Exxon Mobil’s first-quarter profit fell by half to $2.35 billion, its worst quarter since late 2016, as the company spent more on oil production and was hit by lower margins in its refinery business. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the shares fell in afternoon trading Friday. The refinery side of the […]
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Image copyright Bertrand Rindoff Petroff Image caption Minogue and Hutchence are thought to have dated for around two years Home videos shot by and showing Kylie Minogue and ex-boyfriend Michael Hutchence are to feature in a new documentary about the late singer. The INXS frontman killed himself in his Sydney hotel room in 1997 at
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Image copyright Getty Images RBS has reported a drop in profits for the first three months of the year and warned of the continuing impact of Brexit uncertainty on near-term growth. The bank, which is 62% government-owned, reported £707m profit, down from £808m for the same period last year. It said Brexit uncertainty could delay
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Thousands of students from dozens of countries are in Detroit this week competing in the biggest youth robotics event in the world. Still, organizers of the FIRST Championship hope it gets a lot bigger. President Don Bossi (BOH’-see) says FIRST has a presence in only 12% of U.S. schools. He and others with the Manchester,
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Police were called to the home of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill shortly after a television station aired an audio recording in which he and his fiancee discuss injuries to their 3-year-old son — a case that has gotten the star player suspended and focused attention on a prosecutor’s decision not to file
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WASHINGTON — The Russian graduate student who ran a secret operation to influence conservative Americans was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in prison, ending what prosecutors called a lengthy effort to create inroads with officials potentially useful to Russia in the future. The woman, Maria Butina, 30, pleaded guilty late last year to conspiring
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced on Thursday by a U.S. judge to less than four years in prison – far shy of federal sentencing guidelines – for financial crimes uncovered during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election. U.S.
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Cold War Steve has become a Twitter sensation thanks to his satirical collages that capture the angst and chaos of politics and pop culture. The artist – real name Christopher Spencer – has inspired a group of students from Greater Manchester to make their own collages, and has collaborated with them to make a new
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Image copyright Reuters Lloyds is repaying customers millions of pounds after finding administrative errors dating back to 2012. Nearly 200,000 current and former customers are receiving a share of repayments, thought to total about £6m. That means an average payment of £30. The banking group is writing to those affected – most of whom were
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out a new “privacy-focused” vision for social networking. He promised to transform Facebook from a company known for devouring the personal information shared by its users to one that gives people more ways to communicate in truly private fashion, with their intimate thoughts and pictures shielded
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