Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Amazon is set to announce its fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting: Earnings: $7.23 per share forecast by Refinitiv Revenue: $119.7 billion forecast by Refinitiv If Amazon meets analysts’ expectations, it will be the first time the company books $100 billion in revenue
A phased return of pupils to classrooms in Scotland could begin from 22 February, the first minister has announced. Nicola Sturgeon revealed the news as she confirmed the country’s COVID-19 lockdown restrictions would be extended until at least the end of February. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world Please use Chrome
Shares targeted by armchair investors to inflict losses on hedge funds this year have fallen sharply in a sign the activism may have peaked. The market value of GameStop – a struggling US gaming retailer – plunged by up to 50% on Tuesday to roughly $105 a share amid a rollercoaster ride for the stock
Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. Navalny, 44, was jailed at the Simonovsky District Court in Moscow over allegations he violated the conditions of a suspended sentence he received in 2014 for money laundering. He has already spent 11 months
Donald Trump’s legal team have dismissed his impeachment over the Capitol riots last month, after Democrats said the former president aimed the crowds “like a cannon” during his speech before the violence. Mr Trump‘s legal team said the Senate has no authority to try the ex-reality star as a private citizen, and that the chamber
Does Tom Felton’s grandfather appear on screen any more during Harry potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone? You’ll have to keep tuning in to the actor’s Instagram feed to find out. It certainly doesn’t appear that the actor himself remembers when his grandfather shows up, as each time it happens he seems legitimately surprised. Although Felton
Selena Gomez went blonde briefly in November 2017 before going back to her signature dark hair shortly after. Gomez hasn’t changed her hair color that drastically since, but she did try lighter, rainbow hair for a night. Hair stylist Evanie Frausto posted a video of the pastel rainbow wig he created for Gomez to wear
Did everyone survive the wildfire? On 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 2 Episode 3, the team was spread thin as they battled the fire that was crossing over Texas. The arrival of Buck, Hen, and Diaz ruffled some feathers when they worked with the 121, but did they all manage to work well? Meanwhile, TK worried
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic said Monday it planned a new test flight for its SpaceShipTwo craft this month after an aborted test in early December. “The flight window will open on February 13 with opportunities to fly throughout February, pending good weather conditions and technical readiness,” Richard Branson’s company said. “Pre-flight preparations are already
Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks, speaks at the company’s Spark and AI Summit in San Francisco in April 2019. Databricks UiPath and Databricks became two of the most valuable privately held tech companies in the U.S. on Monday, with massive new funding rounds that give them a combined valuation of more than $60
The government has been urged to “reverse this reckless policy of leaving our borders unlocked” after it was claimed scientific advisers warned only a total shutdown would stop new COVID-19 variants entering the country. It comes amid fears the more infectious South Africa coronavirus variant is spreading across England. According to The Times newspaper, the
Interest-free “buy-now-pay-later” (BNPL) deals face tighter regulation under plans announced by the government. A review published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that the currently unregulated use of BNPL products nearly quadrupled to £2.7bn during 2020 and five million people had used them since the start of the pandemic. It concluded that the market
Journalist Shwe Mon was in Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s capital, for the opening of parliament but woke up to a military coup. They have spoken to Sky’s Southeast Asia correspondent Siobhan Robbins about their experience and the mood on the streets after a number of top politicians were detained including Aung San Suu Kyi – the leader
A number of police officers have been suspended after body-camera footage showed a chemical “irritant” being sprayed in the face of a distraught and handcuffed nine-year-old girl. Officials in Rochester, New York, would not confirm how many officers had been sanctioned, but said the suspensions would last at least until an internal investigation is completed.
Dustin Diamond — best known for playing the lovable Samuel “Screech” Powers on the hit NBC sitcom, “Saved by the Bell” — has died … TMZ has learned. A rep for Dustin tells us he died Monday morning. His condition had greatly declined since last week, and he was taken off of breathing machines in
Are there opposing views to voting rights history in the United States? According to some Board members of the Lafayette Parish Library in Louisiana, there are, and by not presenting opposing sides, the library isn’t serving its patrons well. Teresa Elberson, a long-time employee of the Lafayette Parish library and current system director, stepped down