The Minnesota Twins have added a significant piece to their rotation. The Twins acquired veteran right-handed pitcher Sonny Gray on Sunday from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for pitcher Chase Petty, Minnesota’s first-round pick (No. 26 overall) in 2021. The Twins also added minor-league right-hander Francis Peguero in the deal. Gray, a two-time All-Star, had been with the Reds since 2019 and also had previous stints with the Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees. In 2021, Gray made 26… Source link

The recent U.S. Labor Department (DOL) warning to fiduciaries who offer cryptocurrency investments inside 401(k) plans makes sense, one crypto executive told Yahoo Finance. “I think that the Department of Labor is right to say ‘heed caution,’ and don’t just jump barrel-in to this because it’s popular and you need to offer it — be pragmatic about it,” Chris Kline, COO and co-founder of Bitcoin IRA — an investment platform that allows investors to roll over their IRAs and 401(k)’s… Source link

A pivotal few days are underway for investors expectantly watching the Federal Reserve this week as it tees up for a long-anticipated liftoff on interest rates likely to come Wednesday, following the central bank’s two-day policy-setting meeting. Possible revisions to its forecast on rate hiking plans will be on the radar as war in Eastern Europe hangs over the global economy. The latest print on producer prices and February retail sales are also on traders’ agenda this week, along with… Source link

Say hello to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes, the star Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, married his longtime girlfriend, Brittany Matthews, in a ceremony in Hawaii on Saturday. Mahomes and Matthews have been together since they were high school classmates at Whitehouse High School in Texas. Matthews is a fitness instructor who co-founded Kansas City’s NWSL franchise, the Kansas City Current. The couple have a one-year old daughter named Sterling, who was born in February 2021. Jackson… Source link

Russians have been attempting to sell McDonald’s menu items on Russian website Avito.faber1893/Shutterstock Russians are trying to sell McDonald’s menu items online, following branch closures. Popular items like Big Macs and McMuffins have been offered at inflated prices. One listing on a classified ads website offered McDonald’s packaging for up to $373. Russians are attempting to sell McDonald’s menu items online at highly inflated prices, following the closure of more than 800 restaurants in… Source link

Remember when we decided that spending too much time on our phones was a bad thing? That immersing ourselves in our iPhones could be unhealthy, or even addictive? That was a couple of years ago. So riddle me this: Now something that we already know is potentially addictive — sports betting — is available on those phones, accompanied by a media blitz promising a path to easy money. But people raising concerns about that combination seem few and far between. So what happens to the… Source link

Google is profiting from ads promoting “instant” cash and loans delivered “faster than pizza” despite a pledge to ​protect users from “deceptive and harmful” financial products. The ads were served to people in the UK who searched terms like “quick money now” and “need money help”​ and directed users to ​firms offering high-interest loans. One, listed in Google search results above links to the government website and debt charities, promised “cash in ten minutes… Source link

Tech giant Google has reportedly suspended Play Store purchases and subscriptions for Android users in Russia. In late February, Google had earlier announced that it will be cutting down on advertisements and media from the Russian Federation as a response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine, reports GizmoChina. However, this week, the company has taken further action on the ongoing situation as the company has… Source link

Markieff Morris has returned from what has somehow become one of the NBA’s most controversial injuries. The Miami Heat forward appeared in his first game since Nov. 8 on Saturday, playing 17 minutes and recording six points. He played several minutes down the stretch in a close fourth quarter, with the Heat eventually losing 113-104 to the Minnesota Timberwolves. It had been a long wait for Morris, who sustained whiplash from a run-in with Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic. The injury… Source link

Sometime before 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, the NCAA tournament selection committee will email a completed bracket to CBS to unveil on its the selection show. Here’s a look at the biggest decisions that the committee will have to make between now and then: 1. Who will join Gonzaga and Arizona as No. 1 seeds? The chaos in the SEC tournament this week worked in the Big 12’s favor. With neither Auburn nor Kentucky even making the SEC title game, Kansas and Baylor both now appear almost certain to… Source link