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Ford says it will spend $30 billion to fuel its electric vehicle future

TipRanks Nio vs. Tesla: Investors on the Fence The race for global EV supremacy is on, and growth investors have quite the range of options to choose from in the EV sector. The adoption of EVs is set to continue to accelerate over time. The EV sector is expected to grow at a CAGR of 29% from 2021 to 2026. As such, growth investors have flocked to both Tesla (TSLA) and Nio (NIO) as the beneficiaries of this incredible growth catalyst. Now, the question most investors have on their minds is:… Source link

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Home prices will fall and ’cause some pain’

Bloomberg Old-School Tycoons of Hong Kong Are Losing to China’s Moguls (Bloomberg) — The prediction was vintage Jack Ma, as provocative as it was prescient.“This is the era of the internet,” the Chinese billionaire proclaimed in October 2013, just weeks after his plan to take Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. public in Hong Kong had been scuttled by regulators. “It no longer belongs to Li Ka-shing.”Ma’s dig at the famed Hong Kong tycoon raised plenty of eyebrows at the time, but few… Source link

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Bitcoin breaks above $40,000 as market rallies

‘Bitcoin prices continue to recover from their recent hangover,’ said one expert. Photo: Getty Images Cryptocurrencies are continuing to recover from the weekend sell-off, with bitcoin crossing the $40,000 (£28,258) mark. It still remains far from its record-high of $63,000 though, which it hit earlier this year. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was up 4.2% to trade at $40,500 on Wednesday morning. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, was up roughly 9.4%, trading at $2,896…. Source link

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Bitcoin edges back from $40,000 as volatility lingers

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bitcoin climbed back above $40,000 on Wednesday for the first time this week, before edging off its highs, as recent volatility in the cryptocurrency market showed few signs of dampening down.    Bitcoin jumped as much as 6.5% to $40,904, before easing back to around $38,797 at 11:45 a.m. Eastern time. Smaller coins, which tend to rise and fall with the largest cryptocurrency, also gained, with ether climbing more than 7.5% to above $2,915 earlier in the… Source link

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Luka Doncic legend grows with 2-0 lead over Clippers

The NBA playoffs often birth several familiar scenes. The Clippers being the Clippers. Chris Paul getting hurt. And now, Luka Doncic is entering the consciousness of certainties we’ll expect in postseasons to come, following yet another demolishing of the favored Los Angeles Clippers to take a 2-0 lead headed back to Dallas.  He used the Clippers as the perfect canvas for a sterling performance on the road, giving it to whomever wanted a piece of him and every which way, scoring 39 with seven… Source link

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Lakers’ Anthony Davis kicks Jae Crowder in groin

It didn’t take long for Game 2 of the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns to get weird. One minute into the first quarter, Anthony Davis failed to connect on a jump shot. Further review, however, showed his foot, which he had kicked out to draw a foul, had connected somewhere else: Add that to the list of reasons the NBA should crack down on unnatural shooting motions this offseason. Here’s another angle: Watching that, you would probably assume that it was a foul. And yes, it… Source link

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Lakers hold off Suns; Clippers down 0-2 to Mavs

Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NBA playoff tracker, your daily one-stop shop for all the latest game results from each NBA playoff series. Here’s a look at Tuesday’s games. Clippers lose again as Mavericks return home up 2-0 Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks are returning home with a 2-0 series lead after defeating the Los Angeles Clippers 127-121 on Tuesday night at Staples Center. Doncic finished with 39 points, seven assists and seven rebounds as the Clippers had nothing defensively to slow… Source link

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Evan Fournier has words with Kevin Durant during Celtics-Nets Game 2 – Yahoo Sports

Associated Press Never any doubt: Cambage all-in for Australia at Tokyo Games In the end, there appeared to be never any doubt WNBA star Liz Cambage would suit up for her third Olympics for Australia. Cambage was included Wednesday in the 12-women Opals team for the Tokyo Games, ending an earlier saga in which she first threatened to boycott the games but later changed her mind. Two-time Olympian Jenna O’Hea will captain the squad and Rio Olympians Katie Ebzery, Cayla George, Tessa Lavey,… Source link

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NBA fines Mavs’ Kristaps Porzingis $50K for attending club

The NBA fined Dallas Mavericks center Kristaps Porzingis $50,000 on Tuesday after he apparently went to a club in Los Angeles after their first playoff win on Saturday. Porzingis, the league said, attended a club on Sunday — one day after Dallas beat the Los Angeles Clippers 113-106 in Game 1 of their opening round playoff series at the Staples Center. According to NBA rules, players are prohibited “from going into any bar, club, lounge or similar establishment, regardless of the player’s… Source link

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Tiger Woods sheds walking boot in rare public appearance alongside young athlete with cancer

Tiger Woods has understandably kept a low profile since the February car crash that left him with substantial leg injuries. He’s made social media appearances, including a congratulatory tweet to his old rival Phil Mickelson for his PGA Championship victory on Sunday. But until this week, he’s only been known to show himself in public once — an April photo on crutches that he shared on Instagram.  On Monday, a new photo of Woods surfaced on social media. This one he didn’t provide. It was… Source link

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