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Jamie Carragher said Liverpool’s win at Inter Milan was “huge” for Arne Slott and showed the fans support him.Three points in the Champions League not only gave Slott a much-needed reprieve from the noise after a week in which he was embroiled in a public spat with Mohamed Salah, but it also strengthened the team’s position in Europe as Liverpool move into the top eight in the league and aim to qualify for the knockout stages. Carragher said on CBS: “I was really hoping for Liverpool to win tonight, as they always do when they play, but especially for a…
Microsoft plans to invest $17.5 billion in India over the next four years to expand its AI and cloud footprint in the South Asian country. India’s vast online and smartphone user base has turned it into a key battleground for global technology companies. The investment, announced on Tuesday, is Microsoft’s largest in Asia and will fund new data centers, AI infrastructure and skills programs from 2026 to 2029, building on the $3 billion the company committed to India in January. Microsoft’s move comes as the US tech giant ramps up spending on data centers and AI computing around the world,…
Markets are betting that Kevin Hassett will be named the next Federal Reserve Chairman, but he was clearly not selected as a respondent to the CNBC Fed survey.According to a December survey, 84% of respondents thought President Donald Trump would select National Economic Council Chairman Hassett to head the central bank. But only 11% think that’s what the president should do. Federal Reserve Director Christopher Waller was the most popular with 47% of respondents, followed by Kevin Warsh with 23%. However, only 5% of respondents thought President Trump would choose between the two.Arrow pointing outside zoom in iconConcerns about Mr.…
President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that he “just heard” that all four of former President Joe Biden’s appointments to the Federal Reserve Board were approved by an “autopen,” suggesting they do not have the authority to serve in the role.President Trump offered no evidence for this claim, piggybacking on his repeated claim that all documents signed by his predecessor using an autopen are invalid.But he said he thought it was “something we would have to consider.” He also suggested the list of auto-signed appointees could include Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who has faced near-constant criticism from President Trump over…
Brisbane, Australia — It’s August, and a show of hands in an auditorium filled with 300 students at All Saints Anglican School in Australia shows that few of the Grade 9 and 10 students sitting in plush red seats had heard of the country’s impending ban on social media, much less how to prepare for it. “It’s very important to save photos,” Kirra Pendergast, founder of cyber safety organization Ctrl+Shft, lectures from the stage. “You need to prepare.” An alarmed murmur spreads around the room as the students realize what’s about to be lost. “Can you get your account back…
A VAR-plagued night at the San Siro ultimately derailed Liverpool’s fortunes as Arne Slott’s side secured a much-needed victory over Inter Milan in the Champions League.The much-maligned Ibrahima Konate thought he had silenced his critics by nodding home from close range in the first half, but was ruled out for handball after a lengthy VAR check. Liverpool were initially at a disadvantage, but they ended up benefiting from VAR. The visitors were awarded a penalty for review when Florian Wirtz collapsed inside the Inter area, and Dominik Szoboszlai converted the penalty in the 88th minute to score the goal. The…
Despite Big Tech and American tech elites criticizing how the European Union is introducing rules to regulate technology and AI on the continent, the European Union is not ignoring competition concerns. The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether Google may have breached EU competition law by using website content without paying its owners to generate AI summary answers that appear above search results. The EC will also investigate how AI summaries use YouTube videos to generate answers. The investigation will examine whether Google is stifling competition in the AI market by giving itself access to website content and…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 8, 2025 in New York City, USA. Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersStock futures were little changed ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision expected on Wednesday. Futures, which track the Dow Jones Industrial Average, fell 19 points, or 0.03%. S&P futures and Nasdaq 100 futures remained below the flat line.Stocks have fluctuated between modest gains and losses in recent trading as investors await this week’s last important Federal Reserve meeting of the year. The Fed is widely expected to cut rates by a quarter of a…
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia speak with CNBC’s David Faber on October 13, 2025. CNBCThis year has been a roller coaster. oracle Investors are trying to assess the strength of the software giant’s position in the artificial intelligence boom. The stock is up more than 30% since the beginning of the year, even after plummeting 23% in October, its worst month since 2001. It rebounded a bit in November, rising nearly 10% for the month as of Tuesday. Ahead of the company’s fiscal second-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, pressure is mounting on management and new CEOs Clay Magouik…
US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his attacks on Europe, claiming the continent is “weak” and “in decline” due to immigration.President Trump told the publication Politico on Tuesday that European countries should deport people who have entered the country “illegally.”Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”Europe wants to be politically correct, but that’s weakening Europe,” Trump said.The U.S. president has long opposed immigration to Western countries, often using harsh rhetoric specifically targeting immigrants from Africa and Muslim-majority countries.”Europe is a different place. If this continues, in my opinion, many of these countries will no longer be viable…