It appears fans did not feel like watching most of Monday’s College Football Playoff title game between Georgia and TCU, and it’s difficult to blame them. The 65-7 show of force from Georgia on its way to a second consecutive national championship drew only 17.223 million viewers for ESPN’s family of channels, according to Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal. That number reportedly makes the Bulldogs’ win the least-watched college football title game since the beginning of the BCS in… Source link

Wells Fargo (WFC) Wells Fargo announced it will create a more focused home lending business. The bank’s move comes amid with a stagnant housing market. Mortgage rates above 6.5% have put a damper on lending for property purchases and refinance agreements. Home mortgages is an industry in which Wells Fargo has been a dominant player. “Mortgage is an important relationship product, and our goal is to continue to be the primary mortgage lender to Wells Fargo bank customers as well as minority… Source link

JPMorgan (JPM) Chief Executive Jamie Dimon minces no words when it comes to his views on cryptocurrencies. The Wall Street boss, who in September famously called the digital tokens “decentralized Ponzi schemes” at a regulatory hearing, again reiterated his criticism of crypto assets during an interview with Fox Business Network. “I called it a decentralized Ponzi scheme because people were just hyping it – hyping it, and hyping it – and they’ll write tons of books on this, the… Source link

BLACKPINK playing Coachella dance tent in 2019. (Photo: Timothy Norris/Getty Images for Coachella) The lineup for this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — North America’s largest music fest, with 125,000 attendees per day — has finally been announced. And it’s a historic bill, the most diverse to date: For the first time since the festival launched in 1999, a Latin music artist and a K-pop act will be headlining. Those headliners, Puerto Rican trap/reggaeton superstar… Source link

Android could soon let you convert physical SIM cards and import eSIM profiles Google just began distributing its Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2 release, giving Pixel fans a glimpse of things to come in the March Feature Drop. In addition to 31 new emoji and a feature that lets you force-theme icons on your home screen, this latest version contains code that hints at major quality of life improvements for Android’s eSIM experience. According to Mishaal Rahman of… Source link

The green transition could spur huge economic gains as the world looks to curb climate change, a new report finds. A study from Oxford Economics and Arup estimated that green industries could add $10.3 trillion to the world’s economy — or 5.2% of global GDP — by 2050 under a net-zero scenario. The report made the case that governments and businesses, under increasing pressure from costly climate-related weather events, may begin to see a rapid transition away from fossil fuels as a net… Source link

Netflix (NFLX) stock rose nearly 4% on Tuesday after Goldman Sachs boosted its estimates for the streaming giant amid a weakening U.S. dollar, extending a recent winning streak for shares of the streaming giant. “In just the last quarter, the FX landscape has changed dramatically with the [U.S. dollar] performance having a stark reversal in the last three months,” Goldman Sachs analyst Eric Sheridan wrote in a new note to clients. Sheridan notes the dollar index is down about 7% since… Source link

OpturaDesign/Shutterstock Have you ever asked Google Assistant a question and then wanted to immediately ask a follow-up question, only to have to start again from the beginning? For example, that might look like this: Hey, Google, who does Miles Turner play for? Hey, Google, how tall is Miles Turner? Hey, Google, how old is Miles Turner? It works fine. However, what if you wanted that to be more conversational, like this: Hey, Google, who does Miles Turner play for? How tall is he? How old is… Source link

Pascal Siakam and the Toronto Raptors host the Charlotte Hornets at 7:30 p.m. ET Tuesday night. Tuesday brings a seven-game slate in the NBA that is filled with injuries. The Heat will take on the Thunder in Miami, but the statuses of both Bam Adebayo (hand) and Tyler Herro (knee) are uncertain. The Suns have a tough matchup on the road against the Warriors, which will be made even more difficult with Devin Booker (groin) and Chris Paul (hip) out. Finally, Luka Doncic (ankle) is… Source link

The volatility in the used car market rolled on in 2022, but there might be some relief for car buyers coming this year. The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index (MUVVI) for the month of December posted a 0.8% increase in auto prices month over month, however it dropped a whopping 14.9% year over year, the largest annualized price decline ever in the 26-year history of the index. That being said, December’s index rating of 219.3 is still much higher than pre-pandemic levels, when the 2019… Source link