BusinessHuffPostElon Musk Goofs That He Can't Get Rid Of Dumb New Twitter Name
The social media platform's CEO adopts an attorney's mistake referring to him as "Mr. Tweet" as his Twitter handle. Now he claims he's stuck with it.
BusinessReutersIndia banks' exposure to Adani Group is limited - CLSA, Jefferies
Indian banks' exposure to the Adani Group is within manageable limits, said brokerage houses CLSA and Jefferies, as the group fend off an attack from well-known short-seller Hindenburg Research. "While we watch for developments here, we don't see material risk arising to the Indian banking sector," brokerage firm Jefferies said in a note dated Jan. 26.
BusinessReutersStumbling Intel, seeing AMD gain ground, says it will recover balance
Microprocessor giant Intel Corp has stumbled badly at a time when smaller rival AMD and others are picking up speed. The weakness of the global economy only makes Intel's challenges more difficult. Intel is still the three hundred pound gorilla in the market of microprocessors, called central processing units (CPUs), the brains of computers, and it says it has passed through the worst of a revamp under a new chief executive.
BusinessAFP NewsShares in India's Adani fall again after fraud claims
Shares in the business empire of Asia's richest man Gautam Adani sank again Friday after the conglomerate slammed a US investment firm that claimed it had committed "brazen" corporate fraud.Hindenburg's report accused Adani Group of engaging in a "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over the course of decades".
NewsAFP NewsPhilippines to appeal ICC resumption of drug war probe
The Philippine government said Friday it intended to appeal an International Criminal Court decision to reopen an inquiry into Manila's brutal anti-drug campaign, which left thousands dead.The group represents some of the dead suspects' families in a handful of cases being tried in Philippine courts against police officers.
PoliticsHuffPostRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Republican Who Urged Her To 'Educate' Herself
The New York Democrat argued that leasing more land to fossil fuel companies wouldn’t guarantee a drop in gas prices.
NewsAFP NewsIn a first, German parliament spotlights Nazis' LGBTQ victims
The German parliament will for the first time on Friday focus its annual Holocaust memorial commemorations on people persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity.Bas regretted that there were no LGBTQ survivors of the Nazi period left to address parliament, and noted that gay men, lesbians and transgender people still faced state persecution even decades after the war.
BusinessHuffPostTrader Joe’s Workers In Kentucky Form Union
This is the third store that the union, Trader Joe's United, has organized in under a year.
NewsReutersJapan, Netherlands to join US in restricting chip equipment exports to China-Bloomberg
Japan and the Netherlands will soon agree to join the United States in restricting exports of semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China, Bloomberg News reported. Talks between the countries will conclude as early as Friday, with the Netherlands restricting ASML Holding NV from selling machines to China used to make certain types of advanced chips, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Japan would impose similar restrictions on Nikon Corp, the report said.
BusinessAFP NewsAsian markets build on rally on hopes US will avoid recession
Asian markets rose again Friday as fears about a possible recession in the US economy were soothed by data showing it grew more than expected in 2022, adding to the broadly upbeat tone across trading floors this year.Thursday's US growth figures showed a slowdown in 2022 from the previous year but a better-than-expected performance, which was described as a "Goldilocks scenario" -- where the figures are neither too good nor too bad.
NewsAFP NewsGandhi's killer a hero to India's diehard Hindu nationalists
Hindu fundamentalist Ashok Sharma has devoted his life to championing the deeds of an Indian "patriot": not revered independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, but the man who shot him dead."It is because of Gandhi and his ideology that India was divided and Hindus had to bow before Muslims and outsiders," said Abhishek Agarwal, like Sharma a member of the century-old radical Hindu Mahasabha group.
NewsHuffPostOfficials In Colorado Treated To 400 Bear 'Selfies' On Wildlife Camera
One bear was so ready for its close-ups as part of Boulder's project to monitor wildlife habitats.
NewsAFP NewsUS raid in Somalia kills senior Islamic State figure: US official
A US military raid in Somalia ordered by President Joe Biden killed a key regional leader of the Islamic State group, Bilal al-Sudani, US officials said Thursday."On January 25, on orders from the president, the US military conducted an assault operation in northern Somalia that resulted in the death of a number of ISIS members, including Bilal al-Sudani," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.
