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The recent death of Hayden Panettiere, the child actress turned television and movie star, has drawn fresh attention to her partnership with the skin care brand Neutrogena, which she worked with for about a decade.The actress wrote in her memoir, and said in a podcast interview with Jay Shetty just a few months before she died, that the brand let her contract expire after she publicly admitted to struggling with postpartum depression in 2015 — a move that she said shocked her. Panettiere also said she turned to alcohol and opioids to self-medicate during this period. Panettiere’s claim on the…

At least 60 of about 136 listed companies on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) haven’t paid dividends for at least three years in the five years from 2021 to 2025, PREMIUM TIMES has found. That compares with 51 companies in the half-decade period to 2021, when the number of quoted stocks was 156 (including ETFs), as reviewed in a previous PREMIUM TIMES report. A deep dive by PREMIUM TIMES showed that many Nigerian stocks don’t pay dividends for a variety of reasons, including strategic, regulatory, and policy-related factors. Some companies’ choice not to offer dividends to shareholders is not necessarily a drawback, nor is it a regulatory breach that authorities…

Dangote Group, the empire of Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, has offered a 30 per cent holding in its proposed 700,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery to nations in East Africa, the region where the mega crude-processing plant is to be located, Bloomberg reported Friday. Kenya, where the new refinery will be sited at the southeastern coastal town of Lamu, will take a 10 per cent stake estimated at around half a trillion dollars, David Ndii, a top economic adviser of President Ruto, told Bloomberg. “The total for the region is about $1.5 billion. I don’t actually see a challenge in doing…

The Nigeria Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA) has formally commenced operations, ushering in a new era designed to make Nigeria’s ports more transparent, competitive, predictable and efficient. The commencement follows President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s assent to the Nigeria Ports Economic Regulatory Agency Bill, 2026, which established NPERA as the statutory authority responsible for the economic regulation of the nation’s ports. Chairman of the NPERA Governing Board, Dr. Ibrahim Shema, traced the evolution of port economic regulation to the establishment of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council in 1978 and the concessioning of port terminals in 2006. He noted that the Shippers’ Council…

Anthropic’s universal usage standards for Claude forbid the model from generating sexually explicit content, including depicting or requesting sexual intercourse or sex acts, generating content related to sexual fetishes or fantasies, or engaging in erotic chats. But that hasn’t stopped Claude Opus 4.6, an Anthropic model released earlier this year, from readily engaging in erotic roleplay scenarios that its safeguards are designed to prevent.  In TechCrunch’s testing, Opus 4.6 didn’t even require much prodding to get past the restriction on sexual material. In 10 out of 10 direct requests to produce explicit sexual content, the model complied immediately.  Other older…

Her EDS developed into severe gastroparesis, where food passes through the stomach more slowly than it should and became an eating disorder.”It basically means there is a missing genome in my DNA, so my body isn’t built fully as a normal person’s body would be,” Harley said.”In my case, it’s then developed into lots of other conditions.”The longer I’ve gone untreated, the worse it has become because I’ve then developed lots of other conditions. It’s just made life harder and harder.”Her condition would not have progressed as far had she received “proper treatment” or been diagnosed sooner, she believed.The Department…

Just three minutes of sprinting may produce a molecular response that looks very different from what happens after 90 minutes of moderate exercise. Researchers at Rockefeller University compared how the body responds to exercise performed at different intensities. They found that six 30-second, all-out sprints changed nearly one-quarter of the proteins measured in the blood immediately after exercise. By comparison, 90 minutes of continuous moderate cycling altered less than one-quarter of one percent. Moderate treadmill running affected more proteins than cycling, but still far fewer than the brief sprint session. Sprinting Triggers a Rapid Molecular Surge The sprint workout also…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Saturday’s newspapers…PREMIER LEAGUEAtletico Madrid have finally shifted their position and are now willing to sell Julian Alvarez to Arsenal – Daily Express Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player The Friday Night Football panel discuss whether Arsenal are still shy of a world-class attacker that would see them get over the line to win their first UEFA Champions League title Brighton have rejected a second bid from Liverpool for Yankuba Minteh, with the Seagulls insisting they want £70m for the winger – Daily Mirror Please use Chrome browser for a…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The best noise-canceling earbuds are designed to insulate you from distractions, but there are times when tuning out your surroundings isn’t an option. From running outdoors to listening for the next station on a train commute, the best open-ear earbuds and headphones allow for situational awareness without compromising audio quality. At a Glance: Best Open-Ear Earbuds View more + It’s a niche but growing market, with brands offering more open-ear options than ever. Open-ear earbuds comprise a broad…

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