Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley reacts while speaking about her husband, Maj. Michael Haley, who is currently deployed with the South Carolina National Guard, during a campaign stop at the Clemson University at Greenville ONE building ahead of the Republican presidential primary election in Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. February 20, 2024. Alyssa Pointer | ReutersDays ahead of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries, former South Carolina governor and Republican candidate Nikki Haley said in an interview Sunday she will continue in the race for the GOP nomination as long as she remains competitive.In an…
Author: Admin
Paramount Global missed revenue expectations for the fourth quarter on Wednesday but posted a surprise quarterly profit and posted strong results from its streaming platform Paramount+.Here’s how Paramount performed in the fourth quarter compared to Wall Street estimates from LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv:Earnings per share: 4 cents vs. an expected loss of 1 centRevenue: $7.64 billion vs. $7.85 billion expectedFor the last three months of 2023, Paramount reported a profit of $514 million, or 77 cents per share, up from $21 million, or 1 cent per share, the year prior. Adjusted for one-time items, earnings per share were 4…
Yard Act made an unlikely breakaway from the British crop of talky post-punks with 2022’s The Overload, collaborating with Elton John (on the “100% Endurance†rework) and crossing the Atlantic for late-night TV spots. That set the scene for their dancier second LP, Where’s My Utopia? The record harnesses the bigger budget to sprawl outwards in every direction, mashing James Smith’s acerbic bar-stool raconteurism into grooves that might evoke Fela Kuti or Beastie Boys, with guests including Gorillaz producer Remi Kabaka Jr., and Rose Matafeo. Read more in Jenessa Williams’ Rising feature “Yard Act Are Seriously Kidding.â€Listen on Apple MusicListen…
James Blake has spoken out about the challenges that musicians face in getting paid fairly for their work in the TikTok age. The electronic musician posted a string of comments on his X/Twitter account on Sunday morning (March 3), taking the time to express his thoughts on the current financial state of the music industry, and what he perceives as the unreasonable obstacles facing musicians. Blake first responded to a post quoting him speaking about not making “a cent†on a recent viral TikTok hit. “It’s worth noting this is just an example I used in a post talking about the wider effect…
Swedish gaming company Embracer Group AB will sell one of its largest subsidiaries, Saber Interactive, to a group of private investors in a deal worth up to $500 million (roughly Rs. 4,142 crore), according to a person familiar with the transaction.Saber will become a privately owned company with around 3,500 employees, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing nonpublic information. The company plans to continue developing a remake of Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic, the highly anticipated game that was removed from its previous developer Aspyr Media in 2022.The deal will be one of…
Seeing strong and impactful female characters on TV inspires us, rallying us to do better like these females have done whenever the chips were down. Some of these characters have inspired us for years, like SVU’s Olivia Benson or BTVS’s Buffy Summers, while other females have only recently hit our TV screens, like The Way Home’s Del Landry. However, these female characters have resonated with us over the years. Some of the stories may have hit too close to home, like Netflix’s Georgia Miller running from an abusive past, and we cheered her on every step of…
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, flanked by U.S. President Joe Biden, speaks during the President’s visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., February 29, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday rebuked Republican claims that the border can be managed solely through President Joe Biden’s executive action, even while the White House weighs some of those actions behind closed doors.”We consider options at all times,” Mayorkas said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “But administrative action is no substitute for an enduring solution.”Officials told NBC News in February that Biden is thinking about implementing…
Urinary tract infections frequently cause people to need to urinate more often than usualSimpleImages/Getty Images Pain that persists even after a urinary tract infection has supposedly passed seems to be down to an overgrowth of nerve cells in the bladder. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are most commonly caused by the bacterium Escherichia coli making its way from faecal matter to the urethra, bladder or kidneys. Common symptoms include pain while urinating and the urge to urinate more often than normal. These infections mainly affect women, of whom around half develop a UTI at some point in their life. “One of…
APS March Meeting: connecting physicists from around the globe – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
