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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Axel Springer Neubau in Berlin on Oct. 17, 2023.Ben Kriemann | Getty ImagesMicrosoft said on Tuesday that employees will be expected to work in an office three days a week starting next year.Employees that work near Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, or the Puget Sound area, will be required to be in the office three days a week, starting in February. After that, the policy will extend to other U.S. locations and then to international offices.The company is sending emails to employees who live within 50 miles of a Microsoft office around Puget Sound…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Metsera — The biotech company rose 5% after Leerink Partners initiated the stock with an outperform rating and called for the stock to double. “The company’s platform and pipeline of novel obesity peptide-based therapeutics offer key advantages relative to competing assets,” the research firm said about Metsera. Kingsoft Cloud — The cloud name popped more than 13% after an upgrade to buy from neutral by Bank of America. The bank cited artificial intelligence and improving margins as drivers. “AI is acting as the key growth driver for its public cloud services…
Virgil van Dijk has also received a boost, with his OVR rating increasing by +1 to 90. Virgil is the highest-rated defender in the game, and with defending and physicality stats of 90 and 87 respectively, he’s sure to make a big impact in any FC 26 Ultimate Team squad. Goalkeeper Alisson Becker keeps his rating of 89, making him the joint-highest rated goalkeeper in FC 26.New signings Florian Wirtz (89) and Alexander Isak (88) are also amongst the highest-rated players in the game, while Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike have had the biggest increases to their OVR rating in…
Heimir Hallgrimsson’s World Cup dream was torn to shreds in Yerevan as the Republic of Ireland were humbled by Armenia.A little more than three years after they suffered an embarrassing 1-0 Nations League defeat at the Republican Stadium, Ireland went down 2-1 to a side ranked 105th in the world in a game they simply had to win if they were to stand a realistic chance of qualifying from Group F, following Saturday’s 2-2 fightback draw with Hungary in Dublin. Head coach Hallgrimsson had hoped to emerge from the opening two rounds of fixtures with six points, but ultimately collected…
Colombian prospect Éder Smic Valencia, 16, died in a car accident on Sunday in Cauca, just days before he was to join the New York Red Bulls II for a trial, the MLS club confirmed on Tuesday.The under-16 Colombia team star from Academia Alemana Popayán was involved in a car crash in the southwest of Colombia, according to reports.Smic Valencia guest-played with NYRB U16s earlier this year, the MLS club said.Our thoughts are with all of Éder’s family, friends and teammates. Rest in peace.Nuestros pensamientos están con toda la familia, amigos y compañeros de Éder. Que descanse en paz. https://t.co/eRLQY3ufZV—…
US President Donald Trump “blessed” Israel’s attack on Doha, Qatar which targeted senior Hamas officials, US and regional officials have told Middle East Eye. The bombings look set to usher in a new chapter of instability for the Middle East. According to media reports, around 12 air strikes hit residential buildings in Doha at around 4pm local time. Khalil al-Hayya, Khaled Meshal, Zaher Jabarin and other senior Hamas officials survived the attack, MEE reported. The attack killed Hayya’s son, Hammam al-Hayya, and his office director, Jihad Lubbad, sources told MEE. Several others were wounded. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up…
He continued: “To play in a World Cup is really special. I had the opportunity to play in one and we won it, which is not easy at all. [It] was in the middle of a season so this one [next summer] is going to be different.“But I don’t think about the future. I know some players worry about getting injured before the World Cup, but I don’t think that way. I always say that you have to go 100 per cent every single game.“It’s not going to be easy [to defend the World Cup] because there will be a…
Helovi | E+ | Getty ImagesAmericans are feeling more optimistic when it comes to retirement.Just 21% Americans surveyed by Natixis Investment Managers said it will “take a miracle” to have a secure retirement, down almost half from 41% who said the same in 2021.Part of that confidence stems from the S&P 500 index’s two consecutive years of returns exceeding 20% — half of survey respondents said those results made investing look easy, according to Natixis.Yet 69% of the 750 Americans surveyed earlier this year said they still worry about instability and the potential financial impact.Among their top retirement concerns are…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is imploring the nation’s public health agencies to prioritize investigations of vaccine injuries, prescription drug use, and the cause of autism in a new “Make America Healthy Again” report focused on children released on Tuesday. The 20-page report, overseen by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., promises to put an end to childhood diseases in the U.S. by refocusing the nation’s public health agencies on the topics that those in Kennedy’s wide-ranging and politically diverse “MAHA” movement have demanded the government prioritize. His renewed push to investigate vaccine injuries could deepen…
Hamas leadership has survived Israeli air strikes in the Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday. A source close to the Palestinian movement told Middle East Eye that all senior leaders targeted in the attack have survived, including Khalil al-Hayya, Khaled Meshal, Zaher Jabarin, and others. According to media reports, around 12 air strikes hit residential buildings in Doha around 4 pm local time (1 pm GMT). The Israeli military confirmed it had carried out the strikes, stating it targeted the senior leadership of Hamas. Qatar strongly condemned what it described as a “cowardly Israeli attack”, confirming the strikes had hit residential buildings…