President-elect Donald Trump has tapped several Californians — including former San Joaquin Valley congressman Devin Nunes — for posts in his next administration. Nunes, a Republican and former dairy farmer from Tulare, resigned his House seat after nearly two decades in 2022 to become chief executive of Trump Media & Technology Group, which is the […]
Cheryl Hines took a somewhat unorthodox approach to promoting her beauty products on Black Friday. Beauty line Hines + Young posted a video on its Instagram Story on Friday of Hines in her bathroom with two of her beauty products as her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., showered in the background. The actress then reposted […]
Alibaba Offices In Beijing Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba on Friday beat profit expectations in its September quarter, but sales fell short as sluggishness in the world’s second-largest economy hit consumer spending. Alibaba said net income rose 58% year-on-year to 43.9 billion Chinese yuan ($6.07 billion) in the company’s quarter […]
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The effects of 2023’s dual actors and writers strikes are continuing to ripple through the industry globally. U.K. public service broadcaster ITV, which broadcast shows this year including Sophie Turner-starrer “Joan” and “Mr Bates v the Post Office,” is the latest to fall victim, reporting an 8% drop in group revenue from £2.9 billion ($3.5 […]
The dollar surged by its most since the 2016 Brexit referendum and Wall Street was poised for big gains as Donald Trump’s historic US election victory sent investors around the world scrambling to price in a new regime of trade tariffs and tax cuts. The US currency raced higher against the euro, the yen and […]
The Shell logo is displayed outside a petrol station in Radstock in Somerset, England, on Feb. 17, 2024. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil giant Shell on Thursday posted a small year-on-year drop in third-quarter profit as a sharp decline in crude prices and lower refining margins were partially offset […]
Donald Trump’s penchant for paranoid conspiracies isn’t exactly a deep-state secret. But between March and September of this year, the former president shared such theories to his anything-goes social network, Truth Social, at a rate of almost two posts a day. That statistic is one of several brow-raising takeaways in a new New York Times […]
Sara Runnels was known for her humorous stories and social media shares about the single life, but her dating status quickly changed after meeting Adam Zack.
Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images New England Patriots wide receiver Ja’Lynn Polk had fans scratching their heads with his cryptic post on Instagram following the team’s 32-16 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Polk, who had zero receptions on three targets, before exiting with a head injury. After the game, he added an Instagram […]
