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Elon Musk struggles with a lawyer at his Tesla trial after the judge says one of his remarks was ‘inappropriate’.
Elon Musk struggles with a lawyer at his Tesla trial after the judge says one of his remarks was ‘inappropriate’.
Elon Musk returned to federal court to defend himself against a class action lawsuit alleging he misled Tesla shareholders with a tweet about an aborted acquisition the billionaire defiantly claimed he had on Tuesday could pull through if he wanted to. Musk spent about three more hours on the witness stand on his third day of testimony before being pardoned…
2023 Oscar nominations: “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” lead the Best Picture category
2023 Oscar nominations: “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” lead the Best Picture category
Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” landed in Tuesday’s top 11 nominations, including Michelle Yeoh and comeback kid Ke Huy Quan. The 10 films for best picture are: “Everything Everywhere at Once”, “The Banshees of Inisherin”, “The Fabelmans”, “Tár”, “Top Gun: Maverick”, “Avatar: The Way of Water”, “Elvis ‘, ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, ‘Women…
US proposes streamlining COVID shots by doing them once a year – like a flu shot
US proposes streamlining COVID shots by doing them once a year – like a flu shot
US health officials want to make COVID-19 shots more like the annual flu shot. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed a simplified approach to future vaccination efforts, allowing most adults and children to get a shot once a year to protect against the mutating virus. That means Americans no longer need to keep track of how many shots…
Google is about to face another federal antitrust lawsuit. This time, his dominance of the digital ad market is in the crosshairs
Google is about to face another federal antitrust lawsuit. This time, his dominance of the digital ad market is in the crosshairs
According to people familiar with the matter, the US Department of Justice is poised to sue Alphabet Inc.’s Google as early as Tuesday over the search giant’s dominance of the digital advertising market. The case is expected to be filed in federal court before the end of the week, said the people, who asked not to be named to discuss…
Christopher Hohn wants Alphabet to lay off 20% of its employees and cut employee salaries
Christopher Hohn wants Alphabet to lay off 20% of its employees and cut employee salaries
Britain’s highest-earning investor has called on Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to shed thousands of jobs as the tech giant announced last week. On Friday, Pichai announced that the “difficult decision” had been made to cut around 12,000 jobs — or 6% of the company’s global workforce. In a Jan. 20 letter, Christopher Hohn — who revealed late last year that…
How to open a savings account for a child
How to open a savings account for a child
It’s never too early to start a child’s financial education. One of the ways you can help kids learn the value of a dollar, delayed rewards, and general money etiquette (while also wasting money on their future) is by setting up a savings account in their name. This usually involves opening a custody account or joint account that is managed…
Activist investor Elliott Management takes a big stake in Salesforce
Activist investor Elliott Management takes a big stake in Salesforce
Hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has taken a substantial activist stake in Salesforce Inc., making its move following layoffs and a deep swoon at the enterprise software giant. Elliott, who often pushes strategic changes and seeks representation on the board, has taken a multibillion-dollar stake in the company, according to a person familiar with the matter. The San Francisco-based company’s…
The “Avatar” sequel has surpassed $2 billion worldwide and has enjoyed the longest streak at the box office since the original
The “Avatar” sequel has surpassed $2 billion worldwide and has enjoyed the longest streak at the box office since the original
James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water topped box office sales for the sixth straight weekend, becoming the first film since 2009’s Avatar to have such a lasting dominance at the box office. The Walt Disney Co.’s “The Way of Water” added $19.7 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters as of Sunday, according to the studio’s estimates. Its global total…
ChatGPT has passed an MBA exam and a professor is sounding the alarm
ChatGPT has passed an MBA exam and a professor is sounding the alarm
ChatGPT has alarmed high school teachers who fear students will use it — or other new artificial intelligence tools — to cheat on assignment writing. But the concern doesn’t stop at the high school level. At the renowned Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, Professor Christian Terwiesch wondered what such AI tools mean for MBA programs. This…
Here’s how to watch the 2022 NFL Playoffs Divisional Round and your favorite football teams online for free—even without a cable subscription
Here’s how to watch the 2022 NFL Playoffs Divisional Round and your favorite football teams online for free—even without a cable subscription
Four games. Endless drama. Welcome to the Divisional Playoff Round of the 2022-203 NFL season. The league’s top eight teams meet this weekend, with two games on Saturday and two on Sunday. And each one of them is probably a banger. The Philadelphia Eagles host the New York Giants in a game expected to be a must on Saturday night,…