Google parent company Alphabet joined a handful of rival tech giants paying dividends, announcing its first-ever planned payout during its latest quarterly results, which were driven by momentum in search and plans to be even more dominant in AI.  The $0.20 cash dividend will be paid June 17 to shareholders of record as of June 10 for all three classes of company shares A, B and C. The search giant also authorized $70 billion in new share repurchases. The company is sitting on $108 billion in cash. Stocks In This Article: “We’ve had a share repurchase program for quite some time…

The anticipation surrounding Scorpion Casino’s upcoming exchange launches has reached a fever pitch, as investors eagerly position themselves to capitalize on the project’s lucrative passive income opportunities. Even before its official launch, the Scorpion Casino ecosystem has been generating waves of excitement by consistently delivering on its promises of daily payouts to presale participants.Testimonies have flooded social media platforms like X (Twitter), with numerous individuals sharing their experiences of receiving up to 10,000 USDT in daily passive staking income from this licensed and regulated global Casino and Betting Platform. This remarkable feat, achieved during the presale phase alone, has solidified…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a former Republican presidential candidate for the 2024 race, said Thursday that any anti-Israel protesters on Florida college campuses could face expulsion for any harassing, offensive or belligerent behavior.This comes as Ivy League schools like Columbia University, Harvard and Yale have all faced pro-Palestinian protesters overtaking their campuses with encampments and intimidation towards the Jewish population. Schools like Texas, USC and the University of Minnesota have also faced challenges, with Texas and USC having more than 100 people arrested, collectively, between the two on Wednesday.DeSantis told a group of people at a “Strengthening Florida” event Thursday…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday voted to approve a regulation that will reinstate net neutrality rules that allow the agency to regulate broadband internet access as a telecommunications service. Net neutrality rules were first imposed during the Obama administration in 2015 but were repealed in 2017 after the Trump administration flipped control of the FCC, which returned broadband internet to being regulated as an information service. With the Biden administration having returned the FCC to a majority of Democratic appointees, the agency is reinstating net neutrality rules that allow broadband to be regulated under Title II of the…

LOS ANGELES () — Ryan Seacrest celebrated 20 years at KIIS FM by going on a “Thank You” tour Thursday and he even handed out prizes to his loyal followers.It was cheers and smiles for Seacrest as the host greeted a waiting crowd at the final stop of the tour in Burbank.”I remember on the first day I was terrified,” he told Eyewitness News. “I was so nervous, filling some very big shoes on such a legendary radio station, and to be able to do it 20 years later is incredible. I love coming to work.”The day-long “Ryan’s Riding O.C.…

New York    Alphabet, the parent company of Google, bounced back from an absolutely dreadful day for tech shares, as its stock surged Thursday after the closing bell. All it had to do was to hand out billions of dollars to investors. The tech giant announced its first quarterly cash dividend, saying it will pay $0.20 per share on June 17 to shareholders of record as of June 10, as well as a $70 billion share buyback. Buybacks and dividends help to boost stock prices by rewarding investors with cash just for holding the stock but they’re widely criticized for…

The Lincoln Center Theater production of Anton Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA, with a new version by Heidi Schreck and directed by Lila Neugebauer, just celebrated its opening night at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and you can check out photos of the cast, creative team, and VIP guests below! UNCLE VANYA features Steve Carell, William Jackson Harper, Jonathan Hadary, Jayne Houdyshell, Spencer Donovan Jones, Mia Katigbak, Alfred Molina, Alison Pill, and Anika Noni Rose. The production has sets by Mimi Lien, costumes by Kaye Voyce, lighting by Lap Chi Chu and Elizabeth Harper, and sound by Mikhail Fiksel…

Last updated: April 25, 2024 23:21 EDT | 1 min read The infamous “Buy Bitcoin” sign held up by Christian Langalis during Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s Congressional testimony in 2017 has been sold for a staggering $1 million. Langalis, also known as the “Bitcoin Sign Guy” auctioned off the Bitcoin sign sketched on a yellow legal pad between April 18-24, 7 pm ET. The final bid closed at 16 Bitcoin approximate value of $1,027,150.27, according to Scarce City, an online marketplace for Bitcoin goods and Bitcoin non-fungible tokens. The sign was sold to an unknown buyer.  And that’s a wrap…

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David Becker/Getty Images for Fontainebleau Las Vegas Kim Kardashian celebrated her recent trip to the White House by breaking out her signature millennial pout for the ultimate selfie. “Can’t wait to share all about the second chances event today at the White House,” Kardashian, 43, wrote via her Instagram Story on Thursday, April 25. “Thank you, Madame Vice President.” The Kardashians star thew up a peace sign as she posed for a picture on the lawn outside the historic Washington, D.C. site. She also puckered her lips while giving her followers a glimpse at the president’s workplace. Kardashian wore a…

Newly released body camera footage from the Boston Police Department shed light on a police officer’s interaction with anti-Israel demonstrators as protests continue to rage across America’s college campuses.The body camera footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows an unidentified police officer approaching a group of demonstrators from Emerson College huddled on a street corner in front of a public alley entryway in the Massachusetts city at 1:30 on Thursday morning.The officer is heard attempting in vain to reason with the agitators.”We don’t want to arrest anybody. We support your right to protest. I’m indifferent. I don’t have a side…

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Thursday cautioned that markets are too optimistic about the odds of a soft landing as the U.S. economy continues to battle still-high inflation and interest rates. “The odds of a soft landing, the market kind of prices in 70%. I think it’s half of that,” Dimon said during an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “It looks a little bit more like the ’70s to me, and I point out to a lot of people, things looked pretty rosy in 1972 – they were not rosy in 1973.”At that time, unemployment and inflation were…

Damian Lillard #0 of the Milwaukee Bucks handles the ball during game one of the Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs against the Indiana Pacers at Fiserv Forum on April 21, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Stacy Revere/Getty Images The Milwaukee Bucks face the Indiana Pacers tonight for Game 3 of the teams’ NBA Playoffs series. The series is tied with one win for each team as this exciting series continues.  Keep reading for all the ways you can watch Game 3 of the Bucks vs. Pacers NBA Playoffs series even if you don’t have cable.How and when to watch the Bucks…

Roundabout Theatre Company is presenting new Broadway production of Home by Samm-Art Williams, directed by Kenny Leon.See photos of the company meeting the press below!  Home features Tory Kittles as “Cephus Miles,” Brittany Inge as “Woman One / Pattie Mae Wells,” and Stori Ayers as “Woman Two”—all in their Roundabout Theatre Company debuts. Home will begin preview performances on Friday, May 17, 2024, and open officially on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at the Todd Haimes Theatre on Broadway. This is a limited engagement through Sunday, July 21, 2024. In the Tony Award-nominated play, Cephus Miles has the whole world in his callused hands—until his…

JERUSALEM — The last glimpse they had of their son was a shaky video showing him in the back of a pickup truck with part of his left arm blown off by a Hamas grenade.Now Rachel Goldberg-Polin, 54, and Jon Polin, 53, have the relief and distress of seeing him in a new video released by the militant group — proof of life they waited 201 days to see.“Initially, we were just crying,” Goldberg-Polin said in an interview in Jerusalem on Thursday morning, less than 24 hours after Hamas released the video of her son, Hersh. The video shows his…