President Donald Trump introduces Broadcom CEO Hock Tan prior to Tan announcing the repatriation of his company’s headquarters to the United States from Singapore during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, DC, November 2, 2017.Getty ImagesWhen Broadcom tried to buy rival Qualcomm for $120 billion in 2018, its efforts were thwarted. Qualcomm rejected the offer and the Trump administration declared the deal a potential threat to national security. In March of that year, Broadcom withdrew the bid, which would’ve been the largest technology deal on record, and said, “Qualcomm was clearly a unique and very…
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Invesco launched an exchange-traded fund designed to give investors exposure to the top 45% of companies in the Nasdaq-100 Index.Brian Hartigan, the firm’s global head of ETFs and index instruments, runs Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), which is the fifth-largest ETF in the world, according to VettaFi. Now Hartigan is taking on the Invesco Top QQQ ETF (QBIG), which launched Dec. 4.According to Hartigan, there is a demand to capture the megacap concentration story within the Nasdaq.”That’s what investors were asking us for. How do I dial up that, that exposure and really capture the majority of the drivers of returns…
A drone or SUAV, Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.Richard Newstead | Moment | Getty ImagesThe FBI and Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday that ongoing investigations around reported drone sightings over New Jersey have found “many of the reported drone sightings are, in fact, manned aircraft being misidentified as drones.”The investigations have also found no evidence that spotted drones have engaged in illegal activity or malicious acts, and that the United States Coast Guard has not found any evidence of foreign involvement offshore.”At this point, we have not identified any basis for believing that there’s any criminal activity involved, that there’s any national security threat,…
Passengers deplane through the business class seating area on an American Airlines flight, London Heathrow Airport, Aug. 14, 2018.Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesCheap seats aren’t enough for airline passengers anymore.Since the pandemic, travelers have shown airlines that they’re willing to pay up to sit at the relatively spacious front of the cabin. That means that many of the seats are already full, so it’s harder for frequent flyers to score free upgrades to the front of the airplane.And the ranks of frequent flyers with elite status are swelling all the way from the airport lounge to…
Marissa Bode had all but given up on the idea she would get the part of Nessarose in Jon M. Chu’s feature adaptation of Wicked. “My last callback that I had, prior to that, I didn’t think that I got it. I hadn’t heard back from casting,” Bode tells The Hollywood Reporter about her bid to land a part in the beloved stage musical. To distract herself, the 24-year-old says she made a “cute little spooky video” about witches, “not even thinking about Wicked.” But just two days after uploading the video to Instagram, she heard back from casting about…
Billie Eilish was hit in the face by a necklace thrown onto the stage by a fan while she was performing. READ MORE: Billie Eilish – ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ review: bold, brilliant and somewhat brighter Eilish played a show at the Desert Diamond Arena in Arizona last night (December 13) and was sat cross-legged on the floor singing ‘What Was I Made For?’ when the incident happened. Fan-filmed footage showed Eilish flinching as the necklace hit her and the crowd is heard reacting in surprise, some booing. Eilish quickly carries on singing, before picking up the necklace and tossing…
According to a report from , president-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is trying to kill a rule set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that requires automakers to report crashes if advanced driver assistance technology or automated driving systems were in use within 30 seconds of the crash. The NHTSA issued the in 2021, stating that its goal is to gather data that could help it identify potential safety issues.The data has been used in investigations into crashes involving six companies so far, including Tesla and GM’s Cruise (which is as of this week). Tesla executives oppose the…
WASHINGTON — A joint Earth science mission between NASA and its Indian counterpart is now scheduled to launch as soon as next March after being delayed to repair its main radar antenna. In a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union here Dec. 11, Gerald Bawden, program scientist for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission at NASA Headquarters, said the spacecraft is now scheduled to launch from India in a window that opens in late March. NISAR was previously scheduled to launch in the spring of this year, but NASA announced in March that it would…
The McKinsey & Company logo is displayed at the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, on June 21, 2023.Benoit Tessier | ReutersMcKinsey & Company agreed to pay $650 million in a deferred prosecution agreement that will resolve a federal criminal probe into the company’s consulting work advising Purdue Pharma on how to increase sales of its opioid painkiller OxyContin, a court filing said Friday.A former top partner at McKinsey, Martin Elling, also agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice next month in the probe by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to a filing…
Rebecca Joines Schinsky Chief of Staff Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the executive director of product and ecommerce at Riot New Media Group. She co-hosts All the Books! and the Book Riot Podcast. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccaschinsky. View All posts by Rebecca Joines Schinsky Monday through Friday, Today in Books highlights news from around the world of books and reading. In this weekend edition, enjoy a look at the stories we covered in-house. 🚫 Censorship Trends to Watch for in 2025, Part II 📚 The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week 😎 Innovative Study Finds That Public Libraries Positively…
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Every great Christmas movie needs a villain to shake things up. Whether they’re stealing presents, scaring kids, or just being plain greedy, these characters bring chaos to the holidays — and we love them for it. But are they really as bad as they seem? (20th Century Fox/Screenshot) Some of them might just be misunderstood, acting out of loneliness, frustration, or even good intentions gone awry. From mischievous misfits to sinister schemers, they add a little spice to all that holiday cheer. Let’s take a closer look at the Christmas villains who might deserve a spot on the nice list…
Fast-food companies like Yum! Brands’ KFC and McDonald’s are getting back into chicken tenders as a way to attract consumers with a low-risk, high-reward bet on a familiar favorite. Nearly half of all fast-food restaurants served the chicken item as of the third quarter, up 5.7% from the same period in 2019, according to Technomic’s Ignite Menu data. More eateries are adding chicken tenders to other dishes like salads and wraps.Taco Bell, also owned by Yum! Brands, has been testing chicken strips in tacos and burritos. McDonald’s says it’s also testing out versions of its McCrispy sandwich, which will be…
After ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump stopped short of telling investors to buy more stock as he gets set to take office.”I don’t want to get into a situation where they do and we have a dip or something because that can always happen,” Trump told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on “Squawk on the Street.”Trump repeatedly used the stock market as a performance barometer during his first term. During that time, the S&P 500 scaled nearly 68%, reaching all-time highs. Part of that was due to corporate tax cuts passed by…
Bobby Farrelly directs ‘Champions.’Preview:Bobby Farrelly will direct new comedy ‘Driver’s Ed’The movie will see teens stealing their school’s driver’s ed car to go on a road trip.‘Outer Banks’ co-creator Jonas Pate is developing the script with Thomas Moffett.Though last month’s ‘Dear Santa’ signaled a reunion for the Farrelly brothers –– aka Peter and Bobby Farrelly, who collectively made the likes of ‘Dumb & Dumber,’ ‘There’s Something About Mary’ and ‘Me, Myself and Irene’ –– it appears it was short-lived.Because Deadline brings word that Bobby has locked down his next film, and it’s a solo effort without mention of Peter.Farrelly is…
The team behind Brooklyn venue Baby’s All Right is opening a new music space within New York’s historic Pyramid Club. Night Club 101 will officially open in the East Village early next year, with a preview club night in partnership with Pitchfork on Thursday, December 19. The event is presented by AdHoc, and will feature sets from RP Boo, Dazegxd b2b Intimacy Simulator, Anysia Kym, DJ Ess, New York, Alphonse Pierre, and Mano. Tickets are available here. Doors open at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and the show starts at 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.Night Club 101—named after its address…
A federal court has denied TikTok’s request for a temporary pause of a law that could result in a ban of the app next month. The ruling, which came in response to an emergency injunction filed by TikTok earlier this week, is the latest legal setback for the company as it tries to avoid a total ban of its app in the United States.In its request for a delay in the law taking effect, TikTok indicated that it planned to appeal to the Supreme Court. The company’s lawyers also cited the possibility that President-elect Donald Trump may want to take…
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