Wahl is the original, the inventor, the innovator. Over a century, it grew its respect organically in the echelons of professional barbershops up and down the USA. Now, the brand is the global gold standard for professional clippers. But, you know all this. You need help deciphering which are the best Wahl beard trimmers to suit your particular needs. Well, my friend, you’ve come to the right spot. Still operating out of Stirling, Illinois, Wahl now has six global manufacturing plants, over 4,000 employees worldwide, and sells products in 165 countries. The brand is a true heritage American brand that…
When I was younger, daily sun protection wasn’t as stressed as it is now. Sure, Id put on sunblock if I knew I was going to be in the sun outright, but it didn’t cross my mind on an average day. Now, I’m making up for lost time with a strict SPF regimen and other skincare necessities to protect my skin and hopefully reverse some of the damage I caused. One tactic I like to use is the occasional laser resurfacing session, which helps reduce some of the pigmentation caused by the mishaps from my youth, among other benefits. Laser…
Hey, soul sister! In her new Lifetime series Raising Spirits, the one and only Theresa Caputo is back rubbing elbows with the unseen and reading audiences as she embarks on a live tour here and abroad. It’s been a long road from Long Island Medium to London concert halls and Italy’s Lake Como, but the bouffant’ed spitfire shows no signs of slowing down, even when bombarded by signs from the beyond! “People always ask, ‘How do you turn it on, turn it off?’ It just happens,†Caputo said of her 24/7 connection to the spirit world during our February chat (which you can…
Terran Orbital’s banner above the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, 2022.Terran OrbitalLockheed Martin submitted a bid to acquire spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital, the defense giant revealed in a securities filing on Friday.The nonbinding proposal would see Lockheed acquire Terran Orbital’s outstanding common stock at $1 a share in cash, as well as pay $70 million for Terran’s outstanding warrants and assume the company’s $313 million in outstanding debt.Together, the offer values Terran Orbital at just below $600 million. Terran Orbital stock closed at $1.07 a share on Friday.Terran Orbital did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.Sign…
Airplane fuselages bound for Boeing’s 737 Max production facility sit in storage at their top supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc, in Wichita, Kansas, U.S. December 17, 2019. Nick Oxford | ReutersBoeing is in talks to buy back Spirit AeroSystems, which makes fuselages for Boeing’s 737 Max jets, the companies said Friday, as the manufacturers scramble to stamp out production flaws on the top-selling plane.Shares of Spirit rose 15% on Friday, while Boeing’s stock fell close to 2%. Spirit AeroSystems had a market capitalization of $3.8 billion as of Friday’s close.Boeing in 2005 spun off operations in Kansas and Oklahoma that became…
A new compilation of Lou Reed covers is on the way. For The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed, Light in the Attic has corralled a generation-spanning guest list including Angel Olsen (who collaborates with singer-songwriter Maxim Ludwig), the Afghan Whigs, Joan Jett, Lucinda Williams, Rufus Wainwright, and Rickie Lee Jones, as well as the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, whose version of the Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man†is out now. Check that out below, along with the tracklist. The compilation is out April 20.Read Philip Sherburne’s review of the new reissue of Reed’s Hudson…
Bring Me The Horizon gave an expletive-filled acceptance speech after winning Best Alternative/Rock Act at tonight’s BRIT Awards. The Sheffield band beat out The Rolling Stones, Blur, Young Fathers and Yussef Dayes to win the prize, their first ever BRIT Award. The live ITV1 broadcast of the show censored the early part of the band’s speech, during which frontman Oli Sykes held the award and muttered under his breath, “Fucking hellâ€. “I don’t think you can swear,†his bandmate rapidly replied. “We’re off to a good start anyway.â€Â Check out the uncensored version of the speech below. “We really don’t…
Incredible footage released by Varda Space Industries gives us a first-person view of a space capsule’s return trip to Earth, from the moment it separates from its carrier satellite in orbit all the way through its fiery reentry and bumpy arrival at the surface. Varda’s W-1 capsule landed at the Utah Test and Training Range, a military site, on February 21 in a first for a commercial company. It spent roughly eight months leading up to that in low Earth orbit, stuck in regulatory limbo while the company waited for the government approvals it needed to land on US soil,…
WhatsApp, the end-to-end encryption (E2EE) messaging platform, is expected to soon add support for third-party messages. Now, a leaked image has surfaced that shows a glimpse into how the new interface would look. The image suggests that the feature may only debut in Europe for now. Notably, the Meta-owned platform is required to add support for cross-platform messaging as per the European Union’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), which comes into effect on March 6. It is expected that WhatsApp will make the feature live before the deadline.The leaked screenshot was shared via a WABetaInfo report, which revealed that in…