Month: November 2024
What a potential Harris administration could actually do to protect abortion access
Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a campaign rally at Shell Energy Stadium on October 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris has made abortion a central issue in her bid for the White House, pledging to expand and protect women’s ability to terminate […]
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‘All hell has broken loose’: Inside Elon Musk’s high-stakes pro-Trump door-knocking effort
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk attends a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump, at the site of the July assassination attempt against Trump, in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 5, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters Nine Republican operatives and canvassers connected to the Elon Musk-backed America PAC told NBC News […]
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U.S. economy added just 12,000 jobs in October, impacted by hurricanes, Boeing strike
Job creation in October slowed to its weakest pace since late 2020 as the impacts of storms in the Southeast and a significant labor impasse dented the employment picture. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 12,000 for the month, down sharply from September and below the Dow Jones estimate for 100,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported […]
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Manchester United appoint Ruben Amorim as manager after sacking Erik ten Hag
Sporting Head Coach Ruben Amorim prior to the match between Sporting CP and CD Nacional at Estádio José Alvalade on October 29, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. Pedro Loureiro | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images English soccer giants Manchester United on Friday confirmed the appointment of Ruben Amorim as their new manager, shortly after sacking […]
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A fast-changing Chinese coffee market awaits Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol
People seen around the Starbucks coffee store in Shenzhen, China. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images On Starbucks’ fourth-quarter earnings call, newly installed CEO Brian Niccol told investors he needed to spend more time in China to understand the challenges. The company’s same-store sales in the country plummeted 14% as foot traffic and the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Amazon, Apple, Atlassian and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Amazon — The e-commerce giant popped 7% after posting stronger-than-expected earnings and robust cloud and advertising growth. Revenues for its Amazon Web Services grew 19% on a year-over-year basis. Apple — Shares dropped 1.6% even after the technology giant surpassed top-and-bottom line estimates for the recent […]
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Chevron beats earnings expectations, returns more than $7 billion to shareholders
Chevron beat third-quarter earnings and revenue expectations, returning a record amount of cash to shareholders. The company’s shares were up 2.6% in the premarket following the report’s release. The oil major’s quarterly profit, however, declined substantially compared with the year-ago period due to lower margins on refined product sales, lower prices and the absence of […]
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Google employees pressure costumed execs at all-hands meeting for clarity on cost cuts
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet executives, donning Halloween costumes, faced questions from concerned employees at an all-hands meeting on Wednesday, following comments on the company’s earnings call suggesting that more cost cuts are […]
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Thanksgiving box office showdown shows importance of premium screens
Wicked, Gladiator II, and Moana 2 Movie Posters. Sources: Universal (L), Paramount (C) and Disney (R) Three heavyweight Hollywood blockbusters will face off at the box office in November, each vying for audience attention, ticket sales and time on theaters’ biggest screens. Universal‘s “Wicked,” Paramount‘s “Gladiator II” and Disney‘s “Moana 2” arrive in cinemas within […]
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Nasdaq 100 futures rise as investors parse latest tech earnings, await jobs data: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Nasdaq 100 futures advanced Thursday night as traders analyzed major earnings reports in the runup to the all-important jobs report. Futures tied to the tech-focused index added 0.4%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures climbed 141 points, or 0.3%. S&P 500 futures ticked up […]
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