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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and head of legal policy, trust, and safety Vijaya Gadde were all fired. Twitter’s general counsel Sean Edgett was one of four staff frogmarched from the building. The New York Stock Exchange began the process Friday to delist Twitter.
Joe Biden
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Meta
organizationFacebook parent's earnings add to gloom surrounding Big Tech. Investors wiped more than $65 billion from Meta’s market capitalization. Shares in Meta dropped 19 percent in after-hours trading.
Shell
organizationShell will buy back $4 billion worth of shares and increase its dividend by 15%. UK company posted net income of $9.45 billion in the third quarter. Share price jumped 3.5 percent following the results.
Facebook parent Meta Platforms tumbled 24% on Thursday to its lowest level in nearly four years. Its market value sank to $268 billion, down from more than $1 trillion in September 2021. The drop in Meta's share price this year has shaved off 61% off Mark Zuckerberg's net worth.
Elon Musk
personElon Musk has confirmed his takeover of Twitter is complete. The billionaire boss of SpaceX and Tesla has been visiting Twitter this week ahead of the deadline for the $44 billion deal to close tomorrow. Musk signaled the deal was on track by changing his Twitter profile to "Chief Twit"
Bruce Lehrmann
personThe jury in the rape trial of Bruce Lehrmann was discharged without having reached a verdict. Chief Justice Lucy McCallum dismissed the 12 jurors shortly after 10am on Thursday morning. A juror had brought a research paper on sexual assaults into the jury room. The juror will now likely be fined $1,600 after the entire jury was dismissed.
Herschel Walker
person"The View" host Sunny Hostin slammed Herschel Walker during Thursday's episode. She said Walker is "woefully under-qualified" and that he's "letting himself be used" "I think, willingly," Whoopi Goldberg added.
Vladimir Putin
personVladimir Putin said former British PM Liz Truss was 'crazy' to have had concerns over him using nuclear weapons. Foreign Secretary branded Mr Putin's address as "unclear, untrue and unedifying" Russian leader took part in a question-and-answer session at the annual Valdai forum.
Prince Harry
personThe Duke of Sussex's memoir, called "Spare," will be published on January 10. The 416-page book will be priced at £28 while and an audio edition, read by Harry himself, will also be released. Harry will narrate the audiobook and will donate proceeds to British charities.
Microsoft
organizationMicrosoft reported a 14% drop in profit for the July-September quarter. Revenue of $50.1 billion in the quarter, up 11% from last year.
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.
James Cleverly
personHomosexuality is illegal in Qatar, where homosexuality can be punishable by death. Decision to host this year's World Cup in Qatar has received immense criticism with human rights groups scrutinising the treatment of local workers.
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.
Jaylen Brown
personNFL star Aaron Donald and NBA star Jaylen Brown each announced they have parted ways with Kanye West's Donda Sports agency. Donald, 31, and his wife Erica called West's comments "irresponsible and go against everything we believe in as a family"
Joe Morrison
personJoe Morrison, his father-in-law Pete Musico, and Paul Bellar were found guilty of providing “material support” for a terrorist act. They held gun drills in rural Jackson County with a leader of the scheme, Adam Fox. Fox was disgusted with Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and said he wanted to kidnap her.
Paul Bellar
personPaul Bellar, Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico were also convicted of gang membership and felony possession of a firearm. Prosecutors alleged the men “engaged in the planning and training for an operation to attack the state Capitol building’ They were members of a paramilitary group, the Wolverine Watchmen.
Mehmet Oz
personWhoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sara Haines all defended the Democrat's contradictory statements. Democratic Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman needed to prove that he could do the job after he suffered a stroke back in May. Republican Mehmet Oz, a political neophyte endorsed by former president Donald Trump, needed to show he could actually have a grasp on the issues.
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.