The Bank of England held interest rates at a 15-year peak as it kept up its fight against the highest inflation among the world’s big rich economies, and it stressed that it did not expect to cut them any time soon. Despite publishing forecasts which now show the British economy now skirting close to a recession and flat-lining in the coming years, the BoE held Bank Rate at 5.25% for the second meeting in a row after 14 back-to-back increases.
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Iron Mountain missed third-quarter revenue expectations on Thursday as businesses reined in tech spending due to high interest rates and economic uncertainty. Peers of the company, including Digital Realty and Equinix, trimmed their revenue projections for the year, highlighting weakness in demand for some cloud-based infrastructure such as data storage. Iron Mountain also announced that it will buy electronic recycling company Regency Technologies for an initial purchase price of $200 million, with $125 million to be paid when the deal closes and the remainder in 2025.
Britain’s Rishi Sunak will meet representatives from the United States, the EU and U.N. on Thursday to discuss the steps needed to deliver safe AI, a day after he secured China’s backing for an international effort to manage the risks of the technology. The British prime minister is leading talks on the final day of the inaugural Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in England before a conversation with tech billionaire Elon Musk in central London.
The Bank of England has kept its main interest rate unchanged at the 15-year high of 5.25%, as inflation across the U.K. is expected to fall further over the coming months. In a statement Thursday, the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee indicated that inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, is set to fall toward a 2% target rate over the coming year. Most economists expect a sizable decline over coming months as domestic energy bills fall.
After the International Olympic Committee announced that flag football would be one of the five sports added to the 2028 Summer Games, it didn’t take long for NFL players to float the idea of creating their own dream team. Star Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons proudly declared he would play for Team USA, and Dolphins wideout Tyreek Hill and Broncos corner Patrick Surtain II indicated their willingness to form a superteam.
What would an NFL-studded flag football roster look like in 2028? First, a quick primer.
I’m sure by now you’ve seen or listened to Dabo Swinney teeing off on ‘Tyler from Spartanburg” during his Clemson radio show. But if you thought the rant was staged, you don’t listen to enough of these coach’s shows during the football season.
After going “Old Testament” on the caller, there were some wondering if the whole thing was part of some elaborate plan for Dabo Swinney to relay a message to Clemson fans. But if you know how these shows are put together, it’s easy to figure out how the caller got his question into the Tigers head coach.
With four teams on bye and lots of questions at quarterback, this week’s main slate is a little ugly. We are also without Chiefs, Bengals, Chargers, Jets, Bills and Dolphins — all of whom are playing in other time slots this week.
The highest game total of the week is the Cowboys-Eagles matchup, which is set at 46.5 on SI Sportsbook. There will be heavy exposure to this game, so if you choose to stack these players, be sure to also check out our bargains article Friday to get some variety for tournament play.
It’s Week 9 of the NFL season and it’s also Nov. 2. You know what that means, don’t you? I warned you last week about it. And the week before.
And now, she’s here. There’s no stopping her now. For the next two months, Mariah Carey owns us. Bend the knee right now and just get it out of the way.
I knew it was coming, and, right on damn cue, here she was with the scheduled tweet right at 12 a.m. yesterday morning:
It’s…… TIME!!! #MariahSZN pic.twitter.com/dp6xEs7LTT
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) November 1, 2023
Disgusting.
Jalen Hurts doesn’t want to talk about the apparent knee injury he’s been dealing with in recent weeks, and that’s fine.
The Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback was asked about the status of his left knee during his media availability on Wednesday ahead of his team’s showdown against the Dallas Cowboys and elected to end his presser by smiling and simply walking away without giving an answer.
The reporter who claimed they “had” to ask the question took the non-answer in stride by commenting “that’s what I thought, thanks” as Hurts bolted from the table.
PHOENIX — The Rangers’ dugout emptied out, players and coaches sprinting to the joyous, incoherent rush of an infield championship pile. The Diamondbacks gradually filtered back to a quiet clubhouse. And 75-year-old Arizona pitching coach Brent Strom turned a question over in his mind.
What do you say to your ace when he has thrown the game of his life and lost?
“Nothing,” Strom says. “There’s nothing you can say. He should go home and sleep well tonight. He really should. … He put us on his back and he carried us. I’m so very proud of him.