2012 Toronto Film Festival - Press Conferences
Stars attend press conferences during the 2012 Toronto Film Festival, September 6 - 16, 2012.
Stars attend press conferences during the 2012 Toronto Film Festival, September 6 - 16, 2012.
NEW YORK (AP) — When Anna Branch, 37, had her hours at work reduced at the start of the pandemic in 2020, she suddenly noticed ads for an app called EarnIn. “You know how they get you — the algorithms — like they’re reading your mind,” Branch said. “The ad said I could get up to $100 this week and repay it in my next pay period.” Branch, who was working as an administrative assistant in Charleston, South Carolina, downloaded the app, agreed to the flat fee, and added the suggested “tip.” The cas
Women have been warned against getting pregnant while on Ozempic, amid fears that the celebrity weight-loss drug is being misused in the United States to boost fertility.
People should rely on the well-established Heimlich maneuver to save a choking victim, rather than newfangled "anti-choking" devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
United Parcel Service expects its newly won U.S. Postal Service (USPS) air cargo contract to be profitable in its first year and throughout the more than five-year deal, after rival FedEx struggled with the business, Chief Executive Carol Tome said on Tuesday. Atlanta-based UPS will become the No. 1 USPS air cargo service provider on Sept. 30. It replaces FedEx, which was paid $1.75 billion in fiscal 2023 to provide Priority Mail and other speedy services for the quasi-governmental agency.
Chilean telecommunications firm Entel plans to invest $618 million this year, the company said on Tuesday, slightly above its 2023 spending. The funds will go primarily toward Entel's mobile and home divisions, the firm in a statement. The majority of the funds - $451 million - are earmarked for Chile, while another $167 million will go to Entel's Peruvian unit, the company added.
Tesla (TSLA), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG), and Amazon (AMZN) -four of the "Magnificent Seven" - are gearing up to release their latest quarterly earnings this week. Much of Wall Street is eagerly awaiting these earnings, considering how much weight in the major indexes these stocks hold. Goldman Sachs Global Chief Equity Strategist Peter Oppenheimer joins Yahoo Finance to give insight into the upcoming week of Big Tech earnings and puts the market dominance from these companies in a historical context, extrapolating what can be learned from the past. Oppenheimer says Big Tech's dominance is "not unique historically. We've had the largest companies in the index of typically been somewhere between 5% and 20%. So if you went back to the 1960s, for example, the big car companies were as big in the index as the bigger technology companies are today." He continues with: "One of the things I would say is very positive is that there have been times, on occasion, in the past when the biggest companies have been very expensive and they've really reflected hopes and expectations of future profits rather than current strong results...It's not unique to have the concentration or the size and scale of companies that we're seeing currently, but the rather good thing, I think, is that these companies are actually achieving very, very strong profitability. " For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino
Yuki Iwamura-Pool/GettyA New York judge did not hold back on Tuesday as prosecutors pushed to hold Donald Trump in contempt for attacking jurors and witnesses—just seven days into his landmark hush money trial.On top of the 34 criminal counts Trump is already facing, prosecutors say his “willful violations” of a limited gag order handed down last month by the judge have crossed the line into outright contempt.“It’s ridiculous,” prosecutor Christopher Conroy said in court last week. “It has to st
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The 20-year-old Lyft passenger showed “no remorse for his actions,” police told news outlets.
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At Ocado's newest warehouse robotic arms are helping to pack customer orders.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 1.1 billion young adults around the world could be at risk of permanent, avoidable hearing loss due to unsafe listening practices. To address these findings, Gordon Harrison, chief audiologist at Specsavers, has explained how you can prevent hearing loss.The 60/60 headphone rule Although headphones are convenient, try not to wear them for more than 60 minutes per day. "Most phones these days have an alert that tells you when you've been listening to your music too loudly for a certain amount of time," Gordon says.
By 2025, it’s estimated that over one million people in the UK will have a diagnosis of dementia. It’s a sobering thought, but new research suggests that 40 per cent of these cases could be delayed or prevented by prioritising a healthy and active lifestyle.
PepsiCo reported better-than-expected revenue in the first quarter on strong international demand for its snacks and beverages. The Purchase, New York-based company said revenue rose 2% to $18.3 billion for the January-April period. That was higher than the $18 billion Wall Street forecast, according to analysts polled by FactSet. Pepsi reaffirmed its financial guidance for 2024, including organic revenue growth of 4%. The company has said it expects to return to more normal rates of growth this
Euro zone government bond yields were steady on Tuesday, as traders digested mixed Purchasing Managers' Index data from the euro area that did not offer any new hints on how fast the European Central Bank could lower borrowing costs. Overall business activity in the euro zone expanded at its fastest pace in nearly a year, HCOB's preliminary composite PMI survey showed, propelled by a recovery in the bloc's dominant services sector. Germany's 10-year bond yield, the benchmark for the euro zone bloc, was up 1.5 basis points (bps) at 2.51%.
PulteGroup received an added data boost, Danaher's markets are looking up, and JetBlue collapses, despite a not-as-bad-as-feared loss.
A World War II-era airport hangar in Edmonton, Alberta, was destroyed by a fire on Monday, April 22, footage shows.Footage taken by X user @jennawinterburn shows Hangar 11, a structure built in 1942, engulfed by flames.According to local news reports, Hangar 11 was recently designated a Municipal Heritage Resource, which would’ve protected the structure. It was scheduled to be restored and transformed into a “mixed-use environment” with “restaurant, retail, and residential space” serving an adjacent housing development, the Edmonton Journal said. Credit: @jennawinterburn via Storyful
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