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Automaker Stellantis is making $13 billion bet on a U.S. comeback, after a rough 2024 and a $2.7 billion net loss in the first half of 2025.High prices and stale products scuttled what had been a highly successful first few years of the combined company. Stellantis was the product of a merger of French company Peugeot and Italian American company Fiat-Chrysler. Joining forces allowed the automakers to save more than $8 billion through sharing parts and streamlining operations, roughly double what the deal had promised investors.Pandemic-era shortages also allowed Stellantis raise prices on the vehicles it could sell when inventories…

Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2022.Benoit Tessier | ReutersPresident Donald Trump said he knows nothing about Binance founder Changpeng Zhao — or that company’s recent involvement in a cryptocurrency venture linked to Trump’s family — despite granting him a pardon last month.Asked in a CBS “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday why he pardoned the former crypto executive known as CZ, Trump said: “Okay, are you ready? I don’t know who he is.”In late 2023, Zhao stepped down as…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., October 31, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersPresident Donald Trump, who recently suggested he would be at the Supreme Court on Wednesday for oral arguments in the case that will determine the fate of many of his wide-ranging tariffs, now says he will not attend.”I will not be going to the Court on Wednesday in that I do not want to distract from the importance of this Decision,” Trump wrote Sunday in a Truth Social post.”It will…

It’s Monday, the 2025 NWSL regular season is now in the rearview mirror, which means it’s time for ESPN’s playoff Power Rankings.Who’s best positioned for a deep postseason run? Our writers studied the action from the weekend to come up with the order of all eight playoff teams. Let’s dive in.Next match: Sunday vs. Gotham FC, 12:30 p.m. ET, ABC (stream live with ABC on ESPN)Kansas City was the first team to book its playoff spot and the first to seal home-field advantage through the semifinal, if it makes it that far. The Current also set new NWSL records for…

Barcelona and Spain star Lamine Yamal set a record on Monday as he became the youngest player to be included in the FIFPRO Men’s World 11.Yamal, 18, broke the mark set by Kylian Mbappé, who was 19 when he was included in 2018.Paris Saint-Germain are the team with the most inclusions, after five of their Treble-winning heroes were involved.Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who has since joined Manchester City, is among them.Achraf Hakimi, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha and Ousmane Dembélé are the other PSG players.Lamine Yamal set a record for FIFPro Men’s World 11. Michael Regan – UEFA/UEFA via Getty ImagesLiverpool’s Virgil van Dijk…

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are reconfiguring their budgets right now.Major employers like Amazon, Target and Nestle have all announced layoffs and the government shutdown is now in its second month. Impacted workers must focus their resources on long-term survival.Tightening budgets could mean the holiday season looks a little bit different this year. And it will be an especially challenging time for parents.”Children are exceptionally perceptive,” says Wendell Clarke, an Atlanta-based behavioral wealth specialist.If you’re navigating financial hardship, you may be wondering how forthcoming you should be with your kids. In his practice, Clarke helps clients with financial planning, including…

The buzz surrounding this year’s New York City mayoral elections is unprecedented. Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Kwame Mamdani began as an underdog in the race, polling at less than one percent in February. Just four months later, he won the primary with 56 percent of the vote, after running a successful grass-roots campaign mobilising tens of thousands to knock on more than one million doors in the city.  The win shook the status quo by knocking out the current mayor, Eric Adams, and snatching the Democratic candidacy for mayor from former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is political royalty…

Thomas Frank has said that Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence have apologised after the duo appeared to ignore him in the immediate aftermath of Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League defeat to Chelsea on Saturday.João Pedro’s 34th-minute strike gave Chelsea a thoroughly deserved win against a toothless Spurs team in north London and Frank’s side were booed by a frustrated home crowd at the final whistle.Spurs managed just three shots in the match and recorded an xG of 0.05 — their lowest in a Premier League game since records began in the 2012-13 season.As Frank entered the pitch to do…

Thomas Frank has confirmed Tottenham duo Djed Spence and Micky van de Ven apologised for ignoring their head coach at full-time following the 1-0 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday.Spurs were booed off at full-time at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, having recorded their lowest ever xG (expected goals) figure of 0.05 since Opta records started in the 2012-13 campaign, before Frank approached his players on the pitch. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. Stand-in captain Van de Ven and Spence headed towards the…

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin (R) arrives at the airport of Hangzhou on November 3, 2025. Dmitry Astakhov | Afp | Getty ImagesRussian officials appeared eager Monday to reaffiirm Moscow’s alliance with China following U.S. President Donald Trump’s high-profile meeting with Xi Jinping.Hot on the heels of Trump’s talks with Xi last week, which the U.S. president described as “amazing,” Russia has now sent a large delegation of its own to China for deal-making and talks.Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrived in Hangzhou on Monday for two-day talks with…