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A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. There’s lots of anxiety swirling about a possible recession. Is Corporate America starting to get nervous, too? We’ll get a better sense this week when several top financial firms and consumer companies report third-quarter earnings. Asset management giant and iShares owner BlackRock (BLK) is due to report Thursday. JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC), Citigroup (C) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are just a few of the several top banks set to release results on Friday. Wall Street will…

Pep Guardiola was in a joking mood after Manchester City’s 4-0 win over Southampton, claiming that he was upset with Erling Haaland because he didn’t score a hat-trick. The reality is Haaland, who completed a £51 million transfer from Borussia Dortmund to City this summer, is not only on his way to becoming one of the best and most impactful signings of the season, but also of all time. We’ve certainly come a long way from a tearful Guardiola saying that Man City would not be able to replace Sergio Aguero. FootballKane, Conte and Spurs players dedicate emotional Brighton win…

Jacob Zuma received a 15-month sentence last year after he ignored instructions to participate in a corruption inquiry.Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been freed following the expiry of his prison sentence for contempt of court, the government said on Friday. Zuma received a 15-month sentence last year after he ignored instructions to participate in a corruption inquiry. He handed himself in on July 7 last year to begin his sentence, triggering the worst violence South Africa had seen in years as his angry supporters took to the streets. “It’s OFFICIAL. H.E President Zuma is now a FREE man,”…

One adorable cat has traveled a very long way to find his forever home.Chaz, an all-white domestic shorthair cat, is currently up for adoption at King Street Cats in Alexandria, Virginia, after he was rescued in Kuwait.As a small kitten, Chaz was picked on by other cats — as discovered by a caretaker. ADORABLE BUFF TABBY IN NEED OF ADOPTION IN UTAH: ‘SUCH A SWEET GIRL’Chaz was brought to King Street Cats after spending a year with a rescuer — and was declared to be positive for FIV — feline immunodeficiency virus. (HIV infects only humans, while FIV infects only cats. But…

close Video A Texas A&M student was arrested Saturday morning in connection with a wave of vandalism at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station.According to Texas news outlets, 20-year-old Kobe Mcadoo was taken into custody by Texas A&M police after busting a window in an attempt to set a fire inside the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center.He is also accused of setting a car on fire in the parking lot of the Bush Library and breaking into an SUV.Police told the outlet Mcadoo was “extremely intoxicated” at the time of his arrest.SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR RECKLESSLY DRIVING…

GOFFSTOWN, N.H. – Term-limited Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland says he’s trying to figure out if there’s room for someone like him to run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.”Is there a lane? I don’t know. That’s part of what we’re trying to find out. I think there are 10 people who want to be the next Donald Trump and I think there may be a different lane,” Hogan said on Thursday, as he answered questions from the audience as he headlined the latest edition of ‘Politics and Eggs.” The speaking series at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics…

CNN  —  American football is back in London for the second week in a row. The New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers meet at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for Week 5’s international battle. Each team boasts a 3-1 record. That means for the first time in 32 contests played, a London game features two teams with winning records. This will also be the first time the Packers play in London, making them the 32nd team to do so. Historically, the Giants have played well outside of the States. The team played in the first regular-season London matchup back in…

Hurricane Ian’s wrath had barely subsided in Florida when advertisements for day laborers started popping up on phones across New York through online platforms like Telegram and WhatsApp.The Spanish-language messages appeared to target recently arrived immigrants and asylum seekers who were desperate for work and had nowhere else to turn. Advocates said they are worried the migrants are becoming targets of fly-by-night businesses eager to exploit people for hard work and low wages.“This looks and smells like human trafficking,” said Ariadna Phillips, a New York community organizer with South Bronx Mutual Aid. “They recruit them with these very flashy photographs, saying, ‘You’re…

The treasure originally belonged to the Fernley-Maisters, a family from Hull who made their fortune in Baltic trading. Some of the coins in the find dated back to between 1610 to 1727 Ancient gold coins found under a couple’s kitchen floorboards have sold for a massive £754,000. The collection of 260 coins were found beneath the floor as they renovated the kitchen in their property. Coins were found stashed in a pot the 18th century wooden boards at the anonymous couple’s Yorkshire home in 2019. Some of them are believed to date back to between 1610 and 1727. The Daily…

Chris Bassitt’s first foray with the Mets in a high-profile game went badly, but he would like to think he learned from the experience. The right-hander cratered last Sunday in Atlanta, allowing four earned runs over 2 ²/₃ innings (which included three walks and a hit batsman) as part of a three-game sweep by the Braves that helped lose the NL East for the Mets. The magnitude of the moment may have strangled Bassitt. “Looking at it, I tried a little too hard in that game,” Bassitt said Saturday before the Mets beat the Padres 7-3 in Game 2 of…