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Can Boeing come back?

The aircraft maker was a great American company — then things started falling apart.

Business - Financial Times - 2 days ago

‘800lb gorilla’: luxury brands battle China’s hit grey-market app

Sales of top brands on DeWu make up estimated 70% of country’s grey market as consumers hunt for lower prices

World - Financial Times - October 15

Labour donor to back Tortoise’s proposed purchase of Observer

South African businessman Gary Lubner in talks on taking minority stake in online start-up

World - Financial Times - October 15

How back-to-back hurricanes could impact insurance rates across the U.S.

As Florida residents recover from hurricanes Milton and Helene, experts say the damage will likely worsen the home insurance crisis in the state and could lead to higher rates nationwide. CBS News ...

ALCS, NLCS takeaways: Guardians win thriller over Yankees; Dodgers rout Mets

Here's your one-stop shop after all of MLB's final four teams took the field today.

Sports - ESPN - October 18

Back-to-back rate cuts no indication of future ECB policy, governor says

Slovenian central bank chief Boštjan Vasle argues central bank needs flexibility to respond to signs of persistent inflation

World - Financial Times - October 20

Oil scores back-to-back gains, but ‘bearish landscape’ remains

Oil futures scored a second straight session of gains on Tuesday to claw back some of steep losses suffered last week, with prices supported by some upbeat prospects for Chinese demand and ongoing ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 22

Game 2 takeaways: Dodgers take 2-0 World Series lead, but Ohtani exits with injury

The Dodgers downed the Yankees, but now await word on the status of their superstar.

Sports - ESPN - 5 days ago

Green gives Embiid bold advice on sitting out back-to-backs

Golden State Warriors icon Draymond Green extended the Philadelphia 76ers' center Joel Embiid sound advice on sitting out back-to-back NBA games.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 5 days ago

Melton out for Warriors-Pelicans back-to-back; Wiggs questionable

The Golden State Warriors won't have De'Anthony Melton for their next two games, and Andrew Wiggins' status is uncertain for Tuesday's game.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 3 days ago

Follow live: Rodgers, Jets look to snap five-game losing streak, host Texans

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Sports - ESPN - 4 hours ago

Corporate Retreats Are Back. Hotels Are Banking on It.

Desire for more face-to-face meetings is spurring companies to book group events.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 14

Renault Backs Guidance as Revenue Rises

The French carmaker backed its outlook for the year after third-quarter revenue rose despite a decrease in group car sales.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 24

Putin’s battle to keep Georgia in Russia’s orbit

The country is holding elections that could decide whether it tilts towards Moscow or Brussels. Observers fear that violence may follow

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Why Mark Cuban backs Harris

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Mark Cuban's campaign blitz for Harris The billionaire investor has emerged as one of Vice President ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Looking back at the 2020 presidential election

Americans went to the polls under very different circumstances in 2020. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett takes a look back ahead of Election Day on Nov. 5.

Starbucks Is Bringing Back the Condiment Bar

Coffee chain’s CEO calls for decisive steps including a pledge not to raise U.S. prices over the next year.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - Yesterday

AI gives voice to dead animals in Cambridge exhibition

Creatures can converse and share their stories by voice or text through visitors’ mobile phones at Museum of Zoology. If the pickled bodies, partial skeletons and stuffed carcasses that fill ...

World - The Guardian - October 13

Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay icon, dead at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, a champion of women getting paid the same as men for doing the same work, has died, her family said in a statement. She was 86.

America’s dead heat Trump-Harris election

In a country divided into mutually hostile camps, no easy resolution to the polarisation seems likely

World - Financial Times - October 15

Four people from Glasgow killed in M6 crash

Five people, including two children, died in the crash on Tuesday, according to Cumbria Police.

"South Pacific" star Mitzi Gaynor dead at 93

The singer, dancer and actress wowed audiences in movies, on TV, and in Vegas for nearly eight decades.

Baby dead and 65 rescued in Channel sinking

Officials said the overloaded boat carrying migrants started sinking off the coast of Wissant in northern France.

Russia returns 500 dead soldiers to Ukraine

Russia has returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers in what appears to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

World - ABC News - October 18

Sammy Basso, Advocate for Progeria Research, Is Dead at 28

One of about 150 people known to have a rare condition that causes rapid aging, he sought to raise awareness and participated in the search for a cure.

Health - The New York Times - October 20

With Sinwar dead, Israel has a choice to make

Will it exploit this moment to further its military aims of eradicating Hamas? Or will it leverage Sinwar’s death as an opportunity to secure a pause in hostilities and obtain the release of the ...

Politics - The Hill - October 19

One dead after 'explosion' and fire at house

An emergency assistance centre is set up for people told to leave their homes after a house fire in Bedford.

'Catastrophic failure': Seven dead, six critically injured after gangway collapses in Georgia

Seven people are dead and half a dozen others were critically injured after a gangway that's part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island on Saturday.