Aug. 14 (UPI) — Billionaire Jeff Bezos purchased a minority stake in English Premier League soccer franchise Liverpool, Fenway Sports Group announced Friday. The Reds’ majority owner said it entered an agreement to sell a stake in the club to 1892 Holdings, a consortium led and managed by Amit Bhatia, with investments from Bhatia and…
That makes it the cheapest EV in Kia’s lineup. Kia Kia has announced the US pricing for the EV3, the more compact version of its EV9 SUV. The car will start at $29,450 plus a $1,495 destination charge. Even at $30,945, that’s well under the $35,000 the company was targeting when it announced…
What happened: Sandisk (SNDK) stock popped 6% on Friday, extending gains from a 13% rise in the prior session. What’s behind the move: Wall Street was overwhelmingly bullish on the NAND flash memory maker’s long-term growth targets for 2028 through 2030, announced at the company’s investor day. Sandisk sees annual revenue growth in the mid-to-high…
1 Hamburger SV’s pursuit of Fabio Vieira could gather fresh momentum following the €7m-plus sale of Fabio Baldé to Racing Strasbourg. Vieira remains one of HSV’s priority targets after spending last season on loan at the Volksparkstadion. The 26-year-old Portuguese midfielder is understood to favour a return to Hamburg and has already reached an agreement…
The Other China 朱公千古atque in perpetuum On 12 August 2026, it was reported that Zhu Rongji (朱鎔基, 1938-2026), premier of the Chinese People’s Republic from 1998 to 2003, had passed away. We commemorate his memory with an elegiac couplet 輓聯 wǎn lián, composed by and written in the hand of Liu Chan 劉蟾. Liu,…
The Trump administration is imposing tariffs of as much as 100% on imported drones and their components, escalating efforts to reduce US reliance on foreign suppliers and potentially accelerating a decoupling of drone supply chains with China. The top rate will apply to heavier drones — weighing more than 25 kilograms — or those that…
Tottenham captain Cristian Romero has confirmed he is leaving the club ahead of his move to Atletico Madrid being announced. Atletico have agreed a deal worth in the region of £34.2m (€40m) for Romero, while Spurs retain a 15 per cent sell-on clause. In a post on Instagram, Romero bade farewell to the fans and…
Weak inflation and labour market figures have led to a fall in the USD index. The strength of the UK economy and the pound is most likely only temporary. The US dollar has reacted differently to the inflation data. While the slowdown in consumer price inflation led to its strengthening, a slower pace of producer…
In the past few years, the U.S. stock market has been booming, despite some tumultuous ups and downs. We had the pandemic stock market crash and then a powerful rally in 2020-2021. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) went down by about 18% in 2022 as interest rates rose. And as of this writing, during the…
Thrilled by the drama of the World Cup and eager for your next soccer fix? Well, boy, do I have good news for you. Welcome to the sport that really doesn’t know when to call it a break. Offseason? Schmoffseason, amirite? Yes, between the international tournaments most summers and the club game that runs from…