There isn't a hotter player in baseball right now than the New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy, who has hit a home run in a record six consecutive playoff games while leading his team to the World Series. But Murphy, who is married to wife Tori Ahern Murphy, was first well-known for being a family man before he rocketed onto the national stage for his record-breaking streak.
Pandora has agreed to pay $90 million to record labels as part of a settlement designed to compensate the performers of songs created prior to 1972. The Recording Industry Association of America filed the suit on behalf of the labels and conglomerates ABKCO Music & Records, Capitol Records, Sony Music Entertainment, UMG Recordings and Warner Music Group.
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) on Thursday unveiled lower-than-expected third-quarter revenue of $39.1 billion. But the revenue shortfall may be due to accounting changes that occurred in conjunction with its acquisition of DirecTV.
U.S. President Barack Obama vetoed Thursday the 2016 defense budget, a $612 billion bill proposed by Congress that the president said undermines strict spending caps imposed on other government departments. The budget would rely on a largely unregulated fund to pay for defense items.
President Barack Obama took on Black Lives Matter opponents Thursday, saying he believes organizers of the social justice movement use the phrase to illustrate a specific problem in the African-American community that doesn’t affect others as much. “The African-American community’s not just making this up,” he said.
In its first quarter trading under its new Alphabet name, Google blew away investors with a strong third-quarter showing, particularly from its mobile business. The results immediately sent the company's stock price soaring more than 12 percent in after-hours trading. Alphabet posted revenue of $18.7 billion for the third quarter, beating analysts' estimates of $18.53 billion, and showing growth of 13 percent year-to-year. The company also posted an earnings per share of $7.35, beating analysts'... Читать дальше...
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (VRX) attempted to calm nerves after a spate of critical reports shaved nearly 30 percent off the company’s stock price in two days.
Donald Trump is not one to hold back on Twitter -- and that was the case Thursday when an insult to Iowans was retweeted by his official account following the release of a poll showing the business mogul candidate behind Ben Carson in the state. The tweet in question: "@mygreenhippo #BenCarson is now leading in the #polls in #Iowa. Too much #Monsanto in the #corn creates issues in the brain?#Trump #GOP." [Monsanto is a Missouri herbicide production company.]
As Hillary Clinton sat in front of the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Thursday to talk about the four Americans killed during a 2012 attack on a diplomatic compound under her watch, the former U.S. secretary of state shot back at Republicans but largely kept her cool while defending herself with a good-natured attitude. And why not? With her campaign's laser focus on poll data, Clinton has to know that the events in Libya probably won't keep her from the White House.
The Electronic Sports League (ESL) is already one of the largest eSports organizations in the world. But it's looking to expand its global reach by 2017 -- with partnering and drug-testing key parts of the plan.
Malaysia’s opposition leader filed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Najib Razak in parliament Thursday amid accusations of major corruption and financial mismanagement of a state investment fund. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, leader of Malaysia’s opposition coalition, said she believed the motion was likely to be accepted once it was heard by members of parliament, though many observers believed it had little chance of success, Channel NewsAsia reported.
Tidal’s first annual benefit concert certainly drew a crowd: 3.3 million people in 198 countries tuned in to the star-studded marathon at one point or another, the streaming service will announce Thursday afternoon. That's more than twice the number of people who streamed the Super Bowl in 2015, but far behind the 27 million people who watched the League of Legends world championships last year.
Daniel Murphy, once a largely anonymous second baseman for the New York Mets, has set the baseball world afire by hitting a home run in six consecutive postseason games, along the way propelling the Amazins to a National League pennant and a spot in the World Series. But Murphy's barrage of homers, which has gripped even the most casual of MLB fans, could be worth more than just championship banners.
For millions of consumers, the Apple iPhone 6 is synonymous with convenience and comfort. Life at a Chinese factory that churns out the smartphone units is an entirely different matter.
Maps.me's Yury Melnichek bears a strong resemblance to Richard Hendricks, the protagonist on HBO's hit show "Silicon Valley." Both used to work for tech giants, left to found startups and along the way came up with killer digital compression technologies. And just as with Hendricks, the company Melnichek founded is now giving his old employer a run for its money.
U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed on Sept. 11, 2012, at an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. That attack, and the controversy that still surrounds it, was the subject of a heated and contentious House committee hearing Thursday in which Republicans accused Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton of not acting to ensure the compound was secure. During her testimony, Clinton, who was Stevens' boss as secretary of state, pointed out that she knew him personally.
The ethnic and economic tensions that prompted Ivory Coast's deadly civil war five years ago are flaring up again as the West African nation prepares to hold its first presidential election Sunday since the violence that left 3,000 dead and displaced 500,000 others. President Alassane Ouattara is all but expected to win a second term after overseeing an economic revival that has fueled investment in infrastructure and foreign trade. But the threat of post-poll violence looms amid growing complaints of inequality.
Automakers are getting a failing grade for their record on replacing flawed air bag inflators in millions of cars on U.S. roads, and the federal auto safety watchdog is debating whether to invoke its power to help speed up the process. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced at a public meeting in Washington Thursday that it would decide by Thanksgiving if it will flex its regulatory muscle in the largest auto safety recall in U.S. history.
As an African-American female journalist shadowing Republican presidential candidates during the 2012 election cycle, Juana Summers was, at times, the only person of color in the room. But nothing crystallized her minority status more than when one of her white male press corps colleagues asked for an interview, assuming the 27-year-old Missouri native was simply a black voter captivated by a candidate’s stump speech.
The future is starting to look bleak for Kickass Torrents. Less than two weeks after it managed to remove a Google Harmful Programs warning, visitors trying to log on to the most popular piracy site in the world are again at risk of being infected by malicious software. Worse yet -- for pirates, at least -- the situation is starting to look a lot like the demise of the Pirate Bay.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is prepared to run for speaker of the House, but, like any good negotiator, he has a list of demands. One is that he not sacrifice any of his cherished time off the job.
Last Christmas, Tiffany Belk had a mild breakdown. She always knew she wanted to put her creative writing degree to use by helping her grandfather pen his biography. So, a few years ago, she gave notice at the New York branding agency where she had worked since graduating college.
Update: 4 p.m. EDT -- After six hours of testimony from Hillary Clinton on Thursday, the House Select Committee on Benghazi had tested the patience of both the legislators on the panel and Clinton herself. There was a shouting match between Democrats and Republicans at the end of the first portion of the hearing, and Clinton became particularly emotional at one point while discussing, in detail, the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and diplomat Sean Smith.
While the U.S. Constitution pretty clearly states that there shall be "no religious test" for president, it's no secret that presidential candidates are subject to all kinds of scrutiny, including about their relationship with God. Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders is no exception.
BANGALORE, India -- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s plan to lay off staff in India could be the first of many cost-cutting moves worldwide as the Korean conglomerate moves to excel in the "very-low-margin, ultra-competitive" business of Android smartphones.