Wall Street heard exactly what it wanted to hear from the Federal Reserve, and that sparked a new rally in the stock market that looked poised to continue on Thursday morning. After having taken the brunt of the bear market hit in 2022, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) jumped at the opening bell, up 2.3% as of 9:41 a.m. ET. A pair of stocks contributed the most to the Nasdaq's rally.
Some lenders to Thames Water would lose up to 40 percent of their money under government contingency plans to nationalise Britain's biggest water company dubbed "Project Timber". - Mining group BHP has been ordered to hand over historic employment details for staff including its chief executive Mike Henry as part of a legal battle over one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters.
MONTREAL — Marie-Philip Poulin expected Kristin O’Neill to have a breakthrough, because she sees the work her teammate puts in daily. O’Neill scored twice — including the game-winning goal with 46 seconds remaining — and Montreal pulled off an epic comeback for a 4-3 win over Minnesota on Thursday night in the Professional Women’s Hockey League. The 26-year-old O’Neill entered the night with one goal in 18 games, but finally flashed her pedigree as Canadian national team player on the PWHL stage
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks tumbled Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei slumping 3.5% on heavy selling of semiconductor-related shares and other market heavyweights. Tensions in the Middle East were weighing on sentiment across the region, and U.S. futures were sharply lower. Oil prices jumped about $3 as the state-run IRNA news agency reported that Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning after reports of explosions near the city of Isfahan. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 plunged 3.51% to
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KITCHENER, Ont. — Jacob Julien scored a hat trick in leading the London Knights past the Kitchener Rangers 4-3 to finish off a second-round sweep on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League playoff action. Kasper Halttunen had the other goal for London, which earned its second straight sweep of the post-season. Michael Simpson made 26 saves. The Knights now await the winner between the Saginaw Spirit and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the final remaining second-round series. That series is tied 2-2, wi
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Israel’s strike on Iran on Friday morning will not come as a surprise to Western observers – but it will cause great concern in Washington and London as the region tips closer towards an all-out war.
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Half of primary school leaders said public funding for poorer pupils was being used to plug gaps elsewhere in their school’s budget.
When Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini launched an Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979 and overthrew the country’s pro-Western leader, one of the first things he did was cut ties with Israel.
It remains unclear if country is under attack
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Flights diverted around western Iran without explanations
Trial underway for Panama Papers, a case that changed that country's financial rules
The Sarasota City Commission unanimously approved a plan to purchase two plots of land to build two apartment buildings. The nearly 200 units would include employees who have been priced out of living in the city where they work. The city currently owns a parking lot located at 1530 First Street, diagonally across from Sarasota City Hall. The city is working to purchase adjacent properties, 1544 and 1590 First Street, to build attainable workforce housing units.
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Medina is wrapping their arms around a 10-year-old girl who has been battling a rare form of cancer since 2020.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Nikita Chibrikov scored the game-winner in his NHL debut and Cole Perfetti added two goals as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 Thursday night in the regular-season finale for the playoff-bound teams. The victory produced some notable accomplishments for Winnipeg. The Jets finished the regular season giving up 199 total goals, the fewest in the league and one less than the Florida Panthers, to earn the William M. Jennings Trophy. They also extended their
The countdown is on as Taylor Swift fans await the release of her newest album, "The Tortured Poets Department." The hype is also hitting record stores that have been preparing all week for the big Friday release date.
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