By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Companies have been eager to please Wall Street in what has so far been a lackluster earnings season by repurchasing shares and boosting dividends for shareholders. What’s happening: Buyback announcements reached a new record of $1.22 trillion last year, and they’re already on track to beat that high in 2023. Companies
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Adidas’ breakup with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is a pricey one. The company warned Thursday that it’s expected to lose $1.3 billion (1.2 billion euro) in revenue this year because it’s unable to sell the designer’s Yeezy clothing and shoes. Adidas ended its nine-year partnership with the rapper last
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By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has issued a strong call for fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to take new measures to pressure the government of military-ruled Myanmar to end what he called “atrocities” against its own people. Anwar, on a two-day official visit
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SINGAPORE (AP) — Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland and Chinese amateur Ding Wenyi were tied for the lead at the Singapore Classic when play was suspended by darkness. Play was also interrupted for an hour by rain. McKibbin finished his second round with a 3-under 69 for an 11-under total of 133. The 18-year-old Ding
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Francesca Street, CNN Plunging into the icy waters surrounding Scandinavia, divers Jonas Dahm and Carl Douglas hunt for vessels long lost to the ocean, what they call the “ghost ships” of the Baltic Sea. Dahm and Douglas are history lovers and long-time friends who’ve devoted some 25 years of their lives to wreck hunting and
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By Brynn Gingras and Linh Tran, CNN At least once a week, Richard Glossip’s defense team connects on the phone — sometimes to catch up, and other times to strategize on how to save the life of the Oklahoma man on death row. Glossip, who’s been behind bars for 26 years on a capital murder
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Coca-Cola está a punto de lanzar una nueva bebida de edición limitada, Coca-Cola Move, en colaboración con la cantante ganadora del premio Grammy Rosalía. Al igual que con sus otros sabores conceptuales, Coca-Cola no ha dicho a qué se supone que debe saber Move. Al igual que las ediciones de Starlight,
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By Andrea Cambron, David Wright and Gregory Krieg, CNN The Federal Election Commission is asking New York Rep. George Santos to declare whether he plans to run again in 2024 after the Long Island Republican crossed a post-election fundraising threshold that now requires him to make a formal declaration. In a letter to Santos, the
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN The testing organization behind a new advanced high school class in African American studies met several times and exchanged emails over the past year with Florida officials to discuss the course, the state Education Department said, amid a roiling national debate over how politics intersects with the teaching of history. More
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By Blake Mayfield Click here for updates on this story REDMOND, Oregon (KTVZ) — The Redmond Police Department held an unusual and very special swearing-in Thursday evening at City Hall for their newest officer: 3-year-old Aaron Davenport. And like other, a bit older officers, he’s shown great bravery throughout his life, and along with a
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli medics say a suspected assailant has rammed his car into several pedestrians in east Jerusalem, injuring at least six people, the latest incident as violence rises in the contested capital. The alleged car-ramming on Friday took place at a bus stop in Ramot, a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem. Tensions have
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp could have forced his players run extra wind sprints or sit through more film sessions in the wake of another loss. Instead, he gave them a couple of days off. As a result he says players “all look incredibly fresh” this week ahead of the Merseyside derby
Continue Reading By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Mountains of rubble and twisted metal. Death on an unimaginable scale. Grief. Rage. Relief at having survived. What’s left behind after a natural disaster so powerful that it rends the foundations of a society? What lingers over a decade later, even as the rest of the world
Continue Reading NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Widespread tensions caused by a rift within Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christian church have resulted in the suspension of access to social media platforms including TikTok, Facebook and Telegram. The church, which recently rejected a splinter group in the country’s largest region as “illegal,” has accused Ethiopia’s government of interference in its affairs.
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By Amanda Jackson and Travis Nichols, CNN The grocery store in Washington that sold the winning Powerball jackpot ticket of $754.6 million, the fifth largest in its history, is donating its lottery reward to charity. The Fred Meyer store in Auburn was rewarded with a $50,000 check from the lottery commission for selling the winning
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By Ben Morse, CNN “It’s a Philly thing.” That has become the rallying cry of the Philadelphia Eagles. The catchphrase which sums up the city’s attitude towards adversity is emblazoned on sweatshirts, billboards and even Lincoln Financial Field as the team prepares for Sunday’s Super Bowl. Pressure in Philadelphia is unlike anywhere else. The baying
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing investigations into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a person with direct knowledge of the event. The subpoena to Pence as
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Hong Kong (CNN) — Washington cree que el globo derribado sobre el Atlántico el sábado es parte de un amplio programa de vigilancia chino, pero que Xi Jinping, el líder más poderoso de China en décadas, puede no haber sido consciente de la misión. La evaluación fue comunicada a los legisladores estadounidenses
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By Maegan Vazquez and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN President Joe Biden used his meeting on Friday at the White House with a bipartisan group of governors to reiterate his call to “get the job done” with the help of states and called out congressional Republicans’ bluff over their threats to send United States into default. Biden’s
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN In January, the US reached its $31 trillion debt limit, a borrowing cap set by Congress, setting up a political battle between Democrats and Republicans over government spending — with each side blaming the other for running up the federal debt. But both parties have played a role in adding to
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