What happened With reports that a possibly very threatening variant of the coronavirus has been found in southern Africa (certain countries have already enacted restrictions on visits), travel stocks really took it on the chin Friday.
The Arizona Coyotes are officially headed to Salt Lake City. The NHL Board of Governors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a $1.2 billion sale from Alex Meruelo to Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith, clearing the way for the franchise's move to Utah next season. The deal includes a provision for Arizona to get an expansion team if a new arena is built within the next five years.
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New York would expand access to booze by allowing movie theaters to sell liquor and continuing to let people buy takeout cocktails from bars and restaurants under a series of measures unveiled Thursday. The state Assembly passed the measures Thursday, which are part of the larger state budget agreement. The state Senate is expected to follow before it's sent to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk for signature.
Through 20 games, the Houston Astros have managed just six wins and are in last place in the AL West. Despite this, these veteran Astros, who have reached the AL Championship Series seven consecutive times, have no doubt they’ll turn things around. First-year manager Joe Espada, who was hired in January to replace the retired Dusty Baker, discussed his team’s early struggles.
Meta Platforms on Thursday released early versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates pictures in real time while users type prompts, as it races to catch up to generative AI market leader OpenAI. The models will be integrated into its virtual assistant Meta AI, which the company is pitching as the most sophisticated of its free-to-use peers, citing performance comparisons on subjects like reasoning, coding and creative writing against offerings from rivals including Alphabet's Google and French startup Mistral AI. The updated Meta AI assistant will be given more prominent billing within Meta's Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger apps as well as a new standalone website that positions it to compete more directly with Microsoft-backed OpenAI's breakout hit, ChatGPT.
Federal Reserve policymakers are coalescing around the idea of keeping borrowing costs where they are until perhaps well into the year, given slow and bumpy progress on inflation, and a still-strong U.S. economy. view articulated in February by Fed Governor Christopher Waller and since echoed by many of his colleagues. "I definitely don't feel urgency to cut interest rates" given the strength of the economy, Williams said at the Semafor's World Economy Summit in Washington.
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DAVID DEE DELGADOScores of Columbia University students were arrested Thursday afternoon after they rebuffed authorities’ pleas to vacate an on-campus tent city erected in support of Palestine.“Since you have refused to disperse, you will now be placed under arrest for trespassing,” the NYPD told protesters through a loudspeaker. “If you resist arrest, you may face additional charges.”Police officers began taking protesters into custody at around 1:30 p.m., putting them in flex-cuffs and loading
The Nigerian Army announced the rescue of Lydia Simon, who says she was one of 276 girls kidnapped from their school in Chibok in 2014
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DALLAS, April 18, 2024--Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) has announced that Ken Luce, founder of LDWW, was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Southwest Award finalist. Now in its 38th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive business award for audacious leaders who disrupt markets, revolutionize sectors and have a transformational impact on lives. Over the past four decades, the program has recognized the daring entrepreneurs with big ideas and bold actions that reshape our wor
PARIS, April 18, 2024--Veolia sets bold growth goals in the United States, boosting its ecological solutions to improve economic growth and public health for Americans
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Ryan Pepiot allowed one run and three hits in six strong innings, Amed Rosario hit an RBI triple in Tampa Bay's two-run first and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Thursday to split their four-game series. Colin Poche, the third Rays reliever, worked out of a jam with two on and two outs in the ninth for his second save in three chances.
U.S. Treasury yields hovered near their highest levels since November on Thursday as investors weighed steady labor market data and warnings from Federal Reserve officials that the decline in inflation may have stalled. Yields have jumped near five-month highs this week following stronger-than-expected inflation data last week. Markets are now pricing in a total of 42 basis points in interest rate cuts by the end of this year, down from more than 160 basis points in cuts expected in January, and now see the first cut coming in September, according to CME's FedWatch Tool.
Batter Ashutosh Sharma produced a brilliant rearguard knock but Punjab Kings still ran out of steam and lost to Mumbai Indians by nine runs in the Indian Premier League on Thursday. Sharma scored 61 runs off 28 balls, including seven sixes, as he helped Punjab recover from 77-6 to mount a serious challenge before the hosts fell short. Pacers Gerald Coetzee and Jasprit Bumrah bowled Mumbai to victory, sharing six wickets in eight overs.
NewsNation/screengrabComedian and former talk show juggernaut Rosie O’Donnell was willing to lay down some serious cash (for most people) with a bet that Donald Trump would be found guilty on any charges brought against him—but conservative commentator and Trump hype man Bill O’Reilly chickened out of an opposing bet against her Wednesday night during a cable news segment that felt like a throwback to another era. O’Donnell and O’Reilly were guests on the ex-CNN host Chris Cuomo’s NewsNation sho
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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday the central bank may raise interest rates again if the yen's declines significantly push up domestic inflation. "There's a possibility the weak yen could push up trend inflation through rises in imported goods prices," Ueda said in a press conference after attending the Group of 20 (G20) finance leaders' meeting in Washington. "If the impact becomes too big to ignore, it might lead to a change in monetary policy," he said, signaling the chance of another rate hike depending on the inflationary impact of the weak yen.
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