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Aston Villa came from two points behind to beat RB Salzburg 3-2 and finish in the top two of the Europa League, but their victory was marred by an injury to Ollie Watkins.Villa, who are already certain to advance to the last 16, struggled but managed to score their seventh win out of eight group stage games, but Watkins was forced to leave the game with what appeared to be a hamstring injury. Villa manager Unai Emery said the club would know more about the extent of the injury on Friday. “He felt something, but not much,” Emery said. “We’re…

Three of Elon Musk’s companies are considering a possible merger: SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla. Negotiations appear to be in the early stages, but at least one company could end up being acquired by SpaceX, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters. Two scenarios are considered. According to Bloomberg, citing unnamed insiders, SpaceX and Tesla may merge. In another case, SpaceX and aXI (which already owns Musk’s social media platform X) would merge. According to a report from Reuters, a merger between SpaceX and xAI could occur ahead of SpaceX’s IPO, which is scheduled for this year. This will bring together…

Let’s check out the companies that are becoming a hot topic for after-hours trading. Apple — Shares rose less than 1% after the company announced strong first-quarter results, with particularly strong earnings from the iPhone 17 model launched in September. Apple earned $2.84 per share for the quarter, beating the $2.67 per share expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. Sales totaled $143.76 billion, significantly exceeding analysts’ expectations of $138.48 billion. Overall iPhone sales increased 23% on an annual basis to $85.27 billion. A sharp rise in sales in China during the quarter also eased investor concerns about competition and consumer…

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks with CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026.CNBCAmazon It is in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, CNBC confirmed Thursday in a key vote of confidence from a major e-commerce company that invested in one of the startup’s biggest rivals.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy are in direct discussions, said a person familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity because the details are confidential. Amazon has poured billions of dollars into OpenAI competitor Anthropic since 2023.The details of Amazon’s talks with OpenAI are still…

Iran on Thursday threatened “dangerous consequences” after the European Union formally designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization amid rising tensions between Iran and the West. EU foreign ministers approved the designation at a meeting in Brussels, describing it as a response to Iran’s violent crackdown on anti-government protests. “Repression cannot go unanswered,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Karas wrote in announcing the decision, referring to X. “A regime that kills thousands of its own citizens is working towards its own demise.” The designation would put the Revolutionary Guards on the same terrorist list as al-Qaeda,…

Microsoft released a solid earnings report on Wednesday, with revenue of $81.3 billion (up 17%) and net income of $38.3 billion (up 21%) for the quarter, with record Microsoft cloud revenue of more than $50 billion. But the stock was soaring on Thursday as investors worried about how much the tech giant was spending building its cloud and questioned whether the investment would pay off. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the answer to that question is “yes,” and he spent considerable time on the earnings call making that point. Microsoft spent about the same amount on capital expenditures in the…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gestures while speaking at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 20, 2026.Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Imagesmicrosoft Shares fell about 10% on Thursday following an earnings report that disappointed some investors, causing the company’s biggest single-day decline since March 2020. The move slashed the company’s market capitalization by $357 billion, to $3.22 trillion as of Thursday’s close.of iShares expands technology software division Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) fell 5% on Thursday, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index ended the day down 0.7%. However, not all technology has declined. Meta Shares soared 10% after…

Luigi Mangione appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court on December 2, 2025, for a hearing on the destruction of evidence in the murder case of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Meaning of Curtis | via ReutersA Minnesota man was arrested Wednesday night at a New York federal prison claiming to be an FBI agent and claiming he had a court order from a judge to release Luigi Mangione, who is facing murder charges. united healthcare CEO Brian Thompson made the disclosure Thursday in a new criminal complaint.Prosecutors said the man, 36-year-old Mankato resident Mark Anderson, presented his Minnesota driver’s license when…

The United States asserted its control over Venezuela on key issues of sovereignty and expressed threats of further military attack.Published January 29, 2026January 29, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareUS President Donald Trump said he has ordered the reopening of Venezuela’s commercial airspace, underscoring the US’s high degree of control over South America’s national affairs.During Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, Trump added that he had “told” Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez that U.S. oil companies would be arriving soon to explore potential projects in the country.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”American citizens will soon be able to go…

Patrick Reed has taken the first steps toward returning to the PGA Tour, returning to DP World Tour action just one day after announcing his departure from LIV Golf.Reed shot a 1-under 71 at the Bahrain Championship held at Royal GC in his first start since his announcement, leaving him six strokes behind the leader. The 2018 Masters champion joined LIV in 2022, but recently expressed interest in rejoining the PGA Tour after fellow American Brooks Koepka was granted a path back through the new returning player program. On Wednesday, Reed confirmed that he is leaving LIV and will compete…