Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Dick’s Sporting Goods — Shares jumped 14% after the sporting goods retailer posted fourth-quarter results that exceeded expectations. Dick’s Sporting Goods reported earnings of $3.85 per share on revenue of $3.88 billion. Analysts surveyed by LSEG, formerly Refinitiv, had expected earnings …
LONDON: At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics – from food packaging to toys to medical devices – than previously estimated by environment agencies, a report published on Thursday found, raising questions over pollution and consumer safety. While the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) had previously identified around 13,000 …
LONDON: UK oil and gas giant Shell on Thursday watered down key targets on cutting carbon emissions, sparking anger from climate campaigners, but kept its pledge for net zero by 2050.The London-listed group, which is investing heavily in renewables, revealed the news in an energy transition update published alongside its …
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 14, 2024, 07:48 AM ET The latest winner of the Canelo Alvarez sweepstakes is Jaime Munguia, who beat out Jermall Charlo and Edgar Berlanga to land a May 4 fight in Las Vegas against boxing’s top star. With that fight comes a chance at boxing championship glory, …
If you are trying to get healthier or fitter, then you may be hunting for the “perfect” diet. However, many diets vary based on your age, medical history, diet preferences, lifestyle, where you live and so on. This can make it tricky to follow some diets, while others may not …
SpaceX’s next-generation mega rocket launched Thursday morning, thundering into orbit on a key test flight to demonstrate new technologies and techniques that will be crucial on future missions to the moon and beyond. The flight is the rocket’s third and most ambitious such test, according to SpaceX. The event is …
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos gesture during separate gatherings. — AFP/File Elon Musk has lost his position as the richest person in the world to Jeff Bezos, who has recovered the top spot on the global wealthy list. As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Musk is worth $198 billion (£154.5 …
Mickey 17 will release globally on January 31, 2025 three days after its release in Korea Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson, will be available for South Korean cinema goers three days prior to the rest of the world. The upcoming film, directed by Bong Joon-ho, will be released in January …
NEW DELHI: Adults living in extreme poverty in low- and middle-income countries, or LMICs, have health conditions like hypertension and diabetes that can lead to heart disease, according to new research published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. Researchers examining the relationship between poverty and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) discovered that …
TOKYO: China should speed up its transition away from coal, the new chief US climate negotiator John Podesta said Thursday, calling for Beijing to “take their responsibility seriously”.“China is the largest emitter (of greenhouse gases) in the world… They still have online in my view more coal than they need, …