A dress worn by Marilyn Monroe has sold for eight times the estimated auction price. The pink Pucci long-sleeved gown of silk jersey, which has a rope and crystal tassel belt, was bought for more than $325,000 (€291,000) at an event hosted by Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday evening. It had been […]
A gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida is estimated to bring in $4.43 billion for the state through the 2028-2029 fiscal year, according to a report issued this week by state economists. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The deal, reached by the state and the tribe in 2021, allows the Seminoles to […]
Two years of Russia’s war in Ukraine has resulted in the deaths of 83,000 Russian soldiers, according to a joint study by independent Russian media outlets Meduza and Mediazona, published on Feb. 24. Russia does not release data on military casualties arising from its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Meduza and Mediazona announced in July 2023 […]
By Selena Li and Lawrence White HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) -HSBC Holdings reported a record annual profit, that nonetheless came in below analysts’ forecasts as the income boost from higher interests rates was offset by a hefty $3 billion charge from its stake in a Chinese bank. HSBC, which has market value of $160 billion, reported […]
Separate reports published by Estonia’s Foreign Intelligence Service and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) on Feb. 13 suggest Russia has lost over 8,000 armored fighting vehicles, such as tanks and armored personnel carriers, in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The latest Russian losses update by the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces estimates […]
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Snap narrowly missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, as the Snapchat owner continued to struggle to compete against larger rivals for digital advertising revenue. Shares of Snap dropped 20% in trading after the bell. Tech giants like Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet command more attention from advertisers due […]
By Sheila Dang Feb 6 (Reuters) – Snap narrowly missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, as the Snapchat owner continued to struggle to compete against larger rivals for digital advertising revenue. Tech giants like Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet command more attention from advertisers due to vast amounts of data to target […]
COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter operating profit above expectations and also forecast another year of double-digit record sales and operating profit growth due to its popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. “We are very pleased with the strong performance in 2023 reflecting that more than 40 million people are now benefiting from our innovative […]
Jan. 8—The city of Santa Fe and nonprofits that serve members of the local homeless community have compiled a new tally of the hundreds of people here who lack housing. The estimate of 374 people living on the city’s streets, in shelters and in other precarious situations is what they call the first step toward […]
The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, which has an area approximately three times the size of New York City, weighs in at almost 1 trillion tons, CBS News partner network BBC News reports, citing data from the European Space Agency (ESA). Using data from the agency’s CryoSat-2 mission, a spacecraft that carries a type of radar […]