KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Drake head coach Ben McCollum paced in the coaches’ locker room before speed-walking in to address his team.His assistants had told him the players were a little quiet during warmups for the Wildcat Classic, a mid-December game against Kansas State in downtown Kansas City. Star point guard Bennett Stirtz attended the event they were about to play in as a fan a year ago. Isaiah Jackson, whose childhood home is 15 minutes from T-Mobile Center, had watched many games in the building but never stepped on the floor. When he walked through the tunnel for the…
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 22, 2024. Cheney Orr | ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump and his allies in Congress have blamed the deadly New Orleans truck attack on President Joe Biden’s border policies even though the attacker was a U.S. citizen.”When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that statement was constantly refuted by Democrats and the Fake News Media, but it turned out to be true,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social as information was still trickling out about the ramming…
When assessing NFL MVP candidates one year ago, I lamented the dearth of candidates producing at levels high enough for consideration.There’s no such problem as the 2024 MVP race enters its final stages.Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and Saquon Barkley are superstar talents whose conventional and/or advanced stats match historic standards for MVP consideration.Jackson was my favorite when assessing the situation one month ago, partly because his production was allowing Baltimore to win despite terrible support from the Ravens’ defense and special teams. The picture looks different now. Allen and Burrow have surged. Barkley, having topped 2,000 yards rushing,…
Jeju Air aircraft flight 7C2216 goes down the runway before crashing at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea December 29, 2024 in this screengrab obtained from video. Lee Geun-young | Lee Geun-young Via ReutersSouth Korean police said on Thursday they had raided Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of their investigation into Sunday’s crash that killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on the country’s soil.Jeju Air 7C2216, which departed the Thai capital of Bangkok for Muan in southwestern South Korea, belly-landed and overshot the regional airport’s runway, exploding into flames after hitting an…
Ari Wald has some thoughts on buzzy stocks as the new trading year kicked off. Oppenheimer’s head of technical analysis joined CNBC’s “Power Lunch” to discuss three names that have come up on best ideas lists from Wall Street firms for 2025: Nvidia , Boeing and Howmet Aerospace . Here’s what he thought of each: Nvidia Even after Nvidia’s banner year, Wald is still optimistic. “It comes down to trend following 101,” Wald said, noting that shares continue to trade above the 200-day moving average since the start of 2023. “Nothing has really changed in our work. … We are…
It became clear that the fractured dysfunction that courses through professional tennis was getting worse on a bright November morning in Turin, Italy.Andrea Gaudenzi, the chairman of the ATP Tour who views himself as the sport’s ultimate mover and shaker, was holding court in the sparkling hospitality dining area at the 2024 men’s Tour Finals before the room filled for lunch with corporate guests. White tablecloths, crystal stemware and silver flatware covered the tables.About 100 yards away in the Inalpi Arena, a couple of exercise bikes and some rubber mats jammed into the dark corner of a basement corridor comprised…
Facebook vice president of global public policy Joel Kaplan and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leave the Elysee Presidential Palace after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on May 23, 2018 in Paris, France.Chesnot | Getty ImagesFacebook parent Meta is replacing President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg with Joel Kaplan, the company’s current policy vice president and a former Republican party staffer.The shake up comes three weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, and it’s the latest sign of how tech companies are positioning themselves for a new administration in Washington.Clegg, a former British deputy prime minister, said he is stepping…
Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, speaks during The New York Times’ annual DealBook Summit in New York City, Dec. 4, 2024.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesBillionaire investor Ken Griffin’s handful of hedge funds at Citadel all posted double-digit returns in 2024, led by its tactical trading strategy.Citadel’s multistrategy Wellington fund, its largest, finished the year up 15.1%, according to a person familiar with the returns. All five strategies used in the flagship fund — commodities, equities, fixed income, credit and quantitative — were positive for the year, the person said.The Miami-based firm’s tactical trading fund was the standout…
While growth stocks have been getting all the attention these days, certain dividend-paying exchange-traded funds have also been providing attractive total returns. In fact, dividend stocks could enjoy some further tailwinds this year as the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates. While the two rate decreases anticipated in 2025 are fewer than the four that were initially expected, a lower-rate environment of any size tends to help dividend payers as their yields become more competitive with the Treasury market. On top of that, possible corporate tax cuts from the Trump administration could juice companies’ cash flows, which may translate into some…
From left, Elon Musk, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Vivek Ramaswamy arrive for a meeting on Capitol Hill on Dec. 5, 2024.Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesWhen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy laid out their vision for slashing the size of the federal government, they touted plans to bring workers back to the office full-time.Working from home was a “Covid-era privilege,” the duo, appointed by President-elect Donald Trump to lead a new so-called Department of Government Efficiency, wrote in a Nov. 20 Wall Street Journal op-ed.But labor economists don’t see the pandemic-era uptick in remote work as a passing fad.Instead, they…
