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Oil giant Shell posts $6 billion profit beat, launches new share buyback program

The Shell logo is displayed outside a petrol station in Radstock in Somerset, England, on Feb. 17, 2024. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News...

Oil giant Shell posts billion profit beat, launches new share buyback program

World

Worst floods in Spain’s memory hit ‘like a tsunami’

In the town of Algemesi, they say the floods hit without warning. Water barrels down the street, bringing with it thick, stinking mud that coats...

Environment

Chinese EV maker BYD’s quarterly sales overtook Tesla’s for the first time

New cars, among them new China-built electric vehicles of the company BYD, are seen parked in the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, October 24, 2024....

US election: People’s back pockets are pushing them to the polls in this knife-edge state

“It’s the economy, stupid”. It was back in 1992 when political strategist James Carville coined a phrase that feels to me to be wholly...

Sports

World Series Game 5 live updates: Dodgers eye title as Yankees look to save season — again

ESPN Oct 30, 2024, 11:11 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Dodgers are still one win from a World Series...

Sports

Fiala returns as Kings ‘move on’ after benching

Associated Press Oct 30, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Kevin Fiala was back in the Los Angeles Kings‘ lineup...

Sports

College helmet comms not secure, sources say

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterOct 30, 2024, 06:19 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of...

Sports

U-M loses 4-star Smith’s pledge, targets No. 1 QB

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterOct 30, 2024, 11:03 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in...

Sports

Gators rule out WR Wilson, CB Marshall vs. UGA

Associated Press Oct 30, 2024, 08:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida will be without receiver Wilson ranked third on the...

Technology

Samsung Electronics’ chip profit shrinks 40% from the previous quarter

Customers shop at a Samsung mobile store inside a shopping mall in New Delhi. Reuters | Anindito Mukherjee Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported third-quarter...

Technology

Microsoft CFO says OpenAI investment will cut into profit this quarter

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6,...

New York Yankees fans who interfered with catch and grabbed Los Angeles Dodgers player banned from World Series match

Two baseball fans who grappled with a player for the ball during the sport’s biggest game have been banned from the next World Series...

Technology

Even Mark Zuckerberg seems surprised by Meta’s pace of spending on AI

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives for the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris...

US election: Elon Musk summoned to court over $1m giveaways to registered voters

Elon Musk has been summoned to an emergency court hearing on Thursday over the $1m prizes he has been awarding registered voters in swing...

Sports

Connor McDavid injury: Which Oilers should you add?

Victoria Matiash, Fantasy HockeyOct 30, 2024, 04:00 PM ET Close ESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010 Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010 Open Extended Reactions While the...

Budget: Feeling blindsided? Chancellor’s hefty tax and spending plans are a huge gamble

One hundred and eighteen days into the Labour government, and finally we get to see what the slogan on the front of the manifesto...

Business

Budget: Chancellor says it would be ‘irresponsible’ to rule out further tax rises

The chancellor cannot rule out more tax rises in the next five years, despite raising the burden to its highest level since comparable records...

Business

Reeves promised to be the iron chancellor – but her first budget brings dramatic change

The 2024 Autumn Budget in one word? Big. What we got from Rachel Reeves today was, in economic terms, a major departure from economic...

Technology

EBay stock sinks after lackluster Q4 guidance, election distraction

A sign is posted in front of eBay headquarters in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of eBay slumped about 9%...

Environment

FTX’s Nishad Singh gets no jail time, 3 years supervised release for role in crypto fraud

Nishad Singh, former director of Engineering at FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, left, and Claire Watanabe, former senior executive at FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, arrive...