Comment on this story Comment The National Republican Senatorial Committee, the campaign arm of the Republican caucus, is preparing to escalate its attack on Google over the company’s email spam filter, which it blames for recent fundraising disappointments, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. A draft letter on NRSC letterhead, and addressed to Google, claims that “Google and its algorithms have handed a distinct advantage to Democrat fundraising efforts, resulting in… Source link

The lawyer for 24 women who filed civil suits against Deshaun Watson held a media conference Thursday in which he criticized an arbitrator’s six-game suspension of the Cleveland Browns quarterback as a “kiss on the cheek,” then called on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to “do the right thing” in an appeal that will determine Watson’s final punishment. In a wandering set of remarks that criticized the NFL’s investigation into Watson, Houston attorney Tony Buzbee expressed… Source link

Payments company Block (SQ) announced second quarter results Thursday that showed bitcoin revenue from its Cash App product fell 34% to $1.79 billion, with the company taking a $36 million charge on its bitcoin investments. Gross profit in the quarter totaled $1.47 billion against Wall Street expectations for $1.46 billion, while adjusted earnings per share of $0.18 topped estimates for $0.16. Excluding bitcoin, total net revenue in the second quarter was $2.62 billion, up 34% year over… Source link

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has named the designee to oversee the league’s appeal of Deshaun Watson’s six-game suspension. Former New Jersey attorney general Peter C. Harvey will hear the appeal, the league announced on Thursday. “Mr. Harvey served as the Attorney General of New Jersey and is now a partner at the Paterson Belknap firm in New York,” the league said in a statement. “He has also served as a federal prosecutor. He has deep expertise in criminal law, including domestic… Source link

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) reported its first quarterly report since the $43 billion merger as the company battles consolidation challenges. The media conglomerate swung to a $3.42 billion loss in the second quarter, partly due to obstacles related to its recent merger. The stock plummeted in after-hours trading, down as much as 9%. Here are Warner Bros. Discovery second quarter results compared to Wall Street’s consensus estimates, as compiled by Bloomberg: In total, the company said it… Source link

Ne-Yo’s wife has filed for divorce, claiming he recently fathered a child with another woman. Days after publicly accusing the singer of cheating, Crystal Smith, who married Ne-Yo (real name: Shaffer Chimere Smith) in 2016, filed divorce papers in Atlanta this week, according to multiple news outlets. In her divorce filing, Ne-Yo’s wife Crystal Smith accuses him of recently fathering a child with another woman. (Photo: Prince Williams/ Getty Images) Smith, who shares three children with the… Source link

U.S. stocks were little changed Thursday following uneventful trading as investors looked ahead to July’s jobs report on Friday and barreled through more earnings. The S&P 500 edged down 0.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped roughly 0.3%. After rallying on Wednesday, tech stocks tried to build back momentum, with the Nasdaq up 0.4%. The biggest action in markets on Thursday, however, was happening away from the major stock indexes with the price of WTI crude oil falling below… Source link

The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BRUSSELS, Aug 4 (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have asked app developers whether Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google’s threat to remove apps from its Play Store if they use other payment options instead of its own billing system has hurt their business, two people familiar with the matter… Source link

Clint Eastwood, Shane Meier and Aline Lavasseur in Unforgiven. The young actors were part of a discarded ending to the film that was shot, but has never been seen. (Photo: Warner Bros./ Courtesy: Everett Collection) Clint Eastwood knows when a story’s been told. Over the course of his filmmaking career, the Hollywood icon has cultivated a famously no-frills style behind the camera, often shooting scenes in one take and excising material he deems extraneous — even if the sequence plays… Source link

Fisker (FSR) shares are on the move after the company posted an upbeat quarterly financial report. Though the EV automaker hasn’t posted meaningful revenue or earnings yet, its upcoming first model, the Fisker Ocean SUV, crossed 56,000 reservations as of August 1. Of those, 5,000 are for the Fisker Ocean One special edition, which requires a $5,000 down payment. Fisker confirmed it is all set to begin production of the Fisker Ocean on November 17 at contract partner Magna Steyr’s (MGA)… Source link