Japan wages rise y/y, but inflation adjusted wages continue to fall
Japan Labour Market Data – June Nominal Cash Earnings (y/y): +2.5% (vs. +3.1% expected; prior +1.0%; revised prior +1.4%) Real Cash Earnings (y/y): –1.3% … this is the sixth straight month of decline (vs. –0.7% expected; prior –2.9%; unrevised) Cash Earnings – Same Sample Base (y/y): +3.0% (vs. +3.5% expected; prior +2.3%; revised prior +2.1%) […]
Kardashian-Jenner Curves Guess Who!
Kardashian-Jenner Curves … Can You Guess The Famous Sister?! Published August 5, 2025 3:32 PM PDT Here’s a little Tuesday treat for ya … Can you guess which Kardashian-Jenner sister blasted her famous curves in this eye-popping hot shot?! She’s always shooting BTS looks into her brand, and when she’s not jet-setting and fueling up […]
HSBC lifts S&P 500 target to 6,400, citing AI momentum and easing policy uncertainty
HSBC has raised its year-end 2025 target for the S&P 500 to 6,400, pointing to continued strength in the technology sector and diminishing policy risks as key drivers of upside. The upgrade, issued Tuesday, reflects surging investor enthusiasm around artificial intelligence as well as a decline in macroeconomic uncertainty, particularly around U.S. trade policy. “We […]
Padres Outright Trenton Brooks – MLB Trade Rumors
The Padres have sent first baseman/left fielder Trenton Brooks outright to Triple-A El Paso, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. That indicates he cleared waivers after being designated for assignment last week. He has the right to elect free agency though the log doesn’t indicate if he has done so. Brooks, 30, signed a […]
Celtics, Chris Boucher Agree To 1-Year, $3.3 Million Contract
The Boston Celtics and free agent forward Chris Boucher have agreed to a one-year, $3.3 million contract, agent Sam Permut of Roc Nation told ESPN’s Shams Charania. Chris Boucher Set To Enter Ninth NBA Season Boucher completed the final season of the three-year, $35.25 million contract that he signed with the Raptors in July 2022. […]
Geno Smith Sends Warning To NFL About Raiders
The Las Vegas Raiders have quietly but steadily put together a much-improved roster. They brought in a culture-building head coach in Pete Carroll, and he hired a strong staff and a familiar face to help. That’s why quarterback Geno Smith is warning the rest of the league. “Let ’em sleep. I don’t want them […]
Evann Guessand set to become first major Aston Villa summer signing after £30m deal agreed
Nice striker Evann Guessand is set to become Aston Villa’s first major signing of the summer after a deal of £30.5m was agreed between the two clubs. The France-born Ivory Coast international, who scored 12 goals in 32 appearances in Ligue 1 last season, is due to complete his medical at the Premier League club […]
Orlando Bloom Looking Jacked Amid Katy Perry & Justin Trudeau Romance Buzz
Orlando Bloom Does Trudeau Have a 6-Pack Like Me?!? Here’s What Katy’s Missing Published August 5, 2025 3:49 PM PDT Orlando Bloom is the textbook definition of post-breakup hotness … because he’s looking absolutely jacked after calling off his engagement to Katy Perry … and giving an ex a look at what she’s missing out […]
New Zealand Q2 Unemployment rate 5.2% (vs. expected 5.3%)
New Zealand Q2 2025 jobs report: More: Private sector wages (excluding overtime) +2.2% y/y (expected +2.3%) and +0.6% q/q (expected +0.6%) I posted a (really) brief preview of this earlier, giving a heads up to an expected rise in unemplpyment, which didn’t happen, and a lower expected y/y wage growth result, which did. The data […]
Elevated plasma level of PAI-1 is associated with severe COVID-19
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants Individuals admitted with COVID-19 to TGH were managed by a multidisciplinary team comprised of hospitalists, pulmonary/critical care specialists, infectious disease specialists, nursing, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, and case management. Thus, all patients with severe COVID-19 were managed with internally consistent approaches that evolved as additional guidelines and treatments […]
