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FILE – Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, wearing a bright red wig and a Louis Vuitton polka dot scarf, speaks during an interview at her studio in Tokyo, on Aug. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)

Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across the art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo

August 27, 2026 at 9:17 a.m.

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio said Thursday. She was 97.

The New York Stock Exchange is seen in New York, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Wall Street closed for Good Friday

April 3, 2026 at 9:16 a.m.

Equities markets are closed for Good Friday, but futures markets were trading into Friday morning, albeit quietly.

A currency trader reacts near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Wall Street takes back some losses from earlier in the week while awaiting Nvidia’s profit report

November 19, 2025 at 8:29 a.m.

Wall Street bounced back from this week’s losses early Wednesday ahead of the latest earnings report from Nvidia, considered a bellwether for artificial intelligence sector.

Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Wall Street points lower ahead of opening bell as corporate earnings keep coming in

October 22, 2025 at 7:29 a.m.

Wall Street futures dipped modestly early Tuesday as markets digest another full slate of corporate earnings in the absence of economic data due to the government shutdown.

Traders James Bodner, foreground, and Chris Lagana work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Renewed jitters over China-US trade tensions pull Wall Street lower in premarket trading

October 14, 2025 at 8:41 a.m.

U.S. markets slumped early Tuesday after Chinese sanctions against the U.S. subsidiaries of a major South Korean shipbuilder shook a fragile sense of calm over trade tensions with Washington.

Electronic stock boards show Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a foreign exchange firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

Wall Street holds near records before the bell Tuesday; IBM jumps on AI partnership with Anthropic

October 7, 2025 at 8:27 a.m.

Markets hung quietly around record levels early Tuesday as announcements related to artificial intelligence continued to propel companies’ shares higher.

Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Wall Street drifts in premarket trading while Target tumbles on sluggish sales and a CEO change

August 20, 2025 at 8:39 a.m.

Wall Street continues to drift Wednesday while news of a leadership change at Target took some of the spotlight away from the latest batch of corporate earnings reports.

People walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Global shares trade advance after stocks on Wall Street extend losses

August 6, 2025 at 7:09 a.m.

Global shares were mostly higher in muted trading Wednesday as investors awaited a slew of earnings reports to assess how companies have been affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

A currency trader works near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Stocks drift as worries about the US government’s soaring debt continue to weigh

May 22, 2025 at 12:31 p.m.

Stocks are drifting on Wall Street Thursday following a rocky week so far because of worries coming out of the bond market about the U.S. government’s debt.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, second left, throws his shirt to the crowd during a May Day rally at the National Monument in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

From Tokyo to Turin to LA, President Donald Trump’s policies loom over May Day marches

May 1, 2025 at 8:45 a.m.

French union leaders condemned the “Trumpization” of world politics, while in Italy, May Day protesters paraded a puppet of the American president through the streets of Turin.

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