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D’yan Forest is a working comedian at 90, doing gigs in two languages.She shared some of her tips for staying fit and funny into her 90s.These include having a positive outlook and spending time with younger friends.It’s never too late for a career change — even if you’re almost 70.After a 40-year-long career as a cabaret singer, D’yan Forest, who lives in New York City, became a comedian in 2001. Now 90, she holds the Guinness World Record for Oldest Female Comedian and still performs solo shows in English and French.”I never thought I’d be a comedian at 90,” she…

Jessica, 40, submitted an average day of eating to be reviewed for BI’s Nutrition Clinic.A dietitian said that eating more substantial meals would reduce the urge to binge on snacks.If you’d like to have your diet reviewed by an expert, fill out this form.Jessica, 40, submitted her eating routine to Business Insider’s Nutrition Clinic, where qualified dietitians and registered nutritionists offer advice on readers’ eating habits.She said her goals are to lose fat and gain muscle.Jessica has four daughters aged five to 12 and works a full-time remote job. Her husband leaves for work at 6:30 a.m., so Jessica gets…

By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -It’s hard to imagine the gloom surrounding Europe’s biggest economy deepening much further than it already has, but Germany’s outlook for 2025 just keeps getting bleaker. Germany’s economy flatlined in 2024, and it now faces potential trade wars with both the United States and China – compounding pressure on its dominant and already ailing auto sector. Geopolitical worries in Ukraine are ratcheting higher, energy prices are starting to creep back up and the country’s fiscal future is obscured by the fog of February’s election. Germany is not the euro zone, of course, and the rest…

Investing.com — HSBC downgraded Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:) shares to Reduce from Hold amid valuation concerns. The investment bank also reduced the price target on the stock to $291 from $304. The company’s shares fell over 1% in premarket trading Friday.  The move comes in the wake of Palo Alto’s financial results for the fiscal Q1 2025. The company delivered a solid performance with revenue at $2,139 million, marking a 13.9% year-over-year increase and aligning with HSBC and consensus estimates. The company’s non-GAAP operating margin also exceeded expectations at 28.81%, higher than both HSBC’s estimate of 27.63% and the…

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Darkening skies over Europe’s economy, trade and politics sent the euro plummeting to its lowest in two years – just 3% from dollar parity – as post-election U.S. crypto optimism sees flirt with $100,000 for the first time. Round figures often act like magnets for financial markets. But what appears like a perfect storm over the euro zone – and its biggest economy Germany in particular – has seen the sharpest monthly move in the world’s pivotal Transatlantic exchange rate in two years. Facing potential trade…

AUD/USD rebounds to near 0.6500 but the outlook remains bearish. Trump’s economic agenda is expected to boost US inflation and economic growth. A fresh escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war has dampened the risk-appetite of investors. The AUD/USD pair recovers more than half of its intraday losses and rebounds to near the psychological figure of 0.6500 in Friday’s European session. The Aussie pair bounces back as the US Dollar (USD) surrenders a majority of its intraday gains after refreshing two-year high. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback’s value against six major currencies, gives up gains after facing selling…

Through most of November, Bitcoin (BTC) has been moving towards the long-predicted $100,000 price target – sometimes making rapid daily leaps, sometimes inching upward ever so slowly. The rise to previously unseen highs has, along with institutions, ‘fear of missing out’ (FOMO)-afflicted investors, and swing traders, attracted a large number of short positions, either as hedges against other cryptocurrency market bets or due to an estimate that highs between $95,000 and $99,000 are not stable. Despite what the price action might suggest, short positions, as retrieved from Binance on November 22, 2024, are nowhere near record highs and, indeed, nowhere…

EV battery maker Northvolt has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it said on Thursday.The Swedish firm, founded by two ex-Tesla executives, has struggled amid stuttering demand for EVs.Northvolt said it had secured an extra $245 million in funding as part of the bankruptcy deal.Northvolt, the battery company founded by two former Tesla executives, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling to ramp up production.Sweden-based Northvolt said on Thursday that it voluntarily entered bankruptcy proceedings in the US, which will allow it to restructure debt and obtain new investment.Bankruptcy documents showed Northvolt had about $5.8 billion of debt, and…

Microsoft’s president hopes that Donald Trump will “push harder” against state-sponsored cyber threats.Hacking and ransomware attacks, often connected to Russia and China, have increased in recent years.Cybersecurity “deserves to be a more prominent issue of international relations,” Smith said.Microsoft President Brad Smith has urged Donald Trump to protect the US from Russian, Chinese, and Iranian cyber attacks.In an interview with The Financial Times, Smith, who is also the vice chair and top legal officer at Microsoft, said that cyber security “deserves to be a more prominent issue of international relations.””I hope that the Trump administration will push harder against nation-state…

By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Northvolt’s CEO and co-founder Peter Carlsson is stepping down, the Swedish maker of battery cells for electric vehicles said on Friday, one day after the group filed for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Northvolt went in a matter of months this year from being Europe’s best shot at a home-grown electric-vehicle battery champion to racing to stay afloat, hobbled by production problems and dwindling funding. It now needs to raise between $1 billion and $1.2 billion in order to restore its business, the outgoing CEO told reporters. “Personally this is an emotional day,” Carlsson said.…