It is the dream rematch the 4 Nations Face-Off needed.“This is great for the game, no matter what country you are from,” Team USA general manager Bill Guerin told The Athletic on Monday after the championship matchup against Canada was set. “This has the makings for another incredible game.”And we’re going to go out on a limb here and suggest we won’t see a Hanson Brothers redo at the start of the game Thursday night, at what should be a rocking TD Garden in Boston.No, expect a tight-checking affair in which open ice will be hard to come by. Neither…
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For months after the Israel-Hezbollah war that devastated southern Lebanon, the Alawieh family would visit a hillside near their ruined home to catch whatever glimpse they could of what remained.Their olive trees were gone. So were their goats, and the lemon and fig orchards that had taken years to bear fruit. Their house was just a pile of rubble.Israel had agreed to a Jan. 26 deadline — two months after a cease-fire took effect — to withdraw its remaining forces from southern Lebanon. That day, Mousa Alawieh set out with his three teenage children and a cousin, eager to see…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Super Micro Computer — The server builder surged 11%, extending its 32% rally from last week after CEO Charles Liang said he is “confident” the company can file its delayed annual report by the Feb. 25 deadline. Constellation Brands — The booze stock jumped 4.4% after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed it took a position worth $1.2 billion in the fourth quarter. Because the stake is relatively small for the conglomerate, it could be bought by Buffett’s investing manager Ted Weschler and Todd Combs. Intel — The chipmaker soared 10% after…
Wall Street analysts are bullish on the future Venture Global , the second pure-play publicly traded liquified natural gas company in the U.S. Venture Global started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 24 in one of the largest initial public offerings for an energy company in years. Venture’s stock has subsequently fallen 36% below its IPO price of $25 per share to $15.96 as of Friday’s close. But Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, RBC Capital Markets and Mizuho Securities have all initiated coverage of Venture with the equivalent of buy rating. Goldman has…
Elon Musk leaves after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Blair House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersA law firm that represents Tesla and Elon Musk has written proposed legislation that would alter Delaware corporate law, according to a person directly familiar with the drafting of the bill.The proposed legislation, drafted by Richards, Layton & Finger, or RLF, would amend Delaware General Corporation Law, and if adopted, could pave the way for the reinstatement of Musk’s 2018 CEO pay package at Tesla, worth tens of billions in options. RLF confirmed their involvement to…
This is an updated version of a piece that was originally published in April 2024.“Real Madrid vs Manchester City is a modern Clasico,” former Real Madrid coach Jorge Valdano said last April, previewing the two clubs’ 2023-24 Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Bernabeu.The tie that followed did not disappoint. Madrid and City drew 3-3 in the Spanish capital before a 1-1 draw at the Etihad led to a penalty shootout that Los Blancos won en route to lifting a record-extending 15th European Cup/Champions League title.The sides have experienced mixed fortunes in this season’s competition — but even meeting…
Mannequins displaying shapewear at a Skims pop-up shop at the Nordstrom flagship store in New York, US, on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNike has teamed up with Kim Kardashian’s intimates brand Skims to launch a new line of activewear as the legacy sneaker giant looks to win over more women and better compete with Lululemon, Alo Yoga and Vuori, the companies announced Tuesday. The new brand, dubbed NikeSKIMS, will include apparel, footwear and accessories. It will debut its initial collection this spring, with a global rollout planned for 2026. It is not clear what exactly the…
Berkshire Hathaway’s highly scrutinized Apple stake has been held steady for two straight quarters, after dumping two-thirds of the shares in a head-turning selling spree last year. Warren Buffett’s conglomerate owned 300 million shares of Apple sharp at the end of 2024, the same amount it had at the end of the third quarter, according to a regulatory filing. The iPhone maker remains the largest stock stake by far for Berkshire, despite the recent sales. Berkshire had slashed its big Apple stake for four quarters in a row. Back in the third quarter of 2023, the Omaha-based giant held 915.6…
Goldman Sachs is expecting another good year for stock pickers — and has some stocks to watch. The S & P 500 in 2024 hit its highest annual dispersion levels since 2007 when excluding recessions, according to chief U.S. equity strategist David Kostin. This points to less correlation between individual stocks, creating more opportunities for investors to pick their spots and potentially beat the broader market. “For active stock-pickers this reflected a favorable environment for alpha generation,” Kostin said, referring to a measure of risk-adjusted returns. “From a fundamental perspective, the healthy return dispersion environment in 2024 was marked by…
The Trump administration on Tuesday said it will keep using strict guidelines adopted by the administration of former President Joe Biden to review proposed corporate mergers.The decision to retain the guidelines — which are widely disliked by corporations — was detailed in a Department of Justice memo and a statement by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson.The decision is a victory for the populist, anti-corporate wing of the Trump administration, embodied by Vice President JD Vance.Vance frequently found common ground with Biden’s FTC chair Lina Khan, who made anti-trust enforcement a centerpiece of the agency’s mission.”Recent public commentary has raised…
