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Four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel has warned that Christian Horner’s departure from Red Bull could have a negative impact on the team in the future.Horner was sacked by Red Bull in July after 20 years at the helm, despite the team winning the drivers’ championship in each of the four seasons up to 2025. Vettel, who will retire from driving in 2022, won all four drivers’ titles during his six years with Red Bull from 2009 to 2014.Asked by Sky Sports F1 ahead of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix what he thought about Horner’s departure, Vettel said: “I was…

Federal student loan borrowers can have their remaining debt forgiven after making payments for 20 or 25 years under an income-driven repayment plan. But as of Jan. 1, 2026, advocates warn that debt forgiveness could come with a huge tax liability, potentially eroding many of the benefits the forgiveness would bring to millions of borrowers.Since the passage of the American Rescue Plan in 2021, student debt forgiveness has been exempt from federal income taxes. However, this provision expires at the end of 2025, meaning that absent regulatory changes, borrowers who receive loan forgiveness through the IDR program will be liable…

Michael Smith’s remarkable comeback continues. He made an almighty comeback and survived 11 mismatched darts from Chris Dobie to win 10-9 and book a place in the quarter-finals against world number one Luke Humphries.Smith has struggled with injuries and arthritis, but he looks set to finally pay off in 2022 at the tournament that started it all for him. In the first five legs there was nothing separating the two sides and all legs progressed slowly as ‘Hollywood’ led 3-2.Dobie then saw the light of day with a crucial slow break, but ‘Bully Boy’ didn’t back down and scored an…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves at noon: Alkermes — The biotech company fell 9% as traders weighed Phase 2 trial results for the company’s ALKS 2680 drug, aimed at treating narcolepsy. The company plans to advance the drug into Phase 3 trials, but higher dose ranges or split dosing regimens may be needed to achieve efficacy in some patients. Bank stocks — Bank stocks rose broadly as Treasury yields fell, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to an all-time high. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase rose 3.8% and 1%, respectively. Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) rose…

Tencent on Thursday posted a 15% year-on-year revenue increase as AI boosted the Chinese tech giant’s performance in ad targeting and gaming.According to the financial results released on Thursday, Tencent’s results for the third quarter of 2025 are as follows: Sales: Sales were CNY 192.9 billion ($27.12 billion), higher than analysts’ expectations of CNY 189.2 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. Operating profit: 63.6 billion yuan, compared to the expected 58.01 billion yuan. Gaming, marketing and social media services, which make up Tencent’s core business, collected 95.9 billion Chinese yuan, a 16% year-on-year growth.Domestic gaming venues grew 15% over…

Amid a record government shutdown and Democratic victories in year-end elections, President Donald Trump has launched a series of unusual policy proposals.50 year mortgage? Should we pay Americans for health insurance rather than insurance companies? $2,000 dividend from customs revenue? Will air traffic controllers who work during the shutdown get a bonus? Both proposals were made within days of the president.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listWe considered each of these proposals and considered whether policy experts thought they were likely to become reality.For now, each idea is just something the president thinks about on social media. In most…

British journalist Sami Hamdi, who was detained by US immigration officials for more than two weeks, will return to the UK on Thursday, Hamdi and his legal team announced in a statement. The London-based journalist and commentator was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at San Francisco International Airport on October 26, a day after speaking at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) annual gala in California. Authorities said Mr. Hamdi was being detained for overstaying his U.S. visa. But Hamdi and his lawyers argued that he was in the United States on a valid visa and was detained…

Mark Wood will undergo preventive tests on Friday after suffering a hamstring strain on the first day of England’s Ashes warm-up match against the Lions.Wood has been out of action for the past nine months following knee surgery, but returned on the opening day of the internal Ashes pre-season game at Perth’s Lilac Hill. The 35-year-old quick bowler had completed eight overs (four in each session) before tea, but felt discomfort during his second practice and left the field in mid-afternoon.The ECB confirmed that Wood would undergo a precautionary test on Friday, adding: The England fast bowler completed eight overs…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that Eli Lilly will soon become the first drug company to reach a $1 trillion stock price. Immediately after that, the stock price exceeded $1,000 for the first time. At trading highs, the market capitalization exceeded $950 billion. To reach $1 trillion, the stock would need to reach nearly $1,058. “People are starting to realize that there’s probably more value to this,” Kramer said in “Squawk on the Street.” He pointed to the White House’s recent GLP-1 agreement with Lilly and rival Novo Nordisk that will reduce the price of some obesity drugs for Medicare…

After you go to work, come home, do your chores, and eat dinner, you may be too exhausted to do anything but rot in your bed or read the Scroll of Doom.Laura Mae Martin, executive productivity advisor at Google, says one potential solution to this burnout is to give yourself homework. You may have seen something similar on TikTok. People are giving themselves “personal curricula” or academically inspired syllabuses to help them learn a new language, complete an art project, or read a series of old books in their free time after work.The idea that adding more tasks to your…