Taylor Swift’s brand is a bonafide business — and her new album proves it. On Friday, the singer-songwriter released her fourth studio album in three years, titled “Midnights.” The album generated so much demand that it crashed the Spotify (SPOT) platform upon its debut with nearly 8,000 outages reported on Downdetector shortly after midnight. Prior to the album’s release, Swift delivered an intentional marketing campaign complete with viral TikTok videos, which have amassed more than 80… Source link

Chipotle said it’s maxed out the total number of followers it can have on the latest app gaining popularity, BeReal. “That’s something that has just really taken off lately, my understanding is we’ve maxed out all our followers,” on the social media app, CEO Brian Niccol said at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit.”We have to continue to figure out how we evolve that platform.” Yahoo Finance reached out to BeReal for comment, but the company was not able to provide clarity about just how many… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Basketball series. This is my first article of the new season! I’m happy I was assigned to write at the end of the week because we finally have some basketball to evaluate. Writing in the first few days can be difficult, but this is the best time to play. We’re at the point where we understand what these rotations will look like, but the DFS prices haven’t changed enough to react to those massive alterations. That has me ecstatic to break this… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Hockey series. Saturdays in October are great for sports. In the mix, though, there is plenty of hockey. The NHL has nine games on the docket starting at 7:00 p.m. EDT or later. Here are some players to target, and to avoid, for your DFS lineup. GOALIE Jake Oettinger, DAL at MON ($34): Oettinger is off to a red-hot start to the season. In each of his three starts he’s allowed only one goal. Montreal has been a little friskier offensively that I… Source link

Kanye West, who now is legally known as Ye, is buying conservative social media company Parler, a move following Instagram and Twitter’s decisions to suspend the rapper’s accounts over a series of widely condemned antisemitic posts. In an interview during Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit on Monday, Former Trump adviser Gary Cohn described Ye’s recent offensive posts as “just unacceptable.” “I’ll say the same thing about Kanye West’s remarks as I said to the President of the… Source link

‘Unhealthy and unsustainable’: Homebuyers aren’t buying and homebuilders aren’t building in the face of untamed mortgage rates U.S. mortgage rates crept up once again this week as demand for home loans tumbled, according to a pair of widely followed reports. Buyers and sellers are increasingly on edge as the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate — now more than double what it was at the beginning of the year — inches closer to 7%. Homebuilders, too, are losing confidence in the… Source link

I went out for pizza the other night, but had to eat it in my car. That’s because the Frank Pepe’s in Manchester, Connecticut had this sign on its door. “Attention: Dining Room closed after 4 p.m. today due to staffing shortages.” So I ate in my SUV, no problem, (the pizza was fantastic), but it made me think 1) this can’t be good for Frank Pepe’s, and 2) the note on the door is literally a sign of the times. A sign we’re living in a world where supply shortages — employees, oil,… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. Days with multiple MLB games are soon to be over. However, we have two games Saturday. The Yankees are trying to take one off the Astros now that they’re at home, while the Phillies and Padres square off in Game 4. First pitch is at 5:07 p.m. EDT. Here are my lineup recommendations. Pitching Cristian Javier, HOU at NYY ($47): No easy matchups out there at this point. Top guys seem to be the way to go. That means either Javier or

This is my first article of the new season! I’m happy I was assigned to write at the end of the week because we finally have some basketball to evaluate. Writing in the first few days can be difficult, but this is the best time to play. We’re at the point where we understand what these rotations will look like, but the DFS prices haven’t changed enough to react to those massive alterations. That has me ecstatic to break this slate down, so let’s go ahead and get into it! Guards Tyrese… Source link

SAN FRANCISCO —  The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against tech giant Google, alleging the company has been suppressing its email solicitations ahead of November’s midterm elections – an allegation Google denies. The lawsuit, filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of California Friday evening, accuses Gmail of “discriminating” against the RNC by unfairly sending the group’s emails to users’ spam folders, impacting both fundraising and… Source link