Wes Morgan: Former Leicester captain appointed to Kick It Out board
Morgan made 324 Leicester appearances in all competitions in his nine years with the club Premier League-winning former Leicester City captain Wes Morgan has been appointed to the board of anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out. Morgan, 39, guided the Foxes to their first Premier League title in 2016. “I’m looking forward to working with Kick […]
How a Book Publishing ‘Mistake’ Reignited the U.K.’s Royal Racism Furor
As book rollouts go, the one for Omid Scobie’s latest offering about the British royal family, “Endgame,” has been a hot mess — splashy, gaudy, tantalizing but ultimately a bit withholding — which is to say, par for the course for a putative tell-all account of the world’s most covered, least decoded family. The withholding […]
Inflation’s Cooldown Gives the Fed Leeway
Nov. 30, 2023 11:29 am ET Sit down while you’re reading this: Fed policy makers made a dud prediction about how much inflation would cool at the tail end of 2023. The Commerce Department on Thursday reported that its overall index of consumer prices—the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge—was flat in October from September, putting it […]
Owen Farrell: England captain treated ‘unfairly’ by media, says Saracens boss Mark McCall
Owen Farrell (left) debuted for Saracens in 2008 with Mark McCall (right) joining the club the following year Certain members of the media “need to look at themselves” for their “unfair scrutiny” of Owen Farrell, says Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall. Farrell made his Saracens debut in 2008, while McCall joined as assistant in […]
Finra Fines BofA Securities $24 Million for Treasurys Spoofing
Nov. 30, 2023 10:59 am ET The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined BofA Securities $24 million for more than 700 instances of spoofing through two former traders. Spoofing is a type of fraudulent trading in which trades not intended to be executed create the appearance of market activity to induce other market participants to trade […]
Henry A. Kissinger, 1923-2023 – WSJ
At a dinner recently with friends, Henry Kissinger was, at the invitation of his host as usual, holding forth on various world crises when he was asked what gave him reason for optimism. He replied that he had confidence in the wisdom of the American people, though at the current moment he worried about a […]
IRS Court Win Paves Way for Higher Taxes on Hedge-Fund Managers
Nov. 30, 2023 10:00 am ET The Internal Revenue Service scored a significant win over the hedge-fund and asset-management industries this week in a case that could bring higher taxes for many fund managers. The U.S. Tax Court’s ruling could require managers to pay self-employment taxes of more than 3% on much of their income. […]
Cicadas Are So Loud, Fiber Optic Cables Can ‘Hear’ Them
One of the world’s most peculiar test beds stretches above Princeton, New Jersey. It’s a fiber optic cable strung between three utility poles that then runs underground before feeding into an “interrogator.” This device fires a laser through the cable and analyzes the light that bounces back. It can pick up tiny perturbations in that […]
Women’s Nations League: Belgium v Scotland: Scots ‘ready to put things right’, says Howard
Howard’s last-gasp header salvaged a point for Scotland against Belgium at Hampden back in September Venue: Den Dreef, Leuven Date: Friday, 1 December Kick-off: 19:30 GMT Coverage: Watch on BBC Alba, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website & app Scotland “haven’t done themselves justice” in the Women’s Nations League, but defender Sophie Howard insists […]
OPEC+ Agrees to Significant Oil-Production Cut
OPEC+ agreed to a significant production cut of another million barrels a day, delegates said, in a move that will likely send prices higher amid the continuing conflict in the Middle East. As part of the deal reached Thursday, Saudi Arabia also agreed to extend its cut of 1 million barrels a day that it […]