Finance

Britney Spears pleads guilty to lesser ‘wet reckless’ charge in DUI case to avoid jail time 0

Britney Spears pleaded guilty through her lawyer Monday to a lesser charge that will allow her to avoid jail time after California prosecutors accused her of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. The 44-year-old pop star, who recently completed a stint at a rehabilitation facility, didn’t appear in Ventura County court. But her lawyer, Michael A.

Trump vows to reduce U.S. troops in Germany ‘a lot further’ than 5,000 0

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. will significantly reduce its troop presence in Germany, escalating a dispute with Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he seeks to scale back America’s commitment to European security. The Pentagon on Friday had initially announced it would pull some 5,000 troops out of Germany, but when asked Saturday about the reason

Here Is What It Was Like at the Courthouse Where Elon Musk Testified.0
- Business, court, elon-musk, Finance, Law, lawsuit, legal, musk-v-altman, Technology, trial
- May 2, 2026
The air in Downtown Oakland felt different the morning Elon Musk showed up to testify at the federal court in his high-stakes lawsuit against OpenAI. Loading audio narration… “What’s going on out there?” a cyclist asked as we waited for the traffic light just shy of 7 am on Tuesday, gesturing to the swarm of
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Tim Cook’s advice to Apple’s next CEO: The most important decision is ‘where he spends his time’0
- Big Tech, Business, Finance, Tech
- May 1, 2026
Apple’s incoming CEO introduced himself to Wall Street on Thursday, in a brief earnings-call debut in which John Ternus emphasized his commitment to continuity at the $4 trillion company. Ternus, who will officially replace CEO Tim Cook in September, promised to continue the “deep thoughtfulness, deliberateness and discipline” in financial decision making that has marked
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She Moved to Dubai Last Month, Got a Pay Raise — and Has No Regrets 0
- as-told-to, Business, Careers, dubai, expat, expat-living, Finance, living-abroad, moving, raise, singapore-freelancer, Travel, united-arab-emirates, us-iran-conflict
- April 30, 2026
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Renee O’Drobinak, director of marketing and communications at PMKConsult, a construction and project management consulting firm based in Dubai. Her words have been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’ve been in Dubai for about a month, and my husband and I are really
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