Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, 7.70% are up more than 6% in Thursday afternoon trading and on track to close at a fresh…
Business
Top Dividend Stocks for August 2021
Dividend stocks are companies that pay out a portion of their earnings to a class of shareholders on a regular basis. These companies usually are…
Robinhood opens at $38 per share, giving the company a $32 billion valuation
Robinhood shares began trading Thursday under the ticker HOOD, opening on the public markets at $38 per share. The shares had also been priced at $38.…
Merck Sales Beat Estimates, But the Stock Is Falling. Here’s 1 Reason to Be Bullish.
July 29, 2021 11:36 am ET Order Reprints Print Article Text size Merck can trace its roots back to a German pharmacy founded more than…
Robinhood set to receive a lukewarm reception on Wall Street
Robinhood Markets Inc., which has disrupted Wall Street with its no-fee trading app, is set to receive a rather lukewarm reception in its public debut.…
Tech
How to use FilePond with Node.js
Uploading files is a common need for cloud apps. FilePond is a solid open-source project that offers sophisticated file handling and wrappers for many JavaScript…
Microsoft .NET adoption gets boost from open source
Microsoft credits open source and cross-platform support for the increased adoption of its software development platform. Thinkstock At one time, commercial software giant Microsoft was…
How Grafana Tempo simplifies distributed tracing
By Joe Elliott, InfoWorld | About | Emerging tech dissected by technologists Grafana Tempo is an open source, easy-to-use, high-volume distributed tracing system that takes…
Easily create interactive ggplot graphs in R with ggiraph
See how easy it is to create interactive web graphs from ggplot2 visualizations with the ggiraph R package. You can even link graphs so that…
Entertainment
Amanda Holden leaves fans floored as she poses with ‘model’ daughters
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Love Island fans brand show ‘cruel’ as girls receive shock news from Casa Amor
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Science
Harris releases strategy to tackle migration’s root causes
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that efforts to address root causes of migration from three Central American countries won’t produce…
Israeli health provider to offer 3rd COVID shot to elderly
JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading Israeli health provider on Thursday said it would soon begin offering a third, booster COVID-19 shot to patients over the…
Infrastructure deal: Senate suddenly acts to take up bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan, acting with sudden speed after weeks of…
Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Fighting escalates despite ceasefire
Amhara, which neighbours Tigray, has mobilised its militias and special forces Intense fighting is being reported in Ethiopia’s Amhara state – the latest sign that…
China flooding brought fear, then washed away livelihoods
XINXIANG, China (AP) — The night the rains came, all Yu Ruiping could do was huddle in her market stall. The electricity went out. Her…
Sports
Hearts granted extra fans for Celtic opener
Hearts have been allowed to host a further 737 supporters for Saturday’s Scottish Premiership opener against Celtic. The club entered discussions with the City of…
Jones: More to come from the Lions
Every match from British & Irish Lions’ tour of South Africa is exclusively live on Sky Sports; fans who don’t have Sky will be able…
Battaash bids to thrill Goodwood again
Battaash bids to thrill the Goodwood crowds again with an unprecedented fifth triumph in the King George Qatar Stakes. The seven-year-old secured his place in…
Hollie Doyle blog: Glorious opportunity for an old friend
Sky Sports Racing ambassador Hollie Doyle runs the rule over her five rides on day four of the Qatar Goodwood Festival on Friday and believes…
F1 SHOW FREE LIVE STREAM: Latest in Max vs Lewis
Tune in to the free live stream from 5pm below as the Sky Sports F1 team and special guests – including birthday boy Fernando Alonso…
Include Indigenous and Maori teams in RLWC – Brown
Former England international Brown, who was part of the squad which reached the 2017 World Cup final, joined Sky Sports rugby league experts Brian Carney…