Amazon shares plunged more than 10% in extended trading Thursday after the company posted mixed fourth-quarter earnings, and boosted its full-year spending forecast to $200 billion. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.95 vs. $1.97 estimated Revenue: $213.39 billion vs. $211.33 billion estimated Wall Street … Read more
Staying in Dublin often comes with a hefty price tag, especially when it comes to accommodations. Hotel room rates in the city core can easily climb into four figures for a standard room during peak season. While I was looking for accommodations this fall, I came across the easyHotel Dublin. As part of the easyJet … Read more
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrive ahead of the 60th inaugural ceremony on Jan. 20, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington. Melina Mara | Via Reuters Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday challenged Republicans on the House Oversight Committee to take the testimony of her and former … Read more
Chocolate beers, multiple inspirational local heroes from the Civil War to the 21st century, concerts from Celtic rock to classical, Black history events, lectures, authors, and more – plus a road trip and event news. What’s Booming in Richmond, Virginia, February 5 to 12, 2026. Explore: February 5 to 12, 2026 What’s happening in and … Read more
Don’t break out your disco boots, I am talking about your 70s, not the 70s. Whether you believe that 70 is the new 50, or it’s just 70, it can be a celebration with a positive attitude and plans. It’s not about what happens to you, it’s about the way you act. 70 is going … Read more
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (L), and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Feb. 5th, 2026. Getty Images | Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday refused to rule out the possibility of a criminal investigation of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Federal Reserve chair, if Warsh ends up refusing to … Read more
A Holy hermit, possibly Guglielmo of Malavalle on a wall painting in Siena, Italy (1330–1337) – Credit: Dr Krisztina Ilko A scorched cherry twig miraculously sprouting; a diseased swamp restored to ‘peak fertility’; healing the broken leg of an ox; and multiplying cabbages. These are just some of the forgotten medieval miracles of the Augustinian … Read more
Explore the secrets behind successful ads, immerse yourself in a technology-driven retrospective exhibition on Arthur Ashe, blend music and drama in a play at a record store and an opera on local spies, and have “Dinner with Friends.” In Boomer’s top five picks – What’s Booming RVA: Super Bowl Ads and Arthur Ashe. “Arthur Ashe: … Read more
Elizabeth Warren (L) and Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) Getty Image | Reuters Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will ask the Senate on Thursday to condemn and call for the reversal of the sale of 500,000 advanced artificial intelligence chips to the United Arab Emirates. Warren’s resolution, shared exclusively with CNBC, comes after a … Read more
A handwritten letter to her pen pal Megan Lewis from April 1995 – Courtesy of Suzanne Pugh It wasn’t quite a reunion; since the women knew each other well. Their relationship, so far as they understood it, was that important one between an OB/GYN and their patient carrying a child. Little did Megan Lewis and … Read more