Fran Drescher is weighing in on Scarlett Johansson’s highly publicized lawsuit against Disney (DIS). The actress, producer and recently appointed SAG-AFTRA president joined Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit to discuss fair actor pay amid the streaming boom and how she’s approached her decisions as union president after first stepping into the role in September 2021. “It is an interesting time — it was and remained so,” Drescher said, revealing that her biggest challenge was trying to unite… Source link

A new video by Inspired by Iceland pushes back against experiencing life through the “metaverse,” as described by Mark Zuckerberg during Facebook’s rebranding to Meta on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wall Street is bracing for disaster in online advertising. Following disappointing results from Snap last week and a 28% plunge in the stock price that sent the company’s value to its lowest since early 2019, investors are now turning their attention to ad giants… Source link

U.S. stocks started the week wavering as Wall Street awaits earnings from the market’s biggest players. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) edged higher 0.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) ticked up 0.5%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) slid by nearly 0.1% at the open. Treasury yields retreated after a relentless climb last week that saw the 10-year note temporarily hit a 14-year high above 4.3%. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that some Federal Reserve officials… Source link

We are starting to get a little data on this season of NHL hockey. Now, I am still looking at team numbers combining last season and this season. It’s too early to get a sense of penalty kills or how many shots a defense is going to give up. Pieces fall into place, though, and then we get a look at this puzzle. There are six NHL games Monday night. Here are some players to target, and to avoid, for your DFS lineups. GOALIE Jake Oettinger, DAL at OTT ($34): There was not an obvious target for… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, October 22, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Brian Sozzi, an editor-at-large and anchor at Yahoo Finance. Follow Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn. Read this and more market news on the go with Yahoo Finance App. Each Saturday, I have rituals of sorts. First, I do two workouts — one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Two, I… Source link

The NBA starts off the week with eight games on the schedule Monday. The 76ers, who are surprisingly 0-3 to begin the year, will try to get their first win of the season when they host the Pacers. The Trail Blazers will put their undefeated 3-0 record on the line when they host the Nuggets. In terms of potentially high-scoring games, the matchup between the Jazz and Rockets could end up being a doozy. After sifting through all of the options on Yahoo, here are some players to consider for… Source link

The opposition research group American Bridge is gearing up to track a whopping 21 possible candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, according to a document provided to Yahoo News. The Democrats’ largest opposition research group, which tracks stunning candidate comments and monitors the expansive world of conservative media, has hired a new presidential research director and a squad of more than a dozen researchers as it gets ready for the 2024 race, which is expected… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Stocks in Europe pared gains and US futures turned lower as a rout in Chinese shares weighed on global equities. Treasury yields fell and the dollar gained. Most Read from Bloomberg The Stoxx Europe 600 Index held an advance of about 0.6% after rising as much as 1.4% at the open. Prosus NV slumped more than 11%, while basic resources and energy stocks weighed on the benchmark amid a fall in crude oil and gas prices. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fluctuated before… Source link

The news: Google is putting ads in the hands of Chrome users with a new hub called My Ad Center. Accessible from every ad across Google’s ecosystem from search to YouTube, the ad center allows users to modify their experience on Chrome in several ways. According to Google, users can: Block ads on sensitive topics like weight loss; Choose to see fewer ads from irrelevant categories (like muting vacation ads after returning home from a trip) and which to see more of (like holiday or sneaker… Source link

Beating up on the Carolina Panthers wouldn’t have proven that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were back, but it was a good spot for them to blow out a bad opponent and get some confidence. Well, now what? If the Buccaneers don’t look good and loses to the 1-5 rebuilding, fire-sale Panthers, then where’s their season heading? The Bucs were somehow shut out in the first half against the Panthers. It’s the second time in seven games this season the Bucs have been scoreless in the first half. They were… Source link