Image source: Getty Images I have to admit that I look forward to Costco's monthly ad booklet. Costco sells high-quality products at low prices. It's what keeps customers coming back. Every month it has a new set of products that are on sale, with some up to 33% off its already-low prices.
Mideast fears and surging yields triggered another ugly market reversal. Nvidia and Microsoft fell while Tesla dived.
Nico Hoerner and the Cubs take on Corbin Carroll and the D-backs on Jackie Robinson Day, April 15th, 2024
Barely a day goes by without someone prominent proclaiming that this summer London is going to be the overspill city of the Olympics. Come on in, we say, the water’s lovely (considering the country’s sewage problem, London’s drinking water is certainly better than the water in Paris), and we don’t have bed bugs!
International Paper said on Tuesday it had agreed to an all-share deal to buy DS Smith , valuing the British paper and packaging firm at 5.8 billion pounds ($7.20 billion). Upon completion of the combination, DS Smith shareholders will own about 33.7% and International Paper shareholders will own the rest of the combined company, which plans to seek a secondary listing in London. DS Smith said it would recommend shareholder to back the deal with International Paper, adding that it had recently received proposals from both International Paper and Mondi , but the U.S. company was now in a position to make a firm offer.
A late goal from Sebastien Haller last week has given Dortmund hope in this quarter-final tie
"We're getting dangerously close to a nuclear accident," IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said following multiple attacks against the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.View on euronews
There were boos around Stamford Bridge as the Chelsea players fought to take a second-half spot-kick
The Olympic flame will be lit at a ceremony at the ancient site of Olympia in Greece on Tuesday, ahead of the torch relay that will start in Athens. After a 12,000-kilometre journey through mainland France and overseas French territories, it will arrive in Paris for the opening of the Games on 26 July. For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic imposed toned-down events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 Beijing Winter Games, spectators will be able to attend the torch relay events.Some 60
Leo Silvester was sentenced to nine years for his key role in a huge drug smuggling ring
Weather warnings were in effect as severe thunderstorms passed over the Washington metropolitan region on Monday, April 15, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.Footage and pictures taken by Donald Camp shows a hailstorm in Falls Church, Virginia.The NWS said the threat for severe weather would extend into Monday night, and warned that parts of Maryland, Washington, West Virginia, and Virginia would be lashed with wind gusts as high as 70 mph and hail up to 2 inches in diameter. Credit: Donald Camp via Storyful
Mostly clear skies with some clouds through the week with temperatures ranging from the 60s to low 80s.
Flames were seen engulfing an apartment as a fire broke out at a highrise building in downtown Toronto, Ontario, on Monday, April 15.Video recorded by Emma Strack shows smoke billowing from a balcony of a residential building, located near York Street and Bremner Boulevard.Local police said the fire broke at around at around 12:23 p.m. It spread to a second balcony, and shattered glass was spotted falling to the ground below.No injuries were reported and the fire was distinguished before 1pm. Credit: Emma Strack via Storyful
The FTSE 100 is set to open much lower after a sell-off in the US yesterday evening. Heavy losses on Wall Street have set the tone for a weaker session in London, with IG index braced for the FTSE 100 index to open at least 1% lower. Asia markets are also in the red following falls of about 1.8% for Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 and the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong.
Upon completion of the combination, DS Smith shareholders will own about 33.7% and International Paper shareholders will own the rest of the combined company, which plans to seek a secondary listing in London. DS Smith said it would recommend shareholder to back the deal with International Paper, adding that it had recently received proposals from both International Paper and Mondi, but the U.S. company was now in a position to make a firm offer.
The BBC's political editor said the former PM's time in office left the UK "an international laughing stock".
Traffic chaos has hit three motorways following a three-vehicle crash on Tuesday morning - with the M25 and M26 shut, and traffic tailing back for three miles on the M20. A 10-mile stretch of the M25 is shut clockwise in Surrey, between junction 5 at the M26/Sevenoaks, and junction 6 at Godstone. Around 10 miles of the M26 westbound has also been shut, from junction 2A at the A20, to where the motorway joins the M25.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have been on a mission since falling to the New Jersey Devils in the opening round of the playoffs last spring. They responded by finishing with the NHL's best regular-season record. Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist, Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, and the New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Monday night to clinch the Presidents’ Trophy. Jack Roslovic, Adam Fox and Alexis Lafreniere also scored and Chris
Oil prices are lower amid a calm reaction by financial markets to events in the Middle East. The FTSE 100 has slipped from record territory but Wall Street markets are pointing higher after Friday’s big sell-off. In today’s corporate developments, car dealership business Inchcape has sold its UK arm while recruitment firm Page Group has posted an update.
STORY: More and more people are using Baidu's chatbot. Dubbed ‘Ernie’, its now got 200 million users. That was according to the Chinese search giant on Tuesday. Chief executive Robin Li launched the bot in March last year. It was made available to the public in August. Now the user number figures mark a doubling since the last update in December. Li says Ernie has also won some 85,000 enterprise users. Earlier this year, he said Baidu was starting to make revenue from the product. It has provided services that include helping other firms make their own AI models. But the bot faces a battle to stay ahead of local rivals. Recent data show that one made by an Alibaba-backed startup is fast catching up. Called ‘Kimi’, it’s not far behind Ernie, and growing much more quickly. Chinese AI services also remain far behind western rivals. OpenAI’s ChatGPT is by far the most popular worldwide, with close to 1.9 billion views last month.
The maker of jackets and clothing inspired by American vintage styles and Japanese graphics has been struggling due to tough consumer retail market conditions and weak wholesale orders, prompting it to work on a turnaround plan. The equity raise, fully underwritten by Superdry CEO and co-founder Julian Dunkerton, will "allow the company to benefit from significant cost-savings associated with being listed," the company said in a statement.
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