Year: 2025
Live Updates: Senate confirmation hearings for Trump picks for CIA, State, Attorney General
Gov. Kristi Noem’s hearing was postponed last-minute South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, holds the name plate from when she served in Congress during the House Natural Resources Committee hearing on H.R. 3397 to “require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation […]
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Live Updates: Senate confirmation hearings for Trump picks for CIA, State, Attorney General
Gov. Kristi Noem’s hearing was postponed last-minute South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, holds the name plate from when she served in Congress during the House Natural Resources Committee hearing on H.R. 3397 to “require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to conservation […]
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Citigroup shares rise as fourth-quarter earnings top estimates
Jane Fraser speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg via Getty Images Citigroup reported its fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday morning ahead of Wall Street’s opening bell. Here is how the company did relative to LSEG analyst consensus estimates: Earnings: $1.34 a share, […]
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Disney wins the 2024 box office as year-end receipts offer a welcome boost
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman star in Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Disney Foul-mouthed superheroes and family-friendly fare propped up the domestic box office during the final months of 2024. Full-year ticket sales were down just 3.4% from 2023, reaching $8.74 billion, a far cry from the nearly 27% shortage seen at the midway point of […]
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Wells Fargo shares jump after earnings beat, strong 2025 guidance
In this article WFC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A person walks past a Wells Fargo bank in New York City on November 19, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Wells Fargo shares climbed Wednesday after the bank reported better-than-expected earnings and issued strong guidance on net interest income for 2025. Here’s what […]
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German economy contracts 0.2% in 2024 in second consecutive annual slowdown
The skyscrapers of the Frankfurt skyline in the evening, with the Deutschherrn Bridge in the foreground. Frank Rumpenhorst | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The German economy contracted by 0.2% in 2024, in the country’s second consecutive yearly slowdown, data from statistics office Destatis showed Wednesday. The drop was in line with the expectations of […]
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Conflict, extreme weather and disinformation top global risks in 2025, Davos survey says
This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke plumes rising from explosions above destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip on January 13, 2025 amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Menahem Kahana | Afp | Getty Images Risk specialists identified armed conflict, extreme weather and […]
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Europe’s stocks open higher ahead of closely watched U.S. inflation data
European markets opened higher on Wednesday as traders await the latest U.S. inflation data that will inform the Federal Reserve’s decision-making on interest rate cuts. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was around 0.4% higher during early deals, with most sectors and all major bourses in positive territory shortly after the opening bell. London’s FTSE 100 was […]
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UK inflation unexpectedly cools to 2.5%, core price print slows further
LONDON — U.K. inflation fell to a lower-than-expected 2.5% in December, with core price growth slowing further, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday. The consumer price index (CPI) rose to 2.6% in November, with economists polled by Reuters expecting the December reading to stay unchanged. Core inflation, which excludes more volatile […]
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These Chinese apps have surged in popularity in the U.S. A TikTok ban could ensnare them
Lemon8, a photo-sharing app by Bytedance, and RedNote, a Shanghai-based content-sharing platform, have seen a surge in popularity in the U.S. as “TikTok refugees” migrate to alternative platforms ahead of a potential ban. Now a law that could see TikTok shut down in the U.S. threatens to ensnare these Chinese social media apps, and others […]
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