Earlier Monday in St. Louis, where officials estimated a Friday tornado damaged 5,000 buildings and may cost well over $1 billion, the mayor warned that federal assistance could take weeks.
But Newcastle ended the day and the season in fifth — ahead of Villa on goal difference — courtesy of the events at Old Trafford.Two-time Champions League winner Chelsea is back among the elite of European soccer.
Levi Colwill’s goal was enough to secure a win at Forest and fourth place in the standings.Chelsea last won the Champions League in 2021, but has missed out on qualification in each of the past two seasons during a turbulent period under American owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital.But a return to European club soccer’s top competition is a sign that things are moving in the right direction, while Enzo Maresca’s team can still end the season with silverware in the Conference League final against Real Betis on Wednesday.
Forest finished the season in seventh and will play in the Conference League next season.After ending the season empty-handed for the first time in eight years, City will at least be in the Champions League next term.
That was far from guaranteed for much of a season in which the four-time defending champion saw its title defense unravel before Christmas.
An early exit from the Champions League followed andSuch uncertainty showed itself in Walmart’s stock, which slipped 0.5% even though
for the latest quarter than analysts expected.Like other U.S. companies struggling through Trump’s on-again-off-again rollout of tariffs, Walmart said it decided not to offer a forecast for how much profit it will make in the current quarter.
Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey pointed to “the range of near-term outcomes being exceedingly wide and difficult to predict,” though the company did say it expects sales to grow between 3.5% and 4.5%, not including the swings that shifting values of foreign currencies can bring.The nation’s largest retailer also said that it must raise prices due to higher costs caused by Trump’s tariffs.