Home Depot announced that it’s acquiring SRS Distribution — which sells supplies to builders, roofers, landscapers and pool contractors — in a mammoth $18.25 billion deal that includes assumed debt. Home Depot said in a press release issued Thursday that it expects the deal to close in its 2024 fiscal year, which ends late January
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Nonbinary teen Nex Benedict left handwritten notes suggestive of self-harm before dying by suicide, according to the final autopsy result which found no lethal trauma despite head injuries from a school fight a day earlier. An initial one-page summary earlier this month had listed the 16-year-old’s cause of death as a suicide from a combined
When she was in ninth grade, Fiona Lu fell into a depression. She had trouble adjusting to her new high school in Orange County, California, and felt so isolated and exhausted that she cried every morning. This article is from a partnership that includes KQED, NPR, and KFF Health News. It can be republished for
SEO entrepreneur Joe Davies is sharing nuggets of wisdom about how to become a millionaire now that he’s lovin’ his career path. After years of working dead-end jobs, including at McDonald’s, Davies longed to make a name for himself an aspiration he shared with his childhood friend, Joe Taylor. “I didnt go to university like
Tech companies are pulling out all the stops to hire top-tier talent in the field of artificial intelligence — so much so that billionaire moguls like Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin are personally reaching out to candidates in hopes of convincing them to work for their firms. Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta Platforms
BlackRock was issued a legal warning by Mississippi over “false and misleading statements to Mississippi investors” tied to its environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies, according to a 33-page document released on Wednesday. The Mississippi secretary of state Michael Watson and the state’s Securities Division issued a ‘summary cease and desist order’ and served a warning
Warner Bros Entertainmentdidn’t steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster “The Batman” from a writer who created a story about the Caped Crusader three decades earlier, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Wednesday. US District Judge Paul Engelmayer also said the writer Christopher Wozniak infringed copyrights belonging to DC Comics, which employed him as
High margins for fuel retailers may mean drivers are still paying over the odds at the pump, according to the competition regulator. In a monitoring report, following its fuel market study of 2022, the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) said fuel margins – the difference between what retailers pay for their fuel and the price
Energy bills are projected to fall by less than expected this summer and autumn due to an increase in wholesale prices, according to a closely-watched forecast. The energy price cap projection in both quarters – July to September and October to December – has risen by around 7% since predictions made last month. This means
Mar 27, 2024, 02:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erika Cruz will defend her WBA junior featherweight title against Nazarena Romero on Saturday, May 11, promoter Matchroom Boxing announced Wednesday. The fight at the Palenque de la Feria National de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico, will be the co-main event of Eduardo Hernandez’s junior lightweight
HD Hyundai Infracore (HDI) is set to debut a new, 35 kWh lithium phosphate battery pack to power the next generation of electrified commercial equipment. While the new HD Hyundai lithium phosphate battery isn’t technically out yet (it will officially bow at Intermat 2024 at Paris-Nord Villepinte next month), the battery pack has been in
The US military has finished draining millions of litres of fuel from a hidden government storage installation in Hawaii that poisoned thousands of people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water in 2021. The Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility has supplied fuel to military ships and planes navigating the Pacific Ocean
The King has said he is continuing to serve the nation with “my whole heart” in a personal Easter message in the wake of his and the Princess of Wales’s cancer diagnoses. The pre-recorded audio was broadcast in his absence at a Royal Maundy service at Worcester Cathedral on Thursday ahead of the Easter weekend.
Hyundai announced a massive $50 billion (68 trillion won) investment to secure its position as the auto market transitions to EVs. The Korean automaker will hire 80,000 people in Korea to help it become a top-three EV maker by 2030. Hyundai plans +$50 billion investment amid EV shift Hyundai’s new investment is to “secure future
The melting of polar ice due to human-driven climate change has slightly slowed the Earth’s rotation – and it could affect how we measure time, according to a study. Although the disappearance of the ice has reduced the speed of the planet’s rotation, the Earth is still spinning a bit faster than it used to.
Greater Manchester Police has said it is “reassessing” its decision not to investigate allegations made against Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner over her living arrangements after receiving a complaint. The Labour MP has come under the spotlight in recent weeks over the sale of an ex-council house she previously owned in Stockport, having been accused
A former ethics adviser to Boris Johnson broke the rules in the House of Lords by “assisting an outside organisation in influencing” government officials at the Ministry of Defence, a watchdog has ruled. A report from the Lords Commissioner for Standards said Lord Geidt – who advised the former prime minister between April 2021 until
In this article @LCO.1 @CL.1 Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An oil pumpjack in a field in Grandfalls, Texas, on March 24, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Crude oil futures fell for a second day Wednesday as U.S. crude stockpiles rose. The West Texas Intermediate contract for May delivery dipped 11 cents, or
Neil PaineMar 27, 2024, 07:40 AM ET Close Neil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight. Open Extended Reactions Want to know how long it’s been since the last time a Canadian NHL team won the Stanley Cup? More than three-quarters of the nearly 1,000 current NHL
In a recent interview with former President Donald Trump, CNBC’s Joe Kernen called entitlement reform “a third rail of politics” and suggested “there’s not a whole lot of difference” between Trump and President Joe Biden on the issue. The contretemps that followed confirmed the accuracy of both observations, illustrating yet again the bipartisan refusal to
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