Why the NFL and other leagues should continue testing for COVID

On Tuesday, the 644th day of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly two years after it began ravaging American life, more than 100 players in the nation’s two biggest sports leagues were sidelined by the virus. Thirty-six NFL players tested positive on Monday. Dozens more joined them Tuesday, including eight Cleveland Browns. In the NBA, meanwhile, 10 Chicago Bulls and seven Brooklyn Nets are in the league’s health and safety protocols. Practices are being canceled. Team facilities are being… Source link

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Google is threatening to fire unvaccinated employees

Google employees who haven’t been vaccinated could be put on forced leave and then let go from the company if they fail to follow its COVID-19 rules, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC. The policy will reportedly affect employees that would have fallen under the jurisdiction of President Biden’s vaccine mandate, which is currently facing challenges in the Senate and court system. According to the memo, Google gave its employees until December 3rd to upload proof of… Source link

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Steph Curry record: Jersey, ball worth thousands

In addition to becoming the NBA’s all-time 3-point king on Tuesday night, Stephen Curry also supplied memorabilia collectors two lucrative new items to chase. Sports memorabilia experts told Yahoo Sports that the ball and game-worn jersey from Curry’s record-clinching moment could be worth plenty if they ever hit the open market. The No. 30 jersey that Curry was wearing against the New York Knicks could fetch as much as $500,000 at auction, Ken Goldin, founder and executive chairman of… Source link

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Shaquille O’Neal tries to cover up embarrassing head injury

Being tall has worked out well for Shaquille O’Neal. The NBA Hall of Famer won four rings during his playing career and made 15 All-Star teams. His size wasn’t the only reason for his success, but it undoubtedly played a role in O’Neal’s dominance.  But that size finally came back to bite O’Neal. Thankfully, it also led to a hilarious moment on “Inside the NBA.” O’Neal drew questions almost immediately after appearing on the program wearing a curly black wig. Host Ernie Johnson set O’Neal up… Source link

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Stock futures open slightly higher ahead of Fed decision

Stock futures edged up Tuesday evening as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s final monetary policy decision of 2021 and weighed the central bank’s potential response to persistent inflationary pressures.  Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked higher. The blue-chip index closed out Tuesday’s session in the red for a second straight session, with technology stocks leading the way lower. The Nasdaq ended the session down by more than 1%.   All eyes on Wednesday will be on the Federal… Source link

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Michele Tafoya reportedly off sideline after 2021

The NBC “Sunday Night Football” broadcast is reportedly heading for another big change next season. Michele Tafoya reportedly is in her final season as a sideline reporter, according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post. It is reportedly Tafoya’s decision to walk away. She has served as a sideline reporter on “Sunday Night Football” for 11 seasons.  Tafoya has not appeared on the “Sunday Night Football” broadcast in recent weeks, though that has nothing to do with her decision to leave the… Source link

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Google employees to lose pay if don’t comply with vaccination policy

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., gestures while speaking during a discussion on artificial intelligence at the Bruegel European economic think tank in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Pichai urged the U.S. and European Union to coordinate regulatory approaches on artificial intelligence, calling their alignment critical. Geert Vanden Wijngaert | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google has told its employees that they will lose pay — and will eventually be fired… Source link

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‘The system is in jeopardy’ after events like Jan. 6: Billionaire investor Ray Dalio

The legendary hedge fund manager Ray Dalio became a billionaire by picking up on patterns in the stock market. More recently, he has turned his attention to trends throughout world history. In a new book, “Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order,” Dalio wrote that wealth inequality often leads to the rise of populism and division. Yahoo Finance’s editor-in-chief, Andy Serwer, asked Dalio in a new interview just how bad America’s divisiveness has gotten and who’s to blame for… Source link

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Analysts are underestimating the S&P 500 again: DataTrek

With the Q4 2021 earnings season now underway, Wall Street analysts are mostly bullish in regard to the corporate profitability landscape in spite of slowing growth rates. According to DataTrek Research, however, analysts are still underestimating the S&P 500 (^GSPC). “Wall Street analysts have started increasing their S&P 500 Q4 earnings estimates again, and they’re getting more bullish on 2022 as well. We still think their numbers are too low,” DataTrek Research Co-Founder Nicholas… Source link

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AMC, GME have ‘seen the apex of their interest’: strategist

GameStop (GME) and AMC (AMC) climbed into green territory on Tuesday after opening lower, as the overall ‘meme’ stock group has slumped recently. GameStop shares closed 8% higher while AMC gained more than 5%.  “We call them meme stocks but in essence there’s another name for them and that’s story stocks,” Market Strategist Michael Antonelli told Yahoo Finance Live., “Story stocks are usually high fast growers, high flyers, that benefit from flows and cheap money,” he said. “These story… Source link

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