In this article OKE CMG ROST TJX BIIB LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT With lawmakers in a stalemate about the debt ceiling, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday to put faith in defensive stocks like health care, discount stores, and natural gas. Cramer looked to the 2011 debt ceiling crisis for guidance, noting that
Security and defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke explains how Ukraine’s plans to launch a heavily armoured counterattack, could “punch a hole” in Russian-occupied territory. He says that Ukrainians have “got to be able to change the balance of forces on the battlefield”, with the added support of West, in order to change the course of
Music legend Smokey Robinson joins CNN’s Chris Wallace to discuss why it’s important for him to be known as a Black American. #CNN #News #shorts
A man with a metal baseball bat has attacked two employees at a politician’s office in the US. Democratic congressman Gerry Connolly said the man walked into his northern Virginia office on Monday morning, asked for him, and then struck two female workers with the bat. One of the victims, an intern on her first
Like most first-time dads, this father wants to do the best for his baby son, even if that means stealing baby formula to keep him fed. “It’s the hungry scream, I know it now,” he said, looking out to sea from the clifftop. Most days, this man and his partner take him for walks along
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with France’s President Emmanuel Macron (L) at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to “everybody” at
One in five taxpayers will be paying higher-rate income tax by 2027, in what the Institute for Fiscal Studies describes as a “seismic shift” since the 1990s. Higher rates of tax were previously thought of as being for the most wealthy, but the six-year freeze in income tax allowances and thresholds that began last month
May 15, 2023, 02:00 PM ET If there were any lingering doubts about Georgia‘s ability to attract a top-ranked quarterback, coach Kirby Smart addressed them on Monday when the Bulldogs landed a commitment from Dylan Raiola, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2024 ESPN 300. Raiola, from Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Arizona, is the
Rishi Sunak is calling for changes to the international law which experts think his Illegal Migration Bill will break. The prime minister is in Iceland for a Council of Europe summit on Tuesday, where he will meet with heads of European Union countries and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Mr Sunak said the
Elon Musk told Tesla employees that he wants to approve every new hire at the company personally. It’s a surprising move for a company hiring about 30,000 people per year. Electrek obtained an email that the CEO wrote to Tesla employees today. In the email, Musk said that he wants to get a better understanding
The AB1 autonomous bus service will travel on a route in Scotland, with vehicles able to hit a top speed of 50 miles per hour. Andy Buchanan | AFP | Getty Images The U.K.’s first full-sized autonomous bus service opened to the general public on Monday, with those involved in the project describing it as
Former Trump administration officials Stephanie Grisham, Olivia Troye and Alyssa Farah Griffin discuss the January 6 committee’s eighth and final public hearing before the fall. #CNN #News
An armoured personnel carrier kicks up dust as it careers across the drying land. The harsh winter here has turned to spring and the boggy farm tracks have hardened. After months of setbacks, the change in seasons has ushered in a change of pace for the Ukrainian army. In the open land around Bakhmut, they
A berth in the NHL’s Western Conference finals is on the line Monday night, as the Dallas Stars host the Seattle Kraken in Game 7 of their second-round series (8 p.m. ET, ESPN). The series has been quite a back-and-forth affair, as the teams split the first four contests then the Stars went ahead 3-2,
In this article MSFT ATVI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard’s games character. Dado Ruvic | Reuters European Union regulators on Monday approved Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of gaming firm Activision Blizzard, subject to remedies offered by the U.S. tech giant. The
The 76th Cannes Film Festival begins today, with the movie world’s movers and shakers jetting into the French Riviera from around the world. Last year’s festival produced three Oscar best picture nominees, so all eyes are on the films up for contention this time around. It’s a record year for female filmmakers too, with seven
The $68.7bn (£55bn) mega merger between Microsoft and game developer Activison Blizzard has been approved by the European Union, just weeks after it was blocked by the UK. European regulators said they accept commitments made by Microsoft that its offer to take over the developer behind Call Of Duty, would not lessen competition. In April,
Supermarket fuel prices were roughly 5p more expensive per litre in 2022 than pre-pandemic levels, an investigation by the competition watchdog has found. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said that factors beyond the invasion of Ukraine have impacted the price customers are paying at the pumps and weak competition has helped drive increases.
Phillip Schofield has left ITV and will not present The British Soap Awards after admitting to an affair with a younger colleague. Schofield revealed the relationship in a statement to the Daily Mail newspaper on Friday. The 61-year-old – who has also split from his agent – described his relationship with the man as “unwise,
ITV daytime stalwart Phillip Schofield has stepped down as presenter of This Morning after days of intense speculation over his relationship with co-host Holly Willoughby. In a statement released on Saturday, the 61-year-old said he understood ITV had decided “the current situation cannot go on”. Willoughby herself released a short statement, in which she said