Yahoo News

Volatility, and descending trends, that’s the path the markets are taking these days. While the usual headwinds are all in play, the chief worry now is coming from Eastern Europe. Will Russia invade, or won’t it? A shooting conflict, involving a superpower, taking place in one of Europe’s most agriculturally productive and mineral-rich countries, has huge potential for political and economic fallout, enough to keep pundits and market watchers awake at night. But an in-depth analysis of… Source link

Things turned ugly immediately after No. 15 Wisconsin’s 77-63 victory over Michigan on Sunday. In the postgame handshake line, Michigan coach Juwan Howard and Wisconsin coach Greg Gard got into a verbal altercation that turned physical when both teams convened near the scorer’s table. Howard was upset that Gard called a timeout in the final minute of the game when Wisconsin held a big lead. Howard said something to Gard as they shook hands. Gard grabbed Howard with his left hand to stop… Source link

Remi Lindholm of Finland admitted to suffering a frozen penis after the shortened 50 km mass start race at the Beijing Olympics. (Credit: LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER / GETTY IMAGES). The Olympics are always filled with interesting, heartwarming and sometimes bizarre storylines. On Saturday, Finnish cross-country skier Remi Lindholm suffered a frozen penis during the men’s 50-kilometre mass start race in Zhangjiakou. “You can guess which body part was a little bit frozen when I finished,” he… Source link

Serena, 40, and Venus Williams, 41, graced the cover of March Harper’s Bazaar wearing black one-piece bathing suits and with their melanin dripping in Cartier jewelry. The tennis champions modeled an assortment of fashionable high-end ensembles that Serena posted on her Instagram grid.   The Williams sisters spoke with the magazine about their careers, father Richard Williams, and their plans to retire from playing tennis. “From such a young age, all we’ve done is work,” Venus, 41,… Source link

Now that Tom Brady has been retired for a few weeks, the inevitable stories of discord and disharmony between him and Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians have started to bubble up. According to tweets from former NFL player and current sports radio host Rich Ohrnberger, Arians and Brady’s relationship was “souring” partly because of disputes between the two and offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich over game plans. “Heard some interesting things recently… The Tom Brady and Bruce… Source link

YANQING, China — Mikaela Shiffrin spent her darkest moments of a dark Olympics staring into a spotlight. At the base of the “Ice River,” the ski slope that felled her, again and again, she’d hop from one television camera to the next, and bare her soul. She’d laugh and cry and probe, searching for proper words, exploring the intricacies of failure. Many people would rather anguish in private. Shiffrin, who anguished more than most at these Games, broadcast her emotional… Source link

Along with being expected to start a rate hike cycle in March, the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to stop purchasing assets to add to its $9 trillion balance sheet. And while multiple rate hikes seems to be largely factored into the stock market, winding down the balance sheet — i.e., start selling assets into the market as opposed to buying — is a less understood variable. “When… the most reliable buyer with its own printing press and an incredible willingness to buy – when they… Source link

Friday, another round of jaw-dropping stock sell-offs after earnings announcements hit the tape, when Roku (ROKU) stock plunged 23% and DraftKings (DKNG) cratered 22% — the second-worst one-day performance for both stocks. Nightmare earnings reactions have been a theme this quarter, as investors seize on concerns over slowing growth prospects for companies over a wide range of industries. Combined with an increasingly hawkish Federal Reserve and a potential land war in Europe, investors are… Source link

In addition to the severe sanctions that Joe Biden has promised, the White House says it’s ready to deploy another economic weapon if Vladimir Putin goes ahead with his planned invasion of Ukraine. That weapon, the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), allows the Biden administration to ban foreign and domestic companies from exporting products like high-tech semiconductors to Russia. Many questions remain about how effective the rule would be at penalizing Russia. However, the U.S. has… Source link

BEIJING — Jessie Diggins brought home the United States’ 25th and final medal of the 2022 Olympic Games, winning silver in the grueling 30km mass start cross-country race while fighting off both exhaustion and the after-effects of food poisoning. “That might have been the best race of my entire life, I’m not going to lie,” she said after collapsing at the finish. “It was also maybe the hardest race of my whole life.” The final event in the Games’ Zhangjiakou mountain cluster, the… Source link