COLOMBIA: November Retail Sales Beat Expectations, IP Weaker-Than-Expected RETAIL SALES RISE 10.4% Y/Y; EST. +4.6%" - BBG"*COLOMBIA NOV. MFG PRODUCTION FALLS 0.8% Y/Y; EST. -0.6%""*COLOMBIA NOV. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FALLS 2.1% Y/Y; EST. -0.3%" ... 01/17/2025 - 2:02 am | View Link
Small Business Sales Expectations Return To Normal The percent expecting lower sales exceeded the percent expecting gains for 34 months prior to the November 2024 election. 01/17/2025 - 12:15 am | View Link
Cartier owner Richemont sales surge shows strength of top end luxury Richemont, owner of Cartier, reported a 10% year-on-year increase in Q3 sales, significantly surpassing expectations. This growth suggests a potential recovery in the luxury sector, despite challenges ... 01/16/2025 - 11:05 pm | View Link
China industrial production rises above expectations in Dec, retail sales jump Recent stimulus measures also appeared to have aided private spending, with Chinese retail sales rising 3.7% in December, stronger than expectations of 3.5%. The reading also accelerated sharply from ... 01/16/2025 - 12:26 pm | View Link
Target announces holiday sales exceeded expectations — but not profit as discounts reign king The retailer now expects same-store sales growth of 1.5% for stores open at least 13 months in the fourth quarter – above previous expectations that it would stay flat. 01/16/2025 - 6:26 am | View Link
Donald Trump is the biggest crybaby in the world. He now wants to punish Comcast because Seth Meyers made fun of him.
Imagine being one of those who voted for Trump because of “free speech”?♂️
— Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) January 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Completely appropriate response, Seth:
SETH MEYERS: It has come to my attention that sometimes people who do not care for me get stuck watching my show.
At her Friday confirmation hearing as Trump’s pick for DHS secretary, Gov. Kristi Noem made rambling remarks suggesting she has good working relationships with her state’s tribes:
NOEM: I offered to train federal law enforcement officers, BIA officers, but also their tribal police in South Dakota, at no cost to our tribes.
Someone remind this pair of clowns that Trump and Melania didn't have the courtesy to attend Biden's inauguration. Watters was already being roasted for the hypocrisy after comments he made on his show this Wednesday about Michelle Obama refusing to attend Orange Julius' inauguration.
This Thursday Watters brought on Trumper Kid Rock to pile on and complain about how disrespectful the angry Black woman was being for not attending:
WATTERS: So is this your first inauguration?
ROCK: No.
Unsurprisingly, a corrupted politician will meet with another corrupted politician—birds of a feather and all of that. But thirsty grifter NYC Mayor Eric Adams might be hoping for a pardon from the convicted felon since he is facing a five-count federal indictment. And Adams is traveling to Mar-a-Lago at the taxpayers' expense.
Donald has previously expressed interest in pardoning Adams.
As a culture, we’re hard on our beautiful blondes. We may automatically presume everything should be easy for a conventionally gorgeous, flaxen-haired performer with a visible-from-space smile. We may even assume that because she’s beautiful, she can’t be all that smart. Tell it to Marilyn Monroe, who felt pressured the whole of her all-too-short career to prove that she was a serious actor, something we can now see clearly in her body of work.
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A comic actor is also, of course, a serious actor—there’s nothing more serious than the art of comedy.
As a freshman last season, Colorado State’s 6-foot-7 forward Rashaan Mbemba showed glimpses of what he could do once he grew into an expanded role with the team.
The Austria native played sparingly as the team’s No. 2 big man behind Patrick Cartier but made the most of his opportunities when he got on the court.
He averaged 11 minutes per game off the bench, scoring 3.8 points and grabbing 2.2 rebounds per contest, reaching a then-career high in points (13) twice, against San Jose State and Creighton.
CSU head coach Niko Medved and his teammates knew that Mbemba could be something special, and teammate Nique Clifford emphasized that during Mountain West Conference media days before the start of the season while providing some foreshadowing to what the big man would do this season.
“The thing for Rashaan is, he’s been playing against grown men for what, since he was like 13 years old,” Clifford said.