Purdy has to ‘look in mirror’ after four interceptions help doom 49ers

Niners fall to Ravens in battle of Super Bowl contendersAnalysis: can anyone stop Jackson and the Ravens? Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers seemed poised for another fast start when two big passes to George Kittle moved them into the red zone on the opening drive of the game. What happened next set the … Read more

The stock market story of 2023? The growing domination of US tech

The big seven firms are weighted as much on global indices as all Japanese, British, French, Canadian and Chinese companies In the old days, there were the FAANGs, the five big US tech stocks that dominated the investment landscape – Facebook (now Meta), Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (now Alphabet). That picture is now out … Read more

Inoue KOs Tapales to become second male two-weight undisputed champion

Japanese fighter unifies super-bantamweight titles30-year-old previously won all four bantamweight belts Japan’s Naoya Inoue became the second male boxer to be a four-belt undisputed champion in two weight divisions with a 10th-round knockout of Marlon Tapales in Tokyo on Tuesday. Inoue unified the super-bantamweight titles of all four major sanctioning bodies, taking the WBA and … Read more

2024 wild card: A banner year for third-party candidates

Unenthusiastic about either of their likely choices for president, many Americans say they want more, seeding the ground for a possible bumper crop of third-party and independent presidential candidates next year.