• Igor Shesterkin's midseason 'reset' pays big dividends for Rangers

    At the time, it was termed a “reset'' for Igor Shesterkin. It was midseason

    • Forbes

    Ilia Topuria ‘No Doubt’ Has A Big Pay Day Coming

    UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria has a lofty goal for 2025, to become the highest paid athlete in the world.

  • Dividends payments soar globally as worker pay stagnates

    Shareholder payouts grew 14 times faster than wages over past three years, says Oxfam reportShareholders have proved to be more successful at securing bumper payouts than workers have at winning higher pay, according to two studies that show dividends outstripping wages by a considerable margin in recent years.Oxfam said analysis of global data showed that dividend payments to shareholders over the last three years grew an average of 14 times faster than worker pay across 31 major economies....

    • Axios

    The Fed's big question: Are high interest rates doing their job?

    As the Fed's policy-setting committee gathers for a two-day meeting

  • How Andrew Flintoff is taking control of his sons' early careers

    RICHARD GIBSON: Andrew Flintoff has attempted to mute the noise around his two cricketing sons, but the actions of Rocky, 16, at Edgbaston last week screamed for attention.

  • Tesla Cybertruck Hits 'Speed Bump' with Early Recall

    Touted for its bulletproof exoskeleton, the Tesla Cybertruck seems to have a surprising weakness: Car washes. Several Cybertruck owners have reported their vehicles malfunctioning after a car wash.A Tesla Cybertruck owner with barely 3,400 miles on the odometer reported a surprising breakdown after a car wash, just two months after purchasing the £64365.60 ($80,000) truck. The Independent reported the incident after the owner washed the sand off the vehicle following a trip to the beach.On...

  • The Fed announced a big change today. And no, we're not talking about interest rates

    Wednesday’s Federal Reserve policy decision was fairly boring for investors — officials kept interest rates the same, just as they have since July 2023.

  • Brands That Matter 2024 early-rate application deadline is almost here

    The early-rate application deadline for Fast Company‘s Brands That Matter recognition program is coming up fast. You have until Friday, May 5th to lock in the rate. We first introduced Brands That Matter in 2021 with the goal of recognizing companies and nonprofits of all shapes and sizes that have achieved cultural relevance through their ability to build an impactful, emotional connection to their audiences. Since then, we’ve honored brands as wide-ranging as Taco Bell, Mastercard, M&M’s,...

  • Banks Pay Savers More to Stay Amid Steep Interest Rates

    For America’s biggest banks, deposit costs are exceeding interest income. That’s the first time that’s happened since the Federal Reserve began increasing rates two years ago, the Financial Times noted in a report Sunday (April 28) on the phenomenon. Among the lenders in question is Wells Fargo, which paid almost $594 million more in fees to depositors […]

  • Chadwick Tromp (who?) has been a big part of the Braves' early-season success

    ATLANTA — is from Aruba, a Caribbean island that is a self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He speaks four languages fluently, has a warm smile and subtle sense of humor, is one of the top two chess players in the clubhouse ( is the other) and has a knack for making friends and earning respect from peers wherever he goes. Advertisement How else to explain how a player with just 46 games played in parts of five major-league seasons, including 13 games with the Braves...

    • CNN

    The Fed announced a big change today. And no, we’re not talking about interest rates

    A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. Wednesday’s Federal Reserve policy decision was fairly boring for investors — officials kept interest rates the same, just as they have since July 2023. But some savvy traders are excited about another key decision. The Fed announced that it will significantly curtail its quantitative...

  • 'Absolutely out of control on taxation': Biden and IRS are RAISING capital gains rate

    President Biden and the IRS just can’t get enough of taxing Americans. The president is reportedly raising the capital gains rate to what some are calling the “highest formal federal capital gains,” with a budget proposal for fiscal year 2025, increasing the capital gain to 44.6%. “Capital gains is after you’ve already paid income tax,” Pat Gray says, disturbed. “Now, you’ve invested some of what you paid tax on, and you’ve gained some more money which they’re taxing, and now they want to...