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  • Dollar set to pounce on euro if ECB offers dovish guidance

    Dollar bulls were ready to pounce on the euro on Thursday should the European Central Bank sound dovish on rates later in the day, given the Federal Reserve had pressed the pause button on its easing cycle overnight. Markets are more than fully priced for the ECB to trim rates by 25 basis points to 2.75% later on Thursday, with even a small chance of 50 basis points given how weak the EU economy is. "The complex economic and political challenges facing the euro area's largest economies increases the onus on the ECB to support growth."

  • Brazil, U.S. officials agree to discuss how deported migrants are treated

    Brazilian and U.S. officials agreed on Wednesday to discuss regularly how Washington will deport migrants from Brazil, as some leaders in Latin America have balked at what they see as poor treatment of their citizens on repatriation flights. Brazil's foreign affairs ministry said in a social media post that the talks will be led by officials from the ministry and the U.S. embassy, after the ministry summoned a senior U.S. diplomat earlier this week over the treatment of recent deportees that local officials condemned as degrading.

  • Five takeaways from RFK Jr's first confirmation hearing

    Senators grilled Robert F Kennedy Jr, Trump's pick for health secretary, on vaccine comments and his stance on abortion.

  • Former US Sen. Bob Menendez gets 11 years in prison for taking bribes and acting as agent of Egypt

    Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt — crimes his lawyer said he’s been mocked for as “Gold Bar Bob.” The judge delivered the sentence after Menendez tearfully addressed the court, saying he’d lost everything he cared about, except his family. “You were successful, powerful, you stood at the apex of our political system,” U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein told Menendez in a packed Manhattan courtroom.

  • Why Goldman Sachs says the DeepSeek plunge doesn't point to the start of a big stock market correction

    "In our view this is a correction and not the start of a sustained bear market," Goldman Sachs said. DeepSeek sparked a $1 trillion market rout on Monday.

  • Congestion Pricing makes getting into Manhattan faster, if pricier: new data

    NEW YORK — Drive times into Manhattan have dropped dramatically since the institution of New York’s congestion tolling program, according to data released Wednesday by the MTA — with the most significant improvements at the Holland Tunnel. Average morning travel times at all eight river crossings into the congestion zone have gone down significantly, Juliette Michaelson, MTA’s congestion ...

  • PGA Tour contemplates announcing fines as part of study into slow play

    PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The PGA Tour is taking a hard look at whether to allow rangefinders and publicize violations as part of a comprehensive study on pace of play and other enhancements to the game that have come out of a survey of 50,000 golf fans.

  • Ravens fans urged to donate for Kincaid after Bills fan organized effort for Andrews

    Baltimore Ravens fans are being urged to donate to a group supported by Buffalo Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid, who had a pass go through his arms late in last weekend's playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. This effort comes after a Bills fan started a fundraiser for a charitable cause supported by Ravens tight end Mark Andrews, whose dropped 2-point conversion helped seal Buffalo's win over Baltimore in the divisional round.

  • Pets on Set: Birdie

    Meet Birdie! This 9-month-old pup is looking for her new family. She is a terrier mix with lots of personality who loves being outside. She is in a foster home right now and her foster mom says she is a ray of sunshine.

  • Trump's pick for commerce says president's tariff threat could be just the beginning

    WASHINGTON — The man U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen to oversee his tariff agenda says hitting Canada with 25 per cent across-the-board duties would be an emergency measure to achieve border security — and could be followed by more tariffs in the future.

  • Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Praises Trump Administration — “Proud Of Our Leading Companies … Prioritizes American Technology Winning”

    “This is going to be a big year,” said Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Speaking on a post-earnings call with analysts of myriad technological advances in the works, he also affirmed what’s been evident, that Meta will be “redefining our relationship with governments” under the administration of Donald Trump. “We now have a …

  • Black Caucus lays out agenda for legislative session

    Lawmakers have various goals and are not opposed to all of the GOP's plans.

  • Dave Matthews won't perform at FireAid or a MusiCares benefit, citing a critical family illness

    Dave Matthews will no longer perform at FireAid, a star-studded benefit concert organized for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief, or the MusiCares Person of the Year benefit gala this week. According to a post shared to the official Dave Matthews Band Instagram account, “due to a critical illness in the family,” Matthews is no longer able to perform at either event. At FireAid, Matthews was scheduled to perform at the Kia Forum alongside John Mayer for the first time.

  • Edmonton transit fares increase Feb. 1

    Edmonton transit prices are set to increase for the first time since 2021. Starting Feb. 1, fares will increase for most groups. Some of the Increases include Arc single-trip fares going from $2.75 to $3, and cash fares increasing from $3.50 to $3.75. The youth fare age eligibility will also change to 18 years and under. This means riders aged 19 to 24, who were previously eligible for the youth fare, will now have to pay the adult rate.

  • Elon Musk Foe Escorted Out of Fed Office After Refusing to Resign

    Fired inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Phyllis Fong was removed from her Washington D.C. office on Monday after refusing to comply with the conditions of her termination. A 22-year-old veteran of the department—which has a broad mandate to investigate food safety and animal welfare—Fong’s office has been investigating Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, among other investigations into the Boar’s Head’s listeria outbreak. The USDA launched a federal investigation i

  • Microsoft shares slide as cloud forecast, AI spending disappoint

    Microsoft on Wednesday forecast disappointing growth in its cloud computing business, sending its shares down more than 5% as investors worry about big spending, elusive artificial intelligence revenue and growing competition from cheaper AI models from China. Azure results for the fiscal second quarter also fell below Wall Street expectations. Despite beating quarterly overall sales estimates, investors want better results from the hundreds of billions of dollars that Wall Street heavyweights have been spending to build AI data centers and infuse their products with the emerging technology.

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  • Cowboys and VP of player personnel Will McClay agree on multiyear extension

    FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have agreed on a multiyear contract extension with vice president of player personnel Will McClay, who has overseen the club's draft process since 2014.

  • Meta posts robust fourth-quarter earnings amid DeepSeek mania

    Mark Zuckerberg tells analysts ‘this is going to be a really big year’ as company sees quarterly revenues of $48.39bn

  • Tigers sign reliever Tommy Kahnle as Scott Harris bolsters bullpen

    Tigers sign reliever Tommy Kahnle as Scott Harris bolsters bullpen | Brad Galli has more