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Georg Baselitz, German artist known for provocation and upside-down paintings, dies at 88
Georg Baselitz, an acclaimed German artist prominent in the Neo-Expressionalist movement who had a penchant for provocation and was known for painting images upside down, has died. He was 88.The Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, which represented Baselitz, said the artist died on Thursday, citing his family. It said he died “peacefully,” but did not give a cause of death.
Born Hans-Georg Kern, Baselitz took his artistic name from the village of Deutschbaselitz in the eastern Saxony region, where he was born on Jan. 23, 1938, in Nazi-ruled Germany before the outbreak of... Read More
Exorbitantly expensive tickets for early World Cup games still on general sale
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Tickets for most of the World Cup group games remain on general sale with just over a month to go until the tournament kicks off on June 11.But prices are exorbitantly high, topping out at $4,105 for the United States' opening game against Paraguay in Los Angeles, and many costing around $2,000.
Tickets are still available on FIFA's official website through its “last-minute sales” section after batches had been released through various phases since September.
The cheapest tickets currently are $380 for seven different games,... Read More
Profit for the biggest US oil companies declined in the first quarter, but only on paper
Profit for the two largest oil companies in the U.S. tumbled during the first quarter, a three-month period in which the price of crude and gasoline rocketed higher. It's a setback on paper only, however, the result of financial hedges that backfired after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late February.Exxon Mobil and Chevron reported quarterly results on Friday, with adjusted profits for both companies topping Wall Street expectations. The shares of both companies, up sharply this week, ticked higher before the opening bell.
With energy prices depressed... Read More
Maine 18-year-old charged in death of paddleboarder ruled competent to stand trial
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A judge has ruled an 18-year-old man charged with murder in the killing of a paddleboarder in Maine is competent to stand trial.The death of Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart, 48, of St. George, last year shocked the community around Crawford Pond in rural Union, Maine. Authorities charged Deven Young of Frankfort, Maine, with murder in Stewart's death in July, about two weeks after Stewart's body was discovered.
The court system has thus far treated Young as a juvenile. Prosecutors in the state want to charge Young, who was 17 at the time of... Read More
Apple leads Wall Street toward more records as oil prices pull back
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is rising toward more records Friday after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. Easing oil prices are also helping to steady the stock markets around the world that are still open on the May Day holiday.The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% and was building on its all-time high set the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 162 points, or 0.3%, as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was adding 0.9% to its own record.
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