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Top gift-giving brands to shop at for everyone on your Christmas list

4Dec

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Top gift-giving brands to shop at for everyone on your Christmas list

‘Tis the holiday shopping season, and with Christmas fast approaching there’s no time like the present to get all your loved one’s gifts ticked off the list. Whether you’ve got an abundance of buys for friends and family still to get or you’re looking for that extra-special something to show your partner how much you care, we’re here to help with ideas. Women are arguably the easiest to buy for at Christmas. But if you’re struggling for inspiration, beauty gifts always go down well. We’ve found some beautifully wrapped made-for-pampering gift sets at L’OCCITANE, and for skincare-obsessives, you can’t beat the skin-rejuvenating products at Medik8 - with so many bestsellers.Fashion finds are another winning gift idea for women. If you can’t make the budget stretch to cashmere, try Gap’s Cash...

Jeff Bezos says he’s optimistic about Trump, will help with reducing regulation

4Dec

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Business

Jeff Bezos says he’s optimistic about Trump, will help with reducing regulation

Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post, takes the stage during the New York Times annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 04, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesAmazon founder Jeff Bezos spoke optimistically of President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday at The New York Times' DealBook Summit, saying he expects a more friendly regulatory environment in the upcoming administration."I'm actually very optimistic this time around," Bezos said on stage. "He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. If I can help do that, I'm going to help him."Bezos' comments struck a cheerful tone despite Trump publicly lambasting the billionaire during his first term. Trump repeatedly attacked Bezos and his co...

Sinking of New Zealand Navy ship Manawanui continues to impact Samoan villages, as community threatens legal action

4Dec

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Sinking of New Zealand Navy ship Manawanui continues to impact Samoan villages, as community threatens legal action

By Adel Fruean, ABC Samoa reporter and Pacific Local Journalism Network's Nick Sas Tavita Pili says he can smell the fuel from the sunk ship and the tides bring it to shore. Photo: ABC News: Adel Fruean Tavita Pili can't see the ship, but he can smell it. Standing on rocks on the outskirts of his home village of Tafitoala, Samoa, Mr Pili points to the spot where the diesel comes in, at the back of the village, hidden by mangroves. It's about a kilometre or two from where it happened; what villagers are now calling "the incident". Thursday marks two months to the day since the Royal New Zealand Navy vessel Manawanui ran aground and sank off the coast of Tafitoala. And two months on, local villagers say they still have no answers. "We are worried," he said. "We can still smell the fuel...

Danielle Smith noncommittal on overriding Charter as court challenge looms over trans bills

4Dec

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Politics

Danielle Smith noncommittal on overriding Charter as court challenge looms over trans bills

By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted December 4, 2024 4:49 pm Updated December 4, 2024 5:04 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn’t believe she’ll need to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to shield her government’s transgender bills from legal challenges. The bills have passed third and final reading in the legislature and are set to become law.LGBTQ2 advocates say they’re moving quickly to file a legal challenge.One bi...

4Dec

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Business

American Eagle (AEO) earnings Q3 2024

A shopper walks by an American Eagle store on November 21, 2023 in Glendale, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesAmerican Eagle issued weak holiday guidance on Wednesday and cut its full-year forecast as it contends with value-seeking consumers who are only willing to spend during key shopping moments. The apparel retailer narrowly missed Wall Street's expectations on the top line, but beat on the bottom line. Here's how American Eagle performed during its third fiscal quarter compared with what Wall Street was anticipating, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:Earnings per share: 48 cents adjusted vs. 46 cents expectedRevenue: $1.29 billion vs. $1.30 billion expectedThe company's reported net income for the three-month period that ended Nov. 2 was $80 million, or 41 cents per share...

Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test,’ says his lawyer – National

4Dec

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Entertainment, Movies

Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after ‘alarming blood test,’ says his lawyer – National

Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Monday following an “alarming blood test,” his lawyer said, less than a week after the disgraced movie mogul filed a legal claim alleging substandard medical care at New York City’s notorious jail complex. Weinstein, 72, was sent to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for an “emergent treatment due to an alarming blood test result that requires immediate medical attention,” his lawyer, Imran Ansari, said in a statement.“It is expected that he will remain there until his condition stabilizes,” the statement continues. “His deprivation of care is not only medical malpractice, but a violation of his constitutional rights.”A spokesperson for New York City’s Department of Correction did not immediately respond to an email. The agency’s inmate database confirmed that...

Spotify Wrapped has landed: What New Zealand listened to most in 2024

4Dec

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Spotify Wrapped has landed: What New Zealand listened to most in 2024

Taylor Swift is New Zealand's most streamed artist for 2024. Photo: CHANDAN KHANNA Taylor Swift, Joe Rogan, and Prince Harry are amongst the people New Zealanders listened to most this year, according to this year's Spotify Wrapped results. The streaming giant's annual event assesses mountains of listening data and gives users a unique snapshot of their listening habits. It stitches together our top artists, tracks and genres, counts up the minutes we listened, and reveals all the new music we learned along the way - with some interesting genre names at times. In no great surprise, Taylor Swift has kept her crown as New Zealand's most streamed artist on Spotify, with the pop artist's record The Tortured Poets Department; The Anthology taking the number one spot as New Zealand's most-str...

Online harms bill to be split between child protections, hate speech: Virani – National

4Dec

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Politics

Online harms bill to be split between child protections, hate speech: Virani – National

By Kyle Duggan The Canadian Press Posted December 4, 2024 2:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Justice Minister Arif Virani says the Liberal government will split up its contentious online harms bill, putting a priority on passing measures to fight child sex predators. Virani says the move will create an opening for a swath of the bill’s measures to swiftly pass through the House of Commons before the next election. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when the...

This income strategy could deliver a total yield of up to 7% a year, according to UBS

4Dec

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This income strategy could deliver a total yield of up to 7% a year, according to UBS

There are several places investors can find income these days in the market. Attractive yields have lured investors into bonds this year, with the 10-year Treasury yield remaining above 4%. Americans have also flooded into cash-equivalent accounts like money market funds, which had a total $6.68 trillion in total assets as of the 6-day period ended Nov. 26, according to the Investment Company Institute . However, money market yields are expected to fall alongside Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts. For instance, the Crane 100 list of the 100 largest taxable money funds was once over 5% this year. As of Tuesday, it was 4.44%. In this environment, UBS favors diversified fixed-income strategies. Yet another way to bring in income is by buying dividend-paying equities, such as those with high ...

French government toppled in no-confidence vote, deepening political crisis

4Dec

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French government toppled in no-confidence vote, deepening political crisis

By Elizabeth Pineau and Michel Rose, Reuters Prime Minister Michel Barnier was expected to tender his resignation. Photo: AFP / Hans Lucas / Amaury Cornu French opposition lawmakers have brought the government down, throwing the European Union's second-biggest economic power deeper into a political crisis that threatens its capacity to legislate and rein in a massive budget deficit. Far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined forces to back a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his government, with a majority 331 votes in support of the motion. Barnier was expected to tender his resignation and that of his government to President Emmanuel Macron shortly. No French government had lost a confidence vote since Georges Pompidou's in 1962. This time, Macron had us...