For a time, Chad Bianco was one of the front-runners in the race for California governor — or at least as front-runnery as a Republican can get in this cobalt-blue state. Polling in the primary showed the Riverside County sheriff drawing support in roughly the mid-teens, which — while nothing to shout about — was…
PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI) is in focus after third quarter earnings showed net income of US$29 million and sharply lower earnings per share compared with the same period last year. The mixed reaction is reflected in the chart. Despite a 9.5% one-month share price return and a 4.2% gain over the past week, PennyMac Financial…
When Kate Casey had to choose between golf and mahjong as an activity at a work conference, she tried her hand at the popular Chinese tile game. “It’s become really important to relationship building,” the KKR principal and infrastructure investor told Business Insider. Casey has since become a regular player. The 32-year-old likes that the…
Epic Games has revealed the drop rate for Fortnite‘s Pirate Token after backlash surrounding the infamous in-game pickup saw fans try to report the studio to the FTC. It’s been just one week since Epic turned the Item Shop on its head with the launch of its Treasure Hunters mini-season November 1. At the center…
My Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse review starts with the verdict. This is a worthy, confident return for Konami’s vampire-hunting family. It also plays more like Dead Cells than Castlevania, and I suspect that will split the faithful. The timing raises the stakes. The series turns 40 this year, and this is its first console entry since…
Serie A leaders Lazio visit Napoli for Sunday lunchtime, and Max Allegri’s side are under pressure to stop their slide against Gennaro Gattuso’s high-flying Biancocelesti. It kicks off at 12:30 CET [11:30 GMT] on Sunday at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, with Luca Pairetto as referee. Advertisement Lazio are top of Serie A on 28…
Chile’s joint congressional budget committee sent the 2027 Science Ministry budget item to the Chamber of Deputies with a negative opinion after no government amendments were submitted.
KRAKOW – Poland began two days of national mourning on Sunday, after a 24-year-old man with far-right views drove into a busy central square in Krakow and opened fire, killing six people and wounding 15 others before police shot and wounded him. The attack, which Poland’s defense minister described as an “act of terror,” happened…
In an interview this week Andy Burnham said he believed the traditional media was less relevant and the world was “not like that any more”. But some people are now asking: does this change in approach mean less scrutiny? The question was in part prompted by Burnham’s decision to travel to the Commonwealth heads of…
TOMS Capital escalates its activist campaign at Voya Financial (NYSE: VOYA), urging a shareholder vote of no confidence in the board. The investor accuses Voya Financial leadership of using corporate resources to resist shareholder initiatives linked to the campaign. The fund also alleges management has obstructed engagement efforts, sharpening the focus on governance practices and…
