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Investing.com — U.S. stock index futures were little moved in Thursday night trading as investors hunkered down ahead of next week’s flurry of major technology company earnings. Wall Street indexes rose on strong earnings from Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:), but remain in losses this week due to lingering fears about the upcoming presidential election and hopes for slower interest rate cuts. Risk appetite was also overridden by concerns about the deteriorating geopolitical situation in the Middle East, as Israel prepares to strike against Iran. It stabilized at 5,847.25 points, but fell 0.1% to 20,365.75 points by 19:30 ET (23:30 Japan time).…
BUTTE — When the Montana Tech men’s basketball team announces its 2024-25 campaign next Friday, it will be the beginning of what the Odiggers hope will be another historic season.Last year, Tech became the first Frontier Conference men’s team to win three consecutive regular season and tournament titles in the same span. On Saturday night in Great Falls, Montana Tech defeated Carroll University 93-77 for the Frontier Conference Tournament championship. gary marshall Since the Frontier Tournament began in the 1975-76 season, no team has won four straight tournament titles. No team has won four consecutive regular season championships since Eastern…
MANISTICHI, Mich. (WLUC) – The wait is over for Manistique residents as a new McDonald’s has opened along US-2 and the drive-thru is now open.Manistique High School senior Landon Weber and two friends came to a new fast-food restaurant during their lunch break.”It’s amazing,” Weber said. “Finally, we have a nice place to go for a casual meal. It’s nice and fast.”And what about fries?”Probably the best fries I’ve ever had in my life,” Weber added.Owners Tim and Kathy Wilson already own McDonald’s locations in Gladstone and Escanaba. The couple held a ribbon cutting for the new Manistic franchise at…
A Florida mother is suing Menlo Park-based Character.AI, claiming the company’s chatbot attempted to have a romantic relationship with her teenage son, causing him to commit suicide. According to the complaint, the 14-year-old boy began using Character.AI in April 2023. This platform offers a selection of AI characters to interact with. In this case, the boy was chatting with a bot that identified him as the Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen. Matthew Bergman, an attorney representing his mother, argued that the boy became dependent on the chatbot, conversing with it for hours at a time and ultimately being manipulated…
Capri Holdings (CPRI), the parent company of Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo, on Thursday after a U.S. judge blocked its pending $8.5 billion merger with Coach owner Tapestry (TPR). The stock price fell about 45% in after-hours trading. In a court filing obtained by Yahoo Finance, U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon ruled that “antitrust laws are in vogue” and that the merger of the two fashion powerhouses would be “an affordable luxury… “Competition in the handbag market will be significantly reduced.” Tapestry and Capri announced a proposed merger last year. The combination brings together six well-known fashion brands under one…
Written by Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen discussed recent exchange rate movements and other issues during a bilateral meeting on Thursday, a senior Japanese Treasury official said. revealed. Atsushi Mimura, Japan’s vice-minister of finance for international affairs, told reporters, “The two countries discussed exchange rate trends and confirmed the need for close communication between Japan and the United States.” A weaker yen is a cause for concern for Japanese policymakers, as it raises the cost of importing raw materials and hurts households and retailers. Mimura, who oversees Japan’s monetary…
Immigration Minister Mark Miller said Thursday the federal government’s new immigration level plan will stabilize population growth and ease pressure on the housing market.As CBC News reported on Wednesday, the government has cut the projected number of new permanent residents from 485,000 this year to 395,000 in 2025, then 380,000 in 2026 and 380,000 in 2027. The number of employees is expected to be reduced to 365,000.Under the previous plan announced last November, Canada expected to admit about 500,000 people in both 2025 and 2026.”There are many challenges in this area,” Miller said at a press conference Thursday.”But today, with…
Arizona. Nevada. Georgia.These three states could ultimately decide the 2024 race for the White House. They’re also the states where former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will make their pitch to voters on Thursday.Trump held a rally in Tempe, Arizona, and he’s addressing an event with the conservative group Turning Point Action in Las Vegas in the evening.Harris is holding a campaign stop on Thursday in Atlanta, and she was joined by former President Barack Obama and music icon Bruce Springsteen.Keep up with the USA TODAY Network’s live coverage.Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY…
Coco Five News. Okay. There are 12 days left until the election. Tonight we’ll be looking at the latest campaign finance numbers. We’re talking about money in Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District. District 5 includes the northern half of the OKC metro and towns to the east. the Southeast, including the Choctaw, Shawnee, and Seminole; Our Evan Onstott is in the studio right now, and Evan, a Democrat, held the seat as recently as four years ago. That’s true. But since the district’s boundaries were redrawn three years ago, Democrats have not come any closer to taking it back. And the…
FIRST SAVINGS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited) Three Months Ended Years Ended OPERATING DATA: September 30, September 30, (In thousands, except share and per share data) 2024 2023 2024 2023 Total interest income $ 32,223 $ 28,137…