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Facebook parent Meta reports that its revenue decline for a second consecutive quarter. Sales shrank 4% compared to a year ago to $27.7bn, while profits halved. Shares of the company slumped 13% to their lowest level since 2017. Facebook parent has now lost $650B in market valuation so far this year.
Mahsa Amini
personMahsa Amini, 22, died on September 16, three days after falling into a coma following her arrest. Anger flared at her funeral and quickly sparked the biggest wave of protests to rock the Islamic republic in almost three years. Young women and schoolgirls have led the charge, burning their hijab headscarves.
Donda Sports
organizationLos Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald and Boston Celtics swingman Jaylen Brown terminated their associations with Donda Sports on Tuesday. Both star athletes emphatically dropped the agency owned by Ye, as the music mogul is now known. German sportswear giant Adidas also ended its lucrative partnership with Ye.
Aaron Donald
personThe pair are the highest-profile athletes associated with Donda Sports. The agency represents the athletes interests outside the field and plays no part in negotiating their contracts with their teams. Kanye West has been under fire for antisemitic remarks.
John Fetterman
personPennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who suffered a stroke earlier this year, agreed to only one debate and had requested closed captioning for him to read. Critics on both sides of the aisle declared the debate a "disaster" for the Democrat. The Oz campaign declared victory in the debate once it concluded.
Alphabet
organizationGoogle-parent Alphabet stumbled on Tuesday, reporting weaker-than-expected earnings for Q3. YouTube even reported a drop in revenue, falling 2% versus analyst expectations of an increase of roughly 3%. One analyst predicts a slew of bad corporate earnings will continue through next quarter.
Argo AI
organizationArgo AI, a promising developer of self-driving car technology, is shutting down and being dissolved. Ford is taking a $2.7 billion accounting charge to reduce the value of its investment in Argo. Ford reported a net loss of $800 million for the third quarter, or 21 cents a share.
Google parent company Alphabet has recorded their second slowest quarter of growth since 2013. Earnings per share missed analyst forecasts by 15.44% and has highlighted concerns over the future of advertising revenue. Apple’s recent updates are causing direct hits to the ad revenue for companies like Google, Meta and Snap.
Herschel Walker
personHerschel Walker is running for U.S. Senate in Georgia. He has been accused of encouraging and paying for an abortion in 1993. A former girlfriend said he did the same for her in 2009.
Champions League
organizationBarcelona are out of the Champions League after Inter Milan's win over Viktoria Plzen. Atletico Madrid missed a stoppage-time penalty in a 2-2 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusens. Porto go into next February's knockout stage after a 4-0 win at Club Brugge. Juventus lost 4-3 in a thrilling match away at Benfica. Celtic are bottom of their Champions League group after a 1-1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.
Mac Jones
personBack-up quarterback Mac Jones started but was taken off in the first-half. Jones was 3-of-6 for 13 yards after a little more than a quarter. New England Patriots lost 33-14 to Chicago Bears on Monday night.
Bill Belichick
personThe New England Patriots lost 33-14 to the Chicago Bears on Monday night. Back-up quarterback Mac Jones started but was taken off in the first-half. Coach Bill Belichick has been told to drop Jones and stick with Bailey Zappe.
WNBA
organizationRussian court denies Brittney Griner’s appeal for lesser sentence. WNBA star was arrested at a Moscow airport in February, when agents found hashish oil in her luggage. Griner will now begin her initial nine-year sentence in one of Russia's infamous penal colonies.
Brittney Griner
personTwo-time Olympic gold medalist is serving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia. She was convicted of smuggling and possessing cannabis oil. The WNBA star will serve time in one of the country's infamous penal colonies.
Champions League
organizationChelsea beat Red Bull Salzburg 2-1 in their Champions League Group E clash. Goals from Mateo Kovacic and Kai Havertz secured a last-16 spot. Graham Potter is unbeaten in his first nine games as Chelsea manager. PSG thrash Maccabi Haifa 7-2 to top Group H. Leipzig beat holders Real Madrid 3-2 in their Group F clash.
Champions League
organizationRafa Silva scores twice as Benfica beats Juventus 4-3 in Champions League. It's the first time Juventus has failed to advance since the 2013-14 season. PSG beat Maccabi Haifa 7-2 as Lionel Messi scored twice. Barcelona face a tough task to progress from their group after disappointing results in back-to-back games with Inter Milan.
Kanye West
personAdidas ended its estimated €250m partnership with West on Tuesday. Talent agency CAA also cut ties with West. Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel called for companies to boycott West. MRC Entertainment also said it would scrap a completed documentary about the rapper.
Ye
personAdidas said it was expected to take a hit of up to 250 million euros ($338.5 million Cdn) to its net income this year from the move. Sales and production of his Yeezy branded products have stopped as well as payments to Ye and his companies.
Yeezy
organizationAdidas says it will stop production of its line of Yeezy products and stop payments to Ye and his companies. Comes after recent race-related controversies which began when he and conservative commentator Candace Owens donned tops that read White Lives Matter.
More than 1,559 customers reported issues sending and receiving messages. Issues also appeared to be affecting Apple’s FaceTime service. The cause of the outage was not immediately clear.