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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gestures as he speaks during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2026.Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty ImagesMicrosoft shares slid about 10% on Thursday following an earnings report that disappointed some investors, prompting the stock’s sharpest daily decline since March 2020. The move trimmed the technology company’s market cap by $357 billion, leaving it at $3.22 trillion by the end of Thursday trading.The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector exchange-traded fund tumbled 5% on Thursday, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite index finished the day down 0.7%. Not all of technology went down, though.…

A Southwest Airlines aircraft parks at Gate B33 while its tail sticks into the sunlight at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston, MA, on December 22, 2025. Austin DeSisto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesSouthwest Airlines expects 2026 profits to at least quadruple, far exceeding analysts’ expectations, as the carrier overhauls its half-century-old business model to include new moneymakers like bag fees and seat assignments.The airline expects to earn at minimum an adjusted $4 a share this year, exceeding the $3.19 analysts had anticipated, according to estimates from LSEG. It also forecast capacity growth of 2% to 3% compared with 2025,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Virginia Commonwealth University police confirmed Thursday afternoon that the now-fired nurse whose TikTok videos encouraged other healthcare workers to drug ICE agents is under criminal investigation. Malinda Cook was fired from her job Tuesday evening after a brief investigation by her former employer, VCU Health. A day prior, three videos made by Cook and posted to her TikTok were stitched together and shared on X by popular account LibsOfTikTok. The result was a viral firestorm that cost Cook her livelihood, and has now put her under the microscope of authorities. In one video, she…

Canada posted a merchandise trade deficit of $2.2 billion for November as exports of gold as well as motor vehicles and parts fell in the month, Statistics Canada said Thursday. The agency said the result compared with a revised trade deficit of $395 million in October.However, RBC senior economist Claire Fan noted that despite the deteriorating trade balance, Canadian exporters continued to show signs of at least some diversification to non-U.S. markets.“Goods exports to non-U.S. destinations were 29 per cent above year-ago levels in November, while goods imports from non-U.S. markets rose 18 per cent both near or at all-time…

The Coalition has decried a planned production tax credit to get the nascent critical minerals processing sector off the ground as an example of the Government’s “undisciplined and unnecessary spending” that it would dump.Shadow finance minister Jane Hume said the proposal would give miners tax breaks for work they were already doing.The Government included a $13.7 billion production tax credit as the centrepiece of its future made in Australia policy in May’s budget.The credit would apply to output from critical minerals processing after July 2027, for up to 10 years.It was strongly backed by the Association of Mining and Exploration…

The junta’s previous death toll was 33, with more than 235,000 people displaced, according to figures released on Friday. Swathes of farmland have been inundated in central regions, including around the sprawling, low-lying capital Naypyidaw. There have been reports of landslides in hilly areas but with roads and bridges damaged and phone and internet lines down, compiling information has been difficult. The floods have heaped more misery on the country where war has raged since the military seized power in 2021. More than 2.7 million people were already displaced in Myanmar by the conflict. Myanmar’s junta chief made a rare…

September 14, Nairobi, Kenya-South Sudan’s government has announced it is postponing long-delayed general elections until December 2026, citing a lack of preparedness.In a statement accessed by Dissimilar Media, “The presidency, under the chairmanship of President Salva Kiir Mayardit, has announced an extension of the country’s transitional period by two years as well as postponing elections, which were initially scheduled for December 2024 to December 22nd, 2026,” Kiir’s office said on Friday.Elections are a cornerstone of democracy, offering citizens the opportunity to choose their leaders. However, in Africa, numerous countries have faced political, logistical, or security challenges that have led to…

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Police in Dayton, Ohio, have said there is no evidence that immigrants are eating pets, calling new allegations that emerged online on Saturday “irresponsible.” The police statement was issued hours after a new video and article alleged African immigrants in Dayton were seen preparing to grill dead cats. The claim was shared by Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, Donald Trump Jr., and others on X.Dayton Police Chief Kamran Afzal said in a statement, “We stand by our immigrant community and there is no evidence to even remotely suggest that any group, including our immigrant community, is…

Philadelphia radio host Patty Jackson praises the life and legacy of the late Frankie Beverly Philadelphia radio host Patty Jackson praises the life and legacy of the late Frankie Beverly 02:05 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Frankie Beverly, the Legendary R&B singer and Philadelphia native, has passed away. He was 77.His family shared the heartbreaking news Tuesday morning on Instagram.According to the post, Beverly, whose real name is Howard Stanley Beverly, died on Monday, Sept. 10. “He lived his life with pure soul as one would say, and for us, no one did it better. He lived for his music, family and…