Day: October 27, 2024
McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers to return to restaurants affected by E. coli outbreak
A double quarter pounder with cheese and fries arranged at a McDonald’s restaurant in El Sobrante, California, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers will return to roughly 900 restaurants this week after the fast-food giant pulled the menu item linked to a deadly […]
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Stock futures rise with Nasdaq set to add to records as oil prices decline
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange floor on Oct. 16, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. equity futures jumped as investors looked for a batch of megacap technology earnings to keep driving the Nasdaq Composite to new heights this week. A cooling geopolitical situation also aided risk sentiment. Weekend airstrikes by Israel […]
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Mark Cuban says he has ‘no interest’ in a White House cabinet position as he campaigns for Harris
Entrepreneur Mark Cuban speaks at a campaign event for US Vice President Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris at University Wisconsin-La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on October 17, 2024. Craig Lassig | Afp | Getty Images Billionaire investor Mark Cuban said Sunday that he is not eyeing a White House cabinet role even as he […]
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Harris and Walz will visit all the battleground states in the campaign’s closing stretch
Democratic presidential candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz,enjoy music by members of the marching band at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Georgia, August 28, 2024, as they travel across Georgia for a 2-day campaign bus tour. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will crisscross […]
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Lifting the lid: An inside look at the technology that fuels Formula One success
While a Formula One driver may be the star athlete behind the wheel, it is the cutting-edge technology and the skilled engineers deploying it that complete the rest of the team. F1 races are often decided by tenths of seconds, and technological advancements can make or break a team’s time on the circuit. “Formula One […]
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Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party to lose parliamentary majority in snap election, exit polls show
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (top C) delivers an election campaign speech in support of the Liberal Democratic Party candidate in Chiba on October 19, 2024. Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party is set to lose its parliamentary majority, with analysis and exit polls by local news suggesting it could […]
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Japan votes in election expected to punish PM Ishiba’s coalition
TOPSHOT – Officials look on as people vote during the general election at a polling station set up at a local school in Tokyo on October 27, 2024. Japan voted on October 27 in its tightest election in years, with new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his juggernaut Liberal Democratic Party facing potentially their worst […]
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