Traders are on high alert ahead of Friday’s payroll data, as signs mount that the US labor market is finally cracking. Initial jobless claims just hit their highest level since June. ADP’s private payrolls print? A meager 54,000. And hiring plans in August, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, came in at their weakest levels on record for the month. The market’s read: employers are backing off, and the Federal Reserve may be forced to respond. Expectations are coalescing around one of the softest jobs reports since the pandemic, with economists penciling in just 75,000 payroll gains and unemployment ticking up to 4.3%.
Bond traders aren’t waiting. Yields have plunged across the curve, and futures now price in a near-lock for a rate cut by the September meeting. At least two more could follow in 2025. Equities are already moving in anticipation, with Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and other rate-sensitive names climbing on hopes of cheaper capital. If Friday’s data confirms a fourth straight month of sub-100,000 job gainsa streak not seen since 2020it could be the green light for the Fed to shift from pause to pivot. The market narrative is no longer about inflation. It’s about fragility.
Still, the path ahead isn’t risk-free. Will Compernolle at FHN Financial warns that continued labor softness could tip firms from hiring freezes into outright layoffs. Jamie Cox at Harris Financial Group suggests Powell may soon have no choice but to ease. And Chris Larkin at E-Trade throws in a caution flag: slowing job growth may be bullish for now, but if the trend deepens, recession talk could resurface fast. The stakes for Friday’s report couldn’t be higherit’s not just a print, it’s a policy trigger.
Stefon Diggs has finally broken his silence.(Image via Elsa/Getty Images)
Cardi B and Stefon Diggs turned heads with their romance but lately, the two have been maintaining a pretty low profile. The Grammy winner has finally won the $24 million trial filed against her by a security guard and during this time, Stefon Diggs did not make any public statements. With the new season beginning tonight, Stefon Diggs has finally broken his silence.
Stefon Diggs’ comment on Cardi B’s new post has sparked panic among fans
A few hours ago, Cardi B took to her Instagram to post a few stunning for the Billboard awards. While the pictures sparked chaos among fans, it was Stefon Diggs’ comment on it that has raised eyebrows.The New England Patriots’ star player wrote, “that’s a hardworking woman” and fans are here for it.A fan by the username @Tifftaffin wrote, “I just love him for her”, while another fan by the username @IAMTHEDRAMA99 wrote, “I never see Offset gas up Cardi like that! Even though Im not Steffon biggest fan, I love how he know Cardi is a boss and hard working! She aint no bum a*s h*e”.
Fans love Cardi B’s chemistry with Stefon Diggs.(Image via X)
Another fan by the username @tyleetoph wrote, “they said they had issues but i’m happy they don’t cause they seem to connect well, if cardi has a problem she will go on line and say it straight up , if bey and jZ have problems they put it mostly in there music.”Another fan by the username @DanasDoingIt noted, “I like him 4 her . Cardi deserves a man who is only focused on his career, and her, not every woman who throws herself at him. He is so calm/collected. Cardi, if it’s working then let it & this time, keep yall relationship more private. Y’all deserve it.”
How did Cardi B end up dating Stefon Diggs?
Cardi B and Stefon Diggs were first rumoured to be dating, shortly after the Grammy winner separated from her ex husband, Offset, last year.This had sparked rumours of Cardi B cheating on Offset but she had strongly denied such claims. Even after months of being spotted together, neither Cardi B nor Stefon Diggs acknowledged their relationship in public.It was only in June 2025 that Cardi B opened up about her relationship with Stefon Diggs as she posted steamy pictures of them.Also Read: “I consider myself Afro Caribbean”: Cardi B’s response to ethnicity question during $24 million trial sparks outrage as fans question the system
Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has announced a significant oil and gas discovery at its Dhok Sultan-03 well, located in District Attock, Punjab, marking a major milestone in the country’s upstream energy sector.
According to a press release issued by the company, the well flowed 1,469 barrels per day (BPD) of oil and 2.56 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscfd) of gas at a wellhead flowing pressure (WHFP) of 1,147 psig on a 32/64″ choke. On a 48/64″ choke, the well produced 2,113 BPD of oil and 4.13 MMscfd of gas at 813 psig WHFP.
PPL termed the results “highly encouraging,” describing the find as the second deepest oil discovery in naturally fractured carbonate formations in the Potwar region. The Dhok Sultan-03 well is part of the Dhok Sultan Block, where PPL operates with a 75% working interest, alongside Government Holdings Private Limited (GHPL), which holds the remaining 25%.
