PUNTA GORDA – OCTOBER 10: In this aerial view, a person walks through flood waters that inundated a neighborhood after Hurricane Milton came ashore on October 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida. The storm made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in the Siesta Key area of Florida, causing damage and flooding throughout Central Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesIt’s officially hurricane season, and early forecasts indicate it’s poised to be an active one.Now is the time to take a look at your homeowners insurance policy to ensure you have enough and…
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People wait outside the Nintendo Store for the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 in New York City, U.S., June 4, 2025. Kylie Cooper | ReutersNintendo’s flagship Switch 2, the successor to one of its most popular consoles, went on sale on Thursday with excitement and hype from fans leading to special store opening hours and shortages in some markets.The Japanese gaming giant is hoping the console can help sustain a monster rally in its shares which have risen nearly five-fold since the original Switch was released in March 2017.Nintendo is also hoping the Switch 2 can match the success…
It’s the early hours of Monday, May 26th. An airstrike that Israel says is aimed at a militant control center has just hit a former school where dozens of families were sheltering. Eighteen children were killed in the attack, according to the local emergency services. And this scene of a girl trying to escape the flames is about to become a new symbol of the war’s toll on Gaza’s youngest. We interviewed witnesses and obtained unpublished video of the aftermath of the attack. And we found the girl. Her name is Hanin al-Wadie. The 5-year-old survived but lost both her…
Nvidia could have more room to run, according to Daiwa Capital Markets. The firm raised its price target on the chipmaker to $165 per share from $115 and reiterated its outperform rating. Daiwa’s forecast calls for about 16% upside from Wednesday’s close. Analyst Louis Miscioscia said in a Wednesday note that Nvidia is “back in the driver’s seat.” He lauded the company’s first-quarter results released last week . He also noted that the company has multiple growth drivers that underpin his optimistic view — including robust inference demand from Microsoft, OpenAI and Google, which could signal a growing appetite for…
Serena Williams of the US hits a return against Venus Williams of the US during the women’s singles final on day 13 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 28, 2017. Greg Wood | Afp | Getty ImagesBERLIN — It was an impressive enough sporting feat when Serena Williams won a record 23rd Grand Slam singles title at the 2017 Australian Open, beating her sister Venus in the final. Soon after came a revelation: she had been pregnant at the time.”I don’t know how I did that, honestly,” Williams said at an event Wednesday, selecting the moment…
HONG KONG, CHINA – 2024/06/07: Pedestrians walk past the American multinational investment bank, Citibank or Citi, branch in Hong Kong. Sebastian Ng | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCitigroup said Thursday it plans to cut around 3,500 technology positions in China, in the latest move by a major U.S. bank aimed at streamlining global operations and reduce costs.The reduction of staff at the China Citi Solution Centers in Shanghai and Dalian is expected to be completed by the start of the fourth quarter this year, Citi said in a statement.The jobs affected are mostly in the information technology services unit, providing software technology…
The flags of the U.S. and Germany are on the table at a bilateral meeting between German Economics Minister Habeck and U.S. Secretary of State Blinken at a hotel on the Gendarmenmarkt. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa (Photo by Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images)Christoph Soeder/dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, with much to discuss at a time of trade disputes and ongoing war in Europe.During both of his presidential terms, Trump has triggered tensions between long-standing allies U.S. and the European Union.”The tone is as rough as…
Shoppers and visitors out on Oxford Street on 4th May 2025 in London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty ImagesA car tax data calculation error caused the U.K.’s inflation rate to be overstated by 0.1 percentage points for the year to April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Thursday.The ONS had initially said last month that the U.K.’s annual rate hit 3.5% in April, coming in above analyst expectations. On Thursday, the statistics body released revised data, showing the country’s consumer price index rose instead by a lower 3.4% in the 12 months to April.The…
Apparently, convincing your friends to sell chicken can pay off — big.At 24, Arman Oganesyan was making $50 a night as a stand-up comedian with no restaurant or business experience when he pitched the idea of selling Nashville hot chicken to his childhood friends Dave Kopushyan and Tommy Rubenyan. Pooling $900 in savings, they launched Dave’s Hot Chicken in 2017 as a pop-up in a Los Angeles parking lot.On Monday, private equity firm Roark Capital bought a majority stake in Dave’s Hot Chicken, which is now a franchise business with more than 300 locations, in a deal worth “pretty close”…
A worker checks a finished vehicle on the production line for electric vehicle maker Zeekr at its factory on May 29, 2025 in Ningbo, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Chinese regulators aren’t pleased about the price war brewing in its automotive sector, but industry players and analysts only see the competition heating up.”A certain automaker has taken the lead in launching significant price cuts and many companies have followed suit, triggering a new round of ‘price war’ panic,” the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in a Chinese-language statement Saturday, translated by CNBC.The government-linked…
