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Even in a sweep, Nikola Jokic‘s MVP season ended earlier than expected. With his team down 3-0 in the Western Conference semifinals, the Denver Nuggets star was ejected from Game 4 for a flagrant 2 foul. Jokic received the foul for a hard blow to the face of Suns guard Cameron Payne, which was deemed to have “wind-up, impact and follow-through.” It would prove to be Jokic’s final play of the season: NBA replay center head Jason Phillips told the TNT broadcast that Jokic’s hit met the criteria… Source link

In its latest Monthly Oil Report, the IEA called on OPEC+ to increase production in order to counter higher demand in 2022. The agency claimed that, based on current global economic growth expectations, demand for crude oil and petroleum products will be reaching pre-COVID levels by 2022. The Paris-based energy watchdog, which has come under fire after its shocking Net-Zero by 2050 report called for no more investments in oil and gas, stated that “OPEC+ needs to open the taps to keep the… Source link

In the past few years, we’ve seen six ESG megatrends on the rise with trillions of dollars being invested into them, from cloud computing and clean water, to finance, resource efficiency and the mega of ESG megatrends–EVs. If 2020 was the year that broke the ESG bank. This year, and next, might see investors start to reap the rewards of Biden’s ultimate “green presidency”. In March, Biden unveiled a $2.3-trillion infrastructure plan. On Earth Day, Biden pledged to half U.S. greenhouse… Source link

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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