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Bank of America Profit Slips Even After Excluding $1.2 Billion Penalty

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) pointed investors on Wednesday to adjusted earnings that exclude a $1.2 billion penalty, and even those show profit slipping. Third-quarter net income ... Read More


Vatican Foreign Minister Defends Talking to Those Who Broke the Peace

LONDON, Oct. 16 -- On the day the Vatican said Pope Leo has lung cancer, the Holy See's foreign minister used a London lecture to defend its most criticised habit: talking to leaders it does not endor... Read More


CPJ Urges Prabowo to Stop Calling Indonesian Reporters 'Londo Ireng'

JAKARTA, Oct. 16 -- In March 2025, a cardboard box holding a severed pig's head arrived at the Jakarta office of Tempo, the Indonesian investigative magazine. Three days later, cleaners found a packag... Read More


Cyber Incident at BAE Systems Halts Federal Bankruptcy Court Notices

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- A creditor owed money by a company that filed for bankruptcy this week may not know it. The federal system that sends those notices for every bankruptcy court in the country has ... Read More


France to Build Rafale Successor Alone, Racing a Nuclear Deadline

PARIS, Oct. 16 -- France has stopped waiting for a partner on its next fighter jet, and the deadline now comes from its nuclear arsenal. General Jerome Bellanger, chief of staff of the Air and Space F... Read More


Nielsen Crowns Netflix's AI-Voiced Wonka Show, but Netflix's Data Differ

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- Netflix's Wonka's The Golden Ticket runs on Gene Wilder's AI-cloned voice, and American viewers have just made it the most-watched program on streaming. Nielsen counted 1,078 mil... Read More


Dominic Cooke's First Almeida Season Keeps David Tennant Waiting Until 2028

LONDON, Oct. 16 -- Anyone hoping to see David Tennant on the Almeida stage has a long wait ahead. The theatre said on Thursday that he will play Archie Rice in John Osborne's The Entertainer, but not ... Read More


MSCI Adopts Index Screen That Could Force Funds to Sell Strategy

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- Funds that mirror MSCI's global stock benchmarks could be forced to sell Strategy, the Bitcoin-buying software company led by Michael Saylor, by the end of November. MSCI said lat... Read More


FAA Reviews 456 Starship Launches a Year From Boca Chica, Up From 25

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Boca Chica, Texas, is licensed for three Starship launches a year after dark. A federal environmental review opened this week assumes that half of all launches would happen at n... Read More


Primark Recalls Dalmatian Coin Purses in US, Six Weeks After UK

BOSTON, Oct. 16 -- Primark is telling American parents to take a $9 Dalmatian coin purse away from their children, six weeks after Britain recalled a purse carrying the same model number. The U.S. Co... Read More