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After a January transfer window devoid of any new arrivals, Erik ten Hag gently voiced his frustrations. "I think it's not a secret that I wanted a striker extra," Manchester United's manager revealed. However, the Premier League 's financial regulations restricted the club's spending scope. United were not the only thrifty top-flight team - more than half of the division didn't commit a transfer fee to any player last month. Ten Hag was one of six managers who didn't receive even a loanee. However, that's not to say that United's window passed without consequence. Here's a look at the business that the club did get done. Jadon Sancho - loaned to Borussia Dortmund Man Utd managed to offload Sancho to Dortmund / Ralf Ibing - firo sportphoto/GettyImages Jadon Sancho's temporary return to Borussia Dortmund is a deal that works for all parties concerned. After getting changed alone in a locked dressing room in United's academy, Sancho...

An appeals court has rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay a civil trial in a lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general NEW YORK -- An appeals court Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay a civil trial in a lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general, allowing the case to proceed days after a judge ruled the former president committed years of fraud and stripped him of some companies as punishment. The decision, by the state’s intermediate appellate court, clears the way for Judge Arthur Engoron to preside over a non-jury trial starting Monday in Manhattan in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil lawsuit. Trump is listed among dozens of possible witnesses, setting up a potential courtroom showdown with the judge. The fraud ruling Tuesday threatens to upend his real estate empire and force him to give up prized New York properties such as Trump Tower, a Wall Street office building, golf courses and a suburban estate. Trump has denied wrongdoing, arguing that so...

Top CEOs value stable democracy but risk backlash for advocacy amid Trump presidential bid, analysts say. Three days after Election Night 2020, dozens of CEOs from the nation's largest companies logged into a Zoom call aiming to prevent the collapse of American democracy, according to several attendees who spoke to ABC News. The night before, then-President Donald Trump had falsely declared victory in an address at the White House, pointing to a count of what he called "legal votes." "The CEOs were horrified," Yale University Professor of Management Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, who convened the meeting, told ABC News. Hastily assembled, some of the chief executives showed up to the early-morning call in pajamas and most expressed grave concerns, he added. Sonnenfeld and other meeting attendees declined to identify the CEOs who participated in the call, since they did so on condition of anonymity. "There was recognition that if Trump pulled this off, it could turn th...

Business is booming again for the American Hockey League More than 10,000 fans filled the Hershey Bears' home arena on Tuesday night to watch the oldest American Hockey League franchise take on the newest, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, in the Calder Cup Finals. It was the third consecutive game in the AHL championship series to be sold out and pushed total playoff attendance for the NHL's top developmental league above half a million fans. That's a record for the nearly 90-year-old league that also set a new high water mark for revenue, which president and CEO Scott Howson estimates is 15% to 20% above pre-pandemic levels. Three years after canceling the playoffs and two years after gutting through a shortened season with almost no fans in arenas and a few teams opting out of playing entirely, business is finally booming again for the AHL. “We’ve just recovered so quickly,” Howson told The Associated Press this week. “It’s a testament to our product. It’s a testament to...