The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed up by +0.51% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up by +0.93%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +0.42%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26) rose +0.47%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQZ26) rose +0.39%. Stock indexes settled higher on Friday amid a slide in crude
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14Restaurants have a pricing problem. In late 2025, more than 80% of Americans believed that restaurant prices had climbed over the previous 12 months, according to a YouGov report. However, only 28% of diners believed that those prices were fair for the quality of the meal. This perceived “value gap” affects how diners are spending.
14When MIT mechanical engineering student Daphne Wang arrived for her internship at the Muscogee Creek Nation Department of Health in Tulsa, Oklahoma last summer, she expected to be writing code. To her surprise, she found herself analyzing tribal history and the implications for technical innovation. “I learned so much that I think should be required
Bitcoin miner Hut 8 (TSX: HUT) has long been a favourite alternative for short-term investors who seek exposure to Bitcoin prices. However, something has changed. The stock jumped 645% over 12 months ending June 20, 2026, and sustained the high price instead of falling back to its starting point in the crypto cycle. Although it
17Investing can be as simple as buying the index, such as the very popular Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (TSX: VFV), and adding to the position steadily over time. And, in short, yes, the VFV isn’t just a good ETF for Canadian investors; it’s an absolutely fantastic one on many fronts. From minimizing management expense ratios
17(© David Levene/Guardian/eyevine) 13 min read1 hr Reformed Blairite, longtime director of pressure group Compass and co-founder of new Labour group Mainstream Neal Lawson talks to Sienna Rodgers about his role in Andy Burnham’s rise and the political journey that brought him to this point Neal Lawson was working for Gordon
Key Points Blue Owl Capital (NYSE: OWL) made headlines earlier in 2026 when it limited withdrawals from some of the non-traded private credit funds it oversees. That left investors worried about Blue Owl Capital’s asset management business model. At this point, the stock has fallen roughly 45% from its 52-week high, pushing the dividend yield
17Key Points When Social Security recipients learned they’d be getting a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, in 2026, many weren’t happy. And that’s understandable. Inflation has well outpaced that 2.8% raise in 2026. And while seniors couldn’t have known that would happen at the time, many Social Security recipients are hoping for a more generous
19Ed Miliband (Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer) 14 min read1 hr Ed Miliband has landed a Great Office of State – not as Chancellor but as the new Foreign Secretary. He talks to Sienna Rodgers about why Keir Starmer had to go, how Andy Burnham is resetting the culture in government and
16Insider Brief Feather Robotics raised $7.6 million in pre-seed funding to expand its modular humanoid platform for developers building physical AI applications, with Gradient leading the round. The company said its wheeled bimanual robot is priced at $29,990, offers up to 10 hours of battery life, about 1 meter of reach and a software development
