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U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday, surrendering all of the gains from a post-jobs report rally ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend. The S&P 500 shed 1.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by the same margin, or about 340 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq logged the biggest slide of the major averages, capping the session down 1.3%. The losses came after a rally earlier in the day suggested some investor optimism that a more modest 0.50% interest rate hike could be coming from the… Source link

So you’re looking for a new iPhone or Apple Watch and figure Labor Day weekend is the best chance to score some good deals and save a few bucks. Please don’t do that, dear reader. This is the worst time to buy a new Apple (AAPL) device because the company is set to host its annual iPhone event on Sept. 7. The company is widely expected to reveal a slew of new iPhones and Apple Watches. It’s not just that Apple is rolling out new devices in a matter of days. Even if you don’t want to snag… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc., determined to reduce the size of its sprawling delivery operation amid slowing sales growth, has abandoned dozens of existing and planned facilities around the US, according to a closely watched consulting firm. Most Read from Bloomberg MWPVL International Inc., which tracks Amazon’s real-estate footprint, estimates the company has either shuttered or killed plans to open 42 facilities totaling almost 25 million square feet of usable space. The company has… Source link

The College Football Playoff is finally going to expand. After months of inaction, the playoff committee said Friday that it is set to expand the four-team playoff to 12 teams in 2026. According to multiple reports, it’s not out of the realm of possibility the playoff could expand to 12 teams in either 2024 or 2025. The College Football Playoff has been four teams since it was introduced ahead of the 2014 season. If it doesn’t expand before 2026 and remains at four for the next four seasons,… Source link

Imagine the fantasy football season is a golf tournament. Today I’m your caddy, looking to give you confidence, good aim, and plenty of swing thoughts. But you’re going to be the one splitting the fairway, wearing out the greens, and sinking those clutch putts. This piece is aimed with the best general advice I can offer as we head into the busiest fantasy weekend of the year. I also published a piece which is more about specific players; this run is more about general strategy. Meet me… Source link

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh isn’t down with younger generations’ quiet quitting tactics. Basically, the former Boston mayor said, workers need to figure it out with their employers. “Certainly, as the City of Boston mayor, if I had a situation where I had people taking a step back in working for me, I would address it as an employer,” Walsh said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “I would go over and talk to them and find out what the issue is and what the situations are and have those… Source link

Immortal Redneck is really not a great title for a game—in fact, I would argue it’s actively bad. The game itself is not, though, and it’s also free on GOG (opens in new tab) for the next few days, which means that if you don’t want to take my word for it, you’ve got absolutely nothing to lose but 7 GB of storage space by trying it out for yourself. The setup is silly: A local yokel takes a vacation to Egypt, then crashes his dune buggy (which he brought with him, of course) and wakes up… Source link

The Yahoo Fantasy Football crew — Andy, Scott, Dalton and Matt — is identifying the specific players who have the widest range of outcomes this NFL season. Who could be a massive fantasy star — and who could never take off at all? Andy Behrens: If things break right for Trey Lance and he emerges as an impossible dual-threat riddle with elite receiving options at his disposal, then he can definitely challenge for QB1 status. In the two games he started last season, Lance had 24 rush… Source link

Special to Yahoo Sports The 2022-23 fantasy hockey season is still a ways away, but now’s the time to start getting familiar with every team’s roster, and what better way to do that than to look at their offseason moves? Below, you’ll find a rundown of all the most fantasy relevant trades and signings that could impact drafters this season. The Trades Matthew Tkachuk to Florida, Jonathan Huberdeau & Mackenzie Weegar to Calgary This was easily the biggest move of the summer. A player in… Source link

Maybe Kelce qualifies more as an over-valued fantasy player than the harshly termed “bust,” but he’ll soon be 33 years old and is clearly in the decline phase of his career — yet being drafted as a top-20 pick. Kelce’s yards per route run have decreased nearly 20 percent over the last three seasons with Tyreek Hill off the field, and Kansas City added JuJu Smith-Schuster to play the slot during the offseason. Kelce is being drafted higher than Mark Andrews, who’s six years… Source link