European stocks fell from a two-week high on Wednesday as investors reacted to the latest euro zone and U.K. inflation data. Eurostat confirmed that the euro area annual inflation rate was 2.2 percent in August 2024, down from 2.6 percent in July. The U.K. headline consumer inflation gained 2.2 percent from a year ago in August, the same rate as seen in July, the Office for National Statistics reported.However, price growth in the services sector picked up, cementing expectations that the Bank of England will pause interest rate cuts on Thursday. Services inflation rose to 5.6 percent from 5.2 percent.Trading…
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Until July, shares of CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) were flying high, having gained more than 50% since the start of the year. And that was part of a triple-digit increase over the past five years. That’s as the company wowed existing customers and potential ones with its platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to protect their businesses from cyberattacks.In fact, CrowdStrike has become such a cybersecurity powerhouse that when the company launched a faulty software update in July, the world seemed to screech to a halt. Airlines, hospitals, and other businesses across sectors faced blue screens and couldn’t continue with…
The Delaware Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Tuesday, September 17, 2024 results for each game:Winning Mega Millions numbers from September 17 drawing14-31-48-57-64, Mega Ball: 09, Megaplier: 3Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.Winning Play 3 numbers from September 17 drawingDay: 1-7-4Night: 2-5-2Check Play 3 payouts and previous drawings here.Winning Play 4 numbers from September 17 drawingDay: 2-2-0-4Night: 8-4-4-1Check Play 4 payouts and previous drawings here.Winning Multi-Win Lotto numbers from September 17 drawing01-02-05-09-32-35Check Multi-Win Lotto payouts and previous drawings here.Winning Lucky For Life numbers from September 17 drawing10-16-23-29-35, Lucky Ball:…
Image source: Getty Images The chips that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) designs continue to power the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. Remarkably, its stock has surged by around 24,000% over the past decade. This means a £5,000 investment made in September 2014 would now be worth over £1m! While it’s impossible to predict with certainty which stock will become the next ‘millionaire-maker’ — I wish it was that easy — there are certain characteristics that often accompany such investments. Here are some main ones: Secular trends: the firms are in industries that are experiencing rapid growth or disruption. Non-stop innovation: high…
Hennessey, renowned for its high performance tuning, has outdone itself with the Venom F5-M. This manual hypercar takes the already impressive Venom F5 and adds a six-speed gated manual gearbox, creating a driving experience that is both exhilarating and challenging. To celebrate this feat, Nathan Malinick, the Director of Design at Hennessey Performance Engineering. Malinick shared the challenges and innovations behind creating this unique vehicle. He explained that the process of converting the Venom F5 from an automatic to a manual gearbox was far from straightforward. The existing carbon tub had to be modified significantly to accommodate the new transmission,…
Annual house price growth has slowed, but private rents continue to climb at a “near-record rate”, according to an Office for National Statistics (ONS) report.Across the UK, property values increased by an estimated 2.2% in the 12 months to July to reach £290,000 on average, slowing from a 2.7% increase in the 12 months to June.Average house prices increased in England to £306,000 (1.6% annual growth), in Wales to £218,000 (2.0%), and in Scotland to £199,000 (6.0%), in July.In Northern Ireland, the average house price was £185,000 between April and June 2024, which was 6.4% higher than a year earlier.The…
(Reuters) – Futures tied to Canada’s main stock index were muted on Wednesday, as investors remained cautious about the size of an interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve later in the day.The futures on the S&P/TSX index were down 0.06% at 6:00 a.m. ET (10:00 GMT).The U.S. Fed’s policy decision is due at 1400 ET, and the central bank is almost certainly expected to announce its first interest rate cut in more than four years.Markets are betting on a 65% chance of a 50-basis point reduction and a 35% chance of a 25-basis point cut.Fed rate cuts typically…
The Delaware Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission released its third report Tuesday, examining 148 of the estimated 515 fatal overdoses that occurred in 2021.The findings, which came from death certificates, medical and legal records and treatment history, highlight trends that continue to this day.Most deaths analyzed in the report occurred in New Castle County, with the majority of overdoses happening outside of the person’s home. The commission also determined that the average person sampled was a 42-year-old single white male with a high school diploma who worked in construction.Almost 95% of the overdoses involved the synthetic opioid fentanyl – the…
The traffic crash occurred on Sept. 13 “while the parents were working around the home,” Michigan State Police confirmedGoogle maps Hillsdale Hospital, MichiganA 2-year-old girl has died after being put to bed by her parents and walking out of the family home into the road, according to authorities.On Friday, Sept. 13 at approximately 8:20 p.m. local time, troopers from the Michigan State Police’s (MSP) Jackson Post responded to a “car versus a pedestrian crash” at the 200 block of Chicago Street in Allen Township, Hillsdale County, per a statement shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) by the MSP First…
By Marc Frank and Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s booming private businesses braced for impact on Wednesday as the island’s communist-run government implemented a raft of new laws aimed at more tightly regulating the private sector amid a deepening economic crisis. The new rules come after less than three years of the legalization of private businesses following a decades-long ban put in place by former leader Fidel Castro. The measures end incentives for the creation of new businesses, restrict independent wholesalers and add new requirements for applicants seeking to start a company. They also boost taxes, bolster worker’s rights,…