We are proud to announce a significant oil and gas discovery at our Dhok Sultan-03 well in Punjab. This milestone marks the 2nd deepest oil discovery in naturally fractured carbonate in the Potwar region, showcasing PPL’s strong in-house expertise and technical excellence pic.twitter.com/5i5b1vggZu
The Dhok Sultan-03 well was spudded on January 18, 2025, and drilled to a total depth of 5,815 meters to test the hydrocarbon potential of the Patala and Lockhart formations.
“Testing results were highly encouraging, the well flowed 1,469 barrels per day of oil and 2.56 MMscfd of gas at Wellhead Flowing Pressure (WHFP) of 1,147 psig on a 32/64” choke, and 2,113 barrels per day of oil and 4.13 MMscfd of gas at WHFP of 813 psig on a 48/64” choke,” stated the PPL release.
PPL credited the breakthrough to “rigorous geological, geophysical and reservoir engineering data analyses” that enabled the company to overcome challenging drilling conditions by optimizing well design—resulting in reduced drilling time and cost savings.
The company stated that the Dhok Sultan-03 find is expected to make a meaningful contribution to Pakistan’s energy mix by adding domestic reserves and reducing the need for energy imports. The discovery is the second successful find in the Dhok Sultan Block.
“PPL remains committed to responsibly exploring and developing Pakistan’s natural resources, ensuring long-term value creation for the country and its people,” the statement concluded.
VIDAA has partnered with waipu.tv to make the TV streaming service available on all smart TVs in Germany using its operating system.
The move means viewers can access waipu.tv without additional hardware.
The waipu.tv service offers more than 300 live TV channels, including over 70 pay-TV channels, alongside cloud-based recording, pause and restart functionality, and a library of 40,000 on-demand titles within its video-on-demand section, the waiputhek.
“Germany is one of the most competitive and innovative TV markets in Europe, and waipu.tv is a perfect example of that,” said Guy Edri, CEO of VIDAA. “This partnership brings together great technology, great content, and great user experience – all on a single smart TV platform. We’re proud to make it available, out of the box, to millions of homes across Germany.”
Markus Härtenstein, Co-CEO of Exaring, the operator of waipu.tv, added: “At waipu.tv, our vision is to radically simplify television. Partnering with VIDAA is another step in bringing this vision to life for millions more viewers on the big screen – seamlessly integrated and just one click away.”
The integration strengthens VIDAA’s German content line-up and reflects its strategy of building deeper partnerships with regional and national broadcasters, according to a statement, adding that viewers will benefit from personalised TV recommendations, quick access to favourite channels and recordings, and smooth playback through its performance engine.
The waipu.tv app is available from today and comes preinstalled on VIDAA-powered televisions sold in Germany, including models from Hisense, Toshiba TV, Dyon, Loewe and Leica.
Polymathic artist Rosalyn Drexler — Pop Art icon, Emmy-winning screenwriter, and one-time wrestler — passed away at her home in New York yesterday, September 3, at age 98. Her death was confirmed by Garth Greenan Gallery, which represented her for a decade.
In the 1960s, Drexler developed what would become her signature painting process. She sourced images from posters, magazines, and other pop cultural print media, which she then arranged and enlarged on sheets of paper, before gluing them to canvas and painting over them in bright colors. Her paintings from then through the’80s probe gender and power as performed in pop culture.
Perhaps related to her successful career in writing — she notably penned the novelistic adaptation of the film Rocky (1976) under a pseudonym — narrative and character were a particular focus. She captured her protagonists, often men in suits or swooning women, mid-action — a slap, a kiss — against abstracted color fields. The resulting paintings are compositionally masterful, with the clean lines of a movie poster charged with the psychologically unsettling undertones of a Rorschach test.
Rosalyn Drexler, “Love and Violence” (1963), acrylic, oil, and paper collage on canvas
Her 1963 work “Love and Violence,” for instance, resembles a film reel spliced into a Mondrian painting: Orthogonal lines divide blocks of primary colors, inside which play out scenes like a woman recoiling from a man’s possessive hand clamped under her chin. As critic John Yau wrote in a 2017 review for Hyperallergic, “She brought a lively imagination to bear on the banal and absurd images that dominate our lives … and made them into something to contemplate.”
Drexler was born in 1926 in the Bronx, New York, to Jewish immigrants from Russia. Attending the vivid spectacle of vaudeville shows and playing with art posters, books, and coloring sets were among her early artistic influences. She majored in voice at the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan, now the LaGuardia High School of Music and the Arts, and went on to attend Hunter College for a single semester before marrying her husband, figurative expressionist painter Sherman Drexler, in 1946. He died in 2014, leaving behind a body of paintings of which she is often the subject.
