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Oracle Corp. disclosed that George Conrades and Naomi Seligman, the two longest-tenured members of its board and both in their eighties, have resigned, reducing the size of the governing body to 12 directors. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said Conrades, 86, and Seligman, 87, notified Oracle of their […]
Health officials in South Carolina have confirmed 99 additional measles cases, pushing the statewide total to 310 as of Jan. 9. The Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) said 200 people are currently under quarantine, and the agency continues to warn that far more residents may have been exposed without realizing it. Most of the […]
Investor attention is moving away from last year’s market leaders and into lesser-known segments, according to CNBC host Jim Cramer, who on Friday outlined a week of catalysts that he believes could reinforce the trend. Speaking after the release of what he characterized as an unremarkable U.S. employment report, Cramer argued that muted labor data […]
Newly released cellphone video recorded by a federal immigration officer provides the clearest view yet of the events that preceded the fatal shooting of Renee Good during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis earlier this week. The three-minute, ten-second clip, obtained by ABC News, was shot from the perspective of an agent who […]
Surging valuations across the technology sector are expanding the fortunes of founders, senior executives and long-tenured employees whose compensation is heavily concentrated in company stock. Financial advisors say that concentration brings significant risk, prompting many high-net-worth individuals to move shares into exchange funds as a way to diversify without incurring immediate capital-gains taxes. An exchange […]
The United States labor market closed 2025 with modest growth, as employers added 50,000 jobs in December while the unemployment rate edged down to 4.4%, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The latest nonfarm payroll increase fell short of the Dow Jones consensus forecast of 73,000 and was lower […]
Oregon’s top law-enforcement official has opened a formal investigation into a Border Patrol shooting that left two people wounded in Portland on Thursday, 8 January 2026. The incident unfolded during what federal authorities described as a “targeted” traffic stop connected to an ongoing anti-gang operation. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), agents assigned […]
U.S. equity futures pointed to a firmer open on Friday, Jan. 9, as investors absorbed slower-than-expected December hiring, multiple corporate rating changes and fresh policy initiatives from the White House. The Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls grew by 50,000 last month, below both market expectations and November’s downwardly revised figure. The unemployment rate ticked […]
Switzerland will pause on Friday for a national day of mourning dedicated to the 40 people who died in a fire at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana during New Year’s celebrations. The memorial, announced by federal and cantonal authorities, follows one of the country’s deadliest civilian incidents in recent decades. Memorial Service and Nationwide […]
NASA will bring the four members of the Crew-11 expedition home from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, weeks ahead of the original timeline, after a medical problem affected one of the astronauts on board. The agency announced the decision Thursday during a press conference at Johnson Space Center. Officials cited “lingering risk” linked […]
Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai — Defense contractors listed in Asia rose sharply on Friday, extending gains from earlier in the week as investors weighed fresh geopolitical flashpoints and reassessed regional security spending. South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace jumped as much as 11 percent, the steepest advance among major names in the sector, while peers across South Korea […]
The House of Representatives voted 230-196 on Thursday to extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits for three additional years, advancing a measure that attracted support from 17 Republicans despite opposition from party leaders. The subsidies, first expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, expired on Dec. 31, 2025. Lawmakers backing the bill said the temporary […]