Forget Gen Z and Millennials — the over-50s ‘Silver Spenders’ are powering investment opportunities, including these stocks

The over-50s ‘Silver Spenders’ are an increasingly influential consumer demographic.
Play on or game over? A look back at 2025 for the video game industry

It has been a monumental year for the video game industry, marked by new devices and billion-dollar deals.
Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported

The quake was felt across Taiwan and shook buildings in the capital Taipei, the administration said.
These are the most overbought S&P 500 stocks as 2026 approaches

Wall Street’s most overbought stocks for the last full trading week of the year included Merck & Co. and S&P Global.
Morgan Stanley says these are top stock picks in 2026, including Nvidia

Morgan Stanley named its favorite stocks to buy in 2026.
Russian drones, missiles pound Ukraine ahead of Zelenskiy-Trump meeting

The latest strikes came less than 48 hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled that a peace deal was close.
Thailand and Cambodia halt fierce border conflict with second ceasefire

Clashes were reignited early this month after a breakdown in a ceasefire that Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had helped broker.
One year on from the UK’s grand AI plan: has its infrastructure buildout been a success?

Hefty financial commitments from tech giants are positive signals, but big challenges remain for the U.K. to fulfil its ambitions.
Europe at ‘fork in the road’ between AI competition and climate: fund managers

As power-hungry infrastructure scales and demand for electricity surges, friction between competition and climate goals becomes harder to ignore.
New NASA boss Isaacman says U.S. will return to the moon within Trump’s term

New NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said that the U.S.’s return to the moon is key to unlocking the “orbital economy.”