Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterNov 30, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Open Extended Reactions THE FIRST STRIKE in what several legal
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In this article MPC PSX MRO VLO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elliott Management has taken a $1 billion stake in Phillips 66 and is seeking as many as two board seats as the company underperforms its peers, according to a Wednesday letter from the activist investor. Phillips 66’s stock rose nearly 6% in
According to Shane MacGowan, the seeds of Fairytale Of New York were sown when Elvis Costello bet him he couldn’t write a yuletide hit without selling out. Appropriately for a song that centres around a quarrel there are differing accounts of the origins, but MacGowan – although on occasion something of an unreliable narrator –
Musician and singer Shane MacGowan, best known as the frontman of The Pogues, has died at the age of 65. His wife Victoria Mary Clarke said in a post on Instagram: “Shane will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life.” The
Author Omid Scobie has insisted he never submitted a book with the names of two members of the royal family alleged to have raised “concerns” about the skin colour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son. Dutch copies of his latest book, Endgame, have been pulled after they were reportedly named in the translation. But
Actor and director Dean Sullivan has died at the age of 68. Sullivan was the longest-serving member of the Channel 4 soap Brookside, playing Jimmy Corkhill between 1986 and 2003. He died peacefully following a short illness on Wednesday, his agent said. Image: Sullivan (second left) pictured with Brookside co-stars Michael Starke, Claire Sweeney and
Metro Bank has revealed plans to cut 20% of its workforce and slash its business hours commitments as part of efforts to save it from collapse. The struggling challenger lender, which announced a £30m cost-cutting plan last month, said it was going further amid wider efforts to shore up its balance sheet. The bank has
Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterNov 29, 2023, 12:51 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for
The world of US politics has paid tribute to former secretary of state Henry Kissinger who has died aged 100. Dr Kissinger’s family announced he had passed away at his home in Connecticut on Wednesday. The daughters of President Richard Nixon, who their father served under as secretary of state and national security adviser during
Elon Musk said Wednesday that he won’t vote for President Joe Biden in the 2024 election, even if former president Donald Trump is the Republican nominee. “I would not vote for Biden,” Musk said during a wide-ranging interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit in New York. “I’m not saying I’d vote for Trump.”
Former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger has died aged 100. He passed away at his home in Connecticut on Wednesday, according to a statement from Kissinger Associates Inc. The veteran politician had major influence on American foreign policy under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Born in Germany in 1923, Mr Kissinger fled
The US’s first wireless charging public roadway has been installed in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood by the City, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), and Electreon. Wireless charging provider Electreon provided inductive-charging copper coils that are installed below the road’s surface. The coils will charge EVs equipped with Electreon receivers as they drive over the road.
Saudi energy minister Abdulaziz bin Salman on Oct. 5, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The influential Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, convene to decide next production policy steps on Thursday, in a postponed virtual meeting overshadowed by conflict in the Middle East, internal disgruntlement and the
The ceasefire clock is ticking down and everyone in Gaza knows it. In the calm, people have been flooding to hospitals looking for treatment – almost overwhelming doctors. At a hospital in southern Gaza, a Sky News team filmed as patient after patient was brought in for treatment, many of them children, with undiagnosed illnesses.
Tesla and SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk reacts during an in-conversation event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Britain, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Kirsty Wigglesworth | Reuters Speaking at the 2023 DealBook Summit in New York on Wednesday, Elon Musk, the owner of social media site X (formerly Twitter), scoffed at advertisers boycotting the platform
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterNov 29, 2023, 03:26 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 England captain Owen Farrell has announced he will take a break from international rugby and will not be available
Hamas has released two Russian-Israeli dual nationals and handed them over to the Red Cross under a separate agreement negotiated between Hamas and the Kremlin. Elena Trufanova, 50, and her mother Irina Tatti, 73, were released on Wednesday afternoon “in response to the efforts of the Russian President”, according to a statement by Hamas. That
Open Extended Reactions College football‘s transfer portal opens Monday and will be open for the next 30 days. More than 2,100 NCAA football players entered the portal in last December’s transfer window — the most of any month since the transfer portal was created in fall 2018. The NCAA enacted two transfer portal windows: a
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 29, 2023, 12:35 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — The PGA Tour’s regular season might be over, but men’s golf silly season is underway, starting with this week’s Hero World