San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman won his fifth Gold Glove and Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was among 14 first-time winners of baseball’s most famous fielding honor. Cleveland Guardians second baseman Andrés Giménez and left fielder Steven Kwan won for the third consecutive year along with Arizona first baseman Christian Walker…
After a messy election, the Bank of Japan decided to hold its benchmark policy rate at 0.25%, as expected. But analysts say that the central bank’s focus on normalizing monetary policy — raising rates — remains unchanged. The BOJ board maintained its three-year inflation projections with minor adjustments, signaling that the economy is progressing in…
A police theory that William Tyrrell’s foster mother loaded his body into a car and disposed of it close to where he died will be examined as an inquest into the toddler’s disappearance reopens. The three-year-old went missing while playing at his foster grandmother’s home in Kendall, on the mid north coast of New South…
Play video content TMZ.com Maitland Ward says she doesn’t think a second Donald Trump presidency will benefit the porn industry … ’cause he’s got the religious right on his side — and, they’re notoriously anti-porn. We talked to the sitcom-star-turned-porn-star Saturday about the upcoming election … asking her how she felt about others in the…
PayPal Inc. co-founder and Affirm’s CEO Max Levchin on center stage during day one of Collision 2019 at Enercare Center in Toronto, Canada. Vaughn Ridley | Sportsfile | Getty Images LONDON — Buy now, pay later firm Affirm launched Monday its installment loans in the U.K., in the company’s first expansion overseas. Founded in 2012, Affirm…
Voters walk to cast their ballots during early voting in the presidential election at a polling station at the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library in Tampa, Florida, U.S., November 1, 2024. Octavio Jones | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to…
A Broadway star is slamming Patti Lupone for saying the hit show “Hell’s Kitchen” is “too loud” … saying it’s a total microaggression. Here’s the deal … Kecia Lewis — who plays Miss Liza Jane in the Alicia Keys-inspired jukebox musical and won her first Tony Award for it back in June — took to…
Every week in the NFL, bettors, sportsbooks or both bemoan some form of a bad beat. Whether it’s a spread pick, a moneyline bet, a wager on the total points scored, or a miss on a prop — there’s always one occurrence that affects a few bets. During the first slate of games on Sunday,…
Billionaire mining boss Chris Ellison will leave Mineral Resources as part of an “orderly transition” within 18 months after the company’s board found the chief executive had at times used company resources for his personal benefit. MinRes said in a statement it had also fined Ellison $8.8m to reflect the “significance of corporate governance and…
First there was Black Friday — then Cyber Monday. Now deal-thirsty consumers have a reason to shop online one day longer. “Travel Tuesday” — the first Tuesday after the American Thanksgiving holiday — targets those looking for discounts on trips, rather than flat-screen TVs. Search interest for “Travel Tuesday” rose more than 500% from…
