NEW YORK  – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) shares jumped as much as 22 percent on Thursday, putting them on track for their biggest one-day gain, as the social media company easily beat Wall Street’s revenue and profit estimates by selling more ads even though it lost users after purging millions of fake accounts. The surge in […]

The NBC News star also may be relinquishing her daytime show, reports say. Megyn Kelly fired her agent Wednesday after news leaked that the NBC News star might be relinquishing her daytime show, according to a source directly familiar with the situation. The source said Kelly parted ways with her agent Matt DelPiano, of Creative […]

First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day’s most important political stories and why they matter. WASHINGTON — After the discovery that pipe bombs were sent to prominent Democrats (including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and now Joe Biden) and to CNN, President Donald Trump talked about civility and unity […]

The bans issued to Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have been extended by the Nevada State Athletic Commission until an investigation into the brawl that followed their UFC lightweight world title fight is completed. Following his victory on 7 October, Nurmagomedov jumped the octagon fence and started fighting his rival’s team. McGregor then fought with […]

Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings were boarded up and schools were closed before Willa made landfall early Tuesday evening. Hurricane Willa slammed into Mexico’s Pacific coastline on Tuesday evening packing winds of 120 mph, buffeting buildings and dumping torrential rain on tourist resorts where thousands of people had moved to safety. Whipping palm trees, […]

Something occurred to me during one of my self analytical sessions when I actually take the time to consider who I am, what motivates me and what I want. People are obsessed with popularity, comparison and being “happy”. Most people do not know what any of these actually mean, especially not the happy thing. So […]

Open risk-taking is a bad idea. But calculated risk-taking is something else again. It’s not uncommon to hear the advice that entrepreneurs should take more calculated risks if they want to be successful. In fact, some billionaires have built their personal brands on a foundation of risk; as an example, Richard Branson often speaks of the […]

A case for innovating without the blindfold Picture this: they were some of the smartest minds in the world working in NASA. They completed the first lunar vehicle and send it to space and encountered a serious issue: the light bulbs kept exploding. They spent considerable time and money trying to solve this issue by reinforcing […]

Conservatives perceive terrorism and crime to be much larger and more immediate threats than climate change. How can their minds change? The United States has a climate change acceptance problem. It’s elected a President who’s on record claiming global warming is a Chinese hoax. One of its two major political parties has “refusal to accept climate science” as a […]

The jackpot would leave a single winner with a lump-sum payment of $904 million. That’s slightly more than Jay-Z’s estimated net worth and about enough for 10 SpaceX launches. Lottery buffs are looking at a victory so sweet they could buy a Major League Baseball team. The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing hit $1.6 […]