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BMO Financial Group (BMO) Monday said that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Australia-based capital markets business of Euroz Hartleys Group, a metals and mining-focused equity capital markets, M&A, and strategic advisory firm. Euroz Hartleys Group’s private
Jodie Turner-Smith says she’s found the right tool to help her explain divorce to her 6-year-old daughter.On Monday’s episode of the “Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb” podcast, the British actor spoke about co-parenting after her divorce from Joshua Jackson, and how she’s helping their daughter understand their family’s new dynamics.The former couple married in 2019 and welcomed their daughter in 2020. They finalized their divorce in 2025, after separating two years earlier.Turner-Smith said she and Jackson, who both come from divorced families, gave careful thought to how they’d explain the divorce to their daughter.”It’s always been important to think about,…
The US Army is interested in acquiring drone boats to supplement its limited fleet of supply and transport watercraft in the Pacific.The Army faces fleet size and readiness problems with its watercraft. Uncrewed surface vessels, or USVs, are seen as a potential solution that could relieve the logistics strain on crewed watercraft, operating in more forward-deployed environments and quickly dispatching supplies, weapons, and equipment.Speaking with reporters at a media roundtable last week, Maj. Gen. Gavin Gardner, head of 8th Theater Sustainment Command, said the Army anticipates testing a drone boat sometime as early as next summer.He said that the Army…
Cargo thieves have a new target.Investigators with the Cook County Sheriff’s office in Illinois said last week they recovered a pair of trailers with $1.3 million worth of data center supplies at a Chicago-area truck yard.Officials said the organized retail crime unit was tipped off about a trailer containing about $300,000 worth of copper wire spools, which had been reported stolen from Pine Hill, Alabama. Copper wiring is a key supply for building and connecting data centers.After inspecting the trailer and finding the wire, investigators said the truck yard owner told them that the person who delivered that load had…
Gomez has furthered her own music career and even performed “Hands to Myself” with Swift during a May 2018 Reputation tour stop.While on the stage, Gomez gave a tribute to her longtime pal in front of Swift’s fans.”The reason why she’s one of my best friends is because this person has never, ever judged me for a decision I’ve made. She’s always met me where I’ve been,” Gomez said during the show. “She encouraged me when I had nothing to be encouraged about. And I don’t know if I would be as strong as I am if I didn’t have…
Persian Gulf producers keep pushing oil, LNG loadings despite ship attacks
Carl Rinsch, the director convicted of defrauding Netflix of $11 million, was sentenced on Monday to two and a half years in prison.Much of Monday’s sentencing hearing was spent discussing Rinsch’s mental health, an issue that had played out in court filings but was not part of his criminal trial. During the trial, a Manhattan federal jury heard evidence that the director, instead of delivering an ambitious sci-fi epic called “White Horse” to Netflix, went on a luxury spending spree that included a $439,000 handmade Hästens mattress.US District Judge Jed Rakoff pushed back against a prosecutor who argued that Rinsch…
peterschreiber.media/iStock via Getty ImagesThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should reject NextEra Energy’s (NEE) proposed $67B acquisition of Dominion Energy (D), Senator Angus King said Monday, believing the deal would consolidate too much power in one company. King said in a letter to the Federal
Most people battle traffic to get to work. Travis Kalanick appears to be skipping it altogether.The Uber cofounder and former CEO posted a video on X on Monday showing what he called his “5 minute jet ski commute” across Lake Austin to his new office, giving followers a glimpse of his unconventional trip.Kalanick is now based in Texas, where he owns a home on Lake Austin. The billionaire entrepreneur said on the TBPN podcast in March that he has owned the place for five years, drawn in part by the lake and his love of watersports.There’s a growing list of…
wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Tilray Brands (TLRY) has acquired digital health platform HelloMD for an undisclosed sum. HelloMD describes itself as a “leading digital healthcare and patient engagement platform focused on medical cannabis education, physician consultations, and patient support services.” Tilray noted that the