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U.S. stock futures were flat on Wednesday night, after the S&P 500 Index (SPX) hit a record high earlier in the day. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) were up 0.04% at 9:53 p.m. EDT on October 8, while the Nasdaq 100 (NDX) and the S&P 500 Index futures were down 0.03%, and 0.01%, respectively. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of …

Silver Price Races to $50 All-Time High. What’s Next?  Barron’s Silver just hit $50 an ounce, the highest price in four decades  CNN Here’s what gold crossing $4,000 is telling us about the U.S. economy  CBS News Silver price hits decades high as gold rush eases  Yahoo Finance Silver Hits Historic $50 Mark as Investors Rush to Safety  The Wall Street Journal Source link

There’s sticker shock, and then there’s whatever is happening with America’s used-car market. Prices for a slightly-less-than-new-car have been soaring over the past few years. Before the pandemic, the average price for a 3-year-old vehicle topped out at a little over $22,000. In 2025, the cost is upward of $31,000. And according to Edmunds, which tracks the car market, that …

Texas High Court Halts Execution in Shaken Baby Case  The New York Times Texas court halts execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson, who claims innocence in shaken baby death  CNN Texas court blocks execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson  The Texas Tribune Death row prisoner Robert Roberson’s lawyers claim new judicial misconduct evidence  NBC News Texas lawmakers visit Robert Roberson on death …

Researchers have identified a gene that they reported was linked to a 1.5 times-higher likelihood of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. In the first large-scale trial of brains afflicted by the disease in African American donors, scientists from Boston University zeroed in on the ADAMTS2 gene in brain tissue from those with autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer’s disease. ADAMTS2 is crucial to the formation …

Will Mortgage Rates Fall—or Rise—Because of the Government Shutdown? 12 minutes ago The U.S. government shutdown could impact the cost of mortgages, especially if the Republicans’ and Democrats’ inability to agree on a new spending bill drags on. These standoffs make it harder to tell how the economy is doing, and consequently complicate the tricky task of predicting rates even more. …

IBM Stock Hits Record High on Anthropic Deal. It’s Not OpenAI, but It Will Do.  Barron’s Anthropic and IBM Partner in Bid for AI Business Customers  The Wall Street Journal IBM and Anthropic Partner to Advance Enterprise Software Development with Proven Security and Governance  IBM Newsroom IBM’s stock rises toward a record. Why its Anthropic deal symbolizes a new frontier in AI.  MarketWatch IBM …

Center Moriches High School forfeited its football game last week after some team members contracted the contagious Coxsackievirus and other players were unable to suit up because of injury, ineligibility or personal reasons, according to school officials. In a letter shared with families, Ricardo Soto, Center Moriches school district superintendent, said there are no additional cases of the virus, beyond the few players identified …

Asia stocks buoyed by tech gains, Japan at record high as rate hike bets unwind  Investing.com Japan’s Nikkei 225 hits record high for second straight day after Wall Street gains on AMD rally  CNBC Global markets mostly advance, with Japan’s market inching to another record  AP News Tokyo stocks hit new record as markets extend global rally  CNA Japan’s stock market surged nearly 5% …

A molecular biologist who grew up in Portland is one of the three researchers who won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. Mary E. Brunkow graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in downtown Portland in 1979 and now lives and works in Seattle. “We are …