In the late ’40s, the couple lived in Berkeley, California, where Drexler began making assemblage sculptures out of found scrap metal and wood. By 1951, the couple had moved to Hell’s Kitchen on Manhattan’s west side, near a gym where professional women wrestlers practiced. She became a wrestler herself under an alter ego, whom Andy Warhol captured in a series of silkscreen paintings, Album of the Mat Queen(c. 1962–63). She would go on to write a critically acclaimed book in 1972 based on her time both in the ring and in the art world, To Smithereens, which was republished by Hagfish earlier this year.
Rosalyn Drexler as her wrestling alter ego (c. 1950) (photo by Sherman Drexler)
Drexler built a rich social life in New York. She frequented the now-shuttered Cedar Tavern, a legendary hotspot for artists; counted Franz Kline and Elaine and Willem de Kooning among her close friends; and participated in the Happenings. She was represented by Reuben Gallery, which closed after a year in 1961, and Korn Blee Gallery from 1964 to ’66, and showed in group exhibitions at spaces like Pace, in addition to penning nine novels and 10 plays.
Still, she did not achieve the same recognition as her male peers, whether because of her gender, the subject matter she was drawn to, or both. Indeed, a political awareness underpinned Drexler’s life and art: In a 1971 conversation with Elaine de Kooning published in response to Linda Nochlin’s groundbreaking article “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” she said, “I don’t think it’s ridiculous for women to demand that they be represented in equal numbers at the Whitney. You have to start somewhere.”
Toward the end of her life, Drexler finally began to receive her due. A 2007 survey at the defunct Pace Wildenstein gallery brought her back into the spotlight, and a traveling retrospective a decade later helped cement her place in the Pop Art pantheon. Today, her work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Walker Art Center, and many others.
“My main tenets were to amuse myself, to be honest with what I think,” Drexler said in a 2017 oral history for the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution, “and also to try new stuff, to be inventive.”
Rosalyn, Rachel, and Sherman Drexler in their East Broadway Apartment (c. 1963) (photo by William Klein)
No driver showed more consistent speed than Alex Palou during the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season, and his pace didn’t slow this week during the champion’s tour of New York.
Chip Ganassi Racing driver Palou celebrated his third consecutive series title and fourth overall since 2021 through a packed schedule of media and public appearances Monday through Wednesday in the “Big Apple,” America’s largest city and one of the media and financial capitals of the world.
“Thank you NYC,” Palou wrote on Instagram.
The tour started Monday morning, Sept. 1 – barely 12 hours after Palou hoisted the Astor Challenge Cup as series champion at Nashville Superspeedway. His schedule of media that day included a live appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” a taped interview for future broadcast with the “Happy Hour” show on FS1 hosted by NASCAR legend and FOX Sports NASCAR announcer Kevin Harvick, appearances on FanSided and FOX Deportes, and multiple other podcasts and interviews, including with many outlets from Palou’s native Spain.
On Tuesday, Palou made live appearances on “FOX and Friends,” (photo, above) FOX Noticias, Front Office Sports and “First Things First” on FS1. He also was interviewed by GQ magazine, USA TODAY, FOXSports.com and Motorsport.com. In between that activity, Palou found time for a photo shoot with the Astor Challenge Cup at the Astor House in Manhattan.
He closed Tuesday as a guest at the U.S. Open tennis quarterfinals at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens.
The quick pace continued Wednesday when Palou made a live morning appearance on FOX 5 NYC before posing with the Astor Challenge Cup in front of the iconic NASDAQ video screen in Times Square that contained his image and an NTT INDYCAR SERIES logo.
In between those stops, he also visited the TAG Heuer store on Fifth Avenue and squeezed in an interview with Bloomberg Radio.
Palou won eight of the 17 races this season to dominate his competition, clinching the title in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda with two races remaining. His four championships are tied for third on the all-time INDYCAR SERIES list with Mario Andretti, Sebastien Bourdais and Dario Franchitti, trailing only A.J. Foyt (seven) and CGR teammate Scott Dixon (six).
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU), the global financial technology platform that makes Intuit TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, will host its annual Investor Day at its headquarters in Mountain View, CA on September 18, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
Chief Executive Officer Sasan Goodarzi and Chief Financial Officer Sandeep Aujla will be joined by other business leaders to discuss Intuit’s strategy for fiscal year 2026 and beyond. The company’s fiscal year runs from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026.
The half-day event will be broadcast live via webcast on Intuit’s website at https://investors.intuit.com/news-events. A replay of the video broadcast will be available on Intuit’s website a few hours after the meeting ends.
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