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We have a fairly quiet night ahead of us Wednesday in the NBA with only six games on the schedule. Still, there are some great options to pursue for your Yahoo entries. Let’s highlight some of the players to target at varies salary points, as well as a few to possibly avoid. GUARDS Damian Lillard, POR vs. NO ($50): Lillard put forth a performance for the ages when these two teams met Tuesday, recording 50 points and 10 assists on his way to 68.2 Yahoo points. That came on the heels of him… Source link

An Aldi customer has taken a stance against excessive plastic packaging, removing her groceries from the wrappers and leaving behind a giant pile of plastic on the supermarket’s packing bench. The UK customer, known only as Jackie, attached a statement to the store window and shared images of her protest to a Facebook group called ‘Overheard in Aldi’, attracting over 1400 comments. The customer deamnded a ‘radical rethink’ on Aldi’s plastic policy. Source: Facebook “Dear Aldi manager, I… Source link

I hope you had a nice St. Patrick’s Day. Now, it’s time to put the green hats away and finish off that leftover corned beef. There are 10 games on the NHL slate Thursday. You have a lot of options for your daily fantasy lineup. Here are some of the guys I would want to employ, and some folks I would eschew for this evening. GOALIE Jake Oettinger, DAL at DET ($30): Oettinger has been getting most of the starts recently, and with the way he’s playing that makes sense. He has a 2.16 GAA and .917… Source link

Vanessa Bryant has made public disturbing allegations against four Los Angeles police officers who are claimed to have taken and shared disturbing images of the aftermath of the helicopter crash which claimed the life of her husband Kobe and seven others. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) In an Instagram post Wednesday, Vanessa Bryant named four Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies who allegedly took and shared unauthorised graphic photos… Source link

Pinduoduo founder Colin Huang The founder of high-flying Chinese e-commerce group Pinduoduo has stepped down unexpectedly as chairman. Colin Huang is China’s seventh richest person and is worth more than $50bn from his stake in the online firm. Mr Huang’s exit comes as Pinduoduo overtook rival tech giants JD.com and Alibaba with 788m annual active buyers on its platform last year. But his company has been criticised for its work culture following the death of two employees recently. Mr Huang will… Source link

Woolworths has been forced to change the name of a type of raw chicken wing sold in their supermarkets after it was labelled as “disrespectful” to Aboriginal people. A type of the supermarket’s Macro Wholefoods Market free range wing pieces – which are wing pieces of chicken with the wing tips cut off – had previously been called “Boomerang Wings”.  The name caught the eye of a shopper on Saturday who pointed out in a post on Twitter that naming the chicken pieces after the Aboriginal throw… Source link

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry left their 108-94 win over the Houston Rockets early on Wednesday night after taking a brutal fall on his tailbone. Curry was ruled out with a tailbone contusion and did not return after his fall in the third quarter at the Toyota Center. Curry stumbles after missed 3-pointer Curry, in the final seconds of the third quarter, missed a 3-point shot at the wing and stumbled backward. As he was trying to catch his balance, Curry backpedaled off the court and… Source link

Both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones average have closed at record highs, and the NASDAQ has reversed the brief foray it took into correction territory in the second week of March. The market gains reflect several factors: relief that the $1.9 trillion COVID aid bill passed Congress and was signed by the President; a general optimism that the ongoing vaccination program will allow a normal economic environment sooner rather than later; and a growing sense that recent inflationary indicators… Source link

In a series of Instagram posts, Vanessa Bryant released names of officers who allegedly took photos of the crash and then “boasted” about and shared them with others. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Vanessa Bryant named four Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies who allegedly took and shared unauthorized graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, daughter and seven others. Bryant posted images of lawsuit documents she filed against Los… Source link

TipRanks 3 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding at Least 8%; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ Do you like roller coasters? According to Deutsche Bank, we’re looking at some roller coaster volatility for the next few months, with near-term gains likely, followed by a Q2 retreat, and second-half gains. The firm expects share values to fall in the next three months, perhaps by as much as 5% to 10%, for several reasons laid out by the firm’s strategist Binky Chadha. “The more front-loaded the impact of the… Source link