The video game studio buying frenzy that’s erupted in recent weeks may just be an industry-wide case of fear of missing out (FOMO), according to analysts. January’s string of big and small deals for game developers has seen Take-Two () – the publisher behind heavy-hitting franchises like Red Dead Redemption and Bioshock, make a for mobile game giant Zynga. Not to be outdone, Microsoft () announced it would buy Activision Blizzard () for a that would unite franchises like Call of Duty,… Source link
Read More »How some of 2021’s biggest IPOs are faring
A flurry of IPOs large and small have gone public during the pandemic, and some have been struggling more than others. Higher inflation and the likelihood of tighter monetary policy has beaten down the shares of many companies which went public last year, some of which have yet to report a profit. The biggest IPOs of 2021 and 2020, measured by the amount of money raised, shows shares of the top five initial public offerings of last year have fared worse than the largest ones to go public in… Source link
Read More »Saba Kumaritashvili lives out late cousin’s dream
YANQING, China — Nodar Kumaritashvili was four curves away from Georgian Olympic history when, on that chilling day in 2010, he lost control. One moment, he was furthering a family legacy, whizzing down a luge track, completing one last training run before the Games. The next, he flew off his sled, over an icy wall, and into a metal pole. He would’ve been the first Georgian luger to compete at the Olympics. Instead, he died. Now, 12 years later, his cousin is. Saba Kumaritashvili thought… Source link
Read More »Eli Manning doesn’t think Tom Brady will go into broadcasting
The biggest question since Tom Brady retired is what he’ll be doing with himself now that he’s done as a professional football quarterback. Everyone has an opinion, but Eli Manning, who is also a retired quarterback, thinks he knows what Brady won’t be doing. TMZ Sports caught up with Manning recently and asked him how he thought Brady would do as a broadcaster. Manning didn’t have an answer for that, because he doesn’t think Brady will be jumping into the TV game with him, his brother, Drew… Source link
Read More »U.S. Inflation Is Probably About to Spike Yet Again: Eco Week
(Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Most Read from Bloomberg Inflationary pressures in the U.S. continued to heat up at the start of the year, data are expected to show, likely putting a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase next month on autopilot. The consumer price index probably jumped 7.3% in January from a year ago, the largest annual advance since early 1982, according to the median projection in a Bloomberg… Source link
Read More »IOC forced to address COVID isolation complaints
The International Olympic Committee and the Beijing Organizing Committee said Sunday that it would “address” numerous complaints from athletes about substandard conditions in the isolation centers they were sent to after testing positive for COVID-19. Complaints have come in via official channels and social media accounts about dirty rooms, non-existent internet access, substandard meals and a lack of training equipment or even space for calisthenics. Russian biathlete Valeria Vasnetsova… Source link
Read More »Heat concerned Markieff Morris may miss rest of season
If you asked Miami Heat forward Markieff Morris, he’d be out there playing. The team, however, has yet to clear him from the “whiplash” he suffered after being shoved by Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic in November. That injury, according to the Miami Herald, may end up keeping him out for the rest of season. Jokic was ejected from their Nov. 8 game in Denver after running up and shoving Morris hard from behind near mid-court. The shove came after Morris had body checked Jokic and… Source link
Read More »Opening Ceremony rating hit all-time low
NBC is facing a cataclysmic loss of audience for the 2022 Winter Olympics as viewership tanked for Friday’s Opening Ceremony, averaging just 16 million. It is a record low for the Opening Ceremony (20.1 million for 1988 in Calgary was the previous record) and a whopping 43 percent below the 2018 Games in South Korea that notched 28.3 million viewers despite also dealing with a less than advantageous Asian time zone for American audiences. It comes on the heels of Thursday’s ratings… Source link
Read More »Jordan Spieth survives terrifying cliff shot at Pebble Beach
Jordan Spieth got as close to the cliffs at Pebble Beach as he possibly could on Saturday afternoon. Though he miraculously saved par in the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Spieth had to take off running backward after his shot so he didn’t fall nearly 70 feet down onto the rocks and beach below. “It was by far the most nerve-wracking shot I’ve ever hit in my life, like by far,” he was heard telling his caddie. Spieth’s drive on the par-4 eighth landed just a few inches… Source link
Read More »IOC claims it reached out to NOS, but TV outlet denies
ZHANGJIAKOU — Two words no journalist wants to hear in connection with their name are “dragged away,” and yet that’s exactly what happened to Dutch broadcaster Sjoerd den Daas. Chinese authorities hauled Den Daas, who was in the middle of a live broadcast at the Opening Ceremony for Dutch station NOS, away from the camera and shut down filming operations on live TV. Den Daas and his camera operator were not injured in the incident, which only lasted a few seconds but was a stark… Source link
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