SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge sentenced Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of defrauding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, to 57 months in prison at a sentencing hearing inside Orange County Superior Court on Thursday.Mizuhara sat silently, and had no visible reaction as Judge John W. Holcomb read the sentence, which included three years of supervised release and a restitution of more than $18 million to Ohtani and the Internal Revenue Service.The sentence was exactly what the government had requested in a pre-sentencing filing. Mizuhara had requested an 18-month sentence after pleading guilty in June to bank…
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President Trump touted the 2020 Abraham Accords that established formal ties between Israel and four Arab countries as one of the biggest foreign policy achievements of his first term.Now he is pursuing his long-desired goal of getting Saudi Arabia to join the accords — but he may have just dealt himself a serious setback. Mr. Trump’s proposal to transfer all two million Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip and then rebuild the enclave as the “Riviera of the Middle East” has antagonized some of the very people he needs to seal the deal.The Gaza idea was swiftly rejected by Arab…
An Estee Lauder counter is seen on the floor of a department store in Brooklyn on Feb. 5, 2025 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesSeveral beauty stocks posted major losses this week, as companies like E.l.f. Beauty and Estee Lauder reported disappointing earnings and cut guidance.E.l.f. closed out its worst week since August 2018, with shares cratering nearly 29% over the five-day period. The cosmetics brand on Thursday posted a revenue beat for its fiscal third quarter, but missed on adjusted earnings per share and cut its full-year guidance to between $1.3 billion and $1.31 billion in sales,…
The New York Stock Exchange with a Hims & Hers Health banner is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City.Carlo Allegri | ReutersHims & Hers is facing scrutiny from lawmakers over what they claim is a “misleading” advertisement for its weight loss offerings that’s slated to run during the Super Bowl on Sunday.Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) wrote a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday expressing concerns over an “upcoming advertisement” that “risks misleading patients by omitting any safety or side effect information when promoting a specific type of weight loss…
Activity at the NBA trade deadline reshaped the league for years to come with maneuvers that will take weeks, if not months, to fully process. There are winners and there are losers, as outlined below, but no cheap shots.There is also a fundamental sea change under way as to who calls the shots.LeBron James was not traded at the deadline, nor did I ever expect him to be. With or without his no-trade clause. Since he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018, I have held firm that he will end his career there, and I still believe it.…
L’Oreal global flagship store is seen on Nanjing Road on May 8, 2021 in Shanghai, China.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesThe world’s largest beauty group L’Oreal said Friday that it plans to become less dependent on the Chinese consumer for growth, instead targeting burgeoning opportunities in the U.S. market.”We see the U.S. as the land of opportunity,” said CEO Nicolas Hieronimus during an earnings presentation following the release of the company’s fourth-quarter results Thursday.Speaking during a Q&A session, Hieronimus described China as “the big unknown” after the company reported a continuous decline in quarterly North Asia sales amid…
Investors clinging to their Walgreens Boots Alliance shares got some bad news on the income front last week as the pharmacy chain suspended its dividend . The move comes about a year after Walgreens slashed its dividend roughly in half. It’s been a rough go for the pharmacy chain. Shares have tanked 56% in the past 12 months as Walgreens contends with declining reimbursement rates for prescription drugs and softening consumer spending . WBA 1Y mountain Walgreens Boots Alliance in the past 12 months “With the stock at $11 and WBA facing other obligations, it seemed pretty obvious that a…
US President Donald Trump (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Friday said Japan’s Nippon Steel will invest heavily in U.S. Steel rather than purchase the company.”They’ll be looking at an investment rather than a purchase,” Trump said at a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. “They’ve agreed to invest heavily in U.S. Steel, as opposed to own it.”U.S. Steel shares dropped more than 6% after Trump’s comments. The…
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The screams startled everyone on the field — and everyone in the stands.It wasn’t yet 9 in the morning and Nick Sirianni was livid. This was back in July 2019, midway through one of those early training camp practices that never seem to end. The sun was stifling, the crowd quiet, and Sirianni, then the Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator, was steaming. His players looked tired and unprepared. Someone whiffed on a block. Someone dropped a pass. Someone ran the wrong route. Finally, Sirianni halted the practice.“ENOUGH!” he shouted. “YOU NEED TO STUDY YOUR SH—!”Heads turned. Eyes shot up. An uneasy…
