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Tech giants help lift US stocks to fresh records

NEW YORK, United States – Gains by tech giants Nvidia, Apple and Oracle helped propel US equity indices to fresh records Monday, overcoming early weakness and concerns the market could be overvalued. For the third straight session, all three major indices powered to new all-time peaks, led by the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index, which finished

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Volleyball chief hopes Alas ‘heroes’ inspire youth

Even the head of the International Volleyball Federation couldn’t help but be swept up by the magic of Alas Pilipinas. “Those guys, they rock,” said FIVB president Fabio Azevedo, who rode Manila’s LRT-2 with other federation and local officials on Monday. “It was the most amazing surprise we got here during the world championships. They