Michael McCarty and Kim McCarty will celebrate the New York outpost of Michael’s, their Santa Monica restaurant, with a few hundred regulars. Source link

Brandon Bell/Getty Images; iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI The stock market is hovering near record highs after getting a boost from Donald Trump’s election win. Bonds, meanwhile, have seen a sharp sell-off since the election. For signs of Trump-trade fatigue, investors should watch the 10-year Treasury yield, JPMorgan says. With market enthusiasm …

Advisers to the president-elect, who already has a strong hold on congressional Republicans, want him to tighten his grip by torpedoing the bid of the establishment front-runner for the post. Source link

As part of an ongoing effort to embed virtual reality (VR) in education, Meta has launched a new partnership with a slew of universities in the U.S. and U.K., designed to provide feedback on a new product that Meta hopes will finally make VR just a little more mainstream. The …

How good are the Detroit Lions? How gritty? Jared Goff threw more picks Sunday night — five — than he had all season, and the Lions still erased a 16-point halftime deficit in Houston for a 26-23 victory. Detroit, now 8-1, remains the class of the NFC. Nineteen unanswered points …

There’s a scene in the movie Unaccompanied Minors where a rich teenager sneaks into a luxe airport lounge. That was my first exposure to this glamorous travel perk — an amenity I never thought I’d be able to experience myself. Last year, I left my job as a full-time personal …

Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese sauce, tomato-rich and smoothed with milk, remains a reader favorite. Source link

Over the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has captivated companies and investors, showing the potential to drive the next wave of economic growth. Among the prospective beneficiaries, a few standout companies seem well positioned to capitalize on the AI boom — and, importantly for investors, still maintain relatively reasonable valuations. …

Nine of the 16 races that will determine which party controls the House of Representatives are in California. No state takes longer to tally votes. Source link

The majority of the aging population in Japan still prefers using cash for transactions, according to a recent report citing government data. In 2023, cashless transactions in Japan totaled 126.7 trillion yen ($885 billion), accounting for 39.3 percent of all spending in the country, said the Japanese government. The government …