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SPANISH police are investigating the sudden death of the Mango clothing empire’s founder Isak Andic as a possible homicide, with his son as the key suspect, local media reported on Thursday.Andic, 71, who founded one of Europe’s largest fashion groups with around 2,800 stores worldwide, plunged to his death while hiking in mountains outside Barcelona in December last year to widespread shock.Police in the northeastern region of Catalonia have now shifted their probe from an accident to a possible homicide centring on his son Jonathan Andic, El Pais daily said, citing “different sources with knowledge of the investigation”.Jonathan, who was…
[WASHINGTON] Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday the central bank will scrutinise various data, including information he collects during his stay in Washington, in deciding whether to raise interest rates in October.He repeated his view that the central bank will hike rates if the likelihood of its growth and price forecasts materialising increases.Global and US economies are showing resilience, though the impact of US tariffs will likely emerge ahead, Ueda told a news conference after attending the G7 and G20 finance leaders’ gatherings in Washington.“There’s not much of a gap in how I see global and US economies now…
[NEW YORK] Oil prices fell more than 1 per cent on Thursday after US President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to meet in Hungary soon to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, casting uncertainty over global energy supplies. Brent crude futures settled 85 cents, or 1.37 per cent, lower at US$61.06 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate futures closed 81 cents, or 1.39 per cent, lower at US$57.46. Those were the lowest settlements for both benchmarks since May 5.Trump said he and Putin agreed on Thursday to meet in Budapest soon to discuss ending the war in…
Video Details The Kansas City Chiefs play the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, with the Chiefs being 11.5 point favorites. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes ask if the Chiefs will blow out the Raiders, and if Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers are AFC contenders if they beat the Cincinnati Bengals tonight. Plus, they discuss how important the Philadelphia Eagles’ matchup with the Minnesota Vikings is to the Eagles’ season. 1 HOUR AGO・first things first・24:16
Just two years into his tenure at Indiana, Curt Cignetti has earned himself another pricey deal.Cignetti and Indiana have agreed to an eight-year, $92.8 million deal that will make him one of the highest-paid coaches in college football, the school announced Thursday. Cignetti will be paid $11.6 million annually, with the contract running through Nov. 30, 2033. Cignetti’s $11.6 million salary only trails Georgia’s Kirby Smart ($13.003 million) and Ohio State’s Ryan Day for the highest coaching salaries in college football. In his first two seasons in Bloomington, Cignetti has helped spearhead one of the more remarkable turnarounds in college football…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday alleging that a $100,000 fee for new visas for highly skilled foreign workers is unlawful.The lawsuit aims to block the charge for new H-1B visa applications, which the chamber said would inflict “significant harm” on American businesses by sharply increasing their labor costs or curtailing their ability to hire skilled employees.The fee only applies to new petitions for this specific visa, not to existing H-1B visas or renewals.”The new $100,000 visa fee will make it cost-prohibitive for U.S. employers, especially startups and small and midsize businesses,…
Video Details Larry Fitzgerald joins Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes to discuss A.J Brown’s frustration with the Philadelphia Eagles’ offense, and who is the best WR in the NFL. 57 MINS AGO・first things first・12:17
First, the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won the first two games of the series on the road, host the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series (6:08 p.m. ET). Milwaukee will start left-hander Aaron Ashby, while Los Angeles gives the ball to right-hander Tyler Glasnow.
NOT A SURE-FIRE BET WITH CONSUMERSStill, smart glasses are not a sure-fire bet with consumers. In some ways, we’ve seen this film before. Remember the “glassholes?” The derogatory term emerged in 2013 to poke fun at people wearing Alphabet’s Google Glass lenses. People couldn’t get over the goofy, futuristic look of the frames, the nuisance of distracted users staring into the screens in public, or the fears of being surreptitiously filmed. A lot has changed since then. Specifically, the rise of AI as well as improvements to devices’ battery life and weight. And Google seemed to learn that looks matter. If there’s a lesson…
[NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks ended lower while gold prices surged on Thursday as declining financial shares and simmering trade tensions between the United States and China dampened investor enthusiasm.All three major US stock indexes reversed earlier gains to end the session in negative territory while safe-haven investors continued to send gold to new highs. Disappointing results from Travelers and the disclosure by Zions Bancorp that it would take a US$50 million loss in the third quarter pulled the financial index down 2.75 per cent.“In the absence of data, the banks are going to be providing the sort of data substitute,” said…