Month: October 2024
Tom Brady to put his watch collection up for sale at Sotheby’s
Tom Brady. Mike Ehrmann | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Legendary quarterback Tom Brady is putting his valuable watch collection up for sale. The seven-time Super Bowl champion’s collection will be available this December through auction house Sotheby’s as part of “The GOAT Collection: Watches and Treasures from Tom Brady.” The watches range in […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Ford, Clorox, Boeing, Pinterest and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Ford Motor — The automaker jumped 2.3% after Goldman Sachs upgraded shares to buy from neutral. The firm highlighted its growing software and services and Super Duty vehicles as potential tailwinds. Disney — Shares of the media company slipped around 0.9% following a downgrade by Raymond […]
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MLS partners with OneFootball in push to expand global audience
Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami controls the ball during the second half of the game against St. Louis City at Chase Stadium on June 01, 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Megan Briggs | Getty Images Major League Soccer is teaming up with German digital media platform OneFootball to provide highlights, stats and other content […]
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A historic strike is underway at U.S. ports — and the impact on global supply chains could be huge
A container ship departs the Port of Newark for the Atlantic Ocean on September 30, 2024 seen from New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images A massive dockworker strike at seaports on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts is expected to wreak havoc on global supply chains and the economy, […]
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NATO’s new chief will have to confront threats outside the alliance — and within
Mark Rutte, incoming secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), during a transition ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Mark Rutte, the affable and meticulous former Dutch premier, has a daunting task ahead to keep the defense alliance a global force. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty […]
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With shares at 10-year lows, Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft faces questions over its future
Ubisoft postponed the release of the next title in its popular “Assassin’s Creed” game franchise — called “Assassin’s Creed Shadows” — by three months to Feb. 14, 2025. John Keeble | Getty Images French video game publisher Ubisoft is facing questions over its future, as it grapples with a lackluster games pipeline and pressure from […]
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PayPal CEO’s first year was praised by Wall Street, but hard part starts now for struggling payments company
Alex Chriss, CEO of PayPal Inc. Courtesy: PayPal In January, about a hundred days into his job as PayPal CEO, Alex Chriss told CNBC’s David Faber that the payments company hadn’t had much to celebrate in recent years. But Chriss confidently said he was prepared to “shock the world.” “I love being an underdog,” Chriss […]
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Euro zone inflation falls to 1.8% in September, below the European Central Bank’s 2% target
Visitors pass shops on a pedestrianized street in the old town in A Coruna, Spain, on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. Manaure Quintero | Bloomberg | Getty Images Euro zone inflation fell to 1.8% in September, coming in below the European Central Bank’s 2% target, flash data from statistics agency Eurostat showed Tuesday. The reading was […]
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Japan’s new Prime Minister Ishiba unveils cabinet ahead of snap election
TOKYO, JAPAN – SEPTEMBER 06: Japanese former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan on September 06, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Ishiba and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi are the front runners in the race of the upcoming presidential election for the ruling Liberal Democratic party […]
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The future of Obamacare hangs on a few seats in Congress. Here’s what could happen next
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) talks with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) while attend an event to mark the 14 anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act at the U.S. Capitol on March 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images “Repeal and replace” has long been the […]
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