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WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Memphis, TennesseeTPC Southwind – Par 70 – 7,277 yardsField – 78 entrantsPurse – $10.5M The Preview A lack of firepower in the field at last week’s 3M Open allowed Michael Thompson to pick up his first win on the PGA Tour since 2013, but the condensed schedule now heats up for the home stretch as TPC Southwind hosts an exclusive 78-man, no-cut structure for the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational ahead of 2020’s first major at TPC Harding Park next week. The… Source link

Stocks were higher amid an eventful Wednesday, during which Big Tech executives began testifying before Congress and the Federal Open Market Committee will release its July monetary policy statement. A host of quarterly corporate earnings results also continued to flow. Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook, Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google-parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai began their appearance before the House Judiciary Committee shortly after… Source link

While President Trump on Tuesday touted improvements in the coronavirus pandemic in the hard-hit Sun Belt states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that nine of the nation’s top 10 growing hot spots are in Florida and Texas, according to an internal government document obtained by Yahoo News.  The CDC document, a daily update on the coronavirus, identifies counties that are “areas of concern,” because cases are “high and still growing.” Five of the top 10… Source link

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Forget Spotify’s second quarter earnings release out Wednesday for just a second. Perhaps more riveting — and important to investors in red-hot Spotify shares — are some of the early estimates starting to trickle in from the sell-side on the financial impact of Joe Rogan’s upcoming podcast on the platform. Spotify (SPOT) inked a deal for the Joe Rogan Experience back in mid-May for a rumored $100 million. The controversial Rogan — who has north of 8 million YouTube subscribers and… Source link

Welcome back! It’s been over four months since we’ve been able to partake in some NBA DFS action. While we only have a limited two-game slate Thursday, there is still money to be won. Let’s discuss some players to target and avoid as you craft your entry. GUARDS Donovan Mitchell, UTA at NO ($31): The Pelicans are by far the worst defensive team on this slate, allowing an average of 117 points per game. That should make the Jazz a popular team to stack with Mitchell among the best options. He’s… Source link

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Yahoo Sports is previewing all 32 teams as we get ready for the NFL season, counting down the teams one per weekday in reverse order of our initial 2020 power rankings. No. 1 will be revealed on Aug. 5.  (Yahoo Sports graphics by Paul Rosales) More Dak Prescott bet on himself by playing on the franchise tag and not accepting a long-term deal from the Dallas Cowboys. Before delving into the exact finances, it made football sense too. The Cowboys might have the best offense outside of Kansas City… Source link

The number of Americans flying has cratered in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but some airlines are going above and beyond in trying to make the experience less stressful as possible. In teasing out which airlines might be best to fly with in 2020, travel site The Points Guy is back with their airline ranking this year with slight modifications in methodology to include booking flexibility, health policies and plane cleanliness. “This year we just felt we needed to throw everything… Source link

A video that made false claims about the coronavirus received tens of millions of views and amplification from President Donald Trump when it went viral on Monday — until Facebook and Twitter removed it from their platforms. The incident illustrates a flaw in how social media companies police misinformation, tech mogul and philanthropist Bill Gates told Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer on Tuesday. Gates, a top backer of global public health initiatives and co-founder of Microsoft (