The New York Stock Exchange begins the trading week with mainly falling prices. The indices are weighed down by rising oil prices and falling chip companies. After 40 minutes of trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1 percent, while the broad S&P 500 index and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index were down 0.3…
Domestic animals’ cuteness and humans’ relatively flat faces may be the work of a gene that controls some important developmental cells, a study of lab-grown human cells suggests. Some scientists are touting the finding as the first real genetic evidence for two theories about domestication. One of those ideas is that humans domesticated themselves over many generations,…
The American chip giant Nvidia has lost about $1 trillion in value in the 16 percent price drop since its peak on May 14. Nvidia’s so-called P/E ratio – that is, the share price divided by the profit forecast one year ahead – is therefore at its lowest level since the beginning of 2019. Wall…
Two men have been convicted of murdering a 21-year-old man who was shot dead in Bromma last year. Both received life sentences. The man was shot dead in a courtyard at around 5 pm on November 5. The incident was caught on film, which showed the man being shot multiple times in the back. The…
The film in which Armie Hammer plays a man who murders Muslims, police officers and innocents will soon be released as a game for the PlayStation 5, according to director Uwe Boll’s X account. “Citizen Vigilante” will be released on July 17th – the official game based on the film by German director Uwe Boll,…
Industrivärden’s net asset value – that is, the portfolio’s market value minus net debt – had risen to SEK 225 billion by year-end, according to an interim report from the Lundberg family’s investment company. This represents an increase of 17 percent in six months. The total return on the company’s A shares during the period…
Around 10 hectares of forest have burned south of Hultsfred. The fire is under control, but the rescue service is still on site to secure the area. The fire started in the Stora Hammarsjö area on Sunday and by late evening, firefighters had brought the spread under control, with the help of helicopters that water-bombed…
The two centres of this crisis are the 24-mile Strait of Hormuz south of Iran and 7,000 miles away in the White House. This week was the unique opportunity for the rest of the world to make its economic case to US President Donald Trump’s administration directly at the Spring meeting of the International Monetary…
World Championship silver medalist Elmer Andersson will miss the Beach Pro Tour event in Malmö because of an injury, according to the Swedish Volleyball Association. It has already been announced that Olympic and World Championship gold medalist David Åhman has also been forced to withdraw.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has told the BBC a “small bit of economic pain” is worthwhile for long-term international security. As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned the US-Israel war with Iran could plunge the global economy into recession, Bessent said the conflict was to eliminate the threat of Iranian nuclear strikes on Western…