Everyone digs the long ball. “Home runs” is one of those statistics that seems to hold more weight than other statistics. In two of the last three years, Aaron Judge has led the league in dingers. The year he didn’t Iead Major League Baseball in homers, he missed nearly 60 games. Let’s take a look…
Spain’s former football federation boss Luis Rubiales has been found guilty of sexual assault for kissing player Jenni Hermoso without her consent and ordered to pay a fine of €10,800 (£8,942), Spain’s High Court has ruled. He was acquitted of coercion, for allegedly trying to pressure Hermoso into saying publicly that the kiss was consensual….
President Donald Trump said his administration is going to audit the U.S. gold reserves kept at Fort Knox in Kentucky. “We’re going to go to Fort Knox, the fabled Fort Knox, to make sure the gold is there,” Trump said Wednesday on Air Force One. A drive to audit Fort Knox has gained steam from…
The advertising regulator has found Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting misled consumers with an unsubstantiated claim that gas was clean, in an online advertisement in The Australian last year. Ads for Hancock Prospecting’s recruitment webpage futureaustralianjobs.com ran in the digital edition of the Weekend Australian in October 2024. The ads featured the text: “Our clean gas…
On a bleak late winter’s day, under leaden skies and occasional driving rain, this was the moment all Israelis had been dreading. The return of the dead. It began, as all the handovers so far have begun, with a politically charged display by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups involved in holding Israeli hostages for…
The logo of Airbus is pictured outside the Airbus facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, November 7, 2023. Stephane Mahe | Reuters Airbus could prioritize deliveries to its non-U.S. customers if tariffs disrupt the European planemaker’s imports stateside, CEO Guillaume Faury said Thursday. “We have a large demand from the rest of the world, so [if] we…
They may be the footwear of choice for Hollywood A-listers and pop stars, but Birkenstock sandals are not works of art, Germany’s top court ruled on Thursday. The German sandal maker had sought a ruling that its footwear, known for its cork and latex soles, could be classified as art and thus afforded strong copyright…
SpartanNash CEO Tony Sarsam gave CNBC’s Jim Cramer a read on the egg pricing landscape and explained how the grocery wholesalers and retail store operator tries to keep costs to customers down. “Eggs have been a little bit of a challenge the last two years,” Sarsam said. “It is a constant, constant effort to kind…
Walmart on Thursday said holiday-quarter revenue rose about 4% and e-commerce sales shot up 20% in the U.S., as growth in store pickup and home deliveries and gains with upper-income shoppers boosted results. In the fiscal year ahead, the discounter said it expects net sales to grow 3% to 4% and adjusted operating income to…
A sign is posted in front of a home for sale in San Rafael, California, on Aug. 7, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Mortgage rates dipped slightly last week, but so did mortgage demand, as housing affordability continues to sideline potential buyers. Total mortgage application volume fell 6.6% for the week, according to the…
