By Gnaneshwar Rajan (Reuters) -U.S. satellite TV provider DirecTV said on Thursday it had terminated its agreement to acquire Echostar (NASDAQ:SATS)’s satellite television business, which includes rival Dish TV, over a failed debt-exchange offer. The deal would have created one of the nation’s largest pay TV distributors with a combined 20 million subscribers. For the…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Chinese products are not entering the United States and Canada through Mexico, the president of the Latin American nation said on Friday, and the government will make that clear in upcoming trade meetings. “In the meetings we have with Canada and (U.S. President-elect) Trump, we’ll show that the idea that (Chinese)…
By Robert Harvey and Enes Tunagur (Reuters) -Oil prices were set for their biggest weekly rise in almost two months on Friday, gaining 4% as an intensifying war in Ukraine returned a geopolitical risk premium to the market. Brent crude futures had pared 9 cents to $74.14 a barrel by 1418 GMT. U.S. West Texas…
(Reuters) -Uncertainties around U.S. policies may slow global economic growth modestly in 2025, according to major brokerages. They expect U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs to fuel volatility across global markets, spurring inflationary pressures and, in turn, limiting the scope for major central banks to ease monetary policy. World economies and equity markets have had…
Investing.com – KeyBanc Capital Markets on Friday revised ratings and price target on industrial sector stocks following a mixed third quarter earnings, as companies navigate macroeconomic conditions, with management flagging about visibility into 2025. KeyBanc upgraded RBC Bearings Incorporated (NYSE:RBC) to “overweight” from “sector weight,” citing expected benefits from an aerospace rebound, robust defense demand, and…
In “Wicked,” Elphaba and Glinda travel from Shiz University to the Emerald City on a glistening green train to meet the wizard. In real life, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have traveled much farther and wider and longer — and on airplanes — to promote their hotly anticipated film. The Oscars. The Met Gala. CinemaCon…
“Barbenheimer” was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture. But, more than a year later, that hasn’t stopped people from trying to make “Glicked” — or even “Babyratu” — happen. The counterprogramming of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” in July 2023 hit a nerve culturally and had the receipts to back it up. Unlike so many things that begin…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Drug reform advocates hailed Oregon as a progressive leader when it became the first in the nation to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. But four years later, voters in a growing list of its cities have banned the substance. Four cities, spanning Portland suburbs…
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Activists and experts who are pushing world leaders to save an overheating planet learned it’s not so easy, even in a simulated world. The Associated Press brought the board game Daybreak to the United Nations climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan. Experts from three countries were asked to play the game, which…
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Pragnya Mohan has been a professional triathlete for nearly a decade, but summers in her native India are now so hot that she can’t train there anymore. She escaped the heat to train in the United Kingdom, but worries about a day when a warming world kills her sport entirely. American…
