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Bottles of Coca-Cola for sale at a store in LaBelle, Florida, Feb. 8, 2026.Zak Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCoca-Cola is expected to report its first-quarter earnings before the bell on Tuesday.Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by LSEG are expecting the company to report:Earnings per share: 81 cents expectedRevenue: $12.24 billion expectedInvestors often view Coke as a bellwether for consumers, especially in the U.S., its home market. Its report will provide an update on how shoppers are feeling, particularly in the wake of higher fuel prices caused by the Iran war. In the past few quarters, Coke executives have…

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Super ZSNES can also replace the original audio samples with uncompressed versions (“restored” versions of SNES game soundtracks that claim to use uncompressed versions of the original audio samples are a whole thing), and can add actual 3D to games that use the Mode 7 effect rather than just upscaling it. These enhancements don’t directly modify the ROM files, nor do they include data from ROMs, insulating the project from legal action. An overview video by Modern Vintage Gamer shows many of these new updates in action, and they can definitely give old SNES games a dramatically different look and…

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US President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting with Lebanon’s Ambassador to the US, Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and Israel’s Ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, at the White House in Washington, DC on April 23, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesThe U.S. is being “humiliated” by the Iranian regime, Germany’s chancellor has said, as disquiet among European leaders over a prolonged conflict in the Middle East gradually intensifies.”The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result,” Chancellor Friedrich…

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Manus was hailed by Chinese state media as the “next DeepSeek” soon after its launch in March 2025, months before the startup relocated to Singapore.Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China’s decision to block U.S. tech giant Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus is being seen by analysts as a warning to tech entrepreneurs.”Clearly after Manusgate, founders will know that if you start in China, you stay in China,” said Duncan Clark, an early advisor to Alibaba and chairman of consultancy firm BDA China.”We know the deal was already in trouble,” he said,…

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Novartis’ CEO warned Tuesday that the U.S. drug pricing policy under President Donald Trump poses a “very difficult situation” and the reality will soon catch up with both drugmakers and patients.”The longer-term implications are significant,” CEO Vas Narasimhan told CNBC’s Carolin Roth. “The reality of MFN is going to set in in the next 18 months.”Novartis is focused on getting European and Japanese governments to quickly change how they reward innovation, he said, adding that if this doesn’t happen, then novel medicines might see delayed entry into these markets and patients won’t have access to the drugs.The most favored nation…

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