Stock splits don't create any real value for shareholders. Given the projected dividend payments I should receive this month, I'll have enough cash to buy another share of Palo Alto before the year ends. Palo Alto Networks has many characteristics I like to see in a growth-focused investment.
As markets continue to push back against the Federal Reserve's higher-for-longer message, traders will be watching Chair Jerome Powell's comments on Friday - the last opportunity the central bank has to set expectations before their December meeting. The Fed enters its blackout period on Saturday before its Dec. 14 announcement, and Powell, due to speak at Spelman College, has a tough job getting the market to believe him when he says that interest rates will stay high through 2024. Data on Thursday showed the PCE price index, the Fed's targeted measure of inflation, eased in October to its lowest level since March 2021, while the consumer price index, released earlier last month, increased just 3.2% on an annual basis in October, down from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022.
Indicted Republican George Santos' brief career in the U.S. House of Representatives could come to an end on Friday, when fellow lawmakers are due to vote on whether to expel him over criminal corruption charges and accusations of misspending campaign money. Santos, 35, has been mired in controversy since his 2022 election. Santos has pleaded not guilty to those charges.
The United Nations on Friday deplored the resumption of military operations in Gaza, describing the hostilities as "catastrophic" and urging parties to ensure a lasting ceasefire be upheld. Israeli warplanes resumed bombing Gaza, causing Palestinian civilians to flee for shelter after the collapse of a week-old truce that ran out with no deal to extend it. "The resumption of hostilities in Gaza is catastrophic," said Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The Hall of Fame could be getting some new members this weekend, by way of the Contemporary Baseball Era committee. I bet you didn’t know that existed. Up for election this year are managers Cito Gaston, Dave Johnson, Lou Piniella and Jim Leyland, umpires Joe West and Ed Montague, and executives Hank Peters and Bill White. The selection process for this competition is a bit quirky. The individuals were chosen for the ballot based on making their biggest impact after 1980, but behind closed doors
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Using a portable tape recorder brought to his hospital bed by one of his visitors, the late Pogues icon Shane MacGowan recorded one last song before his death.
Julia Roberts was too "scared" to read the 'Leave the World Behind' novel and couldn't open the book after dark.
Elon Musk considered taking his own life when he was just 12 years old and experiencing an "existential crisis".
A decade after he was killed in a fireball car crash aged 40, ‘Fast and Furious’ star Paul Walker’s model daughter Meadow has paid tribute to him by posting a throwback video of them laughing together – with a message saying she will always love the star.
As she heads towards her 60th birthday in March, Elle Macpherson has said she is refusing to focus on ageing.
After no candidates received a majority in the November election, Eagle still needs to elect a mayor for the next four years.
A Boise-based neurosurgery practice asked for a new trial after a jury returned a verdict in favor of an ex-employee who alleged she was fired for planning to report sexual harassment and racial discrimination. See what the court decided.
After spending in years in costumes from the age of three, Jodie Foster says she has finally “lost interest” in wearing corsets and high heels or talking about her hair and make-up.
According to a Gallup poll, a majority of people now believe the death penalty is applied unfairly. Fifty-three percent said they still support the death penalty, down from 60% a decade ago.
The real estate investor received “a lot of hate” for his contrarian take.
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For decades, UNC has been labeled a “sleeping giant” in football. It’s time to accept the Tar Heels are awake, and this is who they are. N.C. State, meanwhile, proves its grit. Again.
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