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Moderna beats on revenue but loses more than expected as it scales down manufacturing

It marks another quarter of growing pains for the company, which is racing to launch new products and recover from the decline of its Covid business.

CNBC - 6d

This cheap, balanced portfolio will be a better investment than most hedge funds

A simple 60-40 stock-bond mix outperforms complicated, costly offerings.

MarketWatch - 5d

Murkowski: Trump’s mass firings ‘do more harm than good’

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) argued that while she agrees with President Trump’s administration goal to downsize the federal government, the current mass firings of workers across several ...

The Hill - 5d

Man Killed in New York Was Tortured for More Than a Month, Police Say

The remains of Sam Nordquist, 24, a transgender man, were found after he had been reported missing. The district attorney in Ontario County, N.Y., called the circumstances surrounding the death ...

The New York Times - 4d

Kentucky faces devastating flooding with 8 dead and more than a thousand rescued

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Severe flooding has wreaked havoc across Kentucky, leading to more than 1,000 rescues as emergency teams race to help those trapped by rising waters.

NBC News - 3d

‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts

In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy. Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s radical drive to slash billions of dollars in annual ...

The Guardian - 3d

More than 900 Labour figures decry party’s migration and asylum policy

Joint statement accuses government of copying Tories’ ‘performative cruelty’. A group of more than 900 Labour members and trade unionists, including MPs and peers, have accused the government of ...

The Guardian - 3d

Fewer goals than Antony and January regrets - the problems facing Amorim

The mounting problems facing Ruben Amorim as Manchester United sink closer to their worst-ever Premier League campaign.

BBC News - 3d

'Waste, fraud and abuse' is a political fight older than the nation

Pinpointing the genesis of “waste, fraud and abuse” as political rhetoric is difficult

ABC News - 3d

Thought Leadership Pays Off Big, and It’s Easier Than Ever

The shortcut to startup success is more accessible than ever. Here’s how to get started.

Inc. - 2d

Duffy: FAA firings fewer than 400 out of ‘staggering’ 45,000 staffers

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy seemingly defended the recent firings at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday, arguing that the probationary employees who were let go made up ...

The Hill - 2d

Hamas says it will release more hostages than expected in next exchange

Hamas says it will not only release more Israeli hostages than expected this week, but the terrorist group will also hand over the bodies of 4 slain captives.

CBS News - 2d

AMD is doing better in AI than Wall Street thinks, this analyst says

After Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s disappointing earnings forecast last quarter, Wall Street soured a bit on the company’s potential in the artificial-intelligence-chip market, but Benchmark ...

MarketWatch - 1d

German trains are less punctual than Britain’s ‘broken’ railways

Olaf Scholz mocked UK trains. FT analysis of 1.9bn data points shows they are more reliable than Germany’s network

Financial Times - 1d

UK inflation leaps to higher-than-expected 3% in January

Economists polled by Reuters had expected a January reading of 2.8%.

CNBC - 1d

Environment more crucial than genes in risk of early death, study suggests

Analysis of UK BioBank data shows importance of factors including living conditions and smoking, say experts. The environment is about 10 times more important than genes in explaining why some ...

The Guardian - 1d

UK to be warmer than Greece this week as temperatures rise to 16C

By the end of the week, temperatures will be above average across the whole of the UK. Stav Danaos explains.

BBC News - 1d

Is DOGE’s machete approach to the federal workforce doing more harm than good?

Is DOGE more about disruption than savings? Does it have an ulterior motive that has little to do with reducing our nation’s debt?

The Hill - 1d

‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists

Yahoo News - 1d

Archaeologists discover first pharaoh’s tomb in Egypt in more than a century

Uncovering tomb of Thutmose II hailed as most significant discovery since Tutankhamun in 1922. It was when British archaeologist Dr Piers Litherland saw that the ceiling of the burial chamber was ...

The Guardian - 20h

New school uniform law should come in 'sooner rather than later'

Parents tell BBC News NI that a new law needs to address the expense of kitting out children for school.

BBC News - 13h

Walmart stock tumbles on a lower-than-expected sales forecast

Walmart delivered another year of strong sales and profits, but executives expressed caution about an uncertain economic landscape.

CBS News - 1h

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – a cathartic savaging of western hypocrisy over Gaza

The novelist and reporter delivers a passionate indictment of complacent liberal responses to Israel’s brutal campaign. “Where’s the Palestinian Martin Luther King?” Journalist and novelist Omar El ...

The Guardian - 6d