Mom drops staggering amount on kids’ haircuts

Mom drops staggering amount on kids’ haircuts

An Aussie mom has sparked a discussion about the cost of kids’ haircuts in these crazy cost-of-living times. Creator @itsjustmilliee posted a clip on TikTok, wanting to know if the staggering amount she just paid for her toddler son’s haircut, and little girl’s fringe trim, was “standard”. Spoiler alert: it’s not. “My husband pays $30 for his haircut” The mom begins … Read more

Buffett to sit with board members at 2026 Berkshire meeting, won’t appear on stage: report

Buffett to sit with board members at 2026 Berkshire meeting, won’t appear on stage: report

Berkshire Hathaway founder and Chairman Warren Buffett is going to forego his usual stage appearance at the 2026 company shareholders’ meeting, the Omaha World-Herald reported on Sunday. Buffett instead will be seated alongside the company’s board of directors while his successor and current vice chairman and incoming CEO Greg Abel answers questions, the report said. Warren Buffett in 2023. REUTERS At Buffett’s … Read more

Hamas’ Sinwar sought to sink key Israel-Saudi talks with Oct. 7 attack: report

Hamas’ Sinwar sought to sink key Israel-Saudi talks with Oct. 7 attack: report

Hamas aimed to derail “normalization’’ talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia by launching the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre and plunging Gaza into war, newly unearthed documents show. Days before the attack that killed more than 1,200 people in Israel, Hamas chief and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar allegedly told his men that an “extraordinary act” … Read more

Scott Bessent admits Trump’s tariffs may mean Walmart shoppers pay more

Scott Bessent admits Trump’s tariffs may mean Walmart shoppers pay more

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Sunday that Walmart, the largest US retailer, may pass along some of the costs from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to its shoppers through higher prices. Bessent described his call with the company’s CEO a day after Trump warned Walmart to avoid raising prices from the tariffs at all … Read more

Treasury Sec. Bessent dismisses Moody’s US downgrade as Trump tax-cut debate continues

Treasury Sec. Bessent dismisses Moody’s US downgrade as Trump tax-cut debate continues

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday dismissed Moody’s downgrade of the US sovereign credit rating, saying President Trump’s administration would ensure US economic growth outpaced its debt. “I don’t put much credence in the Moody’s” downgrade, Bessent said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program. Bessent said the tax-cut bill being debated in Congress would spur economic growth that would outpace what … Read more

Some Chinese firms mull Singapore IPOs, listings, placements as US trade war drags on

Some Chinese firms mull Singapore IPOs, listings, placements as US trade war drags on

At least five companies from mainland China or Hong Kong are planning IPOs, dual listings, or share placements in Singapore in the next 12 to 18 months, four sources said, as Chinese firms look to expand in Southeast Asia amid global trade tensions. The companies include a Chinese energy company, a Chinese healthcare group, and a Shanghai-based … Read more