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Toronto Blue Jays Must Boost Their Offense To Catch New York Yankees

Cleveland Guardians’ Andrés Giménez celebrates the team’s 3-2, 10-inning win over the Minnesota … [+] Twins which earned the team a berth in baseball’s playoff, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett) Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. So far, the Toronto Blue Jays have had a very quiet offseason. Yes, […]

Business & Finance

TSMC beats sales estimates as AI chip boost continues

The logo for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 26, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. posted December quarter revenue that topped analyst estimates, as the company continues to get a boost from the AI boom. The world’s […]

Business & Finance

We want to boost our ownership of a portfolio stock that just boosted its dividend

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Thursday markets: Stocks are taking a breather after Wednesday’s big surge, especially in the Nasdaq Composite and the more narrow “Magnificent Seven” cohort. The yield on […]

Politics

Immigrants’ resentment over new arrivals helped boost Trump’s popularity with Latino voters

On the campaign trail, Trump singled out Whitewater after the police chief wrote a letter to Biden asking for help responding to the needs of the new Nicaraguan arrivals. While some residents were put off by Trump’s rhetoric about the city being destroyed by immigrants, it resonated with many of the longtime Mexican-immigrant residents we […]

Science

Tokyo rolling out four-day work week in bid to boost birth rates

Studies show that four-day work weeks can help employee mental health, boost overall productivity, and even cut down on global greenhouse emissions. Tokyo’s city government, however, has decided to offer state employees three-day weekends in the hopes of another possible result: extra free time to make more babies. The capitol’s governor, Yuriko Koike, announced the […]

World News

Embattled Macron seeks boost from reopening

Reuters Emmanuel Macron plans to use the reopening of the cathedral for a political boost A gravely weakened President Emmanuel Macron hopes to win a new lease of political life from Saturday’s ceremonial reopening of Notre Dame. Joined by US President-elect Donald Trump, Prince William and other international figures, he will seek to present the […]

Weather

CFM re-allocates some engines in boost to Airbus, sources say

By Tim Hepher MUNICH (Reuters) -Jet engine maker CFM has agreed to divert some engines to Airbus to narrow a supply gap as the planemaker battles to hit end-of-year targets, three people familiar with the matter said. This month’s agreement follows a tug of war over supplies between planemakers and maintenance shops and is expected […]