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Microsoft Corp. shares rose in the extended session Wednesday after the tech giant's board approved a dividend hike and billions in new share repurchases. Microsoft shares rose 1.1% after hours, following a 0.8% gain to close the regular session at $138.52. The company said its board increased the quarterly dividend by 11% to 51 cents a share, which is payable to shareholders as of Nov. 21 on Dec. 12. Microsoft also said its board approved up to $40 billion in share buyback authority, which has no timeline or expiration date. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Teen activist Greta Thunberg took her climate change fight to the US Congress on Wednesday, imploring the nation's lawmakers — several of whom are global warming skeptics — to "take real action" to avert environmental disaster.

Does my head in, can't get my dog out to pee or dump last thing of night for next 3 months - I'm sure she'd hold it in til January 2nd if I let her!

Karoui's lawyer said court rejected appeal to release runoff candidate for the third time.

“At this point, it’s no longer pay-to-play,” said a commenter on Runescape’s subreddit. “It’s pay-to-pay.”

Podcasting software Descript uses AI to copy your voice and make audio edits without rerecording.

Each team consists of four players, and each league is limited to eight teams.

Producer of the world’s first waterproof myoelectric prosthetic hand, TASKA Prosthetics, and the world’s first zero-waste beauty brand, Ethique, have taken out the Supreme Awards at this year’s Westpac Champion Business Awards .

In his final written message before dying, T. Boone Pickens shared the most important lessons he learned on how to succeed in business and in life.

NEW YORK, New York - The U.S. Federal Reserve cut rates on Wednesday but signalled no further rate reductions.

Two police officers have been hospitalised after a dramatic arson arrest in north Queensland.

Two years after agreeing to buy a minority share of the Brooklyn Nets, e-commerce billionaire Joe Tsai was unanimously approved as the owner by the NBA Board of Governors on Wednesday. Tsai spent $3.5 billion to buy the Nets and Barclays Center – the arena sale did not require league approval – from Mikhail Prokhorov....

Iranian protesters torch an effigy of President Trump at a recent protest. (Fars) An editorial in the official Iranian Fars News today tacitly admits the goal of the Saudi attack this past weekend was to bring down Donald Trump’s 2020 Presidency. The title of the piece: The Iranian who Overthrew Carter Also Overthrows Trump Here […]

How Europe can better manage migrants was slated to be a key topic of discussion when Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte and French President Emmanuel Macron meet in Rome on Wednesday night.

Anti-gun group pushes gruesome ad to scare Americans into turning against the Second Amendment.

Benedict Cumberbatch gets into character on the set of his new movie Louis Wain! The 43-year-old Sherlock actor was spotted shooting on Wednesday (September 18) in Walmer, England. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Benedict Cumberbatch In the biopic, Benedict brings to life the prolific English artist Louis Wain, who rose to prominence at [...]

Sharon White convinced platforms need to meet their side of ‘social contract’

There is a very good reason why neither Zack nor Kelly are a part of the upcoming Saved by the Bell revival: their portrayers have not (yet?) been asked. NBC Universal on Tuesday announced that their newly named streaming service, Peacock, will host a follow-up series to Saved by the Bell. Both Mario Lopez and […]

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

When the FDA issued a bulletin alerting everyone to the presence of a possible cancer-causing impurity in the popular heartburn drug marketed as Zantac, the administration stopped short of telling people to stop taking the popular drugs. Now, in the wake of that news, shipments of a generic version of the drug are being halted. In its release, the FDA noted that samples of the drug known as ranitidine, also sold under the brand name Zantac, tested positive for a potentially cancer-causing agent called N-nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA. Читать дальше...

A Brexit deal is in the interests of both UK and Cyprus, which share significant business relations, as a potential no-deal scenario would have “disruptive” consequences for both economies, UK’s Secretary of State for Brexit Stephen Barclay said in an interview with the Cyprus Mail on Wednesday. “The UK has...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has ruled out meeting Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido if he attends next week's General Assembly, despite the support he has among most Western and Latin American nations. "No, that's not being planned," the UN chief told a news conference on Wednesday about the annual global summit when asked if he would meet Guaido. He added, however, that the United Nations maintained "regular contact" with Venezuela's opposition. More than 50 nations recognise Guaido as the interim president... Читать дальше...

First lady Melania Trump is scheduled to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Monday, her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham confirmed to CNN.

One of the nation’s best players coming out of high school, Savannah Rennie’s college career has been derailed by a liver transplant and then a bout with cancer linked to the transplant. But she’s back on the court this season and in top form, having earned Pac-12 player of the week honors while helping the Bears into the top 25 national rankings.