Millie Giles

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More Americans are on the lookout for jobs in the UK

1 week ago | sherwood.news | Millie Giles

As the economic outlook grows a little bleaker, some US workers are seeking greener pastures in Britain. For many Americans, the nation’s economic vibes have felt a little off recently: inflation expectations are hitting 44-year highs; many believe that their tax rates aren’t fair; some are even tapping into their typically untouched retirement savings to cover costs.
Hermès briefly overtook LVMH’s market cap for the first time ever

1 week ago | sherwood.news | Millie Giles

Earlier today, the Birkin bag designer’s value surpassed the French fashion giant that tried to buy it 15 years ago — making it the world’s most valuable luxury company, for a moment. The drinks and taste makers at LVMH are unlikely to be popping the Champagne anytime soon. On Monday, shares of the luxury goods behemoth — which counts Louis Vuitton and Moët & Chandon among its stable of 75 upmarket brands — slid more than 8%, after the group reported disappointing sales for the first quarter.
Tariff fallout has hit Hollywood, with China restricting US movie screenings

1 week ago | sherwood.news | Millie Giles

(Chen Yehua/Xinhua/Getty Images)American films have already been falling out of favor at one of the world's biggest box offices. Last week, the China Film Administrationannounced — in response to President Trump’s 125% tariffs on Chinese imports to the US — that it would "moderately reduce” the number of American movies allowed to screen in the nation, effective immediately.
Harvard is cutting tuition fees for a lot of students as federal funding questions loom

1 week ago | sherwood.news | Tom Jones |Millie Giles

86% of Americans could benefit from the college’s revised financial aid program. In the past, many prospective students who were academically gifted enough to be accepted into Harvard University were faced with one final stumper after all the entrance exams, essays, and interviews: how would they afford the ever-rising cost of attending the college itself?
Coachella 2025 kicks off with scorching weather and cooling demand

1 week ago | sherwood.news | Millie Giles

A billboard advertising Lady Gaga at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2017 (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Two decades of bumper lineups and boho energy later, does America’s most profitable festival need a vibe check? In case you missed an onset of sun-baked valleys, brand-sponsored stages, bandana-wearing influencers, and cryptic artist billboards cropping up on your Instagram feeds, Coachella 2025 starts today.
While wealthy collectors buy fewer masterpieces, affordable art is having a renaissance

2 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Millie Giles

Overall art sales slumped 12% to $57.5 billion last year. Last week’s international trade tariffs naturally added complications to the broader picture of the global art market — an industry reliant on moving expensive frames across increasinglyexpensive borders. But the art economy has looked pretty sketchy for a while now, on the back of years of market uncertainty and geopolitical tensions.
Cinemas needed a blockbuster this year - enter a blockheaded “Minecraft Movie”

2 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Millie Giles

The video game adaptation is a surprise hit, smashing expectations by bringing in a record $157 million domestically in its opening weekend. To strike gold at the box office, sometimes it helps to dig into the bedrock of popular video games. Over the weekend, “A Minecraft Movie” took US movie theaters by storm, bringing in a stacked $157 million domestically — which makes it not only the biggest domestic debut of 2025, but also the best ever opening weekend for a movie adapted from a video game.
Most Americans are worrying “a great deal” about the economy and inflation

2 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Millie Giles

Water is wet, and Americans are anxious about the nation’s finances. With “Liberation Day” less than 24 hours behind us — an occasion that you may have marked with new traditions like selling loads of Apple stock (or buying loads of Apple stock), and guessing which island territories were slapped with tariffs — it’s fair to say that the economy is top of mind for many right now.
European luxury stocks fall out of fashion after tariffs, with luxury watch retailer hit particularly hard

3 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Millie Giles

As the President Trump’s 20% blankettariff on all imports from the European Union into the US wreaks havoc on the stock market, one industry that’s fast becoming passéfor investors is Europe’s luxury sector. Indeed, Europe is the epicenter of the world’s luxury brands, accounting for ~70% of the global luxury goods market, per , and the region’s high-end exports are valued at some €260 billion (~$287 billion) annually.
No economy is safe from Trump’s tariffs, even non-economies

3 weeks ago | sherwood.news | Millie Giles

King Penguins contemplating the snow on Heard Island (Inger Vandyke/Getty Images)Some of the most remote territories on Earth have been hit by import taxes — including places like Heard Island where there are only penguins to pay up.