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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Darrell Brooks
personDarrell Brooks found guilty of all 76 charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide. Brooks represented himself, unsuccessfully arguing that he didn’t intentionally kill his victims. Four women, one man and an eight-year-old girl were killed in the November 21, 2021 rampage.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.