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At a campaign rally in Houston on Thursday that opened with former President Donald J. Trump erroneously referring to jailed Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants as “hostages,” the Republican primary front-runner used a series of false and misleading claims to make his case for another term in the White House.Mr. Trump’s speech, delivered at the headquarters of a company that makes equipment for offshore drilling, touched on a range of issues, but he devoted much of his address to the topics of energy and jobs. And to illustrate his points, he turned to recycled — and in some cases outright…
SpaceX is gunning for a mid-November launch date of its massive Starship rocket. The previous launch in April failed and resulted in months of evaluations from the FAA. Now, it’s up to the FAA to approve the launch. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Elon Musk’s company SpaceX announced on Friday it hopes to schedule a second test flight of its Starship Super Heavy rocket by mid-November. However, the Federal Aviation Administration still hasn’t given the company the green light to launch.The second launch,…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.In the past three months, Qantas has been found guilty of illegally sacking 1,700 workers, been accused of offering “ghost flights” to its customers, and lost 20 per cent of its stock market value.So when investors were asked at the airline’s annual meeting on Friday whether they would back a pay package for its executives, the result was a resounding no.In a severe snub to Australia’s flag carrier, 83 per cent of shareholders voted against the proposal. The fiery meeting at the…
© Reuters. A view of the city skyline, ahead of the annual National People’s Congress (NPC), in Shanghai, China February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The basic pension fund managed by China’s social security fund gained 5.1 billion yuan, or 0.33% in 2022, down from a 4.9% gain in 2021, the National Council for Social Security Fund said on Saturday. The shrink in yield was mainly impacted by deep changes in global economic and political situations and increasing fluctuations in the financial markets, the state investor said in a statement. China’s stock benchmark CSI 300 lost 21.6%…
Amazon exec Herrington sells shares worth ~$536k – filing
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., on Friday defended a controversial phrase being used by anti-Israel protesters across the country, which one antisemitism watchdog defined as “code for eradicating” the largely Jewish nation.”From the river to the sea is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction, or hate. My work and advocacy is always centered in justice and dignity for all people no matter faith or ethnicity,” the far-left “Squad” member wrote in post on X following a video she posted earlier in the day that included the phrase.The Anti-Defamation League, an advocacy group that combats…
Perdoceo Education (PRDO) had another great quarterly showing. Indeed, driven by contributions from its recent acquisitions of Coding Dojo and California Southern […]
A stadium ban imposed by Scotland’s reigning football champions on a section of its fan base with long-held support for the Palestinian cause has opened up a bitter divide between the club and its most hardcore supporters.Celtic Football Club’s decision to suspend members of the Green Brigade from attending home games this week has thrust the Glasgow-based team into the centre of a global debate about how football should respond to the Israel-Hamas conflict.Members of the Green Brigade, a so-called “ultra” fan group known for its strong leftwing political values, last month defied the club’s request on displaying flags and…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the Viva Technology conference at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo 2/2 By Siddharth Cavale and Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) punished its own sellers to limit Walmart (NYSE:)’s reach as Walmart got into e-commerce, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In addition to making $1 billion by using a secret algorithm called “Project Nessie” to push up the prices that U.S. households pay, Amazon may have also succeeded in curbing Walmart’s ambitions. In 2014,…
Julia Rendleman/Getty Images Entertainment Cantor Fitzgerald said it sees Cigna (NYSE:CI) reaching its reiterated 2024 guidance of EPS of at least $28 as “an easier path with less uncertainty” than the 2024 guidance updates issued by rival CVS Health (CVS) and Humana (HUM). The investment bank also said that management, in discussions with Cantor analysts, “highlighted the level of outpatient elevation seen in Q3 2023 was in line with internal estimates in Q2 2023,” which was in line with United Health (UNH) and Elevance (ELV), but contrasted with CVS Health and Humana. It noted that Humana and CVS both raised…