Disappointing third-quarter profit and revenue numbers at Twitter are overshadowing surprisingly strong user growth, sending shares of the social media company plummeting 20% before the opening bell. Interested in Twitter? Add Twitter as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Twitter news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The San Francisco company […]
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Image copyright EPA Wires Image caption A health worker gives the polio vaccine to a child in Pakistan, where, like Afghanistan, polio is still endemic The second of three forms of the polio virus has been eradicated, experts have announced. There are three types of the wild polio virus, which, while scientifically different, cause the
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Image caption Paul Hollywood said one contestant’s bake looked like “diabetes on a plate” Paul Hollywood has apologised for a “thoughtless” joke about diabetes made on The Great British Bake Off. Some fans of the Channel 4 show took to social media to voice their upset when the judge made the comment about one contestant’s
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Tiger Woods couldn’t have scripted a better scenario for the PGA’s first tournament in Japan despite his shaky start. After a layoff from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee two months ago, Woods shot a 6-under 64 on Thursday to share the first-round lead at the Zozo Championship. Woods was tied with Gary Woodland, with
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American companies spent more than $800 billion on their own shares last year, taking a windfall from deep corporate tax cuts to try to bolster their share prices and improve the look of their quarterly earnings reports. This year, as the economy’s worsening prospects rattle executives, those buybacks are slowing down. The mood among corporate
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Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states were medical marijuana is legal, students disciplined for using it are taking their schools to court. College officials argue they could lose federal funding for failing to follow
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“I haven’t seen a group of white guys that angry since they found out their Don Henley tickets were obstructed view,” joked the host of NBC’s “Late Night,” who described it as a “dumb stunt.” “Looks like a protest outside a pharmacy that ran out of Viagra,” Meyers added. “They shouldn’t be at the Capitol.
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If Croatia’s seaside locales have become tourism starlets, then Rijeka, a working-class port city on the Adriatic, is the country’s gritty understudy. So, it came as some surprise when this town, whose skyline merges Hapsburgian decadence with shipyard cranes, was named European Capital of Culture for 2020 over other Croatian candidates like Dubrovnik and Split.
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Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles threw out a ceremonial first pitch with a twist for Game 2 of the World Series. Well, a standing backflip with a twist. The Houston area native pulled off the spectacular move before throwing the ball to Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick, ahead of Wednesday’s game against the Washington Nationals at
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Shares were higher in Europe on Thursday after most Asian markets advanced following meager gains on Wall Street driven by a mixed set of company earnings. The FTSE 100 in London advanced 0.6% to 7,300.45 while Germany’s DAX jumped 0.8% to 12,905.81. The CAC 40 in France picked up 0.6% to 5,689.42. Wall Street looked
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