Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper signed a five-year, $100 contract before the 2020 season. It made him the league’s highest-paid receiver in 2021 with a $20 million base salary and a $22 million cap number. Yet, Cooper tied for 39th in receptions (68), 34th in receiving yards (865) and tied for 37th in points among non-kickers (eight touchdowns). He wasn’t even the leading receiver on the team with CeeDee Lamb catching 79 passes for 1,102 yards. Cooper also didn’t enamor himself to Cowboys… Source link

Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen was ejected on Friday night after committing a hard foul that sent Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso slamming onto the court. Allen, about halfway through the third quarter of Milwaukee’s 94-90 win at Fiserv Forum, went up to contest a Caruso layup at the rim. Allen came flying in from the right to try and stop Caruso, but he missed the ball and connected with Caruso’s arm, then swung his other arm and hit Caruso again. Caruso landed directly on his side… Source link

In response to the rising threat of a Russian military invasion of Ukraine, NATO forces in the region have begun mobilizing. Spain announced Thursday that two of its warships were en route to the Black Sea, the body of water that borders southern Ukraine, to partake in military exercises originally planned for later this year. Spain may also send fighter jets to Bulgaria, where the Dutch government is sending F-35s, while, according to military analyst Gustav Gressel, senior policy fellow at… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Shopify Inc. plunged by the most since March 2020 after a report that the Canadian e-commerce company terminated contracts with several warehouse and fulfillment partners. Most Read from Bloomberg Its U.S.-traded shares closed down 14% on Friday to the lowest level since September 2020 on high trading volume after the business publication Insider said Shopify was expected to have about half of its previous capacity for e-commerce orders for merchants, once changes are… Source link

The physicist Richard Feynman once told a story about his father taking him out in the woods to observe nature. Feynman saw a bird and asked what it was called. His father said the name was irrelevant—it was only important to see how a bird behaved if you wanted to learn about it. I have a hard time remembering names, which is one of the reasons I became a physicist and not a physician, as my mother wanted. Maybe this is why I have a hard time understanding… Source link

Google Cloud is pulling the plug on its G Suite legacy free edition that dates to 2006 after preventing new users from signing up for it in December 2012. The free offering no longer will be available starting July 1, and current users must upgrade to a paid subscription for the newer Google Workspace by May 1 to maintain their accounts and services, according to the cloud provider. Formerly Google Apps, G Suite was rebranded as Google Workspace with an expanded set of cloud-based… Source link

(Bloomberg Law) — MicroStrategy Inc. can’t strip out Bitcoin’s wild swings from the unofficial accounting measures it touts to investors, the SEC said. Most Read from Bloomberg Bad news for the MicroStrategy was compounded as the company’s shares fell as much as 20% Friday, the biggest intraday collapse since Feb. 23. Its stock closed at $375.89, down nearly 18%. Bitcoin also tumbled, and was down more than 7% around 4:15 p.m. in New York. The enterprise software maker, which said in… Source link

By Matthew Perlman (January 21, 2022, 5:08 PM EST) — Amid debate among U.S. lawmakers over legislation that would bar large technology platforms from favoring their own products and services, Russia’s antitrust watchdog has entered a settlement with internet giant Yandex requiring the company to end similar practices. The Federal Antimonopoly Service said in a statement issued on Wednesday in Russian that Yandex has agreed to a settlement ending the agency’s case against it, alleging… Source link

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Netflix plunges, weighs on Disney, media stocks * S&P 500, Nasdaq have biggest weekly drops since March 2020 * Focus turning to Fed meeting for clarity on policy * Indexes down: Dow 1.3%, S&P 1.89%, Nasdaq 2.72% (Updates with further market data) By Lewis Krauskopf, Shreyashi Sanyal and Bansari Mayur Kamdar Jan 21 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes ended sharply lower on Friday as… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) plunged by over 10% to below $40,000 on Friday, with the rest of the cryptocurrency market following suit as risk aversion created a downdraft for markets, ahead of the Federal Reserve’s widely telegraphed plans to raise interest rates. With Russia’s move to ban crypto assets lighting the fuse of the latest plunge, Bitcoin’s price moves have become closely linked to technology shares, which have slumped on rate hike fears. On Friday, the Nasdaq tumbled deeper into… Source link