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Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams could be leaving Norman. Williams, a five-star recruit who starred for the Sooners in 2021 as a true freshman, announced Monday that he will put his name into the NCAA transfer portal. Williams said remaining at Oklahoma is an option but he also plans to communicate with other schools. “I think we all come to college to find our own path and prepare for the future. I came to Oklahoma with a game plan, but with all of the recent changes, I need to figure… Source link

When Democrats passed one year of an expanded Child Tax Credit within the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, many of the credit’s supporters hoped it would become permanent. White House economic adviser Heather Boushey called the tax credit a “basic benefit” when speaking to Yahoo Finance in March as the relief package was becoming law. She predicted the overall package “will cut child poverty in half this year in no small part, due to this expansion of the Child Tax Credit.” That… Source link

A federal jury has said it has failed to reach a unanimous verdict on three of 11 counts in the criminal case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who was accused of defrauding patients and investors in a blood-testing startup once valued at $9 billion. During a proceeding Monday where Holmes was present, both her attorneys and prosecutors agreed that Judge Edward Davila could bring in jurors so he could read a jury instruction encouraging deadlocked jurors to continue… Source link

The Tennessee Titans could be getting one of their biggest offensive weapons back on the field in time for the playoffs.  Titans head coach Mike Vrabel said on Monday that running back Derrick Henry is close to returning from injured reserve, and they’ll discuss opening his three-week return window in just a couple of days.  The Titans lost Henry to a foot injury midway through their Week 8 game against the Indianapolis Colts. Henry went in for foot surgery just a day after the game, which… Source link

Apple (AAPL) officially has a market capitalization of $3 trillion. The tech giant passed the $182.86 mark Monday, making it the first publicly traded company in history to hit such a market valuation. Shares were bouncing above and below the number during the day. Apple’s rise to a $3 trillion market cap, which is based on its stock price, comes less than two years after its market cap hit $2 trillion. Microsoft (MSFT) is also potentially on its way to the $3 trillion mark after topping $2… Source link

U.S. stocks opened near record highs on Monday, as investors built on momentum from last week into at least the first session of the new year. The S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq each advanced.  U.S. equities posted another year of solid gains in 2021, rising by 27% and delivering a rare third consecutive double-digit annual percentage increase. Within the S&P 500, the energy and real estate sectors outperformed, gaining more than 42% each during the year for these sectors’ best annual gains on… Source link

The Minnesota Vikings‘ season, for all intents and purposes, came to an end with Sunday night’s loss in Green Bay. One might naturally assume that the Vikings’ Week 18 game against another dead team walking, the Chicago Bears, might be used to evaluate some young players with the 2022 season in mind. Namely third-round QB Kellen Mond, right? Wrong. At least as far as head coach Mike Zimmer is concerned. Asked after the Week 17 game whether Mond might get an extended look in the season finale,… Source link

The story behind Antonio Brown‘s bizarre exit from Sunday’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers game keeps getting weirder. According to a new report, an injury may have prompted the entire incident. The wide receiver made a grand departure during the second half of the Bucs’ road win against the New York Jets, dramatically stripping off his gear and throwing his undershirt into the crowd before waving, jumping around in the end zone, and then hitting the locker room. From there he reportedly left the… Source link

A strong year of performance for chip stocks in 2021 amid major pandemic-driven shortages isn’t causing Goldman Sachs to back off key trades in the red-hot sector.  Analyst Toshiya Hari revealed Monday in a new research note eight names in the chip space that are top picks for the investment bank: Advanced Micro Devices, Marvell, Analog Devices, Teradyne, Impinj, Micron, ON Semiconductor and Qorvo. Hari warns, however, that stock selection in chips will take on greater importance this year… Source link

December Production Totals 363 Bitcoin This news release constitutes a “designated news release” for the purposes of the Company’s prospectus supplement dated August 16, 2021 to its short form base shelf prospectus dated August 12, 2021. TORONTO and BROSSARD, Québec, Jan. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ: BITF // TSXV: BITF), a global Bitcoin self-mining company, provides a Bitcoin (BTC) production and operations summary and update for the month of and year ended… Source link