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Gap Raises Full-Year Outlook With Strong Start to Holiday Season

The apparel retailer said it now expects full-year sales to grow between 1.5% and 2%. Gap had most recently guided for sales to be up slightly.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago

Gap says it picked up wealthier shoppers, and more market share, despite weak clothing demand

Shares of Gap Inc. rallied after hours on Thursday after the clothing retailer pushed its full-year outlook higher and said the holiday shopping season was “off to a strong start.”

Business - MarketWatch - 2 days ago

Gap shares surge as it raises guidance, touts 'strong start' to holiday

Gap said Old Navy's sales fell after hurricanes led to store closures and warm weather deterred sales in its kids category.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

Life expectancy gap in the U.S. widens to 20 years: "Truly alarming"

Life expectancy in the United States varies by more than 20 years depending on race and ethnicity and where you live, according to new research.

Gap is still in the early innings of its brand overhaul, but analysts say it’s working

Gap Inc. is still in the early innings of a brand overhaul under Chief Executive Richard Dickson, but the early signs suggest his strategy is working, analysts said Friday.

Business - MarketWatch - Yesterday

AI2 closes the gap between closed-source and open-source post-training

Ai2 released Tülu 3, a model that makes fine-tuning open-source LLMs easier and get its performance closer to closed LLMs like GPT-4o.

Tech - VentureBeat - Yesterday

Candidate for first female chancellor of Oxford focuses on student gender gap

Jan Royall wants university to address male-female inequality in attainment and widen postgraduate access. A candidate bidding to become the University of Oxford’s first female chancellor has said ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Beyoncé brings star power as Kamala Harris touts ‘freedom’ in Texas

Vice-president seeks to energise women voters as White House race against Donald Trump tightens

Business - Financial Times - October 26

The Curious Case of a Temple Sweet: How Food Increasingly Divides India

A Hindu politician has accused his Christian predecessor of allowing a temple’s sanctity to be violated with an animal product.

World - The New York Times - October 27

Republicans asks Supreme Court to prevent some Pa. ballots from being provisionally counted

Former President Barack Obama and singer Bruce Springsteen will appear in Philadelphia today as Vice President Kamala Harris continues to lean on star power in the final days of the campaign.

Analyzing the 2024 gender divide and Trump's approach to women voters

Vice President Kamala Harris and her campaign seized on former President Donald Trump's comments saying he'll protect women whether they "like it or not." Politics reporter at Semafor Shelby ...

South Korea divided over arming Ukraine after North Korean deployment

Seoul views Pyongyang’s troops in Russia and possible technology transfers as direct security risk

World - Financial Times - November 1

I visited a deeply divided Pennsylvania – and found Republicans repeating an enormous lie | Oliver Laughland

The US election is fast approaching and residents of this battleground state appear disillusioned with both parties and with democracy itself. In the housing projects of Pittsburgh’s Northview ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

The global fertility crisis: are fewer babies a good or a bad thing? Experts are divided

The UK’s fertility rate is at an all-time low, and many other countries face similar declines, creating ageing populations. But can ecological benefits of fewer people outweigh social problems ...

World - The Guardian - November 2

Morning Report — Sure bet: White House winner faces divided nation

In today’s issue: Sure bet: White House winner faces divided nation In a race to the wire, Vice President Harris will return to Pennsylvania today after focusing on younger voters in Michigan ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

As Election Day arrives, 3 factors driving our divided electorate: ANALYSIS

For the third cycle straight, this election will come down to a choice between two fundamentally different visions of America and two fundamentally different leaders.

Scottish smart meter customers face north-south energy divide

Technology differences mean meters in northern England and Scotland may not work properly, energy firm body admits.

Republicans and Democrats Highly Divided in Economic Outlook Under Trump

Consumer sentiment among Republicans has soared to its highest point since Donald J. Trump left the White House, while declining among Democrats.

Business - The New York Times - November 13

What’s behind the global political divide between young men and women?

Trump’s victory in the US shone a light on the growing political polarisation between between young male and female voters happening all over the world. As the Democratic party licks its wounds ...

World - The Guardian - November 14

France shuns COP29 as divisions deepen at UN climate summit

Argentina also withdraws negotiator as Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev lashes out at Emmanuel Macron

World - Financial Times - November 14

Granderson: Rising country music sister-act The BoykinZ is about connecting, not dividing

The four sisters from Georgia fit right into the genre's tradition of storytelling, and use it to connect, not divide.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 15

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