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Bank of America expects its dividend to increase in 2026. Savita Subramanian, the firm’s head of U.S. equities and quantitative strategy, said dividend growth has historically lagged earnings per share growth by about three-quarters. The S&P 500 is likely to have a strong year of EPS growth in 2025, and dividends should follow suit, he said. Subramanian expects dividend growth in 2026 to be 8% year over year, up from 7% in 2025. “With the S&P 500’s payout ratio near an all-time low of 30%, there is plenty of room for companies to increase their dividends,” he wrote in a…
President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States will take control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves and recruit American companies to invest billions of dollars to rebuild the country’s devastated oil industry. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Venezuela has huge oil reserves worth 303 billion barrels, which is about one-fifth of the world’s global reserves. U.S.-led reforms could eventually make Venezuela a much larger oil supplier, creating opportunities for Western oil companies and a new source of production. And while the lower prices could inhibit oil production by some U.S. companies, they could also keep prices…
“It’s not good for him to reveal details,” she said in a January 2025 Parade interview. “I loved him at one point in my life, and I don’t want to hurt him. Plus, I’m at a different place in my life where I don’t have to let go of cooking. My breakup with Jo Koy brought a mature ending to a relationship I was in for the first time. My actions were adult and graceful. I respected the relationship by never revealing what really happened, and I liked that version of myself.” In fact, Chelsea added, “I don’t think I’ve…
BTIG Research’s top stocks for the new year include Nike and Block. As 2026 begins, Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technologist at BTIG, predicts that both large and small-cap stocks will rise next year, with small-cap stocks outperforming large-cap stocks. This scenario requires economic indicators to remain strong, but not so strong that a rate cut is completely off the table. “On the S&P 500 side, it all comes down to technology/AI trading,” Krinsky said. “We continue to believe that a change in leadership is occurring, and a relative collapse would further confirm that.” In the same note, the company shared…
Subtle, a voice AI startup that created a voice separation model to help computers understand you more easily in noisy environments, today launched new wireless earbuds that help users hear clearly during calls and transcribe notes clearly. The company announced the earbuds ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and said it plans to ship them in the U.S. in the coming months. Buds costs $199 and comes with a one-year subscription to iOS and Mac apps. The app allows users to take voice notes and chat with AI without pressing any keys. The company said it…
There is no more blatant expression of unrestrained power than the abduction of a sitting president from the nation’s capital in the middle of the night. President Donald Trump demonstrated in a 74-word social media post that he can act boldly, abruptly, and perhaps recklessly to pursue a variety of foreign policy goals with little regard for precedent, consequences, or even supposed international law. The operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife from a heavily guarded location in Caracas and possibly face the U.S. court system, while extreme, follows a predictable pattern of what the U.S. calls…
Ahead of the fifth Ashes Test, the Australian and English cricket teams commended responders who rushed to the scene of the shooting.Published January 4, 2026January 4, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareThe England and Australian cricket teams and the crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground paid tribute to emergency workers and members of the public who responded to the Bondi Beach shootings in December.Before the fifth Test match of the Ashes series, which began on Sunday, both teams formed a guard of honor on the field, and the audience joined in with loud applause.The loudest cheers from the…
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a press conference from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026, watched by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, following the attack on Venezuela that captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersPresident Donald Trump made clear Saturday that U.S. investments in oil-rich Venezuela’s energy sector are a central objective of the regime change operation that ousted President Nicolas Maduro.”We’re going to get a very large American oil company, the largest in the world, to come in and spend billions of dollars to fix up our badly…
Jerusalem — Former Israeli hostage Romi Gonen said she endured repeated sexual assault, harassment and intimidation during her 471 days in Hamas captivity, speaking publicly for the first time about her experience and the fear of becoming a “sex slave” in Gaza. Gonen, now 25, was kidnapped at the age of 23 at the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023, and released as part of a hostage deal in January 2025. In a two-part interview aired this week on Israel’s Channel 12 program Uvda, she detailed several incidents of sexual harassment and assault by three different men. “Only when…
Joshua has returned to action after recovering from minor injuries sustained in the accident that killed two of his friends.Published January 4, 2026January 4, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareFormer world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has reportedly flown back to the UK after losing two close friends in a fatal road crash in Nigeria.Shina Gahmi and Latif “Rats” Ayodele died on Monday when the car they were riding in with Joshua collided with a parked truck on a road near Lagos.Joshua suffered minor injuries, but the two-time heavyweight champion was deemed clinically fit to recover at home and…