TORONTO (Reuters) – Paulson & Co Inc will not support Newmont Mining Corp’s planned $10 billion takeover of rival Goldcorp Inc as the premium offered is unjustified, the investor said in a letter on Thursday. The transaction is dilutive to Newmont shareholders and only Goldcorp shareholders would benefit from the deal’s synergies, Founder John Paulson […]

A man in California decided to throw a “party” with a bunch of naked mannequins in his yard, taunting a neighbour who had called city officials and complained about the height of a fence. Jason Windus decided to build a six-foot-high fence around his Santa Rosa home so he could allow his dogs to roam […]

Incredible footage shows quick-thinking police officers in Iowa catching three children who were tossed from a third-storey window to escape a burning building. Des Moines police officers were first on the scene of a burning residential building early Tuesday morning. The police force said heavy smoke in the building prevented officers from reaching the third […]

Last week, Enable Ireland charity shops around the country made a public appeal for people to keep them in mind when doing a Marie Kondo on their house. The point of the appeal was to ensure that the clearing out of anything that didn’t ‘spark joy’ didn’t just spark a bonfire in back gardens nationwide. […]

“Kristen has passed away.” I’ll never forget learning that my best friend died. I was only 11-years old. We lived in the same town and attended school together. She had spina bifida as well as problems with her kidneys. After years of dialysis, it was kidney failure that ultimately killed Kristen. Now, at 37, I […]

Lately, because I have been feeling very busy, I have been trying to be more mindful. Yes, I realise I’m not exactly at the cutting edge here; everyone from Madonna to Oprah Winfrey has embraced mindfulness and meditation with the kind of enthusiasm celebs usually reserve for kale smoothies. Winfrey, in particular, sold it to […]

(Reuters) – London-listed Ophir Energy Plc said on Wednesday it agreed to be bought by Indonesian oil and gas group Medco for a sweetened cash bid of 408.4 million pounds ($539 million) after previously agreeing to a lower offer. Under the terms, Ophir shareholders will receive 57.5 pence per share in cash, the companies said […]

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The Federal Reserve downgraded its outlook for the U.S. economy, and forecasting data it released suggested little appetite for raising interest rates — at all — in 2019. Wall Street couldn’t be happier over the new patience. Jerome Powell, […]

To the Editor: Re “Capitalism Needs Elizabeth Warren” (column, March 17): Even as David Leonhardt praises Elizabeth Warren for championing bold and ambitious policy initiatives, he issues a caveat: “The nominee should be, and most likely will be, the candidate who best inspires voters. Maybe that will be Warren, or maybe it will be someone […]

Fredericton’s own Jesse Canney is bringing home some hardware from the 2019 Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi. The 22-year-old competitive swimmer has won three gold medals and a silver at the games and his mother, Pamela Moxon, says he is soaking up the glory. “Going in, we really didn’t know what the competition was going […]