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Beyoncé and Taylor Swift have blown past music industry records before, picking up dozens of Grammy awards and smashing streaming numbers. So, it shouldn’t be any surprise that both pop stars are also on track to break another record — the highest-grossing concerts of all-time.  Beyoncé could rake in more than $2 billion from her “Renaissance” world tour, which kicked off this week and includes 57 shows, projections show. Taylor Swift, who is also touring this year, could similarly surpass the billion-dollar mark. The country-pop singer’s 20-city nationwide “Eras” tour, with 52 shows, is expected to gross a whopping $1.6…

PHILADELPHIA — At the end of one of the stranger games of his career, Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics pounded the ball against the court as the final seconds elapsed. The sound of those hard dribbles — each a percussive thud — seemed to fill Wells Fargo Center as thousands of 76ers fans tried to make sense of what had just happened in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.How was any of it possible? How had the 76ers blown an opportunity to secure their first trip to the conference finals since 2001? How had the Celtics seized on…

Elon Musk has tapped Linda Yaccarino, until this week the head of advertising at NBCUniversal, to replace him as CEO of Twitter, he announced in a tweet Friday. “@LindaYacc will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology,” the tweet read, in part. The announcement comes after the billionaire on Thursday tweeted that he had found someone new to lead the social media platform, adding that “she will be starting in ~6 weeks!” Musk, who completed a deal to buy Twitter last fall for $44 billion, will transition to executive chairman and chief technology officer of Twitter. …

The NewsInternational passengers traveling to the United States no longer have to show proof of vaccination against Covid as of midnight Thursday, when the coronavirus health emergency officially ended.The Biden administration dropped its requirement for coronavirus testing last June but kept in place its vaccination policy for foreign travelers. In February, the House of Representatives voted to end the last remaining pandemic restrictions on May 11.“As we continue to monitor the evolving state of Covid-19 and the emergence of virus variants, we have the tools to detect and respond to the potential emergence of a variant of high consequence,” President…

That said, there has been “considerable pressure” for the senators to accept the popular will and go with the elected government’s choice of prime minister, noted Dr Hewison. Dr James Ockey, associate professor at the University of Canterbury, told CNA’s Asia First: “Thai elections are quite fascinating in the sense that victory doesn’t necessarily depend on who gets the most votes and who gets the most seats.” He noted that since the turn of the millennium, the most number of seats in every election has gone to Pheu Thai or its predecessor parties. “But on most occasions, it’s not been…

Every second of every hour of every day around the globe, millions, if not billions of online transactions, are completely moving money swiftly around the world—in the digital era, countries all over the world have legislated to regulate the ever-growing E-Systems. It’s obvious that as the population continues to embrace these systems, the risks increase for both parties involved. Stemming from the cardinal duty bankers owe to customers, to wit accepting and executing customers’ instructions, the duty has kept taking turns and twists with the ever-oscillating legal positions as to the extent of liability the bankers have in the event…

China has ordered Tesla, the world’s dominant maker of electric vehicles, to recall 1.1 million vehicles, citing an issue with the acceleration and braking systems of certain models manufactured in China and abroad.China’s market regulator announced the decision after carrying out an investigation into a reported defect, according to a statement issued on Friday. The recalled vehicles include some imported Model S, Model X, Model 3 cars, as well as Chinese-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles that were manufactured between Jan. 12, 2019 and April 24, 2023.The issue involves the vehicles’ regenerative braking system, which generates electricity from the…

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy traveled to Iowa this week for campaign events where he suggested the U.S. military could be used to hold Mexican drug cartels accountable and stated that he would end affirmative action.Introduced to the stage by Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, Ramaswamy spoke with voters in the state at a campaign rally in Urbandale on Thursday.Throughout his conversation with voters, Ramaswamy, a health care and tech sector entrepreneur who announced in February that he would seek the Republican presidential nomination, laid out his agenda for a brighter, more prosperous America.”I’ve said that not only will we…

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Friday said he would nominate Adriana Kugler for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board and would elevate Philip Jefferson, a current governor, as vice chair of the central bank.If they are confirmed by the Senate, the Fed would get its first Latina board member and its second Black vice chair, a move that could both make the Fed more diverse and build out its leadership team at a challenging economic moment.Mr. Biden chose Ms. Kugler, an economist with a background in labor economics who has Colombian heritage and is the U.S. executive director of…

Shares of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) are already up nearly 40% for the year but Jim Cramer continues to be bullish on the multinational tech giant. Why is Cramer bullish on Apple stock? Earlier this month, the Nasdaq-listed firm reported market-beating results for its second financial quarter (find out more). According to the Mad Money host: If it’s a consumer-packaged goods company, then the stock can easily blow to $200 … It’s the greatest tech company that’s also loved by the consumer. It’s got 99% customer satisfaction. Cramer’s view is in contrast with Toni Sacconaghi. The Bernstein analyst in a…