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Value Stocks Hit Record Losing Streak It isn't a great time to be a value-stock investor. The S&P 500 Value Index closed Thursday with its ninth consecutive daily loss—its longest losing streak on record, according to Dow Jones Market ... 12/13/2024 - 12:05 pm | View Link
Alphabet boost helps Nasdaq offset Oracle slide, hit record intraday high; Dow slips Stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday, a day after Wall Street ended lower, while investors awaited the retail inflation data set to land on Wednesday. S&P 500 futures (SPX), Nasdaq 100 ... 12/10/2024 - 2:36 am | View Link
Alphabet boost helps Nasdaq offset Oracle slide, hit record intraday high; Dow slips Wall Street on Tuesday put in a mixed performance, as a jump in communication services stocks was offset by a post-earnings slide in Oracle (ORCL). The blue-chip Dow (DJI) was under some pressure ... 12/10/2024 - 2:36 am | View Link
Wall Street today: S&P 500 and Dow Jones slip, Nasdaq edges higher Wall Street stock indices were mixed on Tuesday after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record high levels in the previous session. As of 10:15 am Eastern time, the S&P 500 was down 0.1 per cent ... 12/3/2024 - 2:45 am | View Link
The human body has no business being in space. Without the familiar tug of gravity, bones can decalcify, muscles can atrophy, blood pressure can plunge, heart rate can grow erratic, and fluids can rise and pool in the head, leading to pain, congestion, vision problems, and even kidney stones as less water is flushed and excreted as urine.
SEOUL, South Korea — A passenger plane burst into flames Sunday after it skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete fence when its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy. Most of the 181 people on board died in one of the country’s worst aviation disasters.
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The Jeju Air passenger plane crashed while landing in the town of Muan, about 290 kilometers (180 miles) south of Seoul.
Moon Alert: Avoid shopping and important decisions from 6 p.m. to 11:55 p.m. EST today (3 p.m. to 8:55 p.m. PST). After that, the Moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn
Happy Birthday for Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024:
You’re charming and likable because you have excellent people skills. You’re also intelligent and perceptive.
Today is Sunday, Dec. 29, the 364th day of 2024. There are two days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 29, 1890, the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota as more than 250 Lakota people were killed by U. S. troops sent to disarm them.
Also on this date:
In 1170, Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was slain in Canterbury Cathedral by knights loyal to King Henry II.
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In 1940, during World War II, Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, setting off what came to be known as “The Second Great Fire of London.”
In 1978, during the Gator Bowl, Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes punched Clemson player Charlie Bauman, who had intercepted an Ohio State pass.
Not much has been easy for the Nuggets this season, even when they win by double figures.
Jamal Murray scored 21 of his 34 points during a 6-for-9 third quarter, giving Denver a 25-point lead that was just enough to survive Detroit’s late push in a 134-121 win on Saturday night at Ball Arena.
“I should never have had to put my starters back in, and that’s a shame.
While Bob Dylan was known in the national folk scene, mostly for his protest songs, The Byrds were the ones who soared to the top of the charts with their cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man".
Their version was released in April 1965 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart.