Month: November 2019

The company announced Tuesday that CEO Brian Hartzer will step down in the wake of allegations that the bank had violated money laundering and terrorism financing regulations tens of millions of times. Lindsay Maxsted, who serves as chairman of the board, will also move up his retirement to the first half of next year. ### Hartzer, who has been on the job since 2015, will be replaced by Chief Financial Officer Peter King while the…

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NFL picks and predictions never get easier, but we’ve reached the point of the 2019 season where some of the actual results are irrelevant. That’s the case for the handful of teams that have already turned their attention to next year’s draft before the final month of the season. So while many might not care about who wins Chargers vs. Broncos, Buccaneers vs. Jaguars or Jets vs. Bengals, for example, those games still feature some…

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The 2019 edition of the Iron Bowl is here as No. 5 Alabama takes on archrival No. 15 Auburn on Saturday. The Crimson Tide (10-1, 6-1 SEC) are still battling for a shot at the College Football Playoff despite their loss to No. 1 LSU just a few weeks ago. Alabama will also be without star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for the second straight week after he suffered a season-ending hip injury in the team’s win over…

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The annual showdown between Stanford and Notre Dame won’t carry its usual lofty implications, but it should provide plenty of excitement for both teams. MORE: Watch Notre Dame vs. Stanford live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) The Cardinal (4-7) won’t be playing in a bowl game for the first time since 2008, making Saturday’s matchup their de facto bowl game against 16th-ranked Notre Dame (9-2). Even though Stanford enters Saturday as significant underdogs, Notre Dame…

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When it comes to making our picks against the spread for Week 13 of the 2019 NFL season, we want to be lucky and good. With no more bye weeks, we will be making predictions for 16 games in each of the final five weeks before the playoffs. That leaves us the golden opportunity to get a few more pigskin prognostications right each week, and we have no plans to tarnish it. This week, there are…

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The Bills recovered from a shaky start to topple the Cowboys 26-15 in a Thanksgiving drubbing at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Dallas (6-6) opened the game with a nine-play, 75-yard drive capped by an 8-yard Dak Prescott-to-Jason Witten touchdown strike that ignited the home crowd. The Cowboys’ defense backed it up with two Bills punts, but Buffalo (9-3) dominated the remainder of the game en route to a convincing win. MORE: NFL playoff picture…

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Should Jerry Jones and the Cowboys become so frustrated with their 2019 season to the point of firing Jason Garrett, it would open up arguably the most desired coaching job in all of American sports for the first time in a decade. Garrett, 53, has led Dallas since taking over for Wade Phillips halfway through 2010, with three playoff trips and two playoff wins on his resume. Losing its grasp on its third division title…

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One of the biggest games on the slate this Thanksgiving weekend is the showdown in the Big House between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 13 Michigan. The Buckeyes (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) have been considered by many to be one of the best teams in the country this season. In fact, Ohio State’s 11-point victory over Penn State last weekend was its smallest margin of victory all season. Led by Georgia transfer Justin Fields at…

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One of the many rivalry matchups available Week 14 of the college football season is No. 7 Oklahoma vs. No. 21 Oklahoma State, a reliably high-scoring affair with the Cowboys looking to spoil the Sooners’ playoff hopes. The Bedlam Series has been a reliable source of drama in recent years, with close games in each of the past two meetings and plenty of points. MORE: Watch Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State live with fuboTV (7-day free…

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This post originally appeared on Azoya, our content partner. Singles’ Day has drawn to a close, with Alibaba reporting sales figures of 268.4 billion RMB this year, an all-time record. Beauty was another top category, with 36 beauty brands each raking in over 100 million RMB in sales. L’Oréal became the top-selling beauty brand on Tmall this year, beating out peers Estée Lauder and SK-II. L’Oréal became one of just fifteen brands to crack one…

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