Month: October 2024
Harris floods the zone with Howard Stern, Stephen Colbert, podcast interviews in final election sprint
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reacts while speaking about Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, during a campaign event at a fire station, in Redford Charter Township, Michigan U.S., October 4, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to hit the media circuit in […]
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Hollywood’s franchise frenzy: More than half of top studios’ 2025 movies are existing IP
A life-size model of the new Marvel Universe movie “Deadpool & Wolverine” authorized by Disney is seen in Shanghai, China, on July 26, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Hollywood’s franchise frenzy is only just beginning. The 2024 box office has been inundated with sequels, prequels and remakes, with the top 10 titles […]
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Goldman loves these stocks but the rest of Wall Street does not
Goldman Sachs analysts have their eyes on several stocks that could outperform moving forward — even though most of Wall Street thinks otherwise. The firm screened for buy-rated stocks in its coverage universe, where its analysts are out of consensus and the majority of Wall Street analysts deem the names as either neutral or sell. […]
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Berkshire Hathaway now owns 100% of BHE, but the utility giant has been a weak spot for the conglomerate
Warren Buffett took full control of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a utility giant that it has owned a majority stake in since 1999, but the business has been a drag on the conglomerate. The Omaha-based Berkshire entered a deal to acquire the 8% remaining stake in BHE from the heirs of the late Walter Scott, a […]
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At least 24 killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza mosque and school
Destroyed buildings lie in ruin in central Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel, on Jan. 13, 2024. Amir Cohen | Reuters At least 24 people were killed and 93 others wounded when Israeli airstrikes targeted a mosque and a school sheltering displaced people […]
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Foxconn beats estimates with record third-quarter revenue on AI demand
Hon Hai Group’s headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan. Ceng Shou Yi | Nurphoto | Getty Images Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, beat expectations to post its highest-ever revenue for the third quarter on strong demand for artificial intelligence servers. Revenue for Apple’s biggest iPhone assembler jumped 20.2% year on year to 1.85 trillion Taiwanese dollars ($57.3 billion). “The result exceeded the […]
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‘Impossible’ for People’s Republic of China to be our motherland, Taiwan president says
Lai Ching-te, president of Taiwan, on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images It is “impossible” for the People’s Republic of China to become Taiwan’s motherland because Taiwan has older political roots, the island’s President Lai Ching-te said Saturday. Lai, who took office in May, is condemned by Beijing as a “separatist.” He rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims, saying that the island is a country […]
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China-linked security breach targeted U.S. wiretap systems, WSJ reports
People observe the scenery near Chinese national flags displayed for National Day celebrations on October 3, 2024 in Chongqing, China. National Day Golden Week is a holiday in China commemorates the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Cheng Xin | Getty Images U.S. broadband providers had their networks breached in a cyberattack […]
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Fed rate cuts should favor preferred stocks, Virtus money manager says
ETF Edge Fed rate cuts should favor preferred stocks, Virtus money manager says Published Sat, Oct 5 202411:00 AM EDT Krysta Escobar WATCH LIVE Source
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Nasrallah’s possible successor out of contact since Friday, Lebanese source says
A portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah sits amid destruction in a area targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes in Saksakiyeh on September 26, 2024. Mahmoud Zayyat | Afp | Getty Images The potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been out of contact since Friday, a Lebanese security source said on Saturday, after an […]
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