UBS logs forecast-beating quarterly profit, flags US$3 billion in new buybacks by end-June
Published Wed, Jul 29, 2026 · 01:26 PM [ZURICH] UBS booked a 17 per cent jump in second-quarter profit on Wednesday (Jul 29), ahead of expectations, and said it plans to buy back shares worth US$3 billion by the middle of next year at the latest. Of that amount, it intends to repurchase at least…
Read MoreA 2:47 a.m. alert, a rabbit and 220,000 evacuees as France’s wildfire rages on
BORDEAUX, France (AP) — The mobile phone alert message marked “URGENT” came with a beeeeeeep in the dead of night. “Evacuate now,” it said. Suddenly awake, Morgane Bonichot scrambled. She grabbed her 9-year-old daughter, their rabbit and their dog but didn’t think to pack underwear. The 40-year-old childcare worker found herself swept up in one…
Read MoreDiane von Furstenberg to Be Awarded 2026 Couture Council Award From the Museum at FIT
The Couture Council of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology will honor Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, with the 2026 Couture Council Award for her transformational influence on women’s fashion. Von Furstenberg will receive the award during MFIT’s annual Couture Council luncheon on Oct. 22 at Gotham Hall in New…
Read MoreOpenAI’s rogue agent compromised a customer at a second tech firm, executive says
Published Wed, Jul 29, 2026 · 07:10 AM [WASHINGTON] The rogue agent that escaped from OpenAI and went on a days-long hacking spree at the AI firm Hugging Face also compromised a customer at a second tech company — New York-based Modal Labs — according to a Modal executive and two other sources familiar with…
Read MoreThe Sunlit Joylessness of Netflix’s “Little House on the Prairie”
One of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s great gifts as a writer was her ability to reconnect, at age sixty-three and beyond, with her childhood sense of wonder and discovery. For readers of her autobiographical “Little House” books, it is pleasurable, if head-spinning, to share in the joy she finds in hard work and family camaraderie amid…
Read MoreManhattan’s Teeming Union Square Rides a Wave of New Retail
The retail numbers are looking pretty good for Manhattan’s Union Square. Spending in the area has maintained a steady pace over the past 12 months, on par with the preceding year despite inflation and weak consumer confidence. But businesses — particularly in the food and beverage sector — continue to flock to the neighborhood. That’s…
Read MoreTrump Is About to Send Seniors’ Drug Costs Surging
But actions have consequences. As Canadians sour on the prospect of visiting the U.S., the American people are losing tourist dollars to the tune of $3.3 billion. “In response to these measures and threats to Canadian sovereignty, provinces, territories, and Canadians from coast to coast to coast have stood together, taking the necessary actions to…
Read MoreLEGO’s New Jaguar E-Type Is 1,673 Pieces of Everything the Real Jaguar Is Walking Away From
LEGO just put a price and a ship date on a Jaguar E-Type, and somehow that’s the more reliable of the two right now. The LEGO Icons Jaguar E-Type, set 11381, is up for pre-order at $139.99, shipping August 1, 2026, built from 1,673 pieces and rated for builders 18 and up. It’s a green,…
Read MoreNYT’s Most Obnoxious Columnist Joins 60 Minutes in Pro-Trump Overhaul
CBS’s 60 Minutes is getting another Trump-styled makeover. Conservative columnist Ross Douthat is leaving The New York Times to join the storied broadcast magazine in a new role, 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton announced Tuesday. Douthat has served as one of the Times’ principal conservative voices for more than two decades, writing for the…
Read MoreCharli XCX and the Strokes Are (Sort of) Making Rock Music
When the Strokes put out their début LP, “Is This It,” in 2001, they were instantly, breathlessly anointed as saviors of New York City’s sagging rock scene. Even back then, they seemed hugely uninterested in that title. (The summer before the record’s release, a journalist from the NME suggested to the front man, Julian Casablancas,…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court Gets a Narrow Look at Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Order | National Review
The Court faces tough questions as a result of an overreaching Trump order colliding with an overreaching district judge. Source link
Read MoreAI Agent Security: Neo Launches With $100M to Lock It Down
A new security startup named Neo left stealth on July 20 with $100 million in funding, the company announced, aiming to secure the flood of AI agents now entering the enterprise. Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, with Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures joining. The size of the check signals where investor…
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