NewsAFP NewsRussian activist, 80, fights on despite crackdown
She is 80 years old, the Memorial rights group she co-founded has been shut down, and some of her colleagues have fled Russia fearing arrest under President Vladimir Putin."I am grateful and I bow down before them because we didn't become toxic for them and at least from their perspective we do not represent Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, we are different people, we are his opponents," Gannushkina said of the Russian president.
PoliticsHuffPostGeorge Conway Rakes Meta For Welcoming Donald Trump Back On Facebook
"Let's just let him play with fire again," the attorney said of the company's decision to let the former president back on its social media platforms.
NewsHuffPostCops Accused Of Kidnapping Homeless Man, Beating Him Unconscious In Woods
The two now-former Hialeah police officers face up to life in prison if convicted on felony armed kidnapping charges, the Miami-Dade state attorney said.
PoliticsHuffPostGeorge Santos Campaign Committee Claims It 'Hired' New Treasurer Who Says It Didn't
Yet another glitch pops up amid questions about the mystery source of contributions to Santos' campaign.
NewsAFP NewsIndigenous land rights help protect Brazil's forests
Territories in Brazil's fragmented Atlantic Forest where Indigenous peoples enjoy secure land rights have seen measurably less deforestation than similar areas in which land tenure is weak or non-existent, researchers reported Thursday."Indigenous lands with tenure showed a reduction in deforestation and increase in reforestation compared to lands that didn't have secure legal rights," said Benzeev, writing from Brazil's Atlantic Forest, where she is sharing her findings with Indigenous leaders.
NewsAFP NewsFive US police officers charged with beating Black man to death
US authorities on Thursday charged five former police officers with murder over the fatal beating of a Black man in Memphis, as the southern city braced for possible civil unrest and President Joe Biden urged demonstrators to protest peacefully.In addition to second-degree murder charges, the officers in Memphis are also facing indictments of aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping.
ScienceAFP NewsOne third of Amazon 'degraded' by human activity, drought: study
More than one third of the Amazon rainforest may have been degraded by human activity and drought, researchers said Thursday, and action is needed to protect the critically important ecosystem.In a separate study published in Science of the human impacts on the Amazon, researchers from the University of Louisiana Lafayette and elsewhere called for action.
BusinessReutersActivist Elliott to nominate directors at Salesforce -sources
Elliott Management Corp, the activist investment firm that recently made a multimillion-dollar investment in Salesforce, plans to nominate several director candidates at the cloud-based software company, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Elliott, which invests more than $55 billion, is currently interviewing a number of people including technology industry executives and executives in other industries, the people said. The decision to prepare a slate of candidates who can be nominated between February 12 and March 14, could signal a change of direction at Elliott.
NewsHuffPostJoe Biden Responds To Death Of Tyre Nichols After Police Arrests
The five Memphis, Tennessee, officers who arrested the young Black man have all been charged with second-degree murder.
BusinessReutersTata's Air India to seal half of jumbo plane order - sources
Air India will on Friday seal half of an order worth billions of dollars for some 495 jets with Boeing and engine suppliers General Electric and CFM International, two industry sources said, as its new owner seeks to revive the airline and compete with much larger rivals. After months of closely-guarded, tough negotiations, Air India is set to place an order for 190 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbody planes as well as some 20 Boeing 787s and 10 Boeing 777X on a day marking one year since Tata Group took control of the former state-run carrier, the sources told Reuters. The second half of the order, which industry sources have told Reuters includes around 235 Airbus single-aisle jets and about 40 Airbus A350 widebody aircraft, is expected to be formally wrapped up over the coming days.
NewsAFP NewsFamilies of 737 MAX crash victims, Boeing face off in US court
Carrying photos of loved ones killed in the Boeing 737 MAX crashes, relatives of the victims on Thursday asked a federal judge to overhaul a US criminal settlement and impose tougher sanctions on the aviation giant.But relatives of the victims began challenging the DPA later in 2021, winning an order last week from US District Judge Reed O'Connor requiring Boeing appear Thursday at an arraignment in the criminal case.
BusinessAFP NewsMarkets rise on better-than-expected US growth
Stock markets rose Thursday as US data showed the world's biggest economy finished the year on a stronger note than anticipated.The world's top luxury group LVMH said Thursday that its sales and net profit both hit new heights last year, driven by strong demand in Europe, the United States and Japan.
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