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The Financial Times is staging an à la carte charity auction of lunches with leading FT journalists. The auction, which runs until January 29, is to raise funds for the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign (FLIC) charity and its war on financial illiteracy. With 94 per cent of Britons saying they recall learning little or nothing about money at school, the FT set up the charity last year to make financial education available to those who need it most in the UK and beyond.So place your bid while you still can. Better still, as some bidders have done, you can secure…

US stocks inched higher on Tuesday after contrasting fourth-quarter results from investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, while China unveiled underwhelming annual gross domestic product data. Wall Street’s blue-chip S&P 500 edged 0.3 per cent higher, helped by rising prices for energy and utilities companies, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 rose 0.5 per cent. Morgan Stanley began the day as the S&P’s top performer, rising more than 5 per cent after higher net revenues at its wealth management division overshadowed a 40 per cent year-on-year drop in net income. Goldman Sachs fared less well, declining 4.2 per cent after…

WNBA superstar Brittney Griner, who was released from a Russian jail last month in a prisoner swap with convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout, made an appearance at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Phoenix on Monday.Griner marched in the parade along with her wife, Cherelle. She also posed for photos with fans along the route. “Glad to be home,” she told fans during the parade, according to KPNX-TV.Griner was arrested in February 2022 as she was returning to her Russian basketball team. She was taken into custody at a Moscow airport after bringing vape cartridges containing oils derived…

The wait has finally come to an end for jurors seeking mental health help related to their trial experience after a law passed last year officially came into effect Monday. Under the new law, jurors are allowed to disclose information about jury proceedings to health-care professionals. It received Royal Assent in October 2022.The Criminal Code was amended under the new law to allow the disclosure of information from jury duty to those providing medical or psychiatric treatment, therapy or counselling to former jurors.Independent Sen. Lucie Moncion, who has pushed for years for such a law to be passed, told Global…

A scary start to the year. Jeremy Renner was hospitalized on New Year’s Day after sustaining injuries while plowing snow in Nevada. The Mayor of Kingstown star, 51, was airlifted to the intensive care unit on Sunday, January 1, after “blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries” while driving a snowplow. According to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a “traumatic injury” involving the Marvel actor in the area of Mount Rose Highway in Reno. The Sheriff’s Office noted that the California native was the only person involved in the incident. The Hurt Locker star has lived in the…

CNN  —  A former roommate of New York Rep. George Santos said on Tuesday that the fabulist lawmaker showed signs of “delusions of grandeur” during their time living together in New York City. “The truth has finally come out,” Gregory Morey-Parker told Don Lemon on “CNN This Morning.” Lawmakers from both parties, including a number of prominent New York Republicans, have demanded Santos resign after it was revealed he repeatedly lied about his resume and identity. GOP House leadership has so far declined to join in those calls. Morey-Parker, who shared an apartment with Santos for a few months, said…

Morgan Stanley Chairman and Chief Executive James Gorman speaks during the Institute of International Finance Annual Meeting in Washington, October 10, 2014.Joshua Roberts | ReutersMorgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said he’s more confident on the markets than the rest of Wall Street, seeing a return of deal-making as soon as the Federal Reserve stops hiking interest rates.”I’m highly confident that when the Fed pauses, deal activity and underwriting activity will go up. I would bet the year on that, in fact,” Gorman said on an earnings call Tuesday. “We’re not of the view that we’re heading into a dark period.…

Mexico has completely banned cigarette smoking in all public places – including at hotels and beaches.Previously the smoking ban only applied to public transport, bars, workplaces and restaurants. From 15 January, the government has expanded the legislation to include all indoor and outdoor public spaces such as hotels, resorts, beaches, parks and anywhere that children might gather.The only legal place to smoke tobacco in Mexico is inside private homes or private outdoor spaces.The country now has one of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws. Tourists who smoke could face fines of between $50 and $300 (€46 and €277) for lighting up…

An underground fire at an Alabama landfill has continued to pollute the air in eastern parts of the Birmingham region more than 50 days after a fire began underground, according to air quality monitors.The monitors surrounding the Moody landfill are detecting pollution and neighbors are still complaining about smoke, local news outlets reported.The air quality monitor closest to the fire registered unhealthy conditions on Monday morning, AL.com reported, although the monitor later reported improving air quality. Another air quality monitor in Trussville showed pollution levels that are acceptable, but may present a risk for some people with 24 hours or…

New Mexico Democrat reportedly targeted by failed GOP candidate responds to arrest Solomon Peña, a former Republican New Mexico House of Representatives candidate who police say claimed election fraud after his defeat, was arrested by an Albuquerque SWAT team in connection with a string of recent shootings that damaged homes of local Democratic elected leaders, city police said. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins speaks to one of the victims Adriann Barboa. Source: CNN