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Best Buy on Tuesday posted fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped expectations, but CEO Corie Barry projected that prices for U.S. consumers would rise as President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and Mexico go into effect. On Best Buy’s earnings call, Barry said China and Mexico are the company’s top two supply-chain sources, with about 55% and 20% of its …

Real Madrid face another stiff test in their quest to defend their UEFA Champions League title, facing crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid in the round of 16. The reigning champions are in the last 16 after knocking out 2023 winners Manchester City in a 6-3 aggregate win in the knockout phase playoffs, though their path to advance will not get any …

U.S. President Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Feb. 28, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters U.S. military aid for Ukraine has been halted following the spectacular falling-out between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, leaving the country in an extremely precarious situation, defense strategists say. An anonymous White House official and U.S. …

By rights these coming fixtures should represent the end of the Champions League road for Bayer Leverkusen. The hometown side of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms are hardly Bundesliga paupers, but among the European elite they are now rubbing shoulders with, they are in the group of comparative paupers. You have to go back over 20 years for …

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen arrives to give a press conference on the “Defence package” at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels on March 4, 2025. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP) (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images) Nicolas Tucat | Afp | Getty Images New plans from the European Union to increase defense spending …

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to board Air Force One to depart Washington from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Feb. 28, 2025.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters “Tariffs” may be the most beautiful word in the dictionary for U.S. President Donald Trump, but it is one that stokes fear in investors. Risk-on assets such as stocks and cryptocurrency …

Members of media chat before the start of a press conference by Aramco at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019.  Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Saudi state oil producer Aramco reported on Tuesday a decline in net profit to $106.2 billion in 2024, down from $121.3 billion in 2023. The company said its base dividend …

In this handout photo released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, South Korean navy vessels taking part in a naval drill off the east coast on September 4, 2017 in East Sea, South Korea. Getty Images South Korean defense stocks rose Tuesday, in line with a broad-based pickup in defense names globally, as the Russia-Ukraine war fuels security concerns. Gains …

The business end of the Champions League starts now. Just 16 teams are left in the mix with a series of thrilling encounters ahead of us, including a Madrid derby and the meeting between two of Europe’s form sides, Liverpool and PSG. That is where we begin this week’s column: 1. PSG vs. Liverpool — Salah edges Dembele shootout The …

Paramilitary police march on Tiananmen Square outside the Great Hall of the People before the closing ceremony of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on March 12, 2009. China’s annual parliamentary sessions, the National People’s Congress (NPC) and its advisory auxiliary, the CPPCC come to a close with the economy and unemployment at the top the agenda.   …