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Liverpool suffered their 10th league defeat and Brighton deservedly won 2-1 after Hugo Ekitike was forced off injured, but their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League were dealt another serious blow.Manager Arne Slott hailed his team’s “best performance of the season” against Galatasaray on Wednesday, but it was the second-best on the south coast as Danny Welbeck scored twice left and right to set up Milos Kerkes’ genius equaliser. Liverpool haven’t lost this much in a league game since 2016 and are without a win in their last three games, so the pressure on the slot is increasing. As…
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce Inc., speaks at the 2025 Dreamforce conference on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 in San Francisco, California, USA. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSalesforce announced this week that it has executed the first phase of a $25 billion debt-fueled stock repurchase acceleration plan. This is half of the $50 billion buyback authorization approved in February.Raising debt to buy back stock is a move that deserves scrutiny.After all, equity carries no financial obligations or the consequences of issuing debt. If a company does not pay dividends on its stock, the company will not perform well and…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the opening bell rings on March 18, 2026.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Imagesof russell 2000 has fallen more than 10% from recent highs, making it the first major U.S. index to enter correction territory in 2026. The small-cap index closed down 10.9% from Friday’s all-time high. A correction is defined as a decline of more than 10% but less than 20%.Stock chart iconStock chart iconRussell 2000, 1 year In fact, small-cap stocks have outperformed since the beginning of the year, with the Russell 2000 down just…
For nearly 500,000 workers fedexa massive AI journey is underway. The logistics giant is in the midst of a broader AI literacy initiative to increase employee knowledge, increase efficiency, and prepare employees for advancement. Launched in early December in partnership with a technology consulting company Accenturea company-wide education program also aims to spark innovation from employees at all levels.FedEx and its competitors in the shipping sector face a number of operational constraints, from tariffs and other policy changes to cost-cutting efforts that have led to recent FedEx factory closures and job cuts from Kansas to France. Rival UPS recently announced…
Brendon McCullum will continue as England head coach following Ash’s review, the ECB is expected to confirm on Monday. McCullum faced intense scrutiny over his position after a disastrous 4-1 Ashes defeat to Australia, which intensified after news of off-field events ceased to be reported. But the 44-year-old will likely continue in that role. McCullum previously told Sky Sports: “I love this job. It’s a great job. It’s not without its challenges, of course, but that’s the nature of the job.””I feel like we’ve achieved some really great things in the last few years, but we still have a lot…
Granger Woots | Tetra Images | Getty ImagesThe average tax refund so far this season is up 10.8% compared to about the same time in 2025, according to the latest IRS filing data.As of March 13, the average refund for individual filers was $3,623, up from $3,271 about a year ago, the IRS reported Friday. The IRS data reflects about 69.7 million individual returns, out of about 164 million expected by the April 15 deadline.Read more CNBC’s personal finance coverageThe latest filing data comes as both parties focus on affordability concerns for Americans ahead of the midterm elections. President Donald…
Anton Stach is a reserved person in conversation, but one look at his Instagram profile and you’d think otherwise. Since arriving at Leeds last summer, he has been the face of many social media memes, making fun of not only his team-mates but himself.Balancing the “silly and serious sides” of football, as the midfielder puts it, will be crucial as Leeds look to survive an eight-game stalemate with enough points to stay in the Premier League. Daniel Farke’s side are without a win in their last five league games, their longest winless run of the season, and have won just…
Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world for the ninth consecutive year in the 2026 World Happiness Report. The rankings are based on the Gallup World Poll, which asks at least 1,000 people in each of 147 countries to rate their lives on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). The United States ranked 23rd with a score of 6.81.Jean-Emmanuel de Neve, director of the Center for Wellbeing Research at Oxford University, which publishes the World Happiness Report, said the core of the survey was to ask whether people were satisfied with their lives.The…
People line up to install OpenClaw, an open source AI assistant, on their laptops at Baidu’s headquarters in Beijing on March 11, 2026.Adek Berry | AFP | Getty ImagesThree months ago, the tech industry didn’t know about a lobster-themed AI coding project built by a little-known Austrian software developer.OpenClaw, as it is known for its work, has risen rapidly since then, taking center stage at this week’s GTC. Nvidia’s At the annual conference, leaders of the world’s most valuable companies called it “the most popular open source project in human history.” “This is definitely the next ChatGPT,” Nvidia CEO Jensen…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meet during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Washington, DC.Aaron Schwartz | CNP | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hugged President Donald Trump on Thursday, and not just for policy reasons. Japan’s newly elected leader threw himself into the arms of the US president as he welcomed him at the White House.”Donald, you are the only one who can achieve peace in the world,” Takaichi said when the two met in front of reporters in the Oval…