The Chicago Bears gave Justin Fields the worst hand possible to play with this season. He has turned 2-7 offsuit into a big winner. The Bears haven’t helped Fields at all but he’s succeeding anyway. That is a great sign for the Bears moving forward, assuming they finally understand what they have and want to actually build around him. Fields was fantastic on Sunday as he continues to emerge as the best quarterback of the 2021 draft. Not that there’s been much competition there. The Bears lost… Source link
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B-to-b Yandex Market debuts horizontal
Yandex Market, a Russia-based b-to-b marketplace, is launching a service for product resale. Deals will be carried out through partner resellers, who will determine the cost of goods and redeem it from the user. Resellers will check the authenticity and condition of goods, prepare them for sale, and also carry out the actual sale of […] … Source link
Read More »California sports betting bills deemed ‘critical to the future of the entire industry’ likely to fail
The 2022 midterm elections had the potential to become one of the biggest days in the sports betting industry, which has been experiencing years of seemingly exponential growth in the market. But Tuesday will likely be when one of the fastest-growing industries in the U.S. gets a reality check, given that two ballot sports betting measures in California that are expected to fail. California voters will be asked to decide on Proposition 26, which would allow in-person sports gambling on tribal… Source link
Read More »It’s an economic quandary and the Fed sees only one way out
This post was originally published on TKer.co Stocks fell last week, with the S&P 500 declining by 3.3%. The index is now up 5.4% from its October 12 closing low of 3,577.03 and down 21.3% from its January 3 closing high of 4,796.56. The market moves came amid confirmation that the labor market remains very tight and a reiteration from the Federal Reserve that it has a “ways to go” before the central bank could declare victory in its fight with inflation. All of last week’s developments… Source link
Read More »Start ’em sit ’em tips for Week 9 of the NFL season
Fantasy football sit-and-start advice should always be relative and league-dependent. Note that some players are targeted for DFS. Good luck with your Week 9 lineups! Start: Joshua Palmer, Marcus Mariota Palmer gets a big boost this week with Keenan Allen and Mike Williams both sidelined (and with Austin Ekeler also dealing with an injury). Now cleared from concussion protocol, Palmer gets a matchup indoors with one of the week’s highest totals (49.5 points) against a Falcons defense… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk ‘is a visionary,’ environmentalist Fred Krupp says
A week after Elon Musk completed his acquisition of the social media giant Twitter, the Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX CEO came under fire after he reportedly started laying off nearly half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees. Musk’s detractors, who worry the platform may become overrun with bigots and bad-faith actors, criticized the CEO well before he acquired the platform. The magnate has drawn controversy for various actions ranging from his polarizing tweets to reopening a Tesla factory in… Source link
Read More »CEOs ignoring climate change amounts to ‘malpractice,’ environmentalist Fred Krupp says
Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp issued a warning to CEOs: Ignore climate change at your own peril. “I would say, in any sector, if a CEO isn’t thinking about this, it’s malpractice,” Krupp recently told Yahoo Finance’s editor-in-chief Andy Serwer (video above). He explained that good corporate leaders have always looked ahead to major transformations in the economy, and that is certainly the case with climate change as the world looks to decouple growth from… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Plays and Strategy for Sunday, November 6
This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Basketball series. Those Friday and Saturday slates were insane. You need to be a diehard DFSer to enjoy cards like those because I’ve never seen so many big-name players ruled out over a two-day span. That’s where the NBA is trending, and we must adapt to this new environment. The positive is we shouldn’t have too many of those issues on Sunday with no team on a back-to-back. With that said, we do have a short slate with only three games making… Source link
Read More »The Powerball jackpot has hit $1.9 billion, the biggest lottery prize ever
The Powerball jackpot has officially set another new world record. The jackpot is now estimated at $1.9 billion, with a cash option of $929.1 million, according to Powerball, ahead of the next drawing Monday. That means should someone win Monday’s jackpot – it takes place at 10:59 p.m. ET – it would go down as the largest in Powerball in history, beating the previous record set in 2016, when the jackpot was won at $1.586 billion by three ticket holders. The Powerball jackpot also surpasses… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Plays and Strategy for Sunday, November 6
Those Friday and Saturday slates were insane. You need to be a diehard DFSer to enjoy cards like those because I’ve never seen so many big-name players ruled out over a two-day span. That’s where the NBA is trending, and we must adapt to this new environment. The positive is we shouldn’t have too many of those issues on Sunday with no team on a back-to-back. With that said, we do have a short slate with only three games making up the main card. That will leave us with a thin player pool, but… Source link
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