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Stock Futures Are Off to Positive Start Ahead of Monday’s Session

After finishing last week on a high note, with the S&P 500 back in record territory and posting its third week in a row of gains, all eyes are on the Fed. The S&P 500 finished last week at 4,247.44, a gain of more than 8% on the day and up slightly for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, meanwhile, closed higher on Friday but declined slightly for the week. S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq futures are all trading slightly in the green in early evening on Sunday, as is the oil price. DeMark… Source link

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World leaders issue call to China

As Scott Morrison fronted the media to tout a “rather unique opportunity” for a trilateral meeting with his US and UK counterparts during the G7 leaders summit, the first question from a journalist came as no surprise.  “That is not a usual opportunity,” the Australian prime minister said of the three-way discussions, his first in-person meeting with the new US president, Joe Biden.  But there was one word on everyone’s mind.  “How many times did the word China come into the trilateral… Source link

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Will Barton, Monte Morris to start for Nuggets vs. Suns

DENVER — The Denver Nuggets intend to shake things up heading into Game 4 against the Phoenix Suns by inserting guards Will Barton and Monte Morris into the starting lineup, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Consistent scoring in the first unit has been problematic all series long. Phoenix is up 3-0 in the Western Conference semifinals round with a chance to close the series out Sunday night on the road. Barton returned from a hamstring injury in Game 2 after being sidelined since April 23…. Source link

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Bucks rout Nets after Kyrie Irving’s ankle injury

The Milwaukee Bucks finally looked like the Milwaukee Bucks in dominating the second half of Game 4 to take a 107-96 win over the Brooklyn Nets and even the Eastern Conference semifinals series at 2-2.  Giannis Antetokounmpo outdueled the Nets’ Kevin Durant after Kyrie Irving was ruled out for the remainder of the game with a right ankle sprain. Antetokounmpo scored 34 points and had 12 rebounds. Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday got comfortable and scored 19 and 14 points,… Source link

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The first six ‘Final Fantasy’ games are getting ‘pixel perfect’ remakes

While this isn’t quite the same attention paid to more recent Final Fantasy remakes, Square Enix is giving the first six games in the RPG series a ‘pixel remaster’ treatment. At the company’s E3 presentation, it announced that these pixel-perfect editions would land on mobile platforms and Steam. Other details, however, were scarce.  This should help set expectations: this isn’t another FFVII Remake. Games like Final Fantasy VI could benefit from a refreshed edition — its Steam iteration… Source link

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Novak Djokovic’s gift to young fan could be lucrative

The happiest person at the French Open on Sunday might not have been newly crowned men’s champion Novak Djokovic.  A young fan displayed an even more exuberant smile after receiving a one-of-a-kind souvenir.  Moments after rallying from a two-set deficit to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas and secure his 19th major title, Djokovic generously gifted his match-used racket to a boy in the first row of the stands. The boy clutched the racket with both hands and jumped up and down in a mixture of… Source link

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Bitcoin Jumps After Musk Says Tesla Will Use When Mining Cleaner

(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin jumped above $39,000 after Elon Musk said Tesla Inc. would resume transactions with the cryptocurrency when mining is done with more clean energy. The transactions will start back up “when there’s confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend.” Musk also reiterated the electric-car maker had sold about 10% of its Bitcoin holdings to demonstrate the token’s liquidity. His tweet was in reply to a report in Cointelegraph,… Source link

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How Joe Biden’s visit differed from Donald Trump’s tea with the Queen

Watch: President Biden, first lady meet Queen Elizabeth II Joe Biden has become the 13th president to have a one on one with the Queen after the monarch invited him and his wife, Jill, for tea at Windsor Castle. The Bidens visit follows the G7 summit in Cornwall, where the Queen first met them on Friday evening, during a drinks reception held by the Royal Family at the Eden Project. He is the fourth US president in recent times to have met the Queen at Windsor Castle, instead of Buckingham… Source link

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Kyler Murray explains why he’s not a Cowboys fan

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is Texas born and raised, but those roots don’t extend to Dallas Cowboys fandom.  Murray didn’t hold back when explaining why he wasn’t a fan.  “They were always ass,” Murray told reporters at a Sports Illustrated release of his magazine cover (h/t Blogging the Boys).  Murray said he was a fan of the Minnesota Vikings as a kid.  Cowboys during Kyler Murray’s lifetime  Murray was born in 1997 and attended Allen High School north of Dallas. He went to… Source link

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French Open 2021:

Novak Djokovic came back from two sets down to win his second French Open title and 19th overall Grand Slam on Sunday in Paris.  Djokovic, the established veteran, defeated up-and-coming Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Djokovic is now the third male player to win at least two times at each of the four Grand Slam tournaments and the first in the Open Era. He won his only previous French Open in 2016.  The Serbian is one major away from Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer’s… Source link

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