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05-08-2025
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🚨 BREAKING: Charlotte complete free transfer for Harry Toffolo
Dean Smith's Charlotte have secured vital defensive reinforcements after completing a move for former Nottingham Forest left-back Harry Toffolo. [recent video] In a [confirmed length of contract] deal, the 29-year-old former England youth international joins up with the Crown amid some of their best form of the current 2025 MLS season, while questions remain surrounding their frailties at the back. Toffolo was previously a standout performer at the City Ground as the club re-established itself in the top flight of the English pyramid, with other postings across a journeyman career including Huddersfield Town, Lincoln City, Doncaster Rovers, Scunthorpe United, and Swindon Town. Charlotte, despite being on a current run of form that sees them reaching the MLS Cup playoffs as things stand, is posting one of the worst defensive records in the Eastern Conference. Toffolo's experience at the back, hopefully, will prove decisive for Smith and company. 📸 Alex Pantling - 2025 Getty Images
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22-07-2025
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S&P 500 notches record-high close; GM slumps as tariffs bite
STORY: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Tuesday, as the Dow added four-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 ticked up marginally to eke out another record high, and the Nasdaq shed roughly four-tenths of a percent. Investors concerns over President Donald Trump's erratic trade policy came into sharp focus after General Motors reported a $1 billion hit from tariffs to its quarterly results. Shares of the largest U.S. automaker tumbled more than 8%. U.S. trade policy remains a major point of uncertainty for investors and companies as Trump's self-imposed August 1 trade deadline approaches, says Dean Smith, chief strategist and portfolio manager at FolioBeyond. 'The uncertainty that the on-again, off-again tariff policy announcements is really starting to affect prices and returns for different sectors of the market and different parts of the economy differently. I think that the likelihood is that the August 1 deadline gets pushed back yet again. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent has already announced that the August 12 deadline pertaining to China is going to be pushed back." // "We think that this uncertainty is going to continue to drive the markets, both fixed income and equities, for quite some time to come.' Among other movers, shares of Tesla and Google parent Alphabet rose a day before both companies report earnings results. On the flip side, shares of Philip Morris slumped nearly 8.5% after reporting second-quarter revenue below expectations, as shipments of its ZYN nicotine pouches disappointed investors. And shares of Lockheed Martin tumbled almost 11% after its quarterly profit plunged by about 80%.
