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Hertz shares plummet after company's disappointing first-quarter results, $250 million stock offering
Shares of Hertz plummeted Tuesday morning following the company reporting disappointing first-quarter earnings and flee…
Man who spent 38 years in prison has murder conviction overturned
Peter Sullivan is the longest-serving victim of a wrongful conviction in the U.K., attorney Sarah Myatt said.
UnitedHealth Group abruptly replaces CEO Andrew Witty, deepening a terrible year
The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and den…
Microsoft is cutting 3% of its workforce
It's likely Microsoft's largest job purge since it said goodbye to 10,000 employees in 2023.
Social Security’s COLA could be lowest since 2021, pressuring seniors’ budgets
The 2026 Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment is projected to be 2.4%.
Cannes urged to set #MeToo example as festival opens with Depardieu guilty verdict
Once a favourite playground for Hollywood’s serial predator Harvey Weinstein, the glitzy French Riviera gathering is un…
Trump administration piles pressure on Harvard with $450m more in cuts
The latest cuts follow a $2.2bn freeze, bringing total federal penalties against Harvard to $2.65bnUS politics live – l…
Is Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ being used in Sudan?
Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ is being used in Sudan, according to international law expert Luigi Daniele.
The challenge of using excess global savings
We now seem unable to turn the surplus in some countries into productive investment elsewhere
As the Dow and S&P claw back their 2025 losses, they’re setting up for an extremely rare comeback victory
Much to the surprise of many on Wall Street, the S&P 500 has managed to erase all of its losses from earlier in the…
Zelenskyy repeats vow to wait in Turkey for face-to-face talks with Putin
Ukrainian president says if Russian leader does not arrive it will indicate ‘that he does not want to end the war’Volod…
A matchmaking service with a twist: Connecting big givers to programs cut by USAID
A former USAID worker has a new mission. She's hoping to connect philanthropists with overseas programs that have lost …