Nobel Prize-winning US author Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. Author of 11 novels, she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993, having published her first novel, The Bluest Eye, in 1970. Her 1987 book Beloved told the story of a runaway female slave and was made into a film starring […]
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FabFitFun is US firm which sends boxes of discounted goods to its subscribers – beauty, fashion and health products that are aimed mostly at women. Co-founder Michael Broukhim quickly discovered his customers were holding him to very high standards. He says you should treat your customers as “all-knowing” and be aware that thanks to social
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USA Basketball coach Gregg Popovich typically has a month of NBA training camp and a half-dozen or so preseason games before he picks a San Antonio team, and then gets a few more months of the regular-season grind to mold those Spurs into playoff shape. These aren’t the Spurs. These are not typical times, either.
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Until recently, that is. On Monday, Chinese officials let the renminbi fall to the lowest level in over a decade. On Tuesday, they set the exchange rate at a level that was weaker than Monday but nonetheless stronger than most analysts had expected. So what happens to China if the label sticks? Mainly, China must
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Joshua Rush opened up about his sexuality for the first time publicly this week, telling fans that he identifies as a “proud bisexual man.” Best known for playing Cyrus Goodman on the Disney Channel series, “Andi Mack,” the actor on Tuesday joked that the first person to reply to one of his tweets was bisexual. first
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Image copyright Disney Image caption Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Avengers: Endgame Walt Disney’s latest profit has failed to impress Wall Street, despite producing blockbuster movie hits including Avengers: Endgame and Toy Story 4. Disney’s shares fell 5% in after-hours trading when the firm posted figures that missed analysts’ forecasts. Profits at the entertainment giant
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Disney says its net income fell 39% in the latest quarter, as underwhelming performance from its newly acquired Fox businesses offset box office successes such as “Avengers: Endgame.” Tuesday’s results missed Wall Street’s expectations, and shares fell 3% in aftermarket trading. CEO Bob Iger said one of the biggest issues affecting earnings was the Fox
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The Toronto Blue Jays will extend protective netting at Rogers Centre next season, joining other teams that have taken measures after foul balls injured fans. The team also announced Tuesday that it will extend the nets next season at its spring training home in Dunedin, Florida. There was no announcement on the length and height
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WASHINGTON — Peter Strzok, the F.B.I. senior counterintelligence agent in the Hillary Clinton email and Russia investigations who made inflammatory comments about President Trump in text messages, sued the Justice Department and the F.B.I. on Tuesday for firing him. The F.B.I. said last summer that it had terminated Mr. Strzok for violating bureau policies, but
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Toni Morrison, the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and the author of 11 novels, died at 88 on Monday, leaving behind a legacy of words that reshaped American culture. Her writing itself was a singular force, but one detail about Morrison’s career that has always been a guiding light to
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