A French scientist was prevented from entering the United States this month because of an opinion he expressed about the Trump administration’s policies on academic research, according to the French government.Philippe Baptiste, France’s minister for higher education and research, described the move as worrying.“Freedom of opinion, free research and academic freedom are values we will continue to proudly uphold,” Mr. Baptiste said in a statement. “I will defend the possibility for all French researchers to be faithful to them, in compliance with the law, wherever they may be in the world.”Mr. Baptiste did not identify the scientist who was turned…
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Accenture signage is pictured in Warsaw, Poland, on Aug. 7, 2024.leksander Kalka | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShares of Accenture slid Thursday after the consulting firm said tighter federal spending efforts have begun to weigh on its revenues.Shares tumbled nearly 8% in Thursday trading after Accenture’s chief executive officer said in a fiscal second-quarter earnings call that the company’s Federal Services business has lost contracts with the U.S. government after recent reviews.”Federal represented approximately 8% of our global revenue and 16% of our Americas revenue in FY 2024. As you know, the new administration has a clear goal to run the…
David Madison | Stone | Getty ImagesYou could face a 25% penaltyGenerally, you calculate RMDs for each account by dividing the prior Dec. 31 balance by a “life expectancy factor,” according to the IRS. Some companies calculate RMDs for you, but you’re ultimately responsible for withdrawing the correct amount. There’s a 25% penalty for skipping the RMD or not withdrawing enough, said certified financial planner Scott Bishop, partner and managing director of Presidio Wealth Partners, based in Houston.But the IRS could reduce the fee to 10% if you correct the mistake, withdraw the proper amount within two years and file…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang interviews executives from quantum computing firms at Nvidia’s annual developer conference in San Jose, California, U.S., March 20, 2025. Stephen Nellis | ReutersNvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Thursday walked back comments he made in January, when he cast doubt on whether useful quantum computers would hit the market in the next 15 years.At Nvidia’s “Quantum Day” event, part of the company’s annual GTC Conference, Huang admitted that his comments came out wrong.”This is the first event in history where a company CEO invites all of the guests to explain why he was wrong,” Huang said.In January, Huang…
Editor’s Note: This article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation across sport about the key players, front offices, teams, franchises and much more.Welcome to The Athletic’s fourth annual MLB Position Player Tiers, where we rank the top 100 position players in baseball based on their expected all-around hitting, fielding and baserunning value for the 2025 season and group them with similarly ranked players in the following six tiers:• Best of the best• MVP contenders• All-stars• Steady and solid• 30-something regulars• 20-something regularsPlayers are not ranked individually within each tier, so they’re listed in alphabetical order. We’ll leave any additional…
President Trump’s intensifying conflict with the federal courts is unusually aggressive compared with similar disputes in other countries, according to scholars. Unlike leaders who subverted or restructured the courts, Mr. Trump is acting as if judges were already too weak to constrain his power.“Honest to god, I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Steven Levitsky, a Harvard political scientist and coauthor of “How Democracies Die” and “Competitive Authoritarianism.”“We look at these comparative cases in the 21st century, like Hungary and Poland and Turkey. And in a lot of respects, this is worse,” he said. “These first two months have been…
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Wall Street is gearing up for what could be a big day for Micron Technology , which has a history of making extreme swings after reporting results. The chipmaker’s shares are up roughly 22% in 2025, significantly outperforming the broader market, which is still in the red for the period. The company will issue its fiscal second-quarter results after the bell on Thursday. Micron is one of the most volatile semiconductor stocks out there. For example, shares surged 14.7% on Sept. 26 after Micron forecast first-quarter revenue that was higher than what the Street expected, but then the stock fell about…
Vithun Khamsong | Moment | Getty ImagesIt is becoming harder for Americans to come up with money in case of an emergency, according to a recent survey from the New York Federal Reserve.The bank’s Survey of Consumer Expectations for February found that the average likelihood of Americans being able to come up with $2,000 within a month if an unexpected need arose hit 62.7%. That’s the lowest level since the survey began tracking the data point in October 2015.”Taking into account that the CPI [consumer price index] level today is 35% higher than in 2015, the situation is even worse,”…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesAppetite for ether ETFs has been tepid since their launch last July, but that could change if some of the regulatory wrinkles holding them back get “resolved,” according to Robert Mitchnick, head of digital assets at BlackRock.There’s a widely held view that the success of ether ETFs has been “meh” compared to the explosive growth in funds tracking bitcoin, Mitchnick said at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City Thursday. Though he sees that as a “misconception,” he acknowledged that the inability to earn a staking yield on the funds is likely one…
