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A new set of Texas Lottery results were announced Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, revealing winning numbers for Powerball, Pick 3, Pick 4, and All or Nothing games. Lottery officials reported the results following the scheduled draws, giving players a glimpse at potential payouts and winning combinations. The Texas Lottery operates multiple draw games aimed at … Read more
The Powerball numbers for Monday night’s drawing were announced, with 3, 18, 36, 41 and 54 drawn as the white balls and 7 as the red Powerball, according to officials. The jackpot, estimated at $1.6 billion, is the fourth largest in Powerball history and the fifth largest in US lottery history. Officials said it was … Read more
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $1.6 billion after Saturday’s drawing ended without a grand prize winner, marking the 46th consecutive drawing in the current jackpot cycle the longest streak in the game’s history. The cash option for the prize is about $735 million, making it the fourth largest Powerball jackpot … Read more
Netflix Inc. has refinanced a significant portion of the massive bridge loan backing its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., securing cheaper and longer term financing as it moves forward with one of the largest media transactions in recent history. The company disclosed in a regulatory filing Monday that it replaced part of a $59 … Read more
Paramount Skydance on Monday moved to strengthen its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery by formally guaranteeing the financial backing of billionaire Larry Ellison, responding directly to doubts raised by WBD’s board about whether the deal could close. In a news release, Paramount said Ellison agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee covering $40.4 … Read more
US futures climbed Monday and Asian markets rose, continuing a tech driven rally into the holiday shortened trading week, even as European indexes faltered and gold reached record highs. Investors appeared drawn to AI related stocks and precious metals amid ongoing volatility in global commodities and bond markets. Futures for the US’s tech heavy Nasdaq … Read more
A Powerball ticket worth more than $2.3 million was sold in California, narrowly missing one of the largest lottery jackpots in US history, lottery officials said. The ticket, purchased in the coastal city of Oxnard, matched five of six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing, underscoring the soaring anticipation surrounding a Powerball jackpot that has gone … Read more
Elon Musk has become the first person in history to amass a fortune exceeding $700 billion after a Delaware Supreme Court ruling restored a massive Tesla compensation package that had been voided last year. According to Forbes’ real time billionaires index, Musk’s net worth surged to an estimated $749 billion late Friday, cementing his position … Read more
The latest November inflation report shows that price increases across consumer goods eased, partially offsetting continued pressure from categories such as gasoline and groceries, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists, however, urged caution, noting that data collection during the recent government shutdown was incomplete. The consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, … Read more
The Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $1.5 billion for the next drawing on Saturday, Dec. 20, after no one matched the winning numbers in Wednesday’s, Dec. 17, drawing. The cash value of the prize is approximately $686.5 million, making it the fifth largest Powerball jackpot in history, according to the official Powerball website. … Read more
