Ellevated view over London’s River Thames and city financial district skyline. Gary Yeowell | Digitalvision | Getty Images Stark warnings have surfaced since the U.K.’s tax crackdown on the wealthy that an exodus of the mega-rich is underway. Hard data has yet to back up the trend. At the heart of the potential flight are…
KeyBanc Capital Markets sees growth ahead for AT & T . The investment firm upgraded the telecommunications giant to overweight from sector weight. Its $30 price target offers upside of approximately 19% from AT & T’s Tuesday close. Shares of AT & T have added 11% this year, but have tumbled 15% since hitting their…
Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported mixed quarterly results, as Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse helped offset weakness in its fine-dining business. The company also raised its full-year forecast for revenue growth, although it only reiterated its projections for its earnings. Shares of the company fell more than 9% in morning trading. Here’s what the company…
Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer Across the Big Ten, the second week of the college football season presented a fascinating dichotomy in non-conference scheduling philosophy. There were a handful of teams, like No. 15 Michigan and No. 11 Illinois, that challenged themselves with legitimate opponents. But most of the league spent its…
It’s not easy to find bargains in the first few days of free agency, when NFL teams were busy throwing more than a billion dollars in contracts around. The market is rarely filled with star players, which means most free agents end up getting vastly overpaid. But even in this first wave of new deals,…
In this photo illustration the Estee Lauder Companies Inc. logo seen displayed on a smartphone with Estee Lauder Companies Inc. logo in the background. Thiago Prudencio | Lightrocket | Getty Images Estée Lauder said Thursday it’s expecting a $100 million hit to its full-year profitability because of tariff impacts. The beauty company’s stock tumbled more…
CEO of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 15, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Palantir CEO Alex Karp said protesters demonstrating against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement should support the use of his company’s tools in the government. “If you are…
Delroy Lindo, finally an Academy Award-nominated actor, only had to wait five decades to earn the honor — overcoming “strategic missteps” that once threatened to derail his career along the way, he’s said. Lindo, 73, is a longtime character actor whose appearances on film, television and stage have earned him critical acclaim, even as his…
The Trump administration has agreed to take a stake in xLight – a startup seeking to develop free-electron lasers as key to making faster computing chips. Avalon_studio | E+ | Getty Images The Trump administration has agreed to take a stake in xLight – a startup seeking to develop free-electron lasers viewed as key to making faster computing chips. The U.S. Department…
What has happened to home-field advantage in the NFL? The long-accepted perception of the adversity an NFL team faces on the road — hostile crowd, unfamiliar conditions and so on — is somewhat nostalgic these days. In the 2024 regular season, home teams won 53.3% of the time, which basically equates to a 9-8 record…
