This is bad, really bad, and it will get worse, because living here — today, with leaders whose first priority is themselves, among fellow citizens who can’t be bothered with fortitude or compassion — looks just like this. This is the world into which Major League Baseball rolled its operation. If you signed up for baseball in the summer of 2020, for an escape from reality, you signed up for a baseball team — fathers, husbands, sons, brothers and friends — holed up in hotel rooms,… Source link

NRG Energy Inc. NRG recently inked a deal to acquire Direct Energy, the North American subsidiary of Centrica PLC CPYYY, for a consideration of $3.625 billion, subject to a working capital adjustment. This all-cash transaction is expected to close by the end of 2020, pending customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Notably, Direct Energy is among North America’s leading retail providers of electricity, natural gas, and home and business energy-related products as well as… Source link

On this special episode of Yahoo Finance Presents, Brian Sozzi hosts two tech giants – HP Enterprise CEO Antonio Neri, and JC2 Ventures Founder & CEO John Chambers – to discuss a wide range of topics, including the changes in the tech industry in a post COVID-19 world, the digital ‘Great Reset’, internet as an essential service, and many others. Source link

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Moderna (MRNA) CEO Stéphane Bancel partly credited the U.S. for the company’s rapid development of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, telling Yahoo Finance on Monday it could not have participated in such a robust trial without the federal government’s support. The U.S.’s leading coronavirus vaccine candidate — one of several companies that are part of Operation Warp Speed — entered Phase 3 trials Monday, with hopes of results by October or November. Bancel cited the additional $472… Source link

The Monday night game between the Miami Marlins and Baltimore Orioles has been postponed due to a possible COVID-19 outbreak on the Marlins. According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, at least seven players and two coaches have tested positive in addition to the four positives that were reported on Sunday. Following that news, the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees was also postponed. That game was to take place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, which is where the… Source link

SAN FRANCISCO—Google will keep its employees home until at least next July, making the search-engine giant the first major U.S. corporation to formalize such an extended timetable in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The move will affect nearly all of the roughly 200,000 full-time and contract employees across Google parent Alphabet Inc., and is sure to pressure other technology giants that have slated staff to return as soon as January. … Source link

As presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden nears his running mate decision, some allies are reportedly warning him against tapping one of the top contenders. A Monday report from Politico describes how there’s a “contingent of Democrats who are lobbying against” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as Biden’s running mate pick, and some have “expressed concerns about her to the vetting committee in recent weeks,” with the issues mainly coming down to “the matter of trust.” Among those casting doubt… Source link

Weekend wrap A Justin Verlander forearm strain rocked the fantasy industry on Sunday afternoon. The ace will be shut down for at least two weeks, at which time he should start a throwing program. In all likelihood, we will not see Verlander in a Major League game for at least 4-6 weeks. And he may not be as effective when he returns. With just nine weeks remaining in the abbreviated season, I wouldn’t argue with anyone who needed the roster space and shipped the 37-year-old to waivers. But… Source link

Google plans to keep 200,000 full-time and contract employees working remotely until at least July 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported. Other tech firms have announced long-term plans to keep employees working from home due to restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic, but Google would be the first to extend remote working into the middle of next year. According to the WSJ, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, made the call last week following a meeting with top… Source link