote for…
A reporter visits the exhibition “Beneath the Ninefold Walls: Archaeological Discoveries from the Imperial Workshops Site in the Forbidden City” at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 3, 2025. The exhibition will open to public from Nov. 4, 2025 to Feb. 8, 2026 at the Palace Museum. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)This photo taken on Nov. 3, 2025 shows a view of the exhibition “Beneath the Ninefold Walls: Archaeological Discoveries from the Imperial Workshops Site in the Forbidden City” at the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China. The exhibition will open to public from Nov. 4, 2025 to Feb.…
Delay links to PML-N’s demand for early elections, current assembly’s term ends in July, 2 months before elections The in-house change in Azad Jammu and Kashmir has been delayed as the Pakistan Peoples Party high command has yet to nominate an alternative Leader of the House in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Assembly, causing repeated delays in submitting a no-confidence motion, say sources. Despite claiming a numerical majority, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has struggled to assert its position for over a week and a half. Sources indicate that the decision to move the no-confidence motion is expected only…
A Starbucks outlet in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Long Wei | Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesStarbucks on Monday announced it is forming a joint venture with Boyu Capital to operate the company’s locations in China.Under the terms of the deal, Boyu, an alternative asset management firm, will pay Starbucks roughly $4 billion to hold up to a 60% interest in the joint venture. Starbucks will hold a 40% stake and maintain its ability to license the brand and intellectual property to the joint venture.The announcement comes after the coffee giant conducted…
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari during an interview with Sky News on June 9, 2025. Photo: Sky News/ YouTube Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) delegation, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, has met with Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari to seek support for the approval of the 27th Constitutional Amendment. The proposed amendment includes the creation of a constitutional court, the restoration of executive magistrates, and the power to transfer judges, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said. It also seeks to end the protection of provincial shares in the NFC Award and proposes changes to Article 243, he…
Nvidia was once again on the move after the world’s three biggest cloud companies, along with Meta Platforms , guided spending higher last week to keep pace in the artificial intelligence arms race. Some, if not much, of that spend should continue to fill the coffers of the Jensen Huang-run AI chip king. Club stock Nvidia on Monday soared another 4% to another all-time high — around $5.12 trillion in market value. In the run-up to next week’s earnings, we would expect to see more analysts raise their quarterly estimates and price targets on Nvidia. The stock closed above $5…
Alex Karp, chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies Inc., speaks during the AIPCon conference in Palo Alto, California, US, on March 13, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPalantir reported quarterly results that topped analysts’ estimates and issued better-than-expected guidance for the fourth quarter, attributing much of its strength to artificial intelligence. The stock rose about 3% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did compared to LSEG estimatesEarnings per share: 21 cents vs. 17 cents expectedRevenues: $1.18 billion vs. $1.09 billion expectedPalantir, which builds analytics tools for large companies and government agencies, said it expects revenue of about…
US President Donald Trump claimed that Pakistan, China, and Russia are secretly conducting nuclear weapons tests, arguing that the United States should not remain the only major power abstaining from such activities, in a televised interview with 60 Minutes. Trump, who recently directed the Pentagon to resume nuclear testing “immediately,” said that North Korea, Pakistan, and others are already testing but “don’t go and tell you about it.” His comments have renewed confusion and concern over whether the US intends to detonate a nuclear device for the first time since 1992. He argued that America’s vast nuclear arsenal is enough, in…
Representation of Ethereum, with its native cryptocurrency ether.Dado Ruvic | ReutersEther fell as much as 9% on Monday, slipping below its critical $3,600 support level, shortly after a multimillion dollar hack affected a protocol on the token’s native network. The cryptocurrency, which is issued on Ethereum, was last down 6.6% at around $3,600, CoinMetrics data shows. That’s roughly 25% off its high of $4,885 hit on August 22. The coin’s tumble came after Ethereum-based decentralized finance protocol Balancer on Monday lost possibly more than $100 million in a hack. The exploit marks the latest in a series of bearish